Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-10-28

'that the agitation on the subject of
slavery has been secuted ont Of Con
gres by this act. Why, the.I
South, from the beginning, has been
struggling TO effect this very purpose.
And now that it has been effected.
we find the Black Republicans and
K. n. stumpcrs holdinsa up their
hands inshorror. Wby.tllis ought to
satisfy all men, Of tue justice of the
act, and its moral triumph over fac
ton and Freesoilisln. II has trans.
ferred the subject Of slavery in the
Territories from Congress to the
Constitution; and hence the whole
subject is left to be decided by the
Supreme Court, OF bythe other con-
struction, explained in a former nun.
Der, the Executive Is bound TO proteck.
our property, the slave Iincludedfin
the Territories, until they beceme
States, when by this actlthe StEte il.
self to make its own laws, aid they
arc to be param mount I'd the kRill Of
the abolition mob in Cohgrees. Tile
r$ry thing that these igno,umusGs
etanaor for rs SqAatter bS0kereigaty.
For whenever the Congress Of the g.
States reyises, repeal9 'or modifcs
the territorial laws, It, itself, becomes
squatter 4 Sovereign Of, in other
words, usurper, aa WAS illustrated in
the Missouri Ioslfiction. The laws OF
1.-THE Territorial Legislature can, under
the Consolation, be reviewed by the
! Supreme Court alone, and not by Con-
| gress; Tor, if these laws Interfere with
theEght Of the citizenof any State to
] parry the property guaranteed to
Thin BY his State, to the Territory,
then ' the Executive is botmd to protect
him in the enjoyment Of that property
in the Territory, for tha Executive tive! is
the protector of the Sovereign rights
; Of the citizens of a State in a Terri
tory. ' III .Hh+
| The editor Of the R4pu61ican and
the Ignorant crew aforesaid, com
plain, that, by the Kansas act, a
person who has declared his inten-
ton, under oath, to become a citi-
zen of tho Unit ed States, may vote.
tWhy, they should be the last per-
sons to complain of this, when they
consider that such il the law in
many of Meir model Republics,
to-wit the NortherH States, and
! by no means new thing in the Ter
ritories. = / ~.
! But, again, if we Dire not mista-
ken the Senate of the United re-
pealed this clause. the other day.
and the Know Nothing majority
elect in the House of Representatives
referred to concHr With the Senate.
Thus is it always with men who
! oppose a measure AN Her false pre-
fences. And blythe By, let us say
the Nebraska law, prohibiting sla-
very, will he declared uncoustitu-
tional and will be repealed by the
Supreme Court, just as soon as any
! PSEopII leAhSo d eI<t \ lI4tp llltG 1cTTllOTy
and brings the question before that
tribunal. In a word vii ilstthis coward
slavish crew are crying out, like
ravenous wolves, against the Kan
sas act and Demod racy, Kansas
will become q slave State if her
people will It, and the Queen of
the Antilles will stan I'D the master
jewell in the Democratic diaqem,
with a revenue of $50, 100000 per
annum added to the yelling power
| of the South. ." n
We would not take DO much notice
fthe Republican, but for the fact that
we feel the utm pst pei sonal kindness
for its editor, and would be happy to
Isee him standing in the path of truth
and progress, aiding, not crossing, us
| in the triumphant march to our great
destiny. AS for the crew aforesaid
they ought to BID secuted from the por-
tails of the Temple of the South, and
scourged by some Indignant son of
Truth, with a/bundle Of rods from the
temple theydesecrate to money chang
! ing and officc-seeking. - i
A PATRIOTIC VINO. We have al
ready stated that Hon. J, W. Farrell.
| ". of Crawford comfy. Pennsylvania