Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-06-25
RI, Presidential Contest.

. The coming Presidential contest foi
the supremacy Of power in this country
is Of such vital importance as to induce
every rejecting and patriotic man to Sc
riously reflect and examine the position
Of the candidates Of the various parties
now presented to the American people
for their support. 1t strikes us that no
Southern man, at least, will be influenced
BY prejudice in the discharge Of his duty
TO himself and to his country. There, is
too,much att stake for any man who loves
his country and our noble institutions to
suffer himself to be led captive BY former
party associations, to give a vote that
may tend, either directly or indirectly,
to promote the success Of that black ia
natical party whose very name and OBJ
ject is synonymous with the dissolution
Of the Union. and who have grown SO
powerful in the last few years as to have
control Of the popular branch Of the Con
gress Of the United States, and BY their
influence and numerical strength, as
shown in their Convention recently as
sembled in Philadelphia, nominated Col.
Fremont, of California, and Charles
Sumner, of ,Mass., their candidates for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency Of
the United States, This party know their
strength-they hope to be able to get the
electoral vote Of the holding
States. If 20, our.noble fabric ofgorern-
ment. reared by the patriotic hands Of
our Revolutionary ancestors, and left to
US to guard and perpetuate, tumbles to
the ground. 7. IT. .a.@k r@
Theonly hope left the patriot, is that
the South, like band of brothers, will
rally around the standard bearers Of the
National Democracy, and without a dis
sentingvoice, declare for Buchanan and
Breckenridge the electoral, vote Of each
Of thefsouthern States, together with the
vote Of the Keystone of the arch, supper
tod by Illinois, that noble State whose
gallant and patriotic sons are led on to
battle by the chivalrous Douglas, will
save the Union and the Constitution -
Who can prevent the consummation Of
this noble object, which is the prayer Of
tho philanthropist, and hope Of the pa
triot? Who SO lost to all the noble inn
pulses ofaman, thatwould even indirectly
strike blow against the Union and Con
stitution Of his country? Let the Amor
lean party ponder for moment upon the
position they occupy. Are they 50 ig-
norant As to believe that there is the re
hottest possibility Of electing Fillmore
and Donelson? Can they get the electoral
vote for the ticket ofany one Of the non
slaveholding statesa What, then, can
be their object in sustaining Fillmore and
Donelson? Is it only factious opposi-
ton to the Democratic party, the only
national party, they knor, that's left?-
Can it be possible tina: the american
party even wish and intend to carry. North
Carolina. Kentucky and Tennessee for
Fillmore and Donelson, knowing if they
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should succeed in carrying these States
for their ticket, that they would have
prevented the election Of Buchanan and
Breckenridge by the people, and virtually
secured the election Of Fremont and
Summer by the Black Republican House
Of Representatives Of the United States:
II they are not lost to all the impulses Of
patriotism, and not thus frightened into
the support Of Black Republicans by the
Pope Of Rome, they, like freemen, viii
rise up in sll the majesty Of their strength
and proclaim that they, too, can strike a
blow against the enemies Of our beloved
country, and in behalf of Buchanan and
Breckenridge, the Union. and the Con-
stitution. k13 IL
/ Rev. w. B.aMcFarland viii please &C
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