Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-11-11

than they wero forged learn from the
result in Virginia that there is qnitc
enough stern integrity, manhood, and
manly Consciousness Of their Constitu-
tional rights, in the people Of yirginin.
10 rebuke such bolsierous. slaves. and
psued0s great men. with the VISITATION OF
that contempt which win grow md gov
until it weights them down 10. the level
whcre.Gll must fall who. for present re-
pose, are willing to submit, to the wrong
and insult the fanatics Of the North have
dared 10 offer the most gallant and chiv-
alrous people OF the present epoch in
sciyilizttion--the people of Virginia.
The lofty pride Of Virgiuians can ne.er
be- humbled, and he or they who would
attempt it had as well attempt to seduce
q good man with the 'pfice Of infamy."
/ The Know nothing speakers in this
STATE have made the. air and glens and
Hills Of Virginia. lewlands and uplands,
rociferous with the praises Of "a Gni3n,
which would even now e1is. but i'll name
or from full Of .tChimera's dire" Had
the people of Virginia been the willing
slaves they would have them be. hey
have denounced, the Democratic party of
Virginia, as disnnioni SITS, traitors. and
after al is done, the verdict of the peo-
pie BY. $4,000 orb. 900 majority have
sustained the position OF tket party. Its
position was. well understood. 1t was
this a CONSTITUTIONAL Union, or noae, the
equality Of the States or a Southern CON
federaey. This is the language and this
the position of the people of Virginia /;
this is the language and this the position
Of the entire South this is the language
and this the position of n free and great
people, conscious of their rights, and
ready to sacrifice all mere considerations
of temporary repose for that liberty
that stands with its foundations firmly
set upon the rocks and mountains Of our
adopted home, the great and gallant
Rans-alleghany. For it is apparentfrom
the election returns that in this struggle
between Northern fanaticism on the one
hand, and the Constitution on the; other.
The Constitutional party. has gained
more in the West than in the East. Let
those who have clamorad for Il Union of
the South with the North under the rule
of Frenrontism, hang their beads in
shame as the voice Of Virginia riscszup
to condemn them. and rebuko their infa-
my. Let tho people Of Virginia-:hosr
who own and those, who till her SOIL
without distinction of party, together be
proud of the moral position Of their
Stale in this contest. And let them re-
member thati if. anything can check and
turn back the. rolling wave OF Abolition
ism that has but so recently threatened
the peace Of the country and the safety
of the Constitution, lot them remember
that if anything can turn back the roll
ing tide, the unity of the South and the
sweeping majority in Virgins will b.
and is that power. They who would
submit to such q Union as FrcmontsnT
would impose upon, the nation, are free
merely because there is no one who
would rob them Of their/ rights
Would be slaves If chains zwere offered
them. We believe that a new era is
dawning for Virginia, that those who
teach the doctrine of slarish' submission
will hereafter be made silent; and driven
from The presence of people whose, al :
tars and whose honor they have shown
themselvcs ready to betray. -. |