Aug. 6, 1910.

 

Friend Hopkins,—Did the Virginians who voted for Lincoln in 1860 voted for Lincoln side with the South after Virginia seceded? In other words, did they think they owed primary allegiance to the State rather than to the Nation and subordinate their anti-slavery convictions to this idea? Of course I understand that Lincoln's vote in Virginia was light—between 1900 and 2000, and the most of it is what afterwards became West Virginia. In Prince William County Lincoln got between 50 and 60 votes, and between 20 and 30 in Fairfax County. In Occoquan, Prince William / County, the Democrats, gave in the course of the Presidential campaign, gave the Republicans so much trouble in the efforts of the latter to keep a flag floating which they had raised that they appealed to Gov. Letcher for protection, which he promised to vouchsafe them.

 

                                                                                    Hastily Yours,

 

                                                                                    C. W. Lewis.

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