Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-08-27
I Culr,r. Barbecue.

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We learn from the Kanawha Re
publican that the Know othtngs o.,
Kanawha county hal q Barbecue on.
Campbell Greek, on Saturday, week;
..but,,' says the RGpubEca,e5 .''the
Democratic friends were Of course
cordially invited to .be5 present, and
partake OF the good things political
and physical L..
We were perfectly. amG.al to see.
With what. a liberal: hand they dealt
opt tho good things political and
t3hrsical' tothe Democratic friends:
Will it be believed that the liberal,
generous ami magnailimops Know
5Nothings of. Kanawha, after inviting
, the rsDemocrat;c friends" to be pres
emf, ana to participate in ''the good
things political and physical" really
had the generosity and unbonnie4
liberality,torallow,Co Col. HAYs, the old
warmer Of LRw:s, (the on l. Democratic
speaker on the ground permitted to
to~open his mouth } .dn3 y" one. hour,
to speak IN bthaltot,. our. Democratic
friends, AMI .soI the principles and
truths embodied in the Cincinnati
Platform, and to show benighted
min IS Of the dark lantern gentry Of
Kanawha that it is the patriots duty
to rally 70 thc support Of the noble.
oil statesman of the KEYSTONE State
Of the Federal arch, if they wish to
aid in the patriotic work. Of perpetu-
zating the Union! T. :
The citizens, of the. kanawha Val
ley, have always been pervcrbial for
their high 7min.iedness and generous.
liberalitv, anil are doubtless still so
to a fault except here and there yton
viii stumileupon one whose political
vision, BY the dim fiickering of. the
blue light Of the calvert, has bedrmetl
his intellect, thrown before his eyes
G thick mist through which he. sees
family and understands ilnpertectlS
the blessings we enjoy from our glori-
Qua union Of States; which has been
preserved alone By the Democratic
party. Yet partizan feeline:als 1 pre-
judge, that prejudice which has beqn.
cultivated in the secret den, in Tile
still small: hours Of night, 9.vtll4n the
truly wise and sober-thinking men in
whose hands for half a century our
noble government has been controlled
untilit has crown to greatness and
power to even surpass that OF any
other goyernmenton earth, have been
seen lowering around a dark lantern,
whose dim light rejecting upon the.
faces Of a few re5tlessspirifs, whozhaI
rather rule in hell than serve in
heaven" basely concoting ftreason
against the peace and happiness o.. a
free people. who were slumbering IN
conscious ofthedesigns Of thosewho,
rather than see the government any:
longer in the hands d the Democracy,
seall Willingly, ali, eheerfnlly, aid
in preventing an election of Buch-
fanan and BreckinridgeIby the people.
snd are. using every argument and
.Elevice to operate upon those who.
nave been inlucef to connect them
selves with an organization that has
placed the popular branch of Con-
gress in the hands Of fanatics wholook
upon the Coastitation ofAour country
As league with hell, and through
the influence of npw-NothingismI
grown 80 powerful as to have q can
didate for President and Vice Pfesi-
dent, with every prospect Of success,
unlessthe South will unite ID the sup
port Of the Democratic nominees.
Nearly all the distinguished Old