Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-06-20
From The sieigs Conn Ohio Telltgraph-
I, 4 Wing Paper.
The EifgInia Election.


Y rho smoke IN thc abatsle his cleared
! nav. and ,wcIare enabled 70 secEclcarly
she nosition of tho CONFERENCE.-The are
yictors Mud who are vahiahed. Wise n
electcd Governor, and bis party has beeh
generally triumphant.
MOI III d spirit Of tsuk.Gnding; but in
order that wisdom may BE- learned from
the errors Of the past We propose ~
glance 1t few n the probable ra.ises of
the defeat Of tho American party ~ y irt
ginia. II, 4. .ta.
1. IHs .Slorery Questioa. Tho burden
Of the song II MI tic Administration pa
pers III Virginia was tie 445di;tpnisps y
The American party In The Free States. -
Notwithstanding ill tIe efforts of che
American papers and Speakers il Virginia,
10 prove their devotion to the peculiar
institutions II OF the south, it lis beyond
questiona fact, TINT Virginia KNOWN oth.
ings passed Through the canvass with the
whole weightofi loanti.slavcry sentiments
Of the Northern Il. Ms Oh their shoulders.
We rcgret that the American party nivifr
ginia did not openly proclaim tl.easel yes
on the Anti-Shycry platform aciM Msir
nortAcrn 5retheyn ind meet he qatesiio,,
open and Jfairly. Even detea. undqr such
circumstances would have boon glorious.
Freedom il emphatically an lniericd,,
principle--slayery Is foreign. BEALE.
horerer. ,eos tho only man dnopg tteM ,cto
dared 10 proclaim, NE dofrii,,e. / Hk
2. The .Norops Policy of hle X. M 80
The turning point was really Know Moth
ing or Anti.know-N oshhlg--in favor III
secret political associations procribing
foreigners oroppbscd tosuch societies,
and not, hi We think il should have been
Administrator 81 Anti administration.
Thousands Of good men we doubt not
who. were strongly opposed to tho present
Administrator, would have supported the
ticket. had il not been Or their deadly
hatred for secret societies, and the f,ct
that those outside Of the order Order Mad
no voice in the nomiiationtof the ',opposi..
ton ticket. They voted the Administra.
tion ticket, not from any loye COT men -or
measures Of that party. but from their
hatred Of the II. N's. #
3. The eliza poee system VI ballotinp III
Virginia deferred many from yo,in. the X.
n ticket, for fear Of loosiig their influ-
Ience OF sustaining injury in lleir business,
This Is humilitating fact, but it's no
less true bccaaso h,imiliatiny. We know
many men. ID our own s ata who al heart
are strongly IN favor OF Tile American
Party, and privately acknowledge Tia
fact; put place them attlic ballot bax and
compel them 10 spcok ont bollly thcir sem
tirncnts, and they would shrink back or
do violence % their conscience.
A. Injuaicipas Newspaper Dts.uss;;on.
not only ofthe principles. but of the sccrc,
workings Of Tie Oder, b. papers prbfes.
sing ia be the Organs Of the X. NJ
did much % iyare ne cause, No,with.
Standing the repeated assertions that, from.
the very nature Of the organization, the
x. Ms cannot haye.any organs, many pa
pers IN Virginia Protesseti 70 ID such, and
did great injury BY injudicious remarks
about tho numerical strength or Tic order,
and " some eases. the private plans md
workings OF ne i. N. lodges disgusting
70 many persons not familiar with the
order. T>s
" Tho extraordinary efforts of the Adj
ministration tocarryS the STATE The H.
bors of Wise and his conductors are al
most incredible, travelling all over. tie
State, and laboring with hand anil tongue,
even 70 the great injury Of health aud
constitution. The American party rely.
ing too much upon lis numerical strength,
did not exercise IA similar zeal.
we believe this defeat will bc produc-
TIVE ot much good: certainly ii will be. il
the lessons taught are properly needed.
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