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Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
The Dark.Lantefn Party Afraid Of Dem.
p a~..1 oeratisl Light! ,a@ ~

In the published notice of the late AZ. \
barbecue, il was announced .thata Dem
ocratie speaker would be invited to de
fend the principles Of the Democratic
party. This, Of course, attracted many
Democrats and othersto the barbecue
thinking there would }be a POLITICAL dis
cussion. A day OIL two, however, be:
fore the barbecue. the Dem crats wers
informed that lheirs speaker vould be al
lowed one Aoar and 4 Qnartcr Of the en-
tire day. After consul talion, the Dem.
ocrats declined to enter into the discus:
sion on such unequal terms as to time,
and 50 informed the Know Nothings, by
LETTER, Addressed to their committee by a
Democratic committee. Their reply t.
this was, that they would give. the Dem,
ocrats one hour and a half Of the entire
day-but would not limit the number oil
their speakers. nor the time of theil
speeches. This hour and a half propo-
sition the enocratiS committee, by let.
ter, also declined, and asked of them the
favor to divide the day more equally
among the speakers; and, if they would
not grant this, to name the time and
place. where each party would have the
same amount Of time 10 discuss its prin-
ciples. To this last, the d mocrats re-
ceived no>replyt t|tI.f.- ~. 4
And. after all this4, it was boldly an
nounced from the SPEAKERS stand, al the
barbecue as per programme J that g
Democrat would be listened to for an hour
and half; and the K. N. committee re-
fused to announce, from the stand, the
reason this Democrat did n ot speak, and
also refused the Democrats the privilege
of reading, frpm thd stand, The letters
that had been addressed to the X. N.
committee, asking Of them a fair division
of the time, and challenging them to a
fair discussion. Hence, it is evident
that the dark lantern party is afraid Of
Democratic light. |. i ...
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30

cd pure ans unmixsd, Nobody's office
afforded them employment. There was
national itching or minding somebody
else's business; and we were about to
have not only illustrations Of how the
North would manage the institutions o.
the South and the South. those Of the
North, how priests would manage the
State and how demagogues would man
age the Church, but society was fast
verging to tAateonditioio anarchy only
to be seen at steamboat dinners and
evening parties, where everybody seems
70 beeating what teyerybobselse wants,
and whore everybodyis criiieising every
body else's clothes and rnanne9s.
If a Virginia Know n othihg wants ID
know how ridiculous be makes himself
BY taking care Of Cape God Yankees. le,
him fancy 4 Cape God Yapke &c kissing !
Congo Negro. II he wants toknow new
absurd a thingit is for demagognes to a,
tempt to take care Of the Chu rch, lethim
remember kpw. terrible a thing it is ios
the religionist.nd fanatic TO take care Of
the State. 1.E II aFl. r,
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
T. Political QuixOtism,

Foreignism and Catholicism, if evils
at all, are the evils of New England and
New York; slavery, if an evil at all, is
the evil of the South. The Fillmore
party of the South have become half
crazy about. Yankee difficulties whilst
the Black Republican party Of the North
have become equally crazy about the
negro question of the South. Each
party overlooks the evils of its own sec.
ton to redress those of another. Both
parties bear involuntary testimony to the
precept of Democratic rule, which seems
to have left them nothing to reform or
abuse on their own soil. Even com
plant, to find its subject, must ''leave
its own 10 stand on foreign ground"
So politicians, without piety, charity
or character, have taken Professionalism
under their wing; and religious fanatics,
without Intelligence, tolerance or gram
mar, have exchanged their occuption Of
converting souls for the ambitious pur-
suit Of converting voters. Society got
at skies and sevens. Everything invad-
ed everything else; the North the South
and the South the North, politics religion
,';;;ep politics. until nothing rens,,
F.. 80
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
Jahn ). CarIIIs,

