Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-06
The Southern Convention. held at SaTan,
Il. j. ~ nah, Georgia.

We publish in. to-day's issue the pro-
ceedings OF the Southern Congress held
at Savannah. Hark /! let the South give
ear !; Jet the people shout; a power has
arisen that promiscsto foster her develop
ment, her eommerce, her progress ; :
power has arisen that holds out the col
ors and the flag around which.her PEG
PIE may rally to sure and certain triumph
Ia eliminating eminepce where tho
mind, the chivalry, the glory and the
majesty Of Southern thoughts and South
ern ideas, Southern morals and Southern
honor, may cluster and grow strong, ant
shed around light and genial rays t.
penetrate and dispel the fogs and 2>th'
mists that Northern art and Northern
fraud has SO long spread like dark pal
upon the material development, and NOR
al standard Of the Southern people; q
power has arisemupon = tower Of strength,
like beacon of FIRE BY night, to guide
md direct the generous and chHalrous
people of the South from. the more than
Egyptian bonds; the North has rivened
upon them: Here, in these Southern
Congresses, the mind Of the South has
found a rallying point; where her lofty
thoughts and conceptions, her high NOR
al and mental standard, the lofty and high.
born sentiments Of her chivalry, may
have fullsswaya and sweep, unbiased and
untramsiled by the Yankee eanting and
Puritanical hypocrisy that meets and as
sails them in the Congress Of the United
States. Unbiased by the fear, and parti-
san neglect. or the hope of partisan re-
ward. Here, in these Southern Congress
Is, the men Of the South, whose educa,
Ationtand whose moral, Whose calm thought
and great contemplation Of things as
they are, made and fostered on the farms
at the bar, where all great thought do
grow--may assemble, and give forth
that wisdom and that greatness Of, men
tai and moral conception, WHICH 1.-The din
of party strife and triekery Of office
seekers, has. shutout and buried, by dri-
wing such men as these from her coun,
ellis and Legislative halls: Here the
great and tho good, fresh from the fields
Of their contemplation, the closet oftheir
studies, may come and meet together
and hold council for the safety and the
honor, the progress thespower, the com :
merce and wealth, the greatness and the
glory Of. their Country. Here not the
canting politician, who fears TO speak a
great thought, least it may offend the
petty village party managers, but the
greatEand pure men of the South, from
every avocation in life, may come ttogeth-
er, give utteranceto truths and principles,
to new policies, and new means of aug
menting the increase of Southern produc-
tons, and leave, the rest to the people
and to that God who gives spirit
p man and inspires them with un.
derstanding. But one great and all-po-
tent reason, why the South should give
car, and the people hail these Southern
Congresses is, that party divisions are
not represented and cannot be heard in
them. Democrats, Wings and Ameri-
cans; all meet in these Conventions, and
here no voicetis given to that party Strife
that has heretofore divided the councils
Of the South and victimized her to the
rapaeitx and Inscriptions fraud Of the
North. Then we say rHArk let the
South give ear /: let the people shout p
that q Southern Congress has arisen
which promises to hush the fierce parti-
san strife of her people and unite
them into one great unity for their
mutual protection against the fraud and
inhumane purposes of the misguided
and fanatic Of the Northern people. We
regard the Southern Congress as a cloud
by day a pillar of fire by night to
lead tho people of the. South; the people
Of all parties. from the meshes which the
Northern spiders are weaving, spinning
for them and their children. As soon as
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her people shall unite together, forget
their destroying party divisions and ele.
rate to place and to power those, and
those only. who3will stand up for all her
rights, al Der honor. all her progress
and the annexation of those regions Dor
dering on her territory, the future seats
Of empire, SO soon will her productive
.labor,sther commerce and her empire
give to the South controlling power in
the Union, . majesty and a force to win
for her respect from. her enemies and ter
ror, from her foes. These Southern Con-
gressess are the entering wedge to effect
SO great good. They are the assemblies
q the people, above party and above
pbsjudice. And here let rs do justice
and give honor to our high toned, chi.
saisrss aa67ef. eorrruor. 4er appoint.
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