Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-03-07
I Communications.
For he ''star pfthe Kanawha Valley \
/ "CatO's Administrator Hi

! quite without employment, wrote very
short communication for your journal, iii
reply V q correspondents of YOURS who XXI.
yocated Know Nothingisrn. III. your last
issue, ! see friend Of Mlae hss Given lnnlae
q reply, over the signature 81 f.Cato,s Ad-
ministtnt4r." But why lotsHlhat gen-
tlcman evade tic points / attempted lo
make, and content himself with Venting
his low slang on1the party (Which | be-
Iong?--tLe Democracy--yss, II will stasc
] in the be- ginning that an. u. ln,lnnciat,
and feel gtatitied that i do belong to tlia,
purity which now stands proudly and firm
| " againStal the isms and ffumBugs| ofthe
tday! Ny friend is bitter, Very bitter
against. all who chooseto hold opinions
different from his own; but an Impartial
observer will. be powerfully inclined 10
think that the falschood Of afpropositionis
felt by those who attempt BY bold asser.
ton, and not by reason. to procure its aa.
missionamong men. I|#I ..I=
intend not lp utter "a. word abusive 81
any man, but ofla secret soeietyNwhich, bly,
means. of test-taths. attempts AnPiously,
in the name Of leligipn, to control Tie des.
tiuies Of this country. j hayea right to
speak; and Us to <Ale manner Id whiGhEI
will exercise that right. llo.ndt intend tp
consult the wishes Of any Nliow- Nothing.
| In Concluding my article, I stated That
! was opposed q Know .Notl,ings because
they had formed a,seeret society anLi-re,
publican: in every fea.hre. Aid i'll addi-
ton y this, ] said that, according TO inty
uilderslan ding Of Constitutional hw. no
otiicc.holAer can join them without com
hitting perjury. 10 Prove thd last pro-
position, | quoted the clause ill our C5n-
siitution On religious freedom, (temcn.
Der every ollice-holler, before entering on
The duties Of his office, ttkesal oath tfat
he will1supp6rt tliq Constitution Of Virgin
ia and. the, Constitution Of the United
States, and. hrnqudttd, il substance,
the Know Nothing oath, and showed that
the one was in direct conhctwith the oih-
er. The nj propounded the question how
u man could swear that he would support
I and obey the Constitution, and then turn
t'around and join q secret socity which
compes him 10 swear that he. 2ill do siust
what tho Constitution Jays heE sbsll Ilipt
do. / He must swear falsely Ill ohe INSTANCE
or,the other! ~ neither Of tlRese points,
does tie gentleman lpply, anl uley ton-
| stiCuto the issue brlween us; btt he< weilt
. off in a perfect explosion ot p,aisc pf DID
I"Amelican party" Now, il il npt q diff
fcult mat ter ~ perceive the ,e4nsummite
trickery therpi5Eat the bottom tof alI thi4...
BY making false issues, the Hnow- Noth7
ihgs always tryto direct thesmihds of the
EpoRple from their real designs. 1.-THE Know
Nothings praise tile American party, and
the Amer lean party praise Know Nothings,
and they all detlaim against tho I'd -l--n
Irish, Nand cry, ''down with the donna
goguc"' Verify, this reminds ME Of the
thief who Ialwaysfcries. f'Stop the thief n'
Those who will look to the North, amd con-
template, for anlcment, what il bcingact-
ed on thf stage of politics, viii certainly
see that Southern institutions We're never
$50 seriously imported as atthe present nioT
mcnt. Every man that the know-Noth-
ing party has elected there bill gone into
Office with the declaration Of hnrelentins
hostility 70 the South upon his liPs. ln,
view OF these facts will virginia tt1iia treemerl
hug this viper 70 their bosonis? What.
ever may have been the pretelsfonsof this
faction 70 conservatism at one tmco, every
body must now see that every desperate
politician and denagogue Of the day Gre
tiocking, like buzsards' intoitS: Councils,
IN order that they may ride iilto power m olll
lts popularity Men Of disappointed am-
bltion are elutchlng at;the scePtree .oi hon NJ
or-hcton Is ensendtermg laction ana
leud enSenderlnS ieud. y## E..IH.
Our Republican institutions arebeseiggcfd Z
Out who is the enemy It's composed
Of the political harlequins whip, Hfor cor-
rqpt purposes, are sowing the sAeds III
>disScntion in the public mind. The DEM
.agogues who infest every comi!nunlty. e'n'
snare tho ignorant INTO this hno pws'- Notlll:
ing conspiracy, and poison tiH hearts III
the untllinkihg win their own ia "a "
spirits. They are the persons whom We
should watch wlth the 1eye Of slee pless !. IN
lance, f4r they are the Benedift Af IA
the Aaron Burrs and we Cattt iTe 1Wh n,
would overthrow our governments ,,, ana
crush The fortunes Of half the.world ! that
they nhshtaccompllsh some seltlslh objesctt.
WIN the Know Nothing iacttl9n t II
umph; unite in itself 20 many wild ' ele-
mentS that Its own wlre-WorRerS cannot