Owing to the unfortunate circumstance
that John S. Csrlile is still our representa-
tive in Congress, it becomes our duty, as
public journalist, to rec ord the fact that
he addressed the citizens Of Charleston,
on the night Of the 19lh inst. The same
sense Of duty that inluc&s> us to notice
this incident at all, tompels us to differ
from our amiable neighbor Of the Re-
publican, as to the number Of persons
congregated together to hear this great
man. There were not two thousand per-
sons present, nor the half .of it, nor the
third of it. " = mingled freely in that
crowd, and have good idea of the num-
Der and the material >of which it was
composed There were present about
fifty ladies, who, at the commencement
of the Grafton, were very brilliant and
handsome, and at its close, very sleepy,
tired and handsome: there were about
twenty Democrats da The ground; our
German hand pumbe,-i;pp abou, twelve.
! was there. there we're something like
two hundred Fillmore voters. with sturdy
Iags and stentorian Voices. and who. such
Is their indomit,bIe metal, stood ont The
orator. and wonld nave done the same
had he been twice as tiiresome and twice
as long. there uer. some 4 sixtv bows tbere,
with sixtv .-nanor< laan,terns cont,;n;na
s;ytytaJlow candles. apd bovsr;n, around
This immense crowd. like a darI Cloud.
war, var, about an hundred NEGROES liz
~. NO.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
Read the following from the Ia

Read the following from the Kan
sas correspondent Of the New \ ork
Times: #
About one hundred Of Lanes.
party, including DR.. Cutters, were
on hand, and seemed to glory il an
opportunity to fight SO soon for prin-
ciple. They are fine looking SET of
men, are Of the right stamp to make
Kansas, that is, that hare the aereo
and The aoiH to he,c out tleir oeca
fortunes freely and 6old1y To.mor-
row our camp moves into town to
await further orders. The campaign
seems begun. The third, and last
monster invasion Of Kansas lis at
hand, md tie e5yi;a SPARE MOTT
SPARE NOTln Heed not the
supplication of female, the shrieks Of
the babe; but kill and spare not
Pay no attention to gray hairs and
palsied limbs, or TO the helplessness
Of old age; but kill and SPARE
NOT! n.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30

Ex- GoyERNoR HuBBARD, Of New
Hampshire, the last surviving menu
Der Of the famous Hartford Conyen,
ton, is stamping New Hampshire
for Buchanan. He goes for slavery
in Kansas, as one would expect such
an old fossil to do. U s. Gazette.
This, one Of the biggest falsehoods
the opposition have invented tor this
campaign. Gov. Hubbard was not d
member of the Hartford Convention,
and there is no surviving member 81
it in New Hampshire. The venera-
bic Josiah Quincy, who survives in
Massachusetts, is D determined Ere.
mont man, and, il not exactly stump.
ing the State, is writing letters and
subscribing freely, in order to ssbrine
the government to the principles d
Jefferson. Boston Pos.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
TO Our Patrons.

t. MI new subscribers, the sabscrips
ton price, per. sn66unns, for the ".star, =
hereafter will be $500 in advance, and
$3.50 if not paid with in sixty days.. Tc
our old subscribers the price will remain
as heretofore, until the termination o.
thtir presept subscription. and then il
viii be as With new subscribers. The
high price Of everything onpels us IL
raise tie subscription price Of our paper
- IT. IT. JNo. RUMBLE p
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30

The BAsIsHEp SOY ard otls.
storsies 81 TIE Hsart. /" This f. ths
title Of a new volume 70 be published
by +. B. Peterson, 1Oa, Chestnut #. ,
Philadelphia, onthe nth inst. T Il
work was written BY Mrs. Caroline
Lee Hentz, whose works s.ars such
as should bc possessed By al and
read at every fire-side H the land.
And those that have not seen them
+shonld procure them At once The
work ii comPiefe in one large duo
decline volume, neatly bound il cloth
for one dollar and twenty-five cents,
or in two volumes, paper cover, tor
one dollar.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
The Enien.

=. IT does not fret US TO hear arespecta-
BE and grey headed man, a man of high
position in his profession, so far forget
himself as to-stigmatize James Buchanan
Jas .'ten cent Jimmy;;ns, and SO far toignore
Che history Of his country as to pronouce,
from the. stun p, fiat he knew of No i'm
portant transaction in which James Blu
ehanan bore part We were n t even
angry with our party, when Democrats
refused the bet, tauntingly offered them
by the hoarse gentleman from Parkers-
burg, (who twice strenuously insisted on
the close resemblance between himself
and Gen. Taylor ''his head to water
melon that Fillmore would be elected"
The oddsHwere too great. Had he said
a goard the beswould have been
taken. M " \
We stood still and heard the gentle
man who nais-represents this District in
Congress, murder the. Queens English,
by always attaching plural verb to a
singular noun, and visa rersa. Weheard
him say Cuby, Calyforny and Nebrasky;
We heard him make use of the striking
anachronism that the Nebraska Bill was
passedsto put down the American party
All these things, and much more, have
we borne quietly and meekly, and oul
patience has been increased by the re.
Election, that peSchance we, too, Of the
Democrtic party 5may, somewhere out in
the wild western Nounties Of Arkansas Of
Missouri csssfnl ero; orators, who, in the
|heatrI< oiped, THAT ID epithets and make
- blitical position racter with theil
4 States Of this connnetayA men whs
ian theinterest Of our commerce and
evelopment of our growing power, a.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
Letter from orernpf gi.,,
RIcns1oSD a., Sept lei

