Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-14

the great principle of the Constitution
framed BY the fathers, 10 the Missouri
Compromise struggle, BY division in heI
Town ranks, By 4 want of moral irmness
Again when the California question
arose, she lost California by division
III her " ranks-the Internal demon .
party decided he councils, and she los
California, New Mexico and Utah, al
empire which the ~gallantry of her owl
sons, sent forward by her own policy
had won for her, for be il remembered
that o-thirds Of the soldiers who Tough
lin The Mexican campaign, and oil tht
great officers were Southern men.
That there is to be q fnality Of Tho
question Of slavery between the North
and the South, ID indisputable. What il
to be Tie end thereof, and what The con-
sequences to the South. is the great ques-
ton for#her people. If the North is ID
60 On and convert the territory Of the
United States intp free States, then the
freedom and safety of The South in the
kUnioh. is lost forever. If she remain in
lit, presersing her present institutions, is il
notapparentthat herpeople will occupythe
position Of colony that their politicalfree
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dom and equality will be gone forever,
and they, themselves to be declared by
llaw the equals of their own slaves when
lever the North may will it, Shall w
leave a position so painful, sohumiliating,
80 slayish, to be- combatted By our chill
dren Or shall we now unite. ~forgetting
All party divisions and party ties shall
We consolidate ourselves into q unit, and
demand an equal division Of the terrific
~, and an equal number Of slave States
out Of that territory What is TO be
done ? "Why remain ye here idle al the
day long ?" Is this a time for party
politics and party prejudices to divide
our councils? Is this the time for psalms
ii praise Of the Union-for shouting and
Fasting in The name d that inWhose name
the South promises to become a mere
colony, stripped not only Of her power,
but Of that very American liberty which
she won from England, thinking it to BE-
"a heritage for herself and for her chill
dren. We think not. If the Union is
to continue, let it continue 4 Union Of
equality and Of Liberty. If we unite to-
gether, forget party ties and party pre-
JUDGES, for this kind Of q Union, and the
North consolidates itself against us, be-
cause Of the unity. then it will be time
for US to- secure, out Of the Union, that
which we will have lost in it-our libere
ties and sacred honor. What cause is
there for division at The South? What
is there 70 divide her people? When
calmly considered. there will be found
nothing at all. Already those manufac-
tories and that shipping which the. Fed
eral Government has fostered at the North
has drained away from the South the
chief support Of national power. Dur
cities are not-our ports and bays are
silent. Every perfect, well regulated
government that ever existed, has se-
cured to its people a manufacturing,
shipping and COMMERCIAL interest pro-
+portioned to It's agricultural wealth. This
has been lost TO the South BY the Union,
and but for il here would be the great
cities, fleets and manufactures of this
continent. But it is gone ; we have
made the sacrifice in the name Of the
Union, and we have sacrificed enough
a further sacrifice would be the sacrifice
Of fools, as unacceptable to the goddess
Of pu rliberty as it would be derogatory I'd
Eapeoplet claiming to DO free. Slaves could
|doAno mora free people would shud-
der at the thought. Let us, then, unite;
forget all party ties and party pr'ejudices,
and strike fortequality in the Union and
if that be denied us, then for liberty out
Of the Union The calm that now has
possession Of the country ian deceive
none but those who watch the surface d
things. II is but the precursor Of the
storm. Already Governor RopERr ].
Walker, hasstaken b position as Gov.
ernor Of Kansas, the best calculated d
all others to make that a free State. i
remains TO Be seen whether the admins
tration will sanctionfhis position, and i
80, whether that administration will pui
on foot such measures as will acquire fol
the South q Territory, Of State to com.
pensate her for the loss Of Kansas. It il
enough for Us to know that unity among
ourselves. and q firm stand for all oul
rights. will secure for US the respect D
our foes, and that this alone will driY,
back the assaultseof fanaticism. Con
cession begets contempt, and the SWORD
of destruction is visited on those alon,
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