Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-08-08
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I We publish on the fourth page of ouI
i, paper to day a communication over tue
above caption. Il is a reply to dommu'
niealion which appeared IN the .Stdr. Of
August /, signed a "Voter Of Kama wba;"
in which the writer recommended Thomas
L. BRorx Esq, as a suitable person to be
elected in that county to fill the vacancy
occasioned blythe death Of DR.. THoMr-
son. We published the communication
without any comment, leaving each one
. to act as he thought proper, without any
expression of opinion of our own, and we
would de- the same thing with "Gheber"
but for the tenor Of his communication,
and some Of the positions he assumes in
regard to the. party with whom he always
acted until very htcpcriod. !.
The article is evidently intended to cast
odium upon the Democratic party, aud
tho writer brings forward all TIN OLD stale
charges Of the former Federal Wing par
ty, with portion ofwhom he is no W act
ing, under n rev name-the moral and
physical decay of the State under Demo-
cratic rule; the necessity Of change, AMI
all that Kind Of humbug, as if the major
ity Of the people of. the State have not,
time and again, with his aid, stamped
falschood upon all such charges. We ap-
peal to every one to say whether these
charges are true or false There is no
State in the Union the character of whose
people stand higher than do the people Of
this time -honorcd old Commonwealth
No humbug Of any kind can, ever make
an impression upon her. When ftnati.
cism rules the hour; when State after State
is washed from its Democratic mooring;
when the worse features Of the worse forms
Of government are openly advocated and
acted upon by them. Virginia stands firm
in her integri!y-the sheet-anchor Of the
Union, around which the true men, Dem
ocrats, Conservatives and Wings, rally,
and again do battle for liberty and equal
ity. She stands higher this day, in all
that pertains to moral greatness, than any
other State in the Onion. There is no
State whose people are more virtuous, pros
porous and happy-there are none who
are less burthened with taxes-thcre are
none whereTthe farmer gets better prices
for his produce-and none where the ne
chanic and hboring man can get more
work TODD, or better pay for what he does
do. 1t is true that she has never RIM ri
otin any excess Of internal improvements,
and worn ont the people with excess of
taxation, as they have done in Ohio, .or
repudiated, as they did in Mississippi, or
fail to meet their engagements, as in Penn
sylvania and Indiana; and it is also true
that she may not have done as mnch as
she should have done, but that is no rea-
son why her sons should vilify and abus Sc
her, and utter such language as this
"When the State has been ruled and su-
per-ruled by Democrats ("Gheber's S" eyes
were opened in the dark. } for a number
of years, and yet the moral and physical
conditions of the State have regularly and
invariably deteriorated under that dynas-
ty." Now, weboldly and emphatically de-
ny the assertion. Take the records Of any
State in the Union, and the Old Domin.
ion stands proudly prc-cminent. There
are more crimes committed in the single
city Of Boston in one month, than there Is
in the State Of Virginia il twelve. There
are more in New York city in one year,
than there has been in Virginia from the
commencement Of the Revolutionary wal
to the present time. Connecticut, with
ono-fourth of her population, has more
than double the number Of paupers, and
Massachusetts, five times as many. These
assertions can. be sustained by the records,
and also by the testimony of the most Bit.
ter opponents Of the Democratic party, il
proof Of which we quote from an editori
al taken from the lalt Kanamha Repa5li
can, in the truth Of which we heartily con
cur. And it is another instance whert
the Balaam who was hired to curse, wa.
forced TO bless: f.
!. "For when, 10 the history of our re-
nowned Commonwealth, were the grea
departments of human industry--agricul
ture, commerce and manufactures In
more fourishing condition. Our litera
d ~ institutions, from the University to th
common school, were never before s
prosperous. The cause Of Internal I'm
proyement has gained q triumph over pre
e judice and stupidity-and viii hcncefoit
| command the popular favor. The i'm
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