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

Objects, they in licate themselves to
the o,lious task OF tlepreciating the
government organization which stands
IN the;rway, ami of calculating, with
~ discriminating invcctive. not only
the citizens OF particular States. with
whose Laws they tinl fault. but all
others oftheir fellow citizens thron I'll
ont the country. who DO not particip-
ate with them%in their assaults upon
the Constitution, framed and adopted
by onr fathers. AMI claiming fur the
pr v.leges it has secured, q l.. the
blessings it has conferred, the stea "
support an grateful reverence vi their
chiiden. They seek, an object which
they well knew to b. a r evolutionary
"ne. They are Perfectly aware.
that the change in the relative con H.
ton q the white ami black races in
th1 slayehul ting States, which they
wnul promote. is beyond their law
i'll authority; that to them. it is q for
eign object: that it cannot be effecte |
by any peaceful fundamentally Of
theirs; that for them, all / the States
Of which they arc citizens, the only
path to its accomplishment is through
burning cities, and rayageI fielIs.
and slaughtered populations, and all
there is most terrible in foreign, com
plicated with civil ana servile; war;
an THAT the first step i'll the attempt
IS the tUrc;ble disruption ola country
embracing in ito broad bosom q de-
gree Of l.b%rty, an an amount Of in
'ivicInal ami public prosperity to
which there is no parallel in history,
ami substituting in it, place hostile
10 governments, driven at once and
inevitably INTO mutual devastation and
trantricldal Carriage, trans ormihg the
now peaceful AMI telic,tous bruther-
hool INTO vast PERMANENT camp o:
arlne.I men like the r.vsl monarchies
uf Europe AMI ASIA. We'll knowing
THAI such, anl such olIly, are the
m ans AMI tn Consequences Of their
Plans All purposes, tnty en- ieavor 10
>prcp;.re TIL peopt otthc United States
or evil war by along everything in
th+.ir lower to deprive the Con+titu-
tlon an the laws of moral authority,
All TO un Term nc the fabric Of the
Union By appeals to passion an sec
tlonal prtjucc, by loctrinating its
otnple W til rec; procal hairs |. AL by
e tuc.ttny them 10 stan | lace to face
~ enemies, rather than shoul Her to
shoul Ter ;.s iricn Is. III. Il r
~ 1t is by the agency Of such nnwar-
r|'ntablt interference. foreign and do
NJ site, that the min Is of many, 9th
crwise COOL citizens. hay beer, 50 in,
fans into III. passionate con lrmil-
alton of the domestic institutions oil
the Southern States. 81 Ut length to
PISS insensildy to almost equally pas
.i"n;.te hostility towards their fellow-
citizens OF those States, an TINS, An-
ally, fall into temporary fell"w-hiP
with avoweI AL active enemies - the
Constitution Ar,iently attache.ito1ib
,'rty IN the abstri act. they do not stop
+" c"nsi Ter practically howthe object
they woul attain can bs accomplish
e. nor to reflect that evil were ~
great as they deem It. they have no
rt'mt:ty toapply, AMI that il cap b.
only aggravated by their violenct AMI
unconstitutional action. A question
whica is one Of the most difficult. o'
AL The problems Of SOCIAL inst tuition
poltical economy an | statesmanship.
they treat with uhreasonins intern
ptr.nce ofthonght AMI language
Extremes heget extremes. Violent
attack from the North fin b it's insyi-
table con. sqlencn in thu growth Of 4
spirit Of angry defiance at the South
Thus in the progress OF cvents W. hal
reach > the consummation, which the
voice OF the. people has<iow so point
e,lly rtbuked of the attempt. of . por-
ton Of the States, by n sectional or
gAnization an movement, usnrp the
control OF the government ofthe Unit
ell States. ~ I. ls1. ;
l confidently Believe that the great
10 lyofthose, WHO inconsi,lcratclytoo
thisffatal step, are sincerely attache |
t,the Con titution an the Union
They woul!, upon delibertion, shrink
will, unatfecting horror7lrom any con
scinuS act Of disnnion or civil war.=-
But they have entered into n path
VII .ch La Is nowhere, unless it III to
civil war an dis union, AMI which has
no other possible outlet. They have
l,,rucce lie thus fir in that direction
ln.conseuq"nce ofth9 successful stag
e. other progress having con sisteI
of'a series Of secon litrs issues, each OF
which profess y .bs corhno.l Within
constitutional al J pe:iesful limits, but
which attempted inlirtctb wAatiew
ia N were w.ll.nstp lplirectly--that
is, % act sggresY,vtly against ths con
+tltat onal rights Of nearly one Half Of
The thirty-ont States. tIf r.H /. !: !
Hill the long series ofIacts Of inli-
net Iagsressio.., the first way th4
strenuous agitation BY The citiztns o
Dbl, Northern States. III Congress an. !
ont II it. Of the QUESTION OF negro