Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-03-10

nlcians the art of navigafionl Who
taught the Egyptians their science!-
Who taught the Greeks that creative
senlus which, with forms ofunmatcll-
FED beauty. has colouized the sanctuar-
les OF art in every Fcivilizel land!-
Who taught the Romans, the build.
ers ofJustice. the arts OF empire and
legislation Who taught the nations o.
modern Europe their various eapac
ties! II They all taught themselves: the
Africans has failed to do so because he
was destitute of capacity. The car h
was gradually prepared for different
varieties of material and animal life.
Inferior varieties of the same genius
preceded higher varieties. May not
The same great law have been applied
to all animal lites And as strata up
Top strata rise mp lin the material king
dom, each eliminating higher and
higher, may there not have been
gradiations Of races among m"n,
each preparing the way for a higher
race, until all human excellence was
consolidated around, the Caucasian
family? 49,: "a !
Iapproach now, Mr.. Chairman, the
the second branch of my argument,
viz: tie ability .ofthe South to- cs-
5tablish and. maintain q separate
and Independent Gor6rnment. Stig-
matized by northern legislation,r and
disparaged by northern purists, it is
well to examine the resources of the
Sonth and her self-sustaining capacity.
lit is well. too, that the South should
examine them for her own sake, for
she is driving down the darkling tide
of events to the moment when she
will baveto take her own safety into
her, own hands. This Hall yet rings
fwith insolent and untraternal' homi.
lies against; her honor, character, and
morality; and the statute-book is
crowded with acts of oppressive; leg,
islation' against her. What single
blessing has this Government bestow,
tea upon the Southl Has it covered
her with wealth! Has it embalmed
her in honor! Has it guarded hel
peace. Has it shielded her from the
incendiaryl No; it has done none so
these; but though oppressive legisla.
ton it has contiscated the property
of her citizens: and through the hands
of the fanatic, it has applied the toycl
to their dwellings. Threatened, then,
with a beItlof fire, and exposed to the
ravages of abolitionism, the South
,mty and should look to her own re
sources. ',z... It's. $780,.
| What, then, make up the power q
a nations- Population, territory, com
merciahtacilities,, and the value Other
material productions. What is the
number ofthe population ofthe South
There are withilf herlimits more thai
eleven millions of inhabitants, foul
times as many as inhabited the -origi
mai Thirteen Colo lies, when they woi
their independence tren the mother
country. With more han seven mil
Hons OF whites, and four millions o
African slaves to till her soil, even
amid the exigencies OF war can sh,
not defend, her territory from nva
/ sion, and protect her flag Il onF insul
against all corners Is there danger
of insurreetion! Did the slaves o
the South rise against their masters
in the, war of the Revolution, wher
her soil was scourged with civil strife
when master was arrayed againsi
master. and when British armies, sn.
campe4 upon her plains, offered theu)
their flag, and urged them to rebel,
lion! No. Wives and daughters
were guarded by their brawny arms
and unfaltering loyalty. while nus
bands and fathers, far away in the tan,
glei swamp, and on the rocky noun,
tain top, were fighting the enemy
In the Revolution, British enissaries
failed to excite the southern slave te
tinsurrection, and the emissaries. d
Yankee philanthropy will4iail as sig.
Rally now J.; for it is historical fact,
that more slaves have been stolen
from US since the organization Of the
Government, in one month, by our
northern brethren. than were sedu-
ced away By the British during th9
the whole revolutionary war.
Does the South. then, lack physi.
cal power to establish and maintain
an independent Government 1.-THE
United Colonies in 76 could establish
and maintain an independent Gov.
eminent against the mightiest Power,
with less than three millions OF peo-
pie, cannot the South do it Iow with
moro than eleven millions !
Is the South q mean the slave
States) weak in territory She now
embraces nine hundred and twenty.
eight thousand eight hundred and
ninety-four square miles, exclusive Of
Kansas, while there was but eight
hundred ana five thousand four hun
drei and forty-two square miles with.
in the limits of the original Thirteen