Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-04-11
From .he R..chmSnd Enquirer. ~,
Revelation Fla NBOw.Sothiag Ticket
,."ROiten" on the Slavery Question.

The nomination of 10 insignificant and
impotcht poiticiansAB Mr. Bealc by the
Know Nothing party,alas excl Jed no little
surprise, especially insthe quar- ter Of State
where his utter, incapacity and want of
weight are best Understood. 1t was
thought that a party Nhich STA nds in such
urgent need OF every accessory advantage,
would endeavor to. strengthen itself by
com posing its ticketf9f men Of respecta-
bic character, compeent ability and per-
sonal influence. AnI when i was an
nounccd that Mr. Bchle was The Know.
Nothing candidate far Licut4 nant Coy
ernor, the public wcrS puzzled to under
stand the meaning ofR1 singular a move
ncnt. -, ~
For ourselves We c2apIuded- Plat posi-
bly, Mr.. Bealc was the Billy Dem crai iuthc
West of the least professions toPublic posi-
ton, who would conseat to betray his party
for Know Nothing brbe, and that his
nomination was tho result Of absolute ne
cessity. But since tic discovery of the
treachery of Mort Josnson, we are salts
| ASN IiiaO tIiS hllOn A9OlHlIS SOHNcHLlbIt
might have got a filter Democrat to do
their dirty work. 9he nom nntion of
Bcale was still mystery; and we dill
gently applied ourselves to tho discovery
Of satisfactory explanation Of the puzzle.
Our researches haze not bel En- in vain.
In that imperishabl4 reposito ry of the
past--in that charner house Of dufunct
reputation, where the memory Of short
lived politicians i, embA med and preserved
for future ages nR the Congressional
Gto5e, we found the sosret Of Bqale's nom
iaanon by the Know-N9thins party, =
| The Know NOTTINGHAM; pires tofhe
acquisition Of FedaraIspower 1t has its
eye on the Presidency and lust for the
spoilS is. tkeyital prime les otis existence
10 this end it is essential that t be. nation9a1
orgonisotion-of the p}ry shall be nufn-
tanned at every hazafk. llence E, when it
is ascerained hy<actaal develP p1ncn;s of
Of the policy that Acknowledgment in
the North j. identicas viii /abpllionism,
Ethe Southern memberSofMc paftHare con
strained by a regard t9fhe great object of
the Order, to cultivasa a friend ly feeling
with their northern Al is, and toIconcede
something to their ablIprrence Of slavery.
Besides, the elemdhts of aboltionism
in our own State haSestaken refuge in the
Know Nothing Order and their prejudices
must be propitiated ~ representative
on the ticket. \
When we understand the necessity i'm
imposed on the Knoa -Nothing party in
this State. resulting fr5m the circumstan-
ces just recited, to offg some concessions
to the anti-slavery pfejudices of Know
Nothingism, we shall Be at no loss for an
explanation Of Beale sl6minatipn. y
Our. researches ami ng the files of the
Congressional Globe have been rewarded
with a discovery whish fully Establishes
the claim of Mr. BealS to the confidence
and sympathy Of tie Know-Nothing
ionists.-Ampn&Me votes recorded
in taror Of The o5oltioa Of the Stare trade
in tie District Of Co4pbio, re ,fnd the
name Of JAMES. NJ, H.BEALE, im ussocia-
lion aciM Preston King, HARLAN, Got,
Thaddeus Steoens, ,Rentuont, Horace
4hdHH, ana OWeT FuOtR <lOAaOHtStS OF We
House Of RepresentaA
The abolition of thsslave-tra de in the
District of Columbia tas Justly regard
ed by the people of thasouth. is an out
rageous 'encroachment IN the Constitution
and the rights Of the South. They saw
EtLat it was the entering wedge to the abo-
lition of slavery itself 81 the District, and
other localities over wlich the jurisdic.
ton Of the Federal GoyernmentIprevailed.
They protested against the measure, and
opposed its passage whh every resource
Of argument, persuasion and menace
They threatened to resast 1t by disunion,
but despite the energetic and angry OPP
position of the South, sthe measure was
carried, NTH the aid Of tree Southern trait
ors, among whom pas Il solitary Democrat
/ THE KNow-NorHINs aoM1NEE FoR LIEU.
TENANT GovERsoR! Ill., r.
Everybody foresees asectional struggle,
the like of which the South has never yet
encountered. Abolitianism, disciplined
and strengthened by tie Know Nothing
organization has usurpea undisputed sway,
throughout the Eorthem States. Inthe
next Congress it will pfesent an array Of
force, which we almost ftaggerto contem-
plate. 1t has already proclaimed its pur-
poses-the restoration If the Missouri re.
strictien, the repeal of the fugitive slave
law, and the establishment of a perpetual
prohibition against the acquisition Of an
other slave State. 1t Ams at tho com
plete prostration and sabjugation of the
South. 1t marshals its orces for the con-
iict; and the South mus summon and put
forth its utmost energies of resistance
AT this critical junsturs, when the South
should present an unhfcken front, and the
moral power Of this popular sentiment be
arrayed in defence Of iB rights-t-will the
people Of Virginia betrss spirit o. cow
ardly compromise and sympathy with
the anti-slayery prejudfees Of the North.
by comforting the higliqst honors Of the
State on man irho regaladed the slovs trade
II Tie District Of Coian5ia az al ssormi-,
"; and rao. IN soting .tsr u abolition, con-
fsdedMs -ioa Of Congr.ss 10 a5olis1 slave