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

is outside OF the United States -to
God in Heaven!
But in all these views, perhaps, no
Catholic or Protestant disagrees with
me, and | will not elaborate them
further. 3.5aE aaf Isst
stated to you that the great reason
for my having ever gone into . coun-
ell was, j was assured that the preser-
walton Of the Union was the rock on
which they built their chnrch" that
men who Joined in the North, as well
as=the South, made q .'burnt Offering
Of their prejudices, and joined with
hands locked in hands in . living
chain around the Constitution, in /
common brotherhood, and in common
defense. Twas told, too, that | could
withdraw if Twas not pleased.
/, ask every KNOWN Nothing who
reads this, if such was not his under
standing Of the objects Of the Amer
ican order! Then | ask them to lay
aside their partialities and prejudices.
and, thinkingly a. patriots, to look
back at its history.
/ 1t met in Convention Sat Philadel-
phia in June last--it laid down 4
platform 1t put forth the celebrated
twelfth section. Here it is:
'"Resolrsd, That the American party,
having risen upon the ruins, and in spite
of the opposition, Of the Wing and Dem
ocratic parties, cannot be held in any
manner responsible for he obnoxious
acts or violated pledges Of either; that The
systematic agitation Of the slavery ques.
ton by those parties has elevated SEQ.
tional no stility into positive element d
political power, and brought! our institu.
tions into peril; it has, therefore, become
the imperative duty Of the American par.
ty to interpose for the purpose Of giving
peace to the country and perpituity ia
the Z MON; that, as experience has shown
it impossible 10 reconcile opinions 50 ex.
treme as those that separate the dispu
tants, and as there can be no dishonol
in submitting to the laws. the Nationa'
Council has deemed it the best guaran.
tee of common justice and future peace
to abide by and maintain the existing
laws upon the subject Of slavery as I
final and conclusive settlement Of thai
subject, in spirit and in substance.
"And regarding 1.-THE highest duty L
ayow their opinions upon d subject Sc
important in distinct and unequiyoca
terms, il is hereby declared as the sense
Of this National Council, that Congress.
possesses no power, under the Constitu
ton, to legislate upon the subject Of sla
very in the States where il does or may
exist, or to exclude any State from ad
mission into the Union, because its con
stilution does or does not recognize tht
institution Of slavery as q part Of Its 50
cial system; and expressly pretermittine
any expression of opinion upon the power
Of 'Congress to establish Or prohibit sla.
very in any Territory, it il the sense b
the National Council that Congress ought
not to legislate upon the subject Of sla.
very within the Territories Of the United
States. and that any interference BY Con.
gress with slavery as itexists in the Dis.
trict Of Columbia, would be q violation 81
the spirit and intention of the compact b
which the State Of Maryland. coded the
Districtto the United States, and breach
Of the national faith AL /.
There is q platform On the subject
Of slavery with the exception Of q
little pretermitting) sound ono upor
which the South could stand. They
were conservative and just; but what
did the northern and the largest pors
tion Of this 50 eminently nationa
party do9 They rcpudiated this sec
ton; they split upon IT; they met il
their State councils, and there these
conservative Union savers were MOI
satisfied with a simple Reputation b
this twelfth section, but % on TO al.
nounce doctrines as the doctrines b
theparty, which, ifIcarried out. leads,
in the strong language Of MI. Clay
(when speaking Of refusing to admit
q State because Of q constitution III.
Grating slavery 10 n DISSOTU-
TION>OF THE UNION THROUGH
A BLOODY AND FERROUS
ROAD.
Igive you q resolution passed by q
Known Nothing convention at Gin
cinnati in November last, composed
Of delegates from seusn Of the NORTH
ern and northwestern States. Hey
declare
"That the repeal OF the Missouri com
promise was an infractio1 Of the plghted
faith Of the nation, and that il shonld
be restored !; and il. efforts 70 nat end
should fail, Congress should refpse 70 A.
NIT into the Union shy State tolerating
slavery which shall be formed Tout Of my
portion Of the territory from which that
Institution was excluded " that com
promise r s
Yes, they will not admit Kansas i
she applies for admission as 9 slave
State; thus, according tothe language
Of Mr.. Clay, and thu, aS every intel
Iligent man knows, leading ID TIKI
l,sdissol,sfi ION ot t1s E)sion tya 5ko0d,
road.n You see b t|lio resolution
[howthe Know Nothing and the Black
Republicans, true to their ;pstsnSt,
s. e l.x. ISrYSf7TN 80 49, ~. :.