Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-02-28

Al liberty as preached by the North
Here the currents Of opposition inpinge
and form dead eddy far beyond the oul
| lines Of Sans moral heritage, leaving
him the undisputed master of all the
"Chrrings.". .>.. - +
Another objection is that Of secrecy as
4 feature of political Organization. The
free agency: OF man in adoptingcharacter-
istie feature in all his orders and associa-
lions, for the purpose Of securing specific
ends is generally admitted, and il SAM
chose to incorporate secrecy into his code
Of means under the impression that sue
cess. under that arrangement would DC
dpubly sure, he had the un disputed right
to do so, and being satisfied with that ar
rani,emef,t himself, no outsider had any
natural right to demur. He has the Pri-
village Of using any honorable means that
Il the popularity Of the circumstances with
Which he is surrounded will clearly justi-
liz. In regard to secrecy he has honored
preceedents bywhich to regulate his man
.ner of using it as. an efficient MEANS,
both thaoll parties had their secret or
and each was emulous of sur
passing the other in the profoundness of
secrecy attained to in conducting .heir phi
waite Gaucuses and meetings for con>idein-
ton. And iisecracyas adopted by "Sam"
Is wrong, it. is sin of which all are more
or less guilty, and one that is committed
BY common consent. :.
Ano;har objection scared up moro par
ticullrly blythe democrats i, hate'Know
Nothinsism" is a combination OF TIE Old
Viii party and diSa!tectcd democrats
How they arrived 1T cone u>iou Of this
'kEul by the Imi!et means afforded in tie
premises, Is an, $ cry Such u conelu-
SION is not dcducibIc from thciracts; and as
we have no direct tanyibl. evidence Of
thoir specific personality, we can hayc no
further Deductions from which 10 draw
conclusions than their published p atfbrm,
and sharp-sighted must be. the Eye and
keen beyond measure the mind, 4 bat can
discover in the platform the !kiS Of 2
union between those naturally discordaut
elements, such as We know them to be.
The truth OF the whole matt: is this:
democracy is. the present ruling element
Of the body polite. and v hen they .s~d the
'Sc(Pwa departing from Julca," fnI The
INV giT&2 40 lat&"r cho$en from among
tlicm, They "onrtud, very NATURALLY, ard
with ear and trembling t4o. Chat Single
handed power. could not work ont such
strange and inHQmprclSanf ibl2 resul Is, and
tltaG 100, apparently wit bout. an q BORT
They presume upon tn ir own Inherent
strenth when they ccn4Iud, that those
strange, and to them ineE picablo events
flat. ar, TRANSFERRING ALMOST daily under
their own immediIe obsd ovation, are the
result OF the efforts, of al combination Of
power. ~
."San's' organic lion is not 4 ii non Of
Ehc Old whig party pr opor 18th the>ti>a'lec,
ted "lomber1 from the d tmermticEank<, !
it is simply = cumbi"Hl;ol, Of true IaAliv4 .
Americans froa> all rartins anil Sc .lioAs, !
together for he purpose Of parg>l
Ing Che entire body polite, and SO chang.
ing The present condition Of ourib tarnal
rcgttiatin; powers. rs 20 iixupona i'm snd
basis ourentira .a4i<lasivo 5 yS,crl;
tudfQr the purpose Of securing to Nmcri-
tans th2 exclusive privilege OF ruling A.
merica b9>%irtue>of a right virtually ac-
khowlcdgcdby all. Foreigners ard tnac-
luaintrd with Tie practical workings of
our institutions; and il We permit them 10
'tjoy equal privileges with Us, we must
admit them into cur INaGonaI and State L.
sisLtute, and under SUCH circumstances
would they not sufusc the acts Of those Ie-
5FlatiYc bodies with the spirit Of foreign
reed? The safest plan is to adopt the
esaer evil; and iftoreigners choose TO come !
here and submit to the laws and reguM,
lions imposed upon themsas such by a. I
nielicans, it is their Privalcge to do So;
but Jet them not aspire u the chief seats
of the government table. Some object to
Sam" because they see, or pretend to see,
M his acts, a tendency toward union OF
Church and Safe. An impartial cxami.
nation Of his acts in connection with his
vowed political course for the future, will
discover no such tend cncy. To suppress
N incipient union of Church and State in
The Roman Catholic policy, is "Sam's"
mission, and mot 10 unite Church
snd State Us some aver. ~
Against aunion of Church and State, all
hose who love their country and feel IN |
interest i'll the perpctuatiQn of American
should unqualified Irotcst.-
Md asa result ofthis kind cannot reason.
lbly be expected to come upon us inone
inal and etFectuol onslaught, every true
american should consider himself morally
bound to act aS Waterman Oh the walls Of
'ar National ionand report to the Cap.
Ait General Of tie American Phalanx.
very movement Ofthe enemy the tcndcn, |
X Of which might either directly or indi- !
rectiy bearuPon theprescnE dis joined though
happy condition Of the 4wo institutions
. Churchand State. Against such per- !
version of the spirit Of our beloved insfitu
ions, let us all watch with an urcompro.
missing zeal and fidelity that will ever
dwarf the Vaccinations Of a foreign enc
my ,aid render harmless and Intellectual
my lnsiduous design against our country
lor sinister purposes by a native enemy.
\ +. -. ~..' +. CRYPTIC. \
: William Thompson, says the Wythville
Telegraph, who. has been confined to his.
bed by rheumatism for about fourteen
during which time he has not been