Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-02
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The Know Nothing candidaie for Lieu.
tenant Governor OF Virginia has seen III
70 answer, Or, as'he terms ii, toScorrrcs the
notice Of his speech in this place. pub.
lshsd il this paper. in q communication
70 the Point Pleasant Republican.
Il Is well known to every oleRwho heard
Mr.. Beale. that be pronounced the great
cause Of Virginia's backwardness 70 DO
The existence Of Slavery in our midst. NV
Nevertheless. Mr.. Bealc fatty denies hay
ing said anything Of the kind; and sub.
stitutes the following a Tic sentiments vt,
tered BY him:
That Virginia, ID tl,e chiyalrous and
ADVENTUROUS spirit of her early history.
had possessed herself Ut much iiner. and
more desirable tracts of contiguous coun.
trythan that which now cotissitnfo her
limits, meaning Kentucky, Ohio. and.
otLer portions Of the Northweatsrh Ter.
ritory,) 70 which many Of her people had
eniigrstsd carrying with them thcir
wealth. That in the process 81 time tho
production Of tho valuabls staples Of
southern commerce had led of large por.
tons q der population and wealth in that
direction.
As aaccond case. I mentioned her bad
system VI agriculture, meanihg princi.
plly lor tobacco culture which had LEFT
ner lands in barren and wasted cendi.
ton, and thereby inducing hef people TO,
look torla more easy mode ofIacQlirinR
competence In other countries.
And, thirdly: The early neglect Of al
efficient system Of Internal improvement,
by which products Of industry could
have bean moro cheaply transported 70
markets, where Tie enhanced prices would
have inderanifed and rewarded labor
Upon this there IS nothing more Or less
than question Of yeracity, between every
person, of every party, who Heard Col.
Beale,sspcech, atthis place, and the gen..
tleman Himself: no one Of his many au.
ditors agreeing with himself. We ara
sorry, for MI. Bealo's fair fame al man
" yeracitv, that such is the case, but %
It'll.
Mr.. Beale next goes into an exposition,
Of his views, IS expressed in Bib speech.
which, ID justiceIto him and ourselves.
we publish. His admission OF bis posi-.
ton on The Common School question, is
given IN our notice, placcs that matter be-.
yond q doubt. The rest OF Ills points need
nothing less clear than one OF MI. Beale's
very eloquent orations, To unrayel its mys.
terry; TO V 4 part Of which Ut present 10
perfectly meaningless. slr
Tho only remedies that suggested fof
the correction Of those evils within the
power cf The Legislature was,s
First: 10 undertake and carry out 10
conpletion such asystem Of Internal I'm.
prosement as was commensurate to the
wants and consistent with tho means Of
the Safe.
And secondly: As after the productive
powers. of the soil, labor constituted the
great source from which We derive not
only the satisfaction Of our wants, but
from Which also cmsnated MI The CONF
forts, conycniences and elegancies of ciyi.
lized life, Il, Labor, was worthy III Legis.
latise cid and patronage. particularly Ii
tile slave-holding State, where tile two ra.S
ces grow up together III the same family,
their disparity Of condition and employ.
n,cni, had thrown some degree 81 discrcd.
il upon those efforts OF industry and self.
dependence, qualities 30 necessary 10 ID.
fuse into the young mind in the rearing
UP Of our families. That in the peculiar
condition in which Tie people Of lie South
arc placed, although time and opportuni.
~ are amply given u . portion Of our
youth for the development Of thsir men.
tal and moral faculties, yet there was an.
other portion Of our youth who could not
avail themselves ofthis advantage, and To !
them recommend that The Slate should
unanimously extend its Gid and encour.
81 he establishments IL various
parts 81 the Commonwealth 81 Mdnnal
LdJov Sekocls. That Ia thess schools
should Is taught Such branches d Natus
I'll ecieucsFas y most directly CONNECTED
with Agriculture and. ~ llechaiiic Am,
whess tie time 81 the pupils would - ona.
ployed partly ii tl,e acquisition 81 those
sciences. and partly engaged IN ne Field
and Hcf1icultural labor. Such schools
would embrace inliisE instruction . large
portion q she youth ofourl people," ii