Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-04-23
BUFFALO, PUTNAM COUNTY VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL %. 1856

1.-THE rankest and the most damnablo
Free-Soilism, as well as the most al.
rect road to disolutionl
In New York--in the Empire State
the State which owes its greatness
to the commerce. Of the Union q It Is
lin that State, 50 bound ia rs and,so
dependent upon rs BY commentaries,
1.-THE Know Nothings met there inEtate
convention, at Binghampton, and they
too, join in the swelling chorus Of Alb.
olitionisin, and resolve - follows:
"Rssolvsd, 1'hst the nstional Admins.
tration, By 10 general course Of official con-
dacs. together with % attempt to destroy
the repose, harmony, and fratensal rails.
tions Of the country in the repeal Of the
Missouri compromise. and the encourage
ment Of aggresions upon the government
fof the territorial inhabitants of Kansas.
deserves and should receive ne united
CONDEMNATION efMe AAserican Dsopls, and
that the institution Of slavery should -
ceived NO ExrEssroN from such rep4ai.D
The meaning Of which is,that Kan
sas, ifapplying as aslave State, should
be rejected. This 10 the platform MP
on which they went into their last
fight! This is the platform upon
which they gained their victory! a
victory which has been 80 much re-.
Ejoiced over! A victory would lead to
"a dissolution Of the Union! Thus
stand the Know Nothings Of New
York! let us goto the northeastern
the New England States. Maine,
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts, an declare that
i ''Whereas theEaggressive policy which
has been uniformly pursued BY the slave
power, from the commencement Of our
national existence down 10 the abrogation
of the Missouri compact, eyinces deter
mutation 10 crush out the spirit - well
as the forms Of liberty from among 10,
and to subject the free States 70 relent-
less despotism; and whereas the success
Of the southern delegates to the National
Council recently held in Philadelphia, III
making abject and ACCOMPLISHING sub
mission to pro-slavery Legislation funda-
mental article ID the creed Of the national
American party, renders it imperative Oh
us 70 express our views upon the great
question of the country and the ags:I
Therefore. we declare .
That the great barrier to slavery, ruth,
lessly broken BY the repeal Of the Misou,
prohibition, ought u be speedily restore
and that, in any event, no State erecd
fi'om any part Of the territory coyereey 4
that compromises ought ever to be anit.
ted into the Union as d slave State
Though | have them at hand will
not weary and disgust you w any
more Of these northern KnQ Moth
! ing platforms. Ihave takeshe noth.
west tile center, and the ng ilesst. !
have shown you, so thatao honest
man willsever deny itwyreads these
platforms, that they hgs gone, n!ter.
" gone, into practical poiltionism;
| that no Representa- no man VINO
values the rights ONE Soutn-can
act with them.
b yo,i want NE proof 1 refer
YOU to the record the present Con-
g,rress. Iassertt II On that three fourths
of Tie men VII elected BANKS were
Know Nothin,, Iassert 70 you that
III ! a;nola 1rthern member Of that
marty voted Dr Governor AIKEN for
Sneaker, hat after all their ''loud-
neutrality-suspicious. Of nation.
al;tv lFsLER lodged; his precious
1l;ttie la Of ok threw away their
Yates von their immortal leader, and
I'M lowed BASKs, who was only I
eIectl 10y three yotes-who would /
sinNhe Union--who would "absorb"
t;l the negroes who has not vet
Id,ermined whether he is better than
snegro or iiot--yes, these northern II
Know Nothings threw away their K
votes and allowed this man BANKS To- /
be elected Speaker!
Will any man Of common decency
viii any, mani Missouri, Of ordin.
ary self-respect, ever again abuse me |.
fer not having acted with the north
din FULLER partyl H
\ Instead 81 getting national Know
,Nothings from the North for our nat
ional man, Governor Aiken we real
Fly lost two .sSouth Americana" MI.
Cullen. of Delaware, and Henry Win.
ter Davis from Maryland! So yon
will see that, instead ofthe tendencies