Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-04-11
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For the "ster Of the Kannwha Valley"
! MEssRs RuvDLt & MuRRELL::- Il have
taken the following from the Lewis.
burg Chronicle ofthe 18th of March,
which so fully Expresses my senti.
ncnts, that ! ask you to inscrt+it in
I4hc Star, that our olllricnd and bro
Their, Gilncr, may see that there are
other Wings who, from "scnse Of
proprirty," cannot endorse the scnti-
ncnts and actions Of the so-callcd
Know-Nothing organization: ,.
The Richmond Wing asks, scan
Wings vote for Henry A. Wiser
and goes on to show that it would
be mean and siulking TO do 90, We
will say, for one, that. Under Vic cir
+cunstaaces, we think wings caaIHotc
for Henry A. Wise, and that, too,
with perfect con istcncy. The Wing
would have us jump out/of the fry
ing pan into The firezzit would have
us rcmoyc>a fly from the eye by put
ting<in awasp. There are whigs in
the State whose sense/of propriety
will not permit them to endorse. such
doctrines, and lin sound, practica al
sense dove Of Virginia, in. self re-
spect, and in open, manly conduct,
ne shouldbc sorry to see them Yield
! &c the Editor 81 the Wing. There
arc wings, good, true wings, who are
influenced more by a love Of their
country than by their opposition to
Kmen, who will vote for HeryA.Wisc
They have thcit reasons for doing
50, and the Wing need not hope to
drive them from their purpose by
such stuff as it4 leader of the 9th Of
March contains They are as free
as the editor of the Wing, and are
governed by patriotic purposes sole
~. They will select between evils,
and prefer Mr.. Wise, democrat tho
he be, for they like his internal i'm
provcment motto ns, and would like
to cheer him on his opposition to the
tyranny Of knoW-nothingism.n
| The members of this Know-Noth-
ing organization skulk OFF in the
dark hours of mi dnightto pcrpctrate
their foul deeds, by deceiving the un-
suspectiHg and ignorant causing
them to take obligations of the most
humiliating character, which, in my
Judgment, ever characterized a/free
and independent people And that
Wings and Viii g organs ofNirginisl
are leading off in this Notorious work,
we need bat refer youto the Rich
mond Wing, the delegation to the
Winchester Convention and the lead
ers in our counties; and | am truly
sorry to see Virginia Wings who
stood up boldly in forty-fouf, met the
enemy in the field and was notYasha-
med to declare their sentiments to
the whole world, now "skulking"
around the corne RS of streets, up hol-
lows, and organizing a secret politi-
cal association called Know-Noth-
ings, taking an obligation which for
bids their telling what they have been
engaged in. ...// r. . +
And you need but ask them are
you a know-Nothing, and the an
swer will soon come, Il know moth
about it; are there any around or
about here? If there are | should
like to joinr' five speak at all, We
are commanded<b by the Word Of God
Ito speak the truth; but Know Moth
ingism says not so, evade the truth,
if you can, and If YOU cannot evade
it, deny it, any way. Permit me to
ask those of the Wing party who
claim to be Of the Simon pure'' Viz
ginia stock, who may yet have Vir-
GINA, yes, good Old Virginia blood
coursings through their veins, can
they, viii they abandon their princi-
plies, their liberty, their freedom OF
speech, and go off with a party who
dare not tell that such an organiza-
ton does exist. We hope you will
not; if you do 50, you thereby tao
lily acknowledge that heretofore
you have held political sentiments
which wereimpolitic and anti-repub-
lican, and you now seek redress BY
uniting with a party whose deeds are
dark, and thereby deceive an en-
lightened public, and withal, you are
assoeiating with Democratic asli-
rants for, office. And should any OF
You who are members of the Know
Nothing order for rather Native
American order) be professors OF
Christianity, permit me, with due re-
spect and Difference to your opinion,
let you belong to Whatever denomi-
nation of Christians YOU may, ask
arc you living in the discharge Of
| your duty to God, to yourselves and