RIcuaoSD, a, Sept, 1874
GenAsmea: ! cordially thank 4.
fiji the invitation to attend 4 n sa
meeting ofHthe Democracy 81 R I'M
Einorc, the 18th irrst, the anliyerss'sl u
.ofthe battle Of North Point sy
gret THAT twill hot be my powe, u
BIZ present BIZ that occasion. Ppki
and domestic duties confine me Is N
place, and lhavc been co,npel)aa /;
decline entering at all npon'the I'M
cal canvass now going on. to decal
the destinies ofthis Republic: / sss' 1
forever. Iam the more anxious s,as
being thus restrained ii mslindirSs
IHal efforts. On h day nemorahls \:
1.-THE last war tors' Free Trade andS.1
TOTS Rights" canit Be possible Al.
1.-THE glorious Monumental city. Ibaa:a.
Iof1the defence Of North Point. ~
inotgbe brought III reflect ana ras N.
1.-THE objects Of THAT struggled 1Wa NM
Baltimore hot ak herself for ah i
IsEie Fought Willshc cast her iIas s
euce now againstfthe very princ II, !
Ffor which tile last Iwar was deels,s els
Will she now saY IthatIifa man'|hss'
lens to be born the serfs of 4 dasra.
That he shall forever be leit#ir III
chains, and that HE shall hottie NH
a4rth1ised ina land Of liberty. NTH, M, 4
Shall protect him under lis fsp Inn ~ 4
Ito (which he shall swear eternal Il
Ilegiance, renource every otIer sose,.
eighty and the power cfeyerrl,ripesI
pptentate,, orstate be liking 81 En.
pOrer. oraPope.5
III III New York, Pennsylvania & 0ha
Mere slave States. and if they an
their institutions were assailell 4,
1 Canada. d. We. Maryland and Virea.
HUI and aurslaveE property areI nm M
assailed by#Blackf Republicans, | al
baltimore If she wo,lld not iioiinusis
shouting II declaratioH o public NJ
ag:,inst. olll ENGLAND herself WoriI
/ sbe Mt ~ IL IN thiYtv da,ssb, !.
| III tr;S+ss Isl, ,;;o5.a1 r. sl1a III "
tHl Hill ,,lts,,f a,, s. s.gs 81 N
MI $, f 1I4,n ,,.;n H. ~ I'LL ,Isa
give more than lialts aIyote.for Bhi
RNnI1hl;nafl;stn lr+ s1snr,ort;nct Mn
I'D ~ ii, a, !, .9 i I;s = .. Il ~
MI M III fi i. i. :.l'1 Al ,''l,rl
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Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
. 10 Tic Public.

The undersigned respectfully inform
the public, that the" Star efs1ds IAN
aUhqJotzey" win hereafter be published
by him in Charleston, Kanawha county
Va, under the name and style Of "KAs'
AwnA VALLEY STAR" that he has nc
longer any connection with the paper as
its Editor but will in future be its sole
publisher and proprietor. ft.
AS heretofore, the ".Star,,' will advo:
cate. the princiiptles5 Of The Democratic
party,tAe Rights Qftae .souta, and especi.
ailysks Interests ct' This portion of Virginia
! JNo. RUMBLE.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
ss.rE DaMocR..Glc ELECTORS.

III, T. w. MAssESsEna, Of Portsmouth
Al TfMoTHy RIvfs; of. Prince George
81 a. HranEs DILLARD, Of Henry,
IirJaAEs GkRLASp, Of Campbell,
nj J6aS GoopE, Jr., OF Bedford.
:: ID ALEX. sJosss, Of CHESTERFIELD.
III wv. b. ITALIA FERRo, . E8t- b.:
9TH R9Br. s. MoSrAeUE, Of Middlesex
yo:h ]. BARBor.. Of, Culpeper.
10th j.. RAspeLPH Tucker, Of Frederick
With JoHs S. HARR1s. >.<3. !:
a2th Col. A. G: PESDLEroS, Of Giles,
18th Jolx B, Ftoyp, Of Washington.
EI4th S, j. HAS, of Gilmer; Fl. -
] Ih.h s. GLExMEx, Of Ohio county. =
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
ThnrnaS {. RrAnn.

