Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-04-11

urging upon you q unanimity Of sentiment
in regard to this matter, this committee has
not discharged the duties imposed upon
them by the convention, by whom they
We're appointed. A higher and more i'm.
portant duty remains TO be pIeformed.-
The historyof the nations Of the world
has taught mankind, that, to secure The
liberties Of people free, pure and unde.
filed, party should exist under every
form Of government opposed to the policy
It pursues, as well as one to commend and
uphold IT, Such heretofore has been
the case in regard to the policy to be pur-
sued by our Federal and State Govern.
ment. Time was, when the Wing and
Democratic parties in the United States,
held honorabl " rivalry with each other, for
the success Of the great principles adyoca-
ted by each. Time was, when it was
looked upon as an honor TO be- called
Wing. ''AIas, how have the nigh 4
falleg!' Routed in the last Presidential
canvass, from every hill top and every
valley in the country, the Wing party ex,
isted and exists no longer, as a distinct
political organization. In this State OF
affairs, it BECAME necessary for. the politi.
cal hueksters. of the dcfunct Wing party,
to seek new names and DISCUSSES TO obtain
power. In ono last. expiring grasp the
,Wbig party ceased 10 exist, and regiment
after regiment went off, into the many isms
Of The day, with which our country is al
fiicted. 70 reunite and fuse these many
isms into one consolidated whole was the
object; but, how was it to be accomplished?
Useless the effort on any questions Of
national policy: But there was an element
to which, in this hour OF. doubt, the eyes
of the political hacks turned Foreigners
and Romanism were cries with which to
arouse tile fansticism and intolerance Of
the country, and TO unite all these issuee
in one, and it was done. State after
State of the North and West has resound:
ed with the cries Of foreign influence and
Romanish influence, and victory has perch
ed upon the brow of intolerance and per-
secuiion; whilst, al its heels, Abolitienism
has stalked in all its grim and bleached
deformity, until, at last, Virginia's sons,
upon Virginia's soil are asked TO hug this
loathsome carcass to their bosoms. To
repel this invasion Of anaticism, procrip-
ton and abolitionism, i pom your own
.hearthstones and by your own fire sides,
we call upon the DEM cra;ic party to
stand TO the faith for VIII ch they have SO
long conte nded, and the princip lcsinw hich
they have. SO often triumphed, and in doing
this we ask your supporter men who will
do honor to the principles they espouse,
and who willuphold the faith and carry
out the principles Of the Democratic par
ty. Henry A. Wise, whese name has
been presented for your consideration, by
the Stanton. Convention, is q gentleman
Of acknowledged ability and undoubted
integrity. In the Congress Of the United
States, he has represented his: State to her
advancement and. to his own credit. In
the late Reform Convention, he advocated
with signal success the rights of Western
Virginia, and battled manfullv for the de-
velopment of the wealth and resources of
the entire State. Such is the candidate
and such the Recommendations for your
SURFACES. To such keeping may safely
be entrusted the integrity, welfare, adj
vancementand development ofiyour State.
In Elisha W. McComas You have pre-
scented to you.a gentleman of ahigh order
of talent, wen acquainted with the duties
which will deyolye upon him If elected to
I'LL the high office of Lieutenant Governor,
and one who did good service to his State
and particularly to. Western Virginia in
the late Reform Convention. Azman to
the manor born; native of Western Vir-
gina; identified with the West by BIRTH
BY education, and his love for and pride
in her undeveloped greatness, his infu-
ence viii be exerted to the development of
her resources, and thereby to increase the
wealth and, glory Of the entire Safe. :,
In the nomination Of Willis p, Bocock
werecognize, as in the above named gen
tlenan. a Democrat of the States Rights
school Of politics; a sound and able law
yer, and an officer faithful in tie discharge
of the duties heretofore entrusted to his
hands. These are the men YOU are called
upon by the Democratic party to support,
and by their election to insure the integ-
ritv, the welfare and-the advancement Of
your State. AS we have before stated,
an organization secret in its. workings,
skulking from the light of day and the in
vestigation Of good men, under the dis
guise of so-called Know Nothingism, but
in reality the leaders of the old Federal
Wing party seeking to revive a debilita-
ted existence, and striving, after Danish
ment from power, at least in the State of
Virginia, for over forty years, to obtain
dominion and the spoils Of Office. With
out any avowed principles as to Federal
or State politics, this party, to- gain their
ends, instead Of appealing to the judg.
ments and the consciences Of the people,
have sought only to arouse, excite and in
fame their passions and their prejudices.
And inorder to deceive and impose upon
the Democratic party, and to fuse all pre-
ferences and prejudices, they have pre-
scented to the voters Of the State ticket
combining all the elements from Federal
ism down TO Be1nothingism. They have
had the impotence to say to the Demo-
cratic party, with clear majority Of l5,=
900 voters in the State. that you will give
them one of the State Offices, they win let
YOU have the other two. This is the mod
est offer made to the Democracy, Of the
State, by q party defeated and defunct.
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