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

! lnlS rank 1t has ElaHalned through
more adverse fortunes than probably
ever .beset an Institution before
Fear not that it Will ever be sch DOL
Of politick. Your sons graduate in
politics before they come to the Uni
tversity, WI b
1t is now in its pAlmiest days, and
this you see is one Of the objects of
Know Nothing vahdalism. 1t has,
already, i fear, thfown a fire-brand
into its peaceful halls. appeal
to you to come upsto the rescue
Rise up az one maa against it, when.
! it invades the sanctuary of literature,
instead Of requiring your Professors
to kneel in its presence.s / am sure
there are yet mo re than ten thousand
Christians in and about the State ,cl.o
Earc not yet bored Ms knceq 10 Bal. !
call them to its help Honest yeo-
t.manry, and farmers ofthe land, who
I always mean right and, when not
deceived, will always do right, come
ye to its suGcor. Honest, we'll mean
ing Know othings, who in a thought
less moment have bcen drawn into
the Order, come outaof it, and rally
to the support of yoar University =
l regret having BEEN constrained to
an attltudei which Ray, perchance,
injure the University for a short time
but be. the fault on tlfe head of Know
Nothings, not mine. Look at their
fruits already scattered through the
land, and surely yof will approve Of
my opposition to it. If you do not,
your ehiidrdn will. .aBy their fruits
| shall yekno " them What arc they?
! Most desperate and dangerous agi-
tation-ChlIrches rending asunder
pastors a md llpcts at variance
Christians losing oil confidence in
each, other-Saints#hn Sinners in
close embrace PREACHERS of the
same church ge:t Ing but half congre-
! CATION and half support--one look
Fing on approvingly.whil e another is
|>abused-Tcnchers #tottering-their
pupils in midnight Scliq ucs-friends
severing-rage taking the place Of
Iovc--father agaifst son brother
against broth her These things now
are; and they prsclailn, trumpet,
tongued, what is cening, if the mon.
! ster be crush ed at once. And
! all for what? In honest truth, to get
in the outs and get Gut the ms. This
is he>tue object ofahe order. Well,
it must take its course till reason re-
. sumes. her scat. L, Fl. E. Il.
b. Nations, like r}fen, run mad at
times, sand nothing but time and
blood letting can cure them. Still
VIII lille there is hops all good men
should strive to relieve them. My
course is Internationally, thought
fully taken. lam 40 Catholic. Put
Methodism and Rpman ism on the
field of fair argument, and will
stake my all upon issue; but ! am not
such q coward as 10 flee the field of
honorable warfare, for. savage am
bush fighting; or s, sch fool to be-
ltcveI that q mans religion is to be
( reformed by harasing his person.
Nor am lquite so bsind as not to sec
that when the work Of crushing
Churches is begun In the country, it
is not going.to stop with the over
throw of one. ALL Professionalism
almost will be against me--two-
thirds of my own Church Il judge)
will be against me--the trustees will
be alarmed for the interests of the
: College=-my colleagues of the Fac
ulty will be uneasy----mybe best friends
will be panied; but Ihave an abiding
confidence that nothing will be lost
| by my course in the end. 1t will
be madness in men to withdraw
their sons" from the able teaching of
my colleagues, for my fault---to at.
tack the College to injure me; but
these arc days of madness, and this
is the way obnoxious Professors are
! commonly attacked. Be it so. |
have done my duty, and | leave
the consequences with God. And
here sign my name to what ! deem
the best lie gacy that | could leave
to my children; a record proof that
neither place, nor policy, nor tenn.
poral>interest, nor friendship, nor
church, nor threatening storms from
every quarter, could move their ia
ther for; m instant from principle,
or awe him into silence when the
cause Of God and his country re-
! quired him to speak. ~
AUG. B. LONGSTREET.