as55l.tast Democratic E'ec,or for this Dis
irtct. viii address The p4op,e' Il Jackson,
Mason. Ca5el and Kans1vha ceul!ties, as
Jackson,c. H.. on "Wednesday, fst Oct. =
Raveiswood, Jackson co., on sG0et.
Moore sislLll, =, Sd cct. I
Mason G. H., on Monday, 9Th Oct. ::.3", -
eooper's Crsekj Kanawfa co lirh Ocf.
tKaGawha Z. H., "Wednesday night, Oct, :!
And al the Democratic Barbecue, IN Cabell
:cpunty, in October. Efsss. Il i !
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30

A VETERAN, Daniel Thompson,
Of Bethany, Va, a veteran OF nearly
q hundred years, passed through Par;
kersburg the other day, on his way
down the Ohio. The gazette says
be was comrade of Poe and Wet
Eel in their Indian forays, was d sol.
der in the Revolutionary war, and
distinctly recollects the stirring in
cidents Of that great struggle.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
4 Black Republican Coming ia ldinl
the PGopIeof Richmond.

n 70 the IT hig NJ find 4 hoarishils,
advertisement ofitta grand rally dftR
friends OF Fillmore in this city,
The proclamation is atthe head ofed
itorial column ofIthe " 1ig, and y
followed BY 4 list Of speakers inyia
for the occasion. 1Ae first aaale q
the lists thqto1' Henry WtntsrEDr.
wv, ef Mdrylaad This inaiyilara
has achieved alb infamous llotorlssf
inIthe South. HcIit was who, raffN
senting i Southern constituent Y
Congress, failed to stand blythe Sertal
last winter, and who refusing to sl4 P
port Aiken for Speaker, coftrlbald
tothe election ofthe Black RepaFls'
an Banks. He twas who, represslll
ing a Southern constituency not ols
failed to stand BIZ the South IN Y
m6re, recent struggle over the arrliI
appropriation bill, but even vota
with the BIaek Republican revoluter
lists in favor vi the infamous haHia'
Proviso. This individual has acceh'
ed an invitation from the Bolts t
gency of Richmond, and e advetls
dIto speak iii this city. Denoupea
and repudiated by tile Pairsot, b
own Know Nothing organ ii BaH
more, he is welcomedto tho embrss
of|the Fillmore party Of Richnlell
with every demonstration of corr
Idence and esteem. Peopleof Virgla'
La, is Richmond the represental,s
Of your feelings ana principlel+-- Ky Ia''
moad Enquirer.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
"Blue Ridg, Republican

Tho above is tie title of beautiful
new Democratic paper, published at
Culpeper, c. H., Va, by the late JUROR
editor Of this paper--W. R. MuRRELL,
Esq. and edited BY JAMES GARtAsD, il.
We wishthe" Republican" abundan. sue
cess. J
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
! The Issue Before the People.

-
Tie chief question that is now agita-
ting the public mind is whether the
North and the South shall have equal
rights and privileges in our common
Territories" This is simply the question
that the public mind is now so deeply
interested in, from one end of this Union
to The other. And we propose to exam.
inc briefly the position of the Black Re-
publican. Of The b ~ iEasic ana Of the
Know othing parties ON this question.
First, The position Of the Black Re-
publican party. This party boldly takes
the ground that all Territory now acquitted
Or hereafter tozbs acquired Shall be flee,
that no more slave Siales Shall be ad!
mitted into the Union that the people Of
the free States have the right to take into
the territories, whatever property they
choose, but that the people OF tie slave
States have no right to carry their slaves
into a territory and hold them there as
slaves. The Black Republican party de-
clare that the fifteen Southern States o
this confederacy are not entitled to the
same rights and privileges in the ter.
ritories that the sixteen Northern, States
are--they assert that a Yankee from New
- -. Z {. aa= = EF4 t&l
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
The Election iii Naine- Immense Illegal
IN \, Vote POlled. il

