Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-04-02
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-: -, - = q 4 sssiss which
f,llov,d ,ib. rt.d,r ~ have obserred
M M lsss precedinr number closed Ill
~ ~ 3,igi5aljy promised But ".
hays eareluded 70 Ala dis, the last o
M p,.s.ot series. IoF ,t.e purpose Of cor.
',.c,;.v q error ~ AbSli.ionis.s hAie
s.,..sirsIv. f.ll,o mo. They no In .the
h.hi, II .ou,ras,inr The number Of slave.
h.,lders with de- number Of non-slavs.
belders il he sisve- s,aies, aia jke1 claim
n. la,,er = being ii syaipa hy with them
4 ~ p,osnlya ion Of theif Wild no ions
- n, sub; (. II lum.niibe,ty and equal.
~ 4 NOR formidable s r,,o than which
H. eould no, have fallep into.s
Tia, however, may Be a,sribu Cd TO
he wants information son de part Of
.hos. who asssms 70 Instruct ~ n :
knowledge of ous righss. IsDAy ~ 10
marked with safety 10 III a6st ardent
oppusers Of Abolition innovations arc
among thoss who are practically free from
IN connection with slksefy xndin do.
inr 90, they understand tihemsslyes 70 Be
faithful subjjec.s II ne Commonwealth in
which they live, and adhsrsnts = ptinci.
Piles vital 70 de in.sresfa Of hais own
dignity and prosperity. Tie Better In
structed Il iii classes know that there are
strong and natural tendencies y grades
in society; and that negro slavery in the
South Is the strongest and best shield
that can 30 thrown around de poorer
sIasses Of whites il the slave Etaes. y
TheS know that heir social moral and
poli.ical elevation does not turn upon
their wealth, or want Of wealth. but upon
their intelligence and siriuoas course Of
life. They know thai while the African
race are recognised a. slaves in the South.
the poor white mans sons stand shoulder
to shoulder by The sens of their more
wealthy neighbors, and are. considered
equal in person and in al ths claims and
prospects which are regularly developed
before ikem. And that the ins utidn
Of slavery is an etfecsual and perpetual
bar agains: that monied sristecracy, which
prevails extensively throughout all the
free States, and which b annually mp
tproaching the European custom Of redu-
cling the poor to the order Of meni0ls or
plebians. Against such an unfortunate
distinction between American citizens,
African slaves operate with al the force
OF i natural law that cannot be controlled
o. revoked. This fact is % well under.
STOOD by the more intelligent poor men
in the South, that Abolitionists may
sbeat the air" in vain ia their efforts 10
marshal them into their ranks. Tie poor
men Of the South understand their posi-
ton too well 70. suffer their feet to be
drawn into snare that il, 50 well calcu.s
la.ed to reference the interests oftheir pos.
terity.
Il sit may be remarke in this connection
that some Of the conductors OF papers in
Virginia who prssead to be Southern in
their principles, have adopted Northern
notions on this branch of the subject;
and in their blind zeal for partizan supre.
macy have administered rebukss d non.
SHAREHOLDERS Of de Old Dominion for
speaking out their sentiments on tie evils
Of Abolitionism: some Of whom, are non.
slsye.bolders themselves. thus 'taeitly
acknowledging ti:at II their theory Is
sound, they sre tinctured with Adolf
tionisml Others haye counseled The
non.agitation Of the ..yexed question:
through the Southern press, Such eoun.s
sci. under the circ1ms,ances, appears
very much like that Of enemies in dis
guise--i, is withdr irving the shield willie
the enemy strikes the fatal Blow suci.
papers. however, are comparatively few;
and Ii would b far better for the general q,
interests and peace Of the State. il thew
were less in number. Whenever South.