Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-12-16

kHUuuutcES anSuLipliOHS NttofsiitttuS ~
the nothern States, the ground Of unceas--
ing assault upon cone jtutionai right.
/. The repeal in terms Of as statute, which
was alreadS aneolule, aud aiso.null for Tin !
constitutionslity,, c,J!ilds havciho fhfiaehcc
10 pbstaieI orssto br6iaa; cseIss prop CATION
ofr66fiistias,s rwssef IaaiFieal aor soci;a
iustitasssas.5 tyAeH siiscg aoss.ie s.agnizing
the Territories OF Kansas and Nebraska
was assssaslirip iuctrplrffert upon that
psrtna OF ltrpubtie daa.ain thus opened
alcegl sa:tlcmeat was to admit settlers
+, fr3Ia al the States OF the L mon alike, each
lwith -Ais-carictipas of pubiieFolie and
private interest, there TO found IN, their
discretion, subject 10 such limitations as
the Constitution aid acts Of Congress
might prescribe, new States, hereafter to
be admitted into che Union =
TWAS a free field, open alike 10 all,
whether thestatuc line ofassumed restric-
! ton were repeal or not. The reI cal did
not open to free competition Of the diverse
opinions and domestic institutions a field
which. without such repeal would have
been closed against them; it found that.
field Of competition already opened, in, fact
and in hWs All the repeal did was to re-
.Iieye the stasite-bock Of an Objectionable
enactment. unconstitutional III effect, and
injurious in1terms to a large portion Of the
States,
/, 1sit the fact. that in all tie unsettled
regions Of the United States, il emigration
beleftfrec to act in this respect for itself,
without legal prohibitions ON either side,
+lare labor will spontaneously 60 eyery-
where, in preference to free labor? Is it
The fact that the peculiar domestic insti-
tntions Of tie Southern States possess
relatively so much of visor that, where
i. socver an ayenueis freely open to all the
world, they viii penetrate TO the exclusion
Of those of the northern States? is the
fact that the formersenjoy, compared with
the latter, sudi irresistably superior vi
-tility, independent of climate, soil or and
all other accidental circumstances, as to be
able to produce the supposed result, in,
spite Of the assumed moral and natural
obstacles TO its accomplishment, and Of
the more numerous population Of the
northern States? I
! The argument of those who advocate
the enactment of new laws Of restriction,
and condemn the repeal ofold ones, in eff
feet AYERS that their particular. views of
gevernmentha have no self-extending or self
sustaining power of their own, and will
20 nowhere unless forced by act of Con-
gress. Andi Congress do not pause for
=. moment in Che policy Of stern eorrec-
ton; if il venture TO try the experiment, oil
Lowing men to Judge for themselves what
Institution will bsst suit them; il it be not
strained up to perpetual Legislative exer
ton on this point; if Congress proceed
! thus TO actin the very spirit Of liberty il
: ii At once charged with aiming to extend
slave, labor into all the new Territories of
the United States. \ I'LL !
4 t0fcouse, these imputaa6ns Oh the in
ttations Of Coagress in this respect, con-
esired as theywere in prejudiee, and dis
ssmnlitsted i, passion, are utterly desti-
tu,e ofaay justifettiop in the nature Of
things, and contrary teal tie fundamen-
tiltl5ctrinas and principles Of civil iiber-
lE3snl s.lf<ssaNernnent.. .z-~l,
r WAi'eT thefeEt.aa general, the people
4 b. n4ft'.4Ea SlnJes have never ut any
{ me, afragq.cd for. the federal government
tt!!..e powert1 interfere directly with the
j 1mesic condition Of persons in the south
errt Sta rs. but on the contrary have dis
ayosed all such intentions, land shrHnk
from CONSPICUOUS utilization with those lew
who pursue their fanatical objects. arrow
edlys through the contemplated means of
revolutionary change Of the government,
and with acceptance Of the necessary con |
stquences-a civil and seryile war-yet
many citizens have suffered themselves
10 to be drawn into one evanescent politi- |
cal issue Of agitation after another, apper-i
tanning to the same set~of opinions, and
which subsidized as rapidly as they arose
when it came to be seen!as it uniform
~ did, that they were Incompatible With
the compacts of the Constitution and the |
existence of the Union. L. ~. ., /
Thus, when the acts of some of the !
States to nullify the existing extradition |
law imposed upon Congress the duty Of
pssSoIHS a. HCN LuuS, tItl CuuuH3 "1o III 4
Tited by agitators 10 enter into party orr
ganizatipn for its repeal; but that agita,
ton speedily ceased by reason Of tbs Inn
practicability ofitsHobiect. So when the
statute restriction upon the institutions Of
now States by a geographical line had
been repealed, the country was urged TO
demand lis restoration, and that project
also died plmost with its birth. Then fol-
lowed the cry Of alarm from the North
aL;ainst imputed southern encoaehment;
which cry sprans iii reality from the spir-
it ofrevelulionary attack on the domestic
institutions, of the South, and after a !,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of few months, has
been rebuked by theyoice. Of 4 patriotic
people. L.. IL.
81 OF this last agitation, one lamentable
feature was. that ii was carried on at the |
immediate expense Of the peace and hap
piness of the people Of The Territory Of
Kansas. That was the battlefield, not
SO much Of opposing faetious or inter
estslwitliin itself. as ofthe conflicting pas
sions Of the whole people Of The United
Starcs. Revolutionary disorder in Kan
sas had It's origin in project of iuteryen-
ton deliberately arraigned BY / certain
members vi Congress which enacted the