Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-08-08

4 s7fsN PeAASsp. - ~ - "a n, go e
| lin ..every inch d man, !" and abusing
soutbctn men and laading Abolitionists to
Eths skies, We aiink it time for US to cal
at ention TO il, especially when We SCI
that auetherIKnow. Nothing paper in Yves,
tern Virginia has boldly raised the flag o
Ilds party at its mast head, and proclaimed
its principles as follows: 81 m
"Allying ourselves To neither NORTH
nor South. on our own hook we adopt
the following platform as our platform on
This question, from which We never have
and never will recede. We may FALL on
lh, IN WILL NEVER LEAyEIr. 4
/ The REPEAL of he fagitire star. taw.
The REPEAL ofMe Nebraska Kansas biH
| No more Stare territories. i /
r. The PURCHASE AND MANuMlssIoS OF
SLAVES III THE DIsTRIcT or COLUMBIA on
THE, REMOVAL OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
TO FREE TERRITORY. &r- I. /
Thisis in our opinion the only national
platform, the only one on which the ques.
ton can be settled, the only one which
Expresses Che nature and, character OF oui
government and institutions, and OH that
We are willing to sink or swim. -
Wkeelihg Gazette. = ~ ..~ l. + |
Now, we call upon all southern Know
No:hiags Is ponder and reflect upon these
things. Your party is organized upon the
principle that the minority must yeild
implicit obedience to the will Of the ma
jori.y or secede., We all knpw that the
MAJORITY of the party ore Abolitionists
Fof tile deepest dye, and have 50 proven
themselves by their acts and demonstra-
tons. Now, whatever may be said about
the Gazette" the editor is only acting
up to his vow. as a Know Nothing, yet We
think that the State Of Virginia ought to
be made too hot TO hold him. And the
editor Of the. Republican" seems to be of
the same opinions Of the Gazette" but
isafraid to express them as openly. Now,
which, we ask, is the worse-the one who
raises its banner aloft and fights under
it openly, or the one who puts forth the
banner Of one party and; fights under
another. ~,,.>...-.--
1t seems TO be settled purpose now,
in the North, to push things upon the
subject Of slavery to :extr mes They
boast that they can carry all of the meas
urcs proposed by them, and that the South
dare not resist. Why are they so conf
dent? 1t is from a belief on their part
that the southern portion of their order
will back them in it; they are sworn to
do it. When we remember that the
leaders Of this order amongst us are north
eIn men, and Abolitionists; that it was first
into the Kananha Valley BY
person who was initiated in Wheeling,
by New Yorker, who gave him all of
the necessary Instructions and books to
form lodges here, and that Jndson alias
Ned Buntline, was its patron saint in
Richmond, we have a right to look upon:
it as a mighty effort to divide and distract
the South, that the North may rule and
Cypress them. We know that the Al bolt
ton feeling. prevails along tho borders
here to a considerable extent, and We also
know that all Of that way Of thinking are .
now warm supporters Of this order.
whether they were formerly Democrats or
Wings, most Of the papers they take are
published in free States, whether. religious
or political, and all of which laud Gov.
Reeder to the skies and denounce tie
people Of Kansas who voted pro-
slavery as a set of lawless rufiians.
and endeayor to raise a feeling of bitter
ness against them in the. slave States.
Even admitting they did go a little too far
no man who has the heart of Southerner
beating in his bosom, would, under the
condemn them. Docsany
one suppose that the people of Missouri
were To sand with their arms folded and
see set of hired negro thieves settle on.
their borders with the avowed purpose Of
them of their property and then
insult them afterward. No man but an
Aboltiohist at heart, whatever his profess
sions may be, would for moment blame
them, and it was the fact Of the "Kanawha
Republican" seeming to blanc them,
that we called attention TO it. This we
intend to do in every instance without
"fear or affection, because we cannot
help thinking the, Know Nothing Of the
South must be an Abolitionists at heart,
or wilfally blind, who approves Of the
doings and doctrines Of his party at the
North; or would not and does not warn
his brethren Of the South to dissolve their
connection with them. ...f I'm
We do not wish 10 get intosa personal
war with any editor. We have right
to attack their doctrines, and will always
take the liberty to do it. They can't get
out Of il BY saying the Star slandersthem.
We say nothing but what we can stand