Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-04-23

from The North, in 1916, voted for
lie Wilmot proviso. But three out
81 seventy-th voted for the fugitive
slave lawthat law which docs but
common Justice to the South, and
(which is connanded ~ tie Consti-
tuition itself! Not one Wing north OF
Mason AMI Dixon,s- line voted for thu
Kansas Nebraska bill of 1854 -
On all these measures Q majority o.
/ the northern Democrats voted with
the South. Have we, then, notreach-
I'd that point, in the North, .Presup.
| posei BY Mr.. Clay when he said, Il!
1.-THE Wing party ever becomes merg-
Ied4nto a contemptible Abolition party,
fl will abandon it in disgust and
/ should not we. his ol followers take
his nipple | counsel and his proposed
example. when hesays. II will aci
with that party, whatever its nam
Einay be, that stands BY the Constitn-
ftion and the Unionl To endeayor
now to reofganize the Wing party
/ would be but to divide and distract
tthe sound national men ofthe South:
Wherehave we an allyinthe North,
outside of the Democratic organiza-
itionl These allies have been true to
us in the past. With q patriotic de-
yotion to the union Of the States, and
patriotic regard to the constitution
all rights ofIthe South, they have bar
led their bosom to- the ragings Of the
storm - they have stood unmoved,
while malig nifty and fanaticism have
poured their fiery torrents upon them.
II take them to my heart as political
brothers, and wear and cherish them
there. h I tt.l@ - its,..'
How stands the Democratic party:
have given you the resolution of the
/ present members of Congress.
Listen to Ohio! STEPPED as she
has benin Free Soilism; in State con-
vention assembled, with the holiness
ofright-with thecandor ofmanhoo |
they declare. on the 9Th day Of Janu-
AIRY, last, as follows. ,=
-. Resolrsi, That slavery (beiny the
creature Of positive law cannot existwi.h-
ont I'D is JONES ic insIi uiion, and thai
Con gress has neither the power to legis-
Haze it into any Territory or Safe, nor q
Exclude it therefrom, but to leave the
people thereof perfectly free to form and
regulate their domestic institutions in
their own way, subject only to tie Con-
stitulion Of the Ugited States. +.
sc. Resolred, That the right Of the
people Of each particular State and Terri.
tory to establish their own eonsti :u:ion
or form Of government, TO choose and reg
Eula.e their own domestic institutions of
every kind, 70 legislate for themselves, is
fundameu, al principle ofall flee govern
ment; and that it is the self1same right to
secure which our ancestors waged the
war Of the Re volution--a right lying al
the very foundation lofall our free institu
tons, recognized in the Declaration Of
Independence, aud established by the
Cons tuition ot The Uri,ed States and we
hereby indorse and reaffirm this nor dis
puted principle. I 4, -,4 ~: III f..
Contrast this with the resolves of
the Know Nothing convention AT
Cincinnati. MI. @5s.s. NJ -
Listaa to Indiana, as she, too.
speaks in her Democratic State con
vention. She says: 49,. fl i
t"ReSolped, That the determination of
Con ress, avowed in the Kansas Nebfas-
ka bill, to reject from the national coun-
ellis the subject of slavery in the Terrific
ries, and to leave the people thereof free
to regulate their domestic Institutions in
their own way subject only to the Con-
stitution of the. United s ates, is one thar
accofds with the sentiments Of the De-
mocracy{ Of the State, and with the ira
ditional course of Legislation BY. Congress
which, under Democratic auspices, has
gradually, in 8 uccessive territorial bills.
extended the domain If popular rights
and limited the range Of congressional ac-
ton, and that We believe this disposition
of the question will result most aus
piciously to the peace Of the Union and
the cause Of the government" t..s- !
*All, everywhere, from Maine to
Texas, speak the same language. de-.
clare the same principles, and rally
under the sam flag! Is not this par,
ty nationalf Contrast these resolves
with the fact, that the Know-Nothing
party, but two D years old, has man
aged, even in that short time, to b.
in favor of secrecy against secrecy, in
favor of test oaths against test oaths
lin some States for the Catholic test,
in Others, against the Catholic test T.
!. pm one side of the Union for the
E Selfth section, on the other side
J aSinst the twelfth section; and'i
theS late convention, at one time the
: southern chivalry bolt, at another the
northTn FreetSoilers bolt, and tell
! me il sou can support. such a party.
: even thsugh a[lllarl Fillmore is its
!, tcandilah Tor fine presidency!
G As tohe Black Republican party
fitnow has thc Speaker of the lIoust
OF Representatives,. Encouraged By
pas success, 1t has become insolentl,
g bold and grasps with an eager hano
Z Tor th reins of government. If i,
succeeds, If il elects n Preaident a,,9