Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-02-13

] Taravha Rsplhlisll.

z a several fprsyious numbers Of our
rspsr " alleged thas The editor Of .the
1ss4,sla Republican was rather anti.
tIassry thau pro-slavery; that his views
81 shs CONGREGATIONAL rigbtsof the South
eeps de same - those held b. Frcesoil-
tsrs and Black Republicans.s These char
rs ~ 10 + made IN ) respectful manner-wo
couehsd them ID 10 offensive language,
Butin reply th4rsio. the editor Of the
kmaJtieas launches forth IN Billings
~ Stsle, nsing language discourteous
"a Ira bred. and plainly allowing that
~ = aAd must y truth y The charges
1vs Md igainst him. We are detsf-
Mhsd, however. not 70 lose our temper;
NNsIiintend 70 skesp cool" nor DO We wish
q ]. ssuids' ahe. dignity Of "oid sleepyt'
Int cur sim = n make good the charge
MI ~ sage End grave sxpoundsr Of
hoV.Nothihgism ID Kanawha' county il
81 tx sound on heIslaysry question. And
NV ior proof addis;onal " that hereto
5cre eissn thfough the Star; u, S.
.,sWs;shSll fuslay downthe platform q
Ms Fisssoil Ri Black Republican party
a ii, illysir question Il = this: that
~ inonent y .Septbsrner carries his
s,nss into snys Territory ef the United
estss,thas nonsnt theDslavs becomes :
xss,nshl.' yes, Just y free = i the slave
wsre carried into ree-stats. And.
furthermore. thata slaye-holdsr has no
SaChtwhatsrer, under the Constitution,
% iold his slaves q properly In any
Tsffitcry 81 the United States. 80 much
81 she Freesol view Of this important
subjecs. Now lei us examine the .edito-
= 81 ke list Republican, The editor
Ssys: ave cer,ainly never doubted the
fight 81 ! slsve.holdsf . carry bis slaves
b Kansas, Or to any cthsr territory, but
Ave are at . loss 70 know how be y 70
holdshis slave after he has carried him
there" This is nothing more nor less
than Frecsoilism. i. isemphatically de-
ming the right Of the slsye-holdsr 10
carry slaves INTO . Territory and hold
themthere Is slaves. And hence We
again assert the charge Of Freesoilism
against the editor Of the Republican, and
1--WE had no other proof. his last edito.
rial couvincss u Of the truth Of eur -
Ssrtion.
II the position Of The Republican Be
tine ii is not possible for any more terri
tory to become slaye States ? For. ac-
oordiny to his argument, slaves become
free the very moment they arc carried
into ! territory And II once free how
can they be recalled into slavery without
their consent? But,to admit no more
share sta'es is Just what all Frcesoilers
are striving for-they want to confne
llayery within its present limits, and To-
increase the number of free States. and
IN time acquire An overwhelming major
ity III Copgress, ana thus have the entire
control d, the general government. and 1t
The same time, By cenfning slavery toits
present limits thsy foscs tie Southern
States either to givs up their slaves Of
separate from the Union These conclu.I
dons legitimsssly follow from he posi-
ton taken By he Repa5lieas and Free
sellers, 70 wit: that 10 more slave States
con, Addedtoouf Union; that Freesoil-
srs must, ID time. have the entire CONTROL
ofour confederacys and thai The soush
RsSt other abandon her slaves or sspar-
"a from the Union. #
let u for ! moment iay down the plat.
form of TIE Democracy On this all-impor-I
liant qpestion, ltis simply this: tha.
- tertiiori1s ere fhsnsqsaos properly IF
al1.tis .Slpiss Of ths iUniop: that saeh and
svsry stats,inlths Union has squslrights
q cd Isichf tsrritDries asifsneits IN
eohmos, and that shs General Goysrns
msass IL ths agent 1T 1.-the States, sor
II ,hs tenants IL common; and that ne
aanonk N ~ administration Of affairs IN :