Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-02-28
For the .'str ofthe Kanawha Valley"
Crusade against Sam"

MEssRs. EpIroRs: The enemies Of "Sam'
are irving TO concentrate their scattered
; forces 50 as 10 enable themselves to fgh
him successfully. In their dijoihted con
dition they are sad picture of weakness
Horrors tenfold intensified have thrown
their sickening and enervating foldsarount
them. The raven wings. Of despair
have oyershadowed them and thrown NJ
,impenetrable gloom over their politics.
vision, and shut out all present prospects
oftuture personal. as well as party aggran.
dizement. The timewiA come and is now
At hand when they cannot enterinto score
coalition with the dreg$ Of foreign emigr,:
tion-for the sole purpose ofadvancing theiI
own individual political interests and pri
waite emoluments. Theyeanpot any Longer
court Catholic influences and make it sub
seryient to their purposes, by the promisc
Of rewards in the shape Of seats in the Cab
met, foreign missions DC. Thetperlcar
people are waking up TO a sense of OF theiI
danger;>they are begin ping to.4nIstlrusttht
motive underlying tie external diapery O
political pledge and protested fidelity q
I. the Union: theyarc becoming alarmed al
the syrenSoice Of the enemy crying peace,
pace. '. ! t
The politics OF the dhy IRE in a corrupt
condition, and need purifying by radical
and through clrangt; old and discordanl
elements5must be removed from tht body
polite, and every thing cIlcuhtcT in its
tendency either directly or indirectly To
retard the progress Of thcrcfnins intlue aces
which are now being brought To- bear di-
rectly upon the diseased condition Of the
government, must be premp.ly removed
! and every restise Of unholy intlucncp eva
ded.. Against Sam the ''hue and cry"
: is raised bya Of desperate public ben
eficiaries. urging disunionand anarchy as
the inevitable result of the completion OF
the works so ar$piciouFly commenced by
him. Now as far ash know any thiug
about. this myteriohs and dreaded person
age. I can see nothing 10 fear; neither can
Idiscover any thing in his.acts at which
= true American should be reasonably alar-
med for the safety of The Union,, Of the
perpetuation> of our free institution and re-
publican form Of goyeHhnlent. If. those
who can see incipient exl springing up
every where under "Knbw- Nothing aus.
pieces. would dvest th4ir. political glasses.
OF party dust and sectional prejudices and
feelings, and look with an ''cyc single to
tho welfare of the Union as Unit, am
sure theywould not disco Dyer so manyalarm,
Ing elements in "SIm' s. platform. Fear,
is ongendercd in their distrustful minds by
the significant fact that they are cntirly
ignorant Of the character and local where
abouts of the enemy thdy are laboring day
: and night TO exterminfte\ They rcalh"
his presence wherever they 60 aud fcelhiS
resistless power slowly and surely oyer.
turning every combination against>a pure
undulterated Nationality. TX I
!, Likesoumlre -cchoing amonga thousand
bills. his voice is heard on all occasions
where public servants arc to be chosen.
or when any+importantI event, relative 10
the political welfare of the people, Or the
National integrity is to trtnspire. The
ubiquitous and omnisciqnt' character ofthisI
mysterious being ("Stm" is tho thing
that has drawn down upon his devoted
head the hotestand most whitening denun-
Citations; and has also produced the great.
est CONSERVATION the ranks Of tic old
school political belligarents. 1t is from
this particular feature Of this peculiar or
ganization that SAM draws his most
available means for working out his noble
purposes, for securing for The American
people demagogues and enemies as well as
clever folks, that kind Of system which. Is
essential to the perpetuation Of. American
institutions. "Sam'' has been.assailed at
the South and charged with associating
himself with abolitionism at the NORTH
IT is gem orally admitted that he is 4 person
efat least ordinary sagacity and from that
admission is drawn the-strongest and most
individually evidence: to prove, that thu
charge il false in. every particular. His
enmity towards all orefsners is proverbiaI;
and the primary object of his order, is 10
eircuusfribe and throw around them suel,
restrictions as will forever deprive, them Of
voice in our National and State legisIa-
lures, and from 6cccupyiuasubordfnate DO
sitions Of trust unto them; this is his lead !
ing sentiment, and the one paramount to
all others. Let us apply these facts and
ascertain how far they will sustain their
supposed abolition feature of Sans" DO:
lltical economy. Seventy five per cent of
foreign .anirratinn l. o,I,; .l,,.r, =: -.
ment' and opposed, from principle, TO isl
existence in their adopted country; theay
hate its existence and would use all .she
ability they possess--alI theirpowers both
natural and delegated lot only to prevent
any farther enlargement of its borders but
70 drive it out of the Union. This inye.
terate opposition to slavery ON the part of
the foreigners Is prove 1bial; and vet these
same foreigners are the characters who
are doomed by the reSistible law Of bro.
gress to sustain the heaviest charge from
Sans masked batteries. 1.-THE s &
sion of slavery in theU nited States, or even
the adoption Of a system of legislation that
would throw an insurmountible circurl-
yallatism around it so as to prevent any
iur' ,I territorial expansion Gifts clements,
o :t 90 considered evena $ secondary con-
slderation in the comprehensive mind Of
SAM men he would not be entitled to
maj degree OF sagaeity and presence gen
nally any design against the institute
Of slavery no would have made that de.
sign the urinary nhinnt Gilt .ei:.:."s -.