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| Friday March 8, 1861 |
Here is an small excerpt from the Staunton Virginia paper. It
appears that the country is on the inevitable path to war.
The Staunton Vindicator, March 8, 1861, p. 2, c. 5
"Judge Jno. W. Brockenbrough . . . "
Judge Jno. Brockenbrough, one of the Commissioners from
Virginia to the Peace Congress, passed through Staunton on the
4th, on his way to his home in Lexington. In a brief conversation
with the Judge, he expressed it as his opinion that there was very
little hope of an adjustment of our national difficulties. He regards
the amendment to the Constitution proposed by Mr. Corwin, and
the report of the Peace Commissioners, as mere patch work, and
falling immeasurably short of a remedy, or a just and fair basis of
settlement. The Judge seemed to feel exceedingly despondent for
the country, and loath to contemplate the sad disasters which
loom up in the future for the only truly free government in the
world.