Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-08-15


hired to 10 70 some neighborhood where
Inc Is probably unknown, and knowing
that the members Of the order arc not on,
fly sworn 70 deny their membership. bu
t Is .eiy.4 existence, hc commences BIZ
harapgue upon tbe eve Of an election; h
uses every means in his power to excite
their passions against the members ant
candidates Of the opposite party. II their
should be any member present who has
particular friend, and who happens to b
prominent man in bis party, and l.e j
fearful that theffintimacy may haye som'
restraint upon such member, be immedi
ately goes to work, and @itll lies and Sian
Ederous stories, he imbitters slim agains
bis friend ut once, and the jackalk,o Of tie
party are sc.to running about hunting uI
lies and propagating falsehoods, until !
whole Community are set in fonlmolien
friends are separated, and never can b.
united again, because the one who is out
side Of the order never knows the. cause 0
fit, and Of course his no chance - refutt
| tic falsel,oods told upon him III these nor.
rib political inqui$itions, gotten together
to set upon and Try the characters Of free
men. without even giving them The shad,
ow o a.chanee to dcfcnl themselves. We
have no doubt that through the Influence
sef such societies, all these horlid crimes
have been committed wliica Disgrace the
pnic records Of our,countTy, and which,
If no. soon put down by the honest Of all
parties. will soon render us~a ''mockery
and il b.rc- word among nations. Just
reflect up,In it for a.moment, and we think
no honest man can reflect calmly with
himself without recoling with horror from
these midnight assemblies, TO see men
rush out Of them on the morning Of cleo.
ton, where they have had their pas
sio IS and prejuliccs raised TO the highest
pitch by appeals to them such as this
that Americans should rule America"
Down with Catholics and Foreigners"
THE Priests lmvel,ired the Catholics to
burn the city" The Foreigners are going
to destroy tie ballot boxes" and they
rush out and find rec slips Of paper strew
ed along the streets; they become furious
rs mad bulls, and commit such crimes
and out-hwry rs was done III Cincinnati
in April aud in Louisville Monday week
The ring leaders care nothing about it.
they know.tliat it tends ito their personal
advantage. The pick-pocket steals; tic
takes ethis opportunity to STAY
his enemy; the burglcr fires stores TINT he
may help himself to the goods during the
confusion, the demagogue rides in o office,
md the poor and misguided foreign ci;i-
zen who has been beaten, mistreated, his
tights taken from him, his property de-
itroyed, his wife aud daughters insultcd
md outraged, if he raises lis voice and
trm in opposition he is brutally murdered
n cold blood, and "a partizan and cor upt
'ress eadeavors to prejudice the minis Of
lie whole country against all of his class,
nd paliates, justities, and excuses the law
ess depredators, who were in fact the
ause Of the whole Of it. !. 80. !
II these things are not put a stopto, our
iyil and religious liberty will soon be .
overturned. There is but one hope for
he friends Of civil and rcligiopse liberty; |
here is but one flag around which they
an safely rally; there is but ono party :
hathas, as set, successfully, battlcd against :
l'ese growing corruptians, and ,hat is tlle
National Democracy, with their flag aloft,
Inscribed, in the language of the ConsA
utiolg with the emblems Of civil and re-
sious liberty, she has yet continued to
ear aloft, and keep it unsullicd against
be open charges of che Wings, the seer 1T
Inderininmgs Of the Know Nothings. and
he combined efforts Of all, Whiss, Adolf
ionists, Frccsoilers, infdcls, knayes, dem