Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-13
.kansas and The "R,pnhlisaa. !,

lGe ehe,atfteuN Oi tabt Ncch s'Ns =.
.'Sighs are nnfavorable for Slavery m
Kansas, and quotes frcn, Che Boston
.Mas, rabid Abolition sheet, to sustain
his assertion. He also quotes from the.
sanr,, paper 10 show that ...thefe ARC esie
drnt SIMMONS 81 re-sstioa IN tho State
u Missouri, in fitsf st Frcscilism in
Kansas: We are not ast,nishcd that the
Rep.I;,sn should still continue its old
praciitc Of Filling its columns with
1oice extracts from Freesoil and Aboli-i
ton. papers. inimical to the rights Of the
soath and her interests il, Kansas. So
old and hardened sinner as the editor
Of the Repsbiicea could not be expected
To rertnl aud abjare his darling idol of
rrlresoilism at this advanced period Of
his life. He has passed beyond the
hour Of redemption. and has long since
been aiyen over to hardness u. heart and
rprobacy Of mind, l'y all sober, sensi-
bic and discreet southern minds. We
will not advise him to Repent. We know
he could NOT, If lie were to try. He might
undergo the deepest anguish and remorse,
and vet meter reach the point Of repent
ance. To ask him to repent would be
to ask him to abjure himself his birth.
place, his carly educatien andassoeiations,
his morality, his prjudiees, his passions,
his youth, his manhood and hisoh age
in hort,eter.thiug which is enshrined in
his memory, or around which'the. "tfec-
lions Of his heart cluster. Although
living in Virginia and editing a paper on
southern soil, he still looks back with
anxious heart and longing eye to the
blue and sterile mountains Of his native
Yankee land. As his heart bounds from
the banks of the Kanawha to the brink
of the Onion, in his pride and JOY he
proclaims, in the language: Of the poet,
rs this not mine own, M. native Yankee
fa land P'y -. Es--% =. g. 49,.
and in the .exhuberance Of his soul he
.exclaims, '.Here was born-hffe l was
edueated--here are the cherished scenes
of my chiIdhood--here arc: the fond and
endearing associations Of my boyhood-
here are The graves of my fathers--here
is all that is dear 10 me Of Earth; here,
standing amongst '.my fondest, f'irest,
earliest sympathies, men Of New Eng
land, can YOU doubt me Am / not
bone of your bone, and flesh Of your
flesh ?''' ! Have l not, for fifteen years
flied my paper with EXTRACTS from your
own papers in favor of Freesoilism and
Abolitionisms Have / ever deviated
from the cherished principles Oh; my
youth 81 Breathes there /, Yankee upon
tho bluest mountain Of Vermont, who
would hesitate; Or doubt for one mement,
when such an appeal and such rerrorst
were presented 10 him! No. no. No,
sane or sensible man could doubt his al
Ieriance and devotion, his fixed and un-
alterable attachment to Northern prinei-
pies. *f,Our amiablc friend will therefore
excuse us for. not adyisin. him TO repent.
We mourn over him : We weep over
him and We would pray for him, did
we believe it possible for him to repent.
But We would frankly say to him, we do
not beleye it possible for him to repent,
much less to be saee'{ and We wish to
expehd our prayers in more useful and
profitable manner. .....r*,.--,'..
In conclusion, however, we>Wouid say
10 our .anliable and esteemed cotempora1
~, if he wishes the people Of Virginia
to believe that thefetare .'eyideat symp-
toms Of reaction III Missouri" in favor
Of Freesoiiism, or thatl""nine-tenths Of
the legal inliabitants'@of Kansas desire
that Territory to become a free State, he
must furnish better evidence to establish
the fact than extracts from the Boston
-1Has. rs.e. Il