The vote i'll Maine, attic late cleo
ton. bears upon it's face the most pal
pableeyNence offraud an{lcorruptionl
numbers twill stand about
thus: III. NSNS HI
Democrat. $1,000
Straight Whigs, 5000 4
Disunioni3t, 10000
The total vote ill Maine at the las'
.Presid ential election was butf ninety
.thousa and. although great excitement
existed, andit was ALL draWn out now
it is one hundred and twenty thou
sand an increase Of twenty-five pei
cent, 5in four years, This is \ mon
strous Increase for d State which i
nearly stationary IN population. 4
gain, as the total population is but
five hundred and fifty thousand, the
proportion of.rotes in Maine il pne.td
-four aha d haEzof flint number, Iif thd
late election is a tair=teat. Does any
one believe that saeha proportion can
honestly exist? One voter ItoIsix u
seven Of the population II tfe usual
average in tile free States. When il
lis one TO four and half, there certain
ny must be. fraud somewhere. Tic
Democrats yelled more votes iortheil
Governor this yeart than they did fol-
Pierce for PresitleRt in 1852. When
,he had eight thousand majority, and
yet he is beaten twenty five thousand
Ny THE Black Republicans TRare
arc grave grounds for suspicion that
the extraordinary vote ipr Halnlin q
seventy thousand was, id part. obtain
e3 INTERPRETATIONS fronlEC Canada and
the neighboring States into Maine
The Blaek Republicans attached great
Importance toIthe. late elections. be
cause they knew II they beaten
Fremont weuld be virtually with
drawn from the Presidential canvass;
hence they spared no efforts for sue
cess, and. we believe, resorted to great
frauds oobtain it. Upon inyestiga-
ton VIE think the late voteFin Maine
wonld tnrn ont to Be a bogus as that
inthis county, when the Dem
ocrats were beaten by. the gross and
gfaring frauds.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
Detsatlan.

Some FIVE or six weeks since, We order
ed lot Of paper. but owing to some
cause or other it did not arrive as soon as
We had anticipated. and the consequence
was tina. we were detained two weeks
longer than we expected 70 be in the pub
location Of the "star. !. We hope, how
ever. to Be aba to Issue regularly here
after.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
Public Speaking.

TieFe wilde Democratic speaking at Coop
Mrs Greek. On satrr}ay October lth. 1856.
A Kn5w-Notbing Speaker viii be invited to
defend lie p1laciples Of his party. sspsakipg
10 comm nee al II o'clock Adj. =
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30
Arguments Of Johns Carlils,and other
Know.Sothing Speakers lately made In
KaHaWha. z|.it:@ lEl4.

-
Virginia censured and Massachusetts
praised. =. + A a>A4 .b#
Buchanan denounced because he "a
vored the acquisition Of Cuba. II r ~
I \, The Democratic party blamed because
it advocates the Constitutional Rights Of
the South. 81. : I|..T
The Democracy called sectional, be-
cause it is in favor Of the South having
equal Rights in the Union withthe North.
The Democratic party, censured for
the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Bill
"a Bill which places the North and
South on an equal footing in regard to the
common ter ritories Of our Country. 4.
The Dem ocfatic party censured for re-
pealing the Missouri Compromisc-- a
measure aek nowledged to be unconstitu-
tional. # H..%
The Democracy eensured for increas-
ing the taxes in Virginia to pay for her
present Railroads, DC, and at the same
time censurcd because they do not make
more internal Improvements. II
/ Buchanan denounced because he ad !
vocates too strongly the Rights Of the
South. i..' L. N n
The Democratic party called sectional,
because it opposes on Constitutional
grounds, the aggressions of the Black
Republicans on Southern Rights.
Fillmore the National candidate, be-
cause neither the North or the South
are in favor of him. J..
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30

AT at late election for charter Of,
ficers in Alton, Illinois, the Demo
.cracy elected their candidate for May
or by ffty,four majority. This is in
Madison County. the home of Trnm-
bull, where two years ago, he Got
eighteen hundred and twenty seven
majority. Now, it will give the Dem
eerats Six hundred majority.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30

For NIcARAGuA.---It is said that
twenty-six persons from Richmond
will accompany the expedition which
sails from Portsmouth next week for
Nicaragua.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30

DocroR HEsRrlA. W1sE.---We lear
from the Canton G Commonwealth, ths
at the recent commencement Of GO
Madison College Id Sharon, the boz.
orary degree of u. q. d. was cone
red On Governor Henry Az Wise Z
Virginia.
Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-09-30

Damage Done by the E,N. Barbecue and
the l.. N. Speakers, that came off lately
in kanaWha.
Much explosion Of gas. i.
good deal Of Kings English MUIR
dered. -f r. z n
A vast amount Of the political history
of our country butchered and mutilated
No Democrats hurt, but several wayer.
ing ow-Nothings made firm support.
ers Of Buchanan. /E Ij \