Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-04-25

fore ma Coiitg5lfi 0li---lle- was regarded ~
an obsolete idea. But when Mr.. Beal'
heard oftbe action Of the Convention, Dbl
wrath was great, and hsrefased 70 rOte to'
he neminee, aid electioneered against him
| He suddenly came to the conclusion tina
Conventions did not represent the will 9
tlhe people, and lie accordingly set bis fac'
against them. .A4 ~ III
But we have not spoken ofalltbc chang
es and Inconsistencies Of Mr., Beale. Du
ring last Summer and Fall, and the early
! part OF The Winter, he was fcrcc. and bit
Ter in his denunciations of Know. Moth
Iingisnn. He could soc no good in it; and
when Mr.. Wise's anti-Know Nothing let
ter made its appearance. Mr.. Deale pro
claimed il TO be great and good letter
and said that lie would vote for Mr.. Wise
for Governor, il lie got the nomination Of
tho Democratic Safe Conventions; and
when informed ofthe nomination Of Mr.
Wise, he declared that he should vote for
him; and previous to the Know Nothing
Convention lie repeatedly declared 10 .
| number Of different gentlemen, that he
should vote for Mr.. Wise. But part Of
tic time tina. tRc venerable Colonel was
denounring tie Know-Nothings so furi.
ously, VIC understand that be was under
Il; no belief that 'td--d things had not yet
crossed the Ohio river, ~ and when. he
learned that Sam had certainly cros-
F$cd the Ohio river, sand was marshall
ling his forces on Virginia's soil, the
raliasa Colonel was seized with great
#trepidation, and suddenly came to the con-
clusion that TIE Know Nothings were very
good things. and were standing upon the
very same platform that he had always
stood on: He has, therefore, rtsently been
numbered amongst the. faithful followers
OF ths 'invisibie sam" I. =. -. T..
+ g. ,
/ Such, citizens Of Virginia, Is a portion
of tie political record Of J. NJ. II. Bsalo,
the Know Nothing candidate for Lieuten-
ant Governor. Contemplate it for your
selves. We refrain from further expo
sition, at this time, Of Mr.. Beale's political
depavity. We wonier not that Know
Nothing organs should deny him and try
to prove him TO be Democrat, We are
not astonished that Wings should refuse
to own him. We know that Democrats
will rcpel with scorn and Indignation the
base attempt Of Know Nothing papers to
prove. that he is a Democrat! i. =
\ But Know.Nothing papers have the
recklessness to represent Mr.. Beale as "a
con,isteutmember Of the Baptist Church
This IS news to us. We have always un.
derstood that he was one Of the most pro-
,lsne] men in Western Virginia, and had it
been announced that in religion he was~a
follower Of Tom Paine or Theodore Parker,
We should not have been astonished in
the least; but we confess that W.. are as
.tonished to see it announced way over in
the East, that he Isl member of the Bap
list Church. His conversion to tie Chris
tian faith mus: have been as sudden as his
conversion to Know Nothingism. When
did Mr.. Beale make confession Of his
sins, give in his experience and an ac-
count ofhis conversion to the Christian
faith, and by whom was he baptised? All
these facts must be made known before
we can be made believe that he has been
received into the Baptist Church. We,
however. unhesitatingly pronounce the
whole statement of his being Baptist TO
be an Infamous calumny and a base cleo
pioneering move. Has the Baptist Church
sunk 80 low in morals and religion as that
it may be said with IMMUNITY, by base po-
litical demagoues, that J. NJ. II: Beale Is
a consistent member" Of that Church l?
viii Baptists silently submit to such an
indignity to their Church and their rei-
.gion? Is Professionalism SO low, SO degra-.
ded, so debased inevery principle of piety
and Christianity as that an Infdel shall be
set up as its champion and its defender?
We think we hazard nothing in saying
that the Protestant Churches Of Virginia
will indignantly repel 50 gross and unpar-
donable an insult to their religion. JIM
H. Beal< Baptist! Was there ever
more glazing and palpable insul. offered to
any Christian Church? IL S..
The effort Of the Know Nothing press
10 make it appear that Mr.. Beale is a Dem.
oorat and q Baptist. only shows the DIES.
ptration Of the Know Nothing cause, and
the utter falsi;y aud recklessness to which
they will resort 10 accomplish their ends.
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