Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-11-28

nro alsverv north Of that latitude. We'll,
ndmittinr this 10 be moro consistent and
ratioIlnl constitution Of the agreement .
disavrcc.s did tile fanatics of fusion
NJ a6ide It? Never! III every phase 81
tbe COMPROMISE, first aud last, they have
lbroken i.s letter and spirit. Unnecessarily
they nave raised the question con slavery
South and North, East and West every
where IN the States and Territories and
District, in the Indian country on the
trade n ltransitu between States. Districts
md Territories, on the acquisition Of ter
3ritory. III tho organization and admission
Of States into the Union, on questions q
peace and war, ever, everywhere. always,
iii season aud out Of season they have
raised the question against slavery; until
they have, on various occasions, nearly
raised the very demon Of civil war and dis
lunioni They have harbored English ON
Iissarics; raised foreign funds; welded ~.
sociated influence and capital; we,,ried
Congress with petitions; tatiguod thepub'
/ lie mind with compromises; filled itfwitll
reyiling and abuse; pensioned press, pull.
put, PREACHER. teacher, run underground
railroads; spirited away runaway: have
scattered broadcast tales Of holy horrors
painted onthc stage, scenes; written log
cabinnoyels; lccturcd, ranted, rioted, VII.
ill they have made US divided people;
until they have cut the continent IN tive
/ byn line tf border fcuts; until they have
separated our churches; setls apart 50
cialIy. at the watering and other places,
and until they have engendered \ section
Al antagonism more becoming enemies il
hostile array than tolerant neighbors
even, much less united brethren" chill
drcnf Of one father--children Of d com
mon country, the only children the Father
of tlmt country ever had, whose farewell
Is still our warming! "
Within the year I have stood on the
rock Iat Point Pleasant overlooking The
grave Of Cornstalk, the battle ground be.
tween the Indian and the Long Ksifa, fit.
tened By the blood oftha conquest. where.
by Virginia secured tbceminent domain
Of thewholc Northwest Territory There
before me spread out that vast do
main. now giant group Of civilized soy
creignties, empires Of power, q compact
tier offree States Who made them free
Statcs2 Their mother slave State. Nir-
GINA. By her deed Of ccssion on her own
conditions, witha liberality large Ids 4 lave
of continental country, made Ohio and
her sisters of the Northwest Territory
free States. Her's,was 4 Wilmot Proyiso.
It wasIa whole and entire grant 10 free
dom the first ever made upon earth like it,
and made before tho Constitution ofthe
United States was formed. After Il.
more perfectlInion' was formed pcrina-
nent, uniform, universal, organic law be-
Etgan TO reign. It left the domestic insti-
tutions with the States. It defines the
only cases where the Federal authority
can intervene. One Of the cases is that Of
| a slave flying from one State toanothcr;
| he shall be restored TO his master BY a
! double tier OF laws, Federal and State, BY
constitutional and by statute laws, the
master may reclaim him. And vet, gen
! tlcmcn. though thus fortified by laws or
ganic and legislative. State and Federal,
| | might nj well have thousand dollars
| floating on chip in the Ohio river, as TO
own d slave worth that sum on the shores
! Of that river! What then? The laws do
not reign! The very free soil which yir-
ginia first colIsceratcd on the continent ii
made the underground for the railroads
Of her runaways! III
| Gentlemen, Mr.. Webster once asksd d
| group Of Southern mcmbcrs Of Congress,
Of, whom | was one. with m effect can
never forget: f"Shall your children be
taliens ID ,ny children And now whilst
fusionists are "ding-donging' US about
aliens and foreign in lucncr, | ask, ii the
\ language of Scripture: who j. our
] brother?" Shall Ohio be alien and enc
! my to Virginia? Virginia be alien
/ and enemy 10. Ohio?-Should Ohio be
! thus q land Of refuge from her mother
Statc?--Was ii for this that the North
west was cccdcd?--that Ohio was made
tperpetually free by yirginia? Bitter, Bit.
Etcr reflections fora Virginia son, proud 81
what his mother State has done for Ilibcr.
Sty and Union! looked up and down
Nthe Ohio and Kanawha river Valleys, and
3saw the richest soil and mincrals--the
most beautiful lands have ever known
Goods sun to shine upon; or heavens
dcws to water; lands more valuable. for
slave labor than amy Others to be found III
our limits. And yet no slave can safely
| be carried there to labor. And what the
State Of Ohio isto the frontier Of counties
hn those rivers, they soon must become to
/ the counties behind them in the interior
ef Virginia, because no tie, no interest, 10
association Of slavery can exist there. H.
| Thus, like tho cancer Free Soil and Fu-
sion" are eating into ourscry yitals w.
Thus are We CONSTRUCTED in our rights OF
| property, in our peace and personal safe
Tx! With this example, can you wonder
that the State Of Missourishould be deep
y excited and Interested BY the attempt
of associated wealth and infiuencc--pcr-
haps foreign influence in part-to con.
strict her border in like manner by d cor
don Of Fusion and Free Soil?" .#
TELL me, gentlemen, would any foreign
power be allowed to insult and endaneer
the whole nation rs the slayeholding Stalcs
and citizens aEc outraged in every often.