Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-03-14
Editorial Correspondence.
WINFIELD, March Q, 1855.

I do not intend to "bore" the readers q
the Star with along description q my tr'l
from buffalo 10 this place; bat while wait
mo for breakfast this morning. have con-
GUIDED TO briefly notice the fact that on my
way % this place yesterday. I did not NEE
| with but two individuals-and one Of then
inquired Of me to know whether ! nae
seem :. .Sam?' i answered him negative
I,v, hut remarked that had seen a tract
s,,pnosed to be his a few Hundred yard
back, and, Judging from the direction }
was taking, apd tho distance betweeg to
tracks, / inferred that he was ref%ooden
the Gland OF bone -fints' an'
nutmegs" - i. - Know Moth
spea king of " SAM ';tity no less than
ing party consultinfit as the cognomen
euphony have adj have never lad the
of their ortking this young mans ac
pleasure ,ralthough 1 am told that he
quainfs Of Introduction TO US Virginians
hanumcrous gentlemen North Of Ma
in and Dixon's line; but we are informed
by his friends that he pnmes himself vast
ly on his personal proves. But notwith-
standing he comes here u pom his proscrip-
tive crusade, elated by the victories he won
over the disorganized, distracted Democ-
raey ofthe North, which war rem intwain
by the Nebraska bill, we are not inclined
to regard him as i0riheiIle by, any meaps.
There is one thing here worthy Of note:
this same partywhich invades US silently
and secretly, under the aforesaid dig"yed
and imposing cognom en. has made war
upon the Republican party of Virginia for
for the last fifty consecutive years, with
the cry of "no party" and under the
most egregious $ stcm of Dragging, but in
each successive dontest, when the smoke
ofbattle cleared away, has the prond flag
Of Democracy foated in triumph over the
disbandcd. thumbled, broken ranks Of a
conquered foe? Factions and combina-
tons Of factions may achieve partial and
temporary triumph, but this country al
ways has, and still must be governedby the
glorious principles Of the Democratic par
ty. We believe not in Know Nothingikm
the indubitabie features Of the order are
prescription, duplicity and demagogism.
Every one knows who has given the sub
iect the least investigation, that they are
bound in various ways by secret oaths-
yet they say that one of the objects Of their
clandestine association is to promote true
"Lepers in SANITY garb!"-
Have they forgotten the language of our
Saviour-"S not at all" neither by
the heavens nor by the eatth nor by thy
head-for thou can'st NOT, make one hair
white on black. "Let your communications
by yea, yea may, nay, for ~hotsoeper is
more than this eometh Of eri1" But they
say they. have good object in view, and
that justifcs the manufacturing good can
result from that which is wrong in itself.
II leave here for Cabell in . few minutes
but breakfast is ready. fredericksburg,
however, Lw i'll say that Mr.. N. B. DuD-
drSG, Of the American Housf, knows how
to do the "amiable." Last night several
couple ofrhe lads and lasses of this vicini-
~, assembled at this house, for the pur-
pose Of celebra ting 'conquos t Of Hymen.'
AN went merry. as marriage beIl!'-
More anon. =. I. W. R. M.