Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-04-04

events. abrightcr day dawning Upon his
country. "Hs wus encouraged by ne ~
cent elections IN We North, and ID defended
he new MOVEMENT. Gas he termed the
ow-Nothings) rhick, he said, was dorm
Of Puritan Mood, and ,rds against dsspo-
tisu Of On kinds, This nsw pasty sAoiili
Do jsdgsd. iks otAsrs, IyiisJ ynts. ! q had
elected champion or freedom 10 tks o. s.
lSeaate, for foar years 4, M iheEtaee ef,q
man who ,cas taisst 10 freedom For him.
self he corid say that, 20 long d lin dwell
in his bosom, soIlong would hsn1 Or
liberty and against slavery. ~ Iaseoneln.
sion he expressed the hope that soon, the
time might come, when the sun should not
rise on 4 master. or set on q slave! III.
During the delivery Of this Abolition
address, HsnryJ. sGardner, ths Know.
Nothing Governor Of Massachusetts,, Gen
Henry Wilson,. the man who, but the day
before, Ind been elected bya Know Mo-
thing Legislators 1 Senator 81 the united'
States, from the same State, and several
other leading members Of the Order were
| present. and occupied prominent seats up
on the PLATFORM When the lecturer had
concluded and taken his(seat, calls were
made for WILSON" when that newly.
elected Know-Nothing U. s. Senator came
forward, and delivered the following short
address: il. i 4. i lila I
."Mr. Chairman and Ladies and Gen.
tlemen: This Is hot the time nor place for
me to utter a word. You have listened
to the eloquence Of my young friend, AND
HERE TONIGHT ! ENDORSE EVERY sENTl-
MENr HE HAS rrTEhEp. liz PUBLIC or IN
PRIVATE LIFE, n MAJoRrrIEs, OR ~ MI
SoRIrrEs, AT HOME or ABROAD, INTEND
TO LIVE AND TO DIE WITH UEREIENTrSG
HOSTILITY TO SLAVERY ON MY LIPS. make
no compromises anywhere, at home or
abroad, l shall yield nothing Of my anil
slavery sentiments to advance my own per-
! sonaH interests, I'd advance party interests,
or to meet the demands of any State or
section Of our country He delivered a
4 few more sentences, and retired, thanking
the audience for. the honor of the occa-
sion. l.. 4 y &sFEtst ~ Fl 75sa
M will add a few extracts from the de-
bates in the Massachusetts Legislature,
when the election of Senator was before
that body. Mr.. Prince, Of Essex, adso-
Gated the election Of Gen. Wilson upon the
grounds Of his ''uncompromising opposi-
! ton to slavery, and deprecated any yield
ing 10 the South upon this question. -" -
Senator Pilleury,. of Hamden, stated that
che wished it distinctly understood thai
he nor~ne man from his section could have
} come here, if he had been only American
IT WAS BECAUSE HE PARTY WAS ANrI-sLA-
. VERY, As WELL As AMERICAN, TIA iT nAI
GOT THE MAJORITY. j.; Q. Griffin, O
Charlestown, after denouneing the pre-.
, sent Demoeratic> Administration, the Ne,
braska bill and African slavery, concluded
by saying that he wanted man right on
this question (of slavery the one now
prominent worthy to standby the side o.
Charles Sumner All the desired quail
lifications he found possessed, IN an emf.
= nent degree. by Henry Wilson, for whom
he voted, and without the possession d
which he would never been. elected BIZ
that body Senator Of the United States
Jonathan Prince, the head Of Order IN
Massachusetts,, next spoke: '.It had been
: said il he opposed Wilson, he. himself,
would be ruined. He thanked God nc
. party Of men had power to do that to him.
; He only wished Gen. Wilson was as good
: \ Native Amnrica', a. himself Yhod
been said his Fressoa movement eoatld rcss
as 4p;. IdouJt i, for zoe are alllfrcsoilsr.
ourselves. He had been advised to close
the doors and keep certain, men out ofthe
, Order. He had said Jno--let them all
come in. A man lis nota Senator for q
single State--he is>a Senator Of the whole
Union. Clearly intimating that some
members of the Know N othing organiza.
; ton had thought Of refusing. Gem Wilson
admissiopinto the Order. on. account, nc
doubt, Of his former. views expressed il
favov Of foreigners, in a resolution adopt,
ed by a Freesoil National Convention,
r which assembled al Pittsburgh in the Sum
, mer of 1859, of which Convention Gen
4 Wilson was President. ..s essfl~es'' It'll i
To show the utter inconsistency Of the
leaders of this secret Order, that their pro,
. fess ed hatred to foreigners is only assumed
:. for the covert design of. defeating and
breaking doWnthe National Democracy q
the country, ! viii give the resolution jus,
] referred to: 'ile& .a.ta1ss@ss= ~ ss@Sat cd.
{ 4" Resolusd, That emigrants and exile.
, from the Old World should find cordia
, welcome to homes Of comfort and fields Of
Enterprise in The New, and every attempt
/ TO abridge their priyilegesof becoming cit.
, liens and owners Of the soil among US,
| ought to be resisted with infexible deter,
, Inination. - tszs.s s9Fa,t. .sEs ar
Il ! ask what honesty or sincerity Of hear
: can men possess who would ayow and
: publish such sentiments as these, and il
, 50 short time league themselves togeth.
! er by secret oaths and obligations, the
, most solemn. To oppose, with unrelentine
J hostility, the oppressed of every nation
who might desire ID migrate hither and
stake their destiny for. veal Or woe with
{ the people of this truly free and Heaven.
I favored nation of the earth? Notwith.
standing The avowsl Of these sentiments
/ by Gen. Wilson, and his recent CONVENTION
! 10 Know Nothingism, they admitted him
i as q. member 10 their Ordsr and not only
! 10. but elected him j Senator Of the Uni.
I ted States; not becanse they considered
4 him better KNOWN Nothing than many i
/, their party, but because he bad rendered