Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-05-07
For the ..Star.

MEDsRs. General Taylor mas
come down upon me, '.like thou.
sand Of bricks, !" ID the Rspatlieda Of the
aand inst. '.Jordan Is hard road TO
travel" when we are assailed by an editor,
brave General, and an ass.-these are
al animals Of power. But ! will still
"push along, keep moying;" evenif there
10 danger BY the way.side.
However, in this article, ] do not pro.
pose to battle against the editor nor the
ass, The who writes over the signature Of
"a Member Of the Convention" isithe
ass; and until he gives his name, ] will
consider him rs such;-and when learn
his proper name, his column Of filthy
falsshoods will be duly considered, but
not until them Y
! have already stated my reasons for
rushing into the Star, therefore, ] need
not notice this part Of the Generals
GrgxmsntHm adAominem. The FIRST thing
for me TO notice in the Generals false
article ID, that the says, on the authority
Of two Of the delegates, he 10 authorised
10 say that Mr.. Swami was not excluded
from seat in the convention, upon the
grounds that asserted. ! viii here
say to the General and his worthy friends,
that they have authorised him 10 make .
statement which is utterly false, and, ct
the proper time, / will introduce tes.
timony which will satisfy the public that
the General and his coadjutors are as
destitute oftruth, as regards this matter.
40 0 monkey 10 Of soul. Gentlemen,
you had better get your Commander.
in.chief, General Taylor, to father this
thing for you, as his tongue ID no disgrace
to any one. The valiant old General
seems to have had 50 many in wsr conn.
Gil that he could not tell how many de-
serted him in his struggle for Office; how.
ever, he has "fought good fight" Go
on, General, you have done your duty.
even II you did not get o nomination for
Office In his report TO ead-quarters
he says, that he only lost three men, ex-
cept Mr.. Swami. This is not the fact
from memory, can count more than
three, Wis Messrs. landlord, Smell,
Phillips, Swami, and his humble servant
that is FIVE; General, count again. ]
hope that his superiors in Office will no,
charge him with intentionally making a
false report, as he is not addicted to the
like. r. 4....>.~. ! -:
But, again, he makes out smother re.
port, in which he says there were eight
or nine members OF the American party
met at the school.house. This Is not The
fact; there were but three Of four, unless
Messrs. Sherkeys belong to the party,
which they deny; however, the General
may have considered himself six, and, in
point Of making false statements, I con.
Tess him equal TO at least ten. II /. .
Now, gentleman, the General has only
one Of two ways to creep out At that is,
he must acknowledge that he had taken
on . little too much "old hog" (com.
mon whisky before he went to the school
house or, that he has knowingly and
wilfully made and published . lalsehood.
He also says, that ] was sent to the con
vention instructed to vote for . County
Convention. Now, this is in direct CON
tradiction to himself - his notice read
thus: ITO send delegates to Charleston,
to take into consideration the propriety
Of holding a County Convention" The
vote which be has told you so much
about, I contend, was taken to ascer-
tain whether we should respond to the
call for a County Convention, or whether
we should act in unity with the majority
Of the county in refusing to respond at
all. b. -. " +.
Now, gentlemen, I shall briefly mo-
tice what the Generals private feelings,
as he said they were IN regard 10 this
matter. Immediately after he received
orders from the President (at Charleston
10 call District Convention, he consxlted
with me upon the matter. l told him, !
was opposed to convention, and always
were, under any circumstances Whatever.
$50 am too, sir" said he, 81 would
rather have none. am ,'nly acting in
discharge Of my duty. Iwant no Con-
vention, and you will see that my notices
does only call a Convention here to elect
delegates to meet in town, TO take into
consideration the propriety Of holding a
County Convention. l wrote my notices
that way 30 that they cannot tie US down
il we think best not 70 20 into Conyen.
ton" He also said to me, "You must
20 against the Convention, but Il they
force US into one, you must stick; for, H
my friends leave the Convention, I will
loose the nomination" The General
did loose the nomination, and that IL whist
hurts the old fellow. He also called On
me the morning he proposed to meet q,
the school. house. "Well, sir" said the
Genera, care you going to meet with US
to-day" answered in the negative :
"Well, sir" said he. iii you will NEE,
with US, / will use my influence to have
you elected a delegate; you can there %
against the convention" With this
pledge from my unfaithful General,
consented TO meet him in district council
These are facts that the General canno,
swear of, however good he. may be D,
making false statements. What pricks
the General Is, that be assisted in getting
up q club to break his own head, and H
don't feel 90 well. Does II, General:
To prove it, he says, Damn the Con.
yention; viii not vote for the nominees
but will vote against them. That's
right, General. Colt; will be with YOU
therein this we will not differ an far a.