Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-10-27
TKANAWHA VALLEY STAR.

pose OF distribution. ~ IS very Hious
Tile American people would neither sub
NIT 10 nor sanction such a doctrine.
we cannot compliment our Know
Nothing contemporaries ofthe South up
on the patriotism Of their proposal 70 in
crease the Tariff We have regarded the
policy oil the Government settled, both
Ibysthe decree Of The people and the ac-
Iouiescence of the manufacturer. The
| Chairman of Finance announced it to be
the policy of the Government TO reduce
Ethe d~uties--with due regard to interests
invested under the existing schedules
and reported a bill adopted By Z commit.
tee 81 confeFence, o (which Mr.. CAMPBELL,
of Ohio, did Mr.. SEWARD were, we be-
l~fieye, members. Against this report
There has been no femonstrafce Of which
We Have heard. and the public seems to
rejoice ia tile withdrawal of an issue
which had lnterfered 80 much with the
Industrial interests OF the country
Now our Southern Know Nothing con-
temporarriids, who recommend this old
Whig elixir, can merely excite false hopes
id thd panic stricken patient, or raise Q
clamor agaiinlsst the neutrality-suspicious.
They must know that they have not the
power to secure their plan . respectful
consideration at the hands, Of Congress,
They will have, ii both houses Ut the
next Congtess ten Southern Know Moth
ings dr. Wings. Besides, it has been ed
mitted that 4 protective tariff can only
rebound ID lille immediate advantage Of the
Northern manufacturers We do not
know anE Southern Wing member Of
Congress WHO is willing AZ this time 10
encourage the industry and insolence of
Black |Iaepublican mechanics, by enhanc-
Cd wages. DO our Know Nothing ain
~tagonists al the South avo themselves
In fayior toof j system Of protective boun
ties toJ those mcn who are now eXertiHg
every e~fort.to exclude us from our own
terfitoty,-who seek to extinguish slave
Nv within ute States, and who would em-
ploy the aaditioaal gratuity which i Is
now proposed to bestow upon them II
The ph iIanihfropic work Of destroying our
properly and lrenching our land ia the
blood 81 lis people?
As Southern men, we look with great
equaniinitr upon this financial revulsion.
liz will tend V, telucidate The great problem
whether theiNorth or South is most de-
pendent upon each other. We have had
elaborate essays from Northern authors.
stuffed with statistics. 10 prove the de-
pendense of THE South upon the North
Ii was intenled 10 encourage the North
10 press the question Of slavery to %uniyer
sal emancipation, on the ground thatlthe
South .dould not exist without the pros
lection BIZ lhe North We have learned
from Philosopher GREELY that the hay
Eof the North was worth moro than the
cotton III tie South, and that the intro
duction of flax under a patent OF manu-.
~facture ih which he Was interested. would
soon supcrsede the use Of cotton. We
can now ask where are the boosted re-
sources Of The North? Why does she
not export clocks and shoes and relieve
herself?s Why does she not send out q
few cargoes 81 hay and replenish heI
Golfers exhausted Of specie.
The present crisis will show that the
STARE labor staples Of he South wiki furn-
ish the means of extrication from com
mercial indebtness. IL will show the
South comparatively free from distress Or
embarrassment - able ID ride out the
storm which the speculation of the North
has caused. How then can the North
censure that labor to which she viii owe
her commercial existence9 How can
she pirate oil Her independence when. but
for lie aid Sf Southern. resources. she
would stand i branded bankrupt before
The world2 This financial reyulsion, fill
ling her land with beggary and shame,
will teach the North.a lesson ofcommefcial
mortality III may cause her men Of cap
itai, and her disbanded laboring thou
sands. now contemplating an approaching
winter with terror. to recoil from that
chasm Of ~disunion into which such adyi1
sesrs and such arguments as we have re-
ferred to wculd drive her, with indiyna-
ltion and horror.
NNThis cup Or humiliation bitter though
it may be. will be made salutary. twill
save the South from much persecution
It will prolong perhaps, rather. perpe-
tuate-the duration of the Union, by
awakening thu dictstes Of ommon sense,
il not the impulses Of sectional gratitude.
We wish, therefore, the lessons OF this
financial trial tto be perfectly apparent, and
viii for that purpose endure our share Of
Its evils until they correct themselves by
the reaction of tile national energies and
the restoration of economy and prudence.
But whilst ws are ready to cooperate ID
any Legitimate political or commercial
measure which may alleviate the pressure
i'll any part Of Tire Republic, we must as-
sure o Know Nothing friends that VIZ
neser felt less inclined TO surrender oul
Free Trade principles and convictions
for the bepe& of the Freesoa shosmakers
Of Massachusetts than at present. And
We would venture even to remind them
that, as Southern men. before falling
back upon the system Of class legislatioR
land special bounties which nations ot
the highest experience and c~Syilization
have tried and abandoned. they should
require some acknowledgement Of opi
Nights, and some guarantee of their secu.
rAy- Fer. We know many Southern
Wings who, Ill estate o sectfona1 harmo.
Inv, would haye consented to pay an en-.
hanced tax fol the palposeof building uE
ID notinnol ;6karaof h,.f .vl.n lphon3 III