Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-11-28
Fc4 the Presidency IN 1856,
HON. HENRY A. WISE,
SUBJECT no DEcr:IoS or THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Georgia Democracy.

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The Democracy Of the Empire State o
the South have placed themselves upon .
true and Constitutional platform. They
some time since, adopted series Of reso,
lations declaring unequivocally their de-
termination. to secede from che Onion il
case the coming Congress should. pass
any law in violation Of the constitutions
rights Of the South, or should refuse t.
pass constitutionaRlaw becauseSit pro
noted Southern and slavery interests, o.
should repeal a law because such law gave
the South its constitutional rights: The!
avowed and declared themselves ready,
willing, and determined to sccede from
tho Union in case Congress repealed the
Fugitive Slave Law, or repealed tho Ne
bras.a-kansas Bills, or restored the Mis-.
souri, Compromise, or abolished Slavery
in tho District Of Columbia, or refuse L
admit any moro slave States in the Union
simply because Mey ~ere Stare .'States.---
And very recently, the Democratic Gov,
. ernor Of Georgia, in, his message to the
Democratic Legislature Of that State, re-
commended n separation Of the slave
States from the hirefing States, in case
Congress should refuse the admission OF
Kansas in the Union on account of its
slavery: II. ,.~:.~. vi IT.
These principles, thus boldly proclaim.
cd by the Democracy of Georgia, consti.
tute a platform upon which every South.
ern State, We hope, will stand. Too long
already has tho North been allowed. by
her numerical majority in Congress, to
pass laws injurious TO the interests Of the
South, and in violation. Of the constitu.
tional rights of the South. The history
Of our government shows that the South,
taken collectively, have always opposed
tho passage Of lawswhich were not strict
y constitutional, whilst the North, taken
collectively, have over and over again,ad-
vocated, and in many instances, by their
majority, passed laws in Congress entire.
y at variance with the spirit of our in.
rtitutions, and contrary to the constitu.
donal rights Of the Southern portion. OF
tho Confederacy. For instance: The en-.
actment Of the Alien and sedition Laws,
the establishment Of a National Bank, the
passage Of High Protective Tariffs, the
Missouri Compromise act, the Internal
Improvement System, and the various
schemes for squandering the public lands.
And this is not all they (the North have
done: They have not only made frequent
aggrcssions upon the constitutional rights
Of the slave-holding portion Of this Con.
federacy, but have also, in several Of their
States, publicly ayowed their determine.
ton to resist the execution Of the Fugi-
tive Slave Law ''at all hazards and to the
last extremity" Several Of their legisla.
lures have declared the Fugitive Slave.
Law to be null and void, and that il shall
not DO enforced Within their respective
States. Thus much for the history Of
the North and South in supporting and
sustaining the Constitution and the laws
Of our common country And now the
South are willing fort't'by.gone TO be
by-gones;" and as the passage Of the Flu.
,gitire Slave Law and oil the Nebraska
Kansas Bills bring us back to the Con.
stitution as it was first made BY the "a.
theirs Of the Republic, The South are
willing to live under the Constitution ms
It is now and was then. But they viii
resist, .eren iftAey dissoipe the Union. any
further departure from the Constitutional
Compact. They will not submit to any
more compromises like the Missouri act.
They are determined that the true intent
and real meaning of the Constitution shall
from this time hcnceforth be strictly car.
Rcd out--that they themselves win faith.
fully abide BY the Constitution, and that
~ Worth shall do Me same, or else the
Union shall be dissolved.
The Democracy Of Georgia deserve
well ofthe South, and Of the whole coun.
try, for boldly planting themselves upon
. platform embodying the Constitutional
principles Of i7ss, and BY those princi.
pies determined to try the issue between
the slayo.holding and Misunderstanding
States Of the Union-whesher we shall
live together as equal and independent
soyereignties. or this Union be dissolved.
!. Maj. 1. B. wAsarseros. Il will be seen
from IN advertisement in another column.