The Purpose Of The Government

Cópiöa oí ttio loll'rttti'tig prdclhtpation by Jtiijor-Génera) Sündfordj of thé New Yo'ft S ! ; 1 1 o Militia, ín tho sevvico of the Unitud Stü toa, have been extejjsivelyeírtsulajtedin Fairfax ooünty, VirIlKAiiQi-AHTEns, Df.pt. of Faiufax, Va., Arlir.gton Heigiits; May 26, J861. J Fairfax county being oqcnpièd !y tlio troojs ubdcr tpiy oórnuíand, I deoni it proper to r'épeat the desurancca I have pers'onnlly gíveñ to many f tho good óitizens ftjout. mei thnt all its inhiibi.tant's ni;iy return to. or rëmain in tlicir houses, aml pursue thèir usual ■ avocations, in peaoe and coijfl, and witli I protection to th'cii; purson.s and pro'pèrty, as the United States (orces in Virginia wil] bé employcd fór no dthé'r purpose tlian ttiat oí tlio sunpr'êss'fng of nnl.nvfu! coinbinntions ngainst tho antli'ori tho Union, and of caus'i)g the laws tbereof to bc duly tesp'tíóted and cxecuted. IJy order of