Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-06-06

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efal government. The Jews were divided
into, tribes:'so are ke-the States Of the
Union representing tie twelve tribes
Judea Each tribe had its Goycr->f; %
has each State. Then there <ere 'u'cl'
81 thousands and hund>sds and tens; 50
!, Is in our Congressman
s,,,c sena,ess. Legislators. and magis-
tr,,e. IN Of whom arschosen by the peo-
", and al 81 whom can, At stated times.
( 81 dismissed. and others put in their pia.
COS. ifthey prove rccreant 70 their trust.
Again, ii Is maxim oftynnnicsl Or mo-.
narohial governments chat the favored and
enlightened few who hold the reins Of gov
eminent in their hands, arc alone qualified
10 direct, guido and control the welfare Of
the whole; hence they always meet and
discuss National politics in secret, and if
the people should, at any time, become
loo inquisitiye. and wish to know. what
their rulers are about, they are at once
told that il Is none Of their business: You
can't govern yourselves; you have less 10.
tercst in the welfare of tho nation thanwe
have, and we can injure you without in
ljuring ourselves MORE, And they al
Ways keep on hand, for tho purpose, un,
i
scrupulous hirelings, who are Of the mas
E'ses, as they are called, to go out among
the people and preach this doctrine To-
them; they are paid by the government,
and being Of the people, and seeming to be
in earnest, they readily bring tho honest!
and unsuspccting to believe them, and
thus induce them TO rivet the manacles
upon themselves, and arc led, like sheep
to the slaughter" under the delusion that
they are free agents, Their enmity is all
ways turned agains l those who are really
their friends, and they support and up
hold those who have no interest in their
welfare. THUS il j., that every man who
really has the welfare Of the people at
heart, and who has the honesty and the
tirnlncss 70 war against tyranny. and in
favor Of the masses, is slandered and
abused by these hired miscreants, until he
lis hunted down and destroyed by the very
persons whose benetactor he wished to be.
On the other hand, in free governments,
ryery man is sovereign: every man must
be consulted; aud any combination Of
part for controlling the governmental OF the
whole, is treason. Secrecy is the distinc-
tive mark Of fraud, or at least it is pFin'a
faeia evidence Of an Intention to, usurp
power, whenever it is rcsorted to in alfree]
government, for political purposes. Il is.
the weapon Of tyranny and has been the
oyertbrow Of every free government that
ever existed. It's always resortcd to by
those who hold opinions contrary to the
majority, and who desire to raise them
selves into power 7 -.
In our government there have always
been, two distinct parties-the Democrat
&c and the one opposed to tor, in other
words, a party believing in the capability
Of man for self.government, and one OPP
posed 70 it. The Democratic party have
made the nation what it is-great, glori-
Gus, and happy-7and howhas it done it ?
BY leaving man free mall Of his faculties;
allowing no distinction between men, ex.
ecpt that Of tho yirtuous and vicious; and
making merit thc.only pass port to prefer.
ment; whilst the leaders ftie other party
are only actuated by desire for: plumber
and the spells Of Office; and they are al
ways crying out for change, and never
propose anything while they az out Of
Office, or do anything while they are in;
and they have always been beaten down
by the people at the ballot-box. They
have been driven from the field Of honor.
able controversy, and here, as a last re-.
sort, they imported from old England this
new spawn Of tyranny, "sam." and by
hired desperadoes and renegade foreign
editors, they have succeeded in flooding
the Councils Of the nation, from the
North, with the most rabid and tanatical
set Of iscreants that ever disgraced the
Legislative halls Of any nation. Flushed
with victory, and finding in this State an
unscrupulous press and politicians eager
for pelE they at once established their
Councils here, and ttlAseF found material
suitable forth eirpurpose,in renegade min.
isteis Of the gospel, gamblers, penitsntia.
| ry birds, church members who had fallen
from grace, md who had forgotten their
first love, sons d foreigners who proved
selses'adweitby oftrast BY turning
against their fathers, broken down and
dishonest aspirants in the Democratic par.
ty, who, like camp followers, hung upon
It's skirts, prostituted themselves to It's hor.
rid embrace, and went out among the pco-
pie with lies on their tongues aud the BIZ
bio In their hands, and induced hundreds