Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-09-22
eNxaanba Uallt p Star
Wsll.barg HsraId and Wssisrn EifgInia.
We copy the following parag raph from
On, editorial that appeared u q late num-
Der of The Wellsbarg Herald

an eultOflal That aRpeaIeu ~ " late NuiiA-
Der oof The Wellsbarg Herald
Missouri IS doomed ID Be Al frecSsate
aud however improbable tho assertions Or
unpalatable the fact, ii il morally Ger
tain THAI Virginia. intensely slase1holF
ding as she appears nov, will yfoaow w
her make, or spla, sooner Or latyr'
The prediction that Virginia will Al
ther become 4 free-sate or tsspiit" has
been long talked of; and i was much
wished FIJI years ago BY certain pdliti
clans Of Jres sdll prorLigties n Western
Virginia. The times, however, haze
changed, and 50 have these politician. -
Gsnpora matagtur q III mntaatur n iRia.
BY Tie adoption 81 the new coonstita-
sion Western Virginia acquired great
political power power that had long
been denied her, and which she VAS
Justly and fairly entitled 70. Western
Virginia now has tile majority Of the
members 10 The House Of Delegates
majority of the popular vote Of the entire
State, and 4 majority of 4 popular vote
in each Of the three Districts electing
members of the Board Of Public Works.
OF late years, too, Virginia has been de-
ing much towards extending her rail
roads and other internal Improvements
from Eastern into Western Virginia
All these things have banished Vie sec
tfpnal jealousy and dissatis faction that
once existed between Eastern and West
ssn Virginia. The feeling Of political
Inequality that Western Virginia once
felt and was under was removed BY the
adoption oil the new Constitution. All
these things, we repeat, have brought
about a great change III the public opin-
ion eff Western Virginia and rapidly
are all parts and sections of Virginia be-
coming thoroughly Identified in interest
and in feeling. All portions Of the Com
monwealth feel that they each have d
common interest, a common destiny
What promotes Eastern Virginia pro-
notes Western Virginia; and what Adj
~yances Western Virginia advances East
srn Virginia.
No bHgef is there any ground for THE
people of Western Virginia to desire \
wish a separation from Eastern Virginia.
Nor. in fact, does any such desire lor wish
now exist with the people. Onthe Con
trnry the people Of all portions of the
State. taken in the aggregate. are devo-
teddy attached to her cherished
lions, aud to the chief elements that con
stitute Tie tras Viyginiia Oh arocter. iii
fact everybody knows that Virginia Ms are
remarkably attached to their State and
her institutions, that they have more State
h better cdptented and mofs Sat
isfed than the people Of Any other State.
But there are exceptions 40 all rules
And 80 we find the Wellsburg Herald an
exception to che almost unanimous feel
ing prevailing in Virginia about her
cherished Institutions. The Herald pre-
diets that Western Virginia must either
become . free-State Or separate from
tEtEAlEH #&44AI8G& 81 ~ tAE @E5%8gH6 tAEI&
Eastern Virginia. We cannot under
stand how it 81 that the Herald Is labor
ing under such haA~aciaqtioa. Is II be-
cause the editor lives in the Panhandle,
and has for his As sociates the free -soilers
pf The contiguous country, Ohio and
Pennsylvania Or is IL because the
editor is Of yankee origin Or is It be-
cause he desires 10 acquire some nosori-
ety With Black Republicans by editing i
ree-soil paper upon Virginia soila
Let us, for a moment. look at the
strength Of the free-so1 and anti Y irgin-
is element ii Western Virginia. First Of
lall. away UP The Ohio river. on a very
marrow slip Of land between Ohio and
Rennsylsania, we find the yeritable
MAellsburg Hsrald. Coming down the
Ohio. and keeping il sightIof Black Re-
publican sell. va find the Wheeling vi
tsl;gencey, another newspaper Of free-soi
pFocliyities. These two papers are the
only advocates of principles that are di-
fsctly antagonistto 10 the cherished III
stitutions Of the State. There are, 70. Do
sure, q few other newspapers that are moi
regarded as Intensely Southern IL, their
feeling Among these may be enutlmer-
ssed the Gayandotte Uaionist and the
Kanawha Republican. The Uaionisf.
however has recently undergone 4 change
ii is editorial department and we are
informed that .Yankeeisms win no
more receive encouragement from thatpa-
lpAf. AS for the kanawha Republicans,
~ deem i but sheer justice ~ aay that
tn selections and editorials arg now much
more Yirginian and Southern than for
SSpefly What has brought this happy
change about modssty forbids Us from
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