Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-05-12
NO. 81.

(which the able editorials ofour friends
were gotten mp, VIC fear they are
heavy losers by the investments!
Wethink, however, an action would
HE against Bell and Garlic for sedue-
ling our friends by false representa-.
lions into Bnch a SIongh Of Despond
as that in which they are foundering.
lfthey are not esponsible, the Mt
so1sal Hat@lligeacer is, and should be
held to- strict account for tile irfepar-
liable wrong which, under the hEpo-
critical Egpise of friendship, it has
fdones cur excellent neghbors.
The beautiful but somewhat airy
(bridge, erected by them from the
spublicfalQ nfainsp teF Congress, is not
popular with the politicians. The
Know n othing aspii'ants, young and
Iold, with d few melancholy exceptions
positively refuse to trnst their weight
upon i'll The earnest inyocations Of
the Whigpress are thrown Iaway MP
on them.T The old and often defeat
ed stagers cannot be coaxed or driven
across It. They snort, rear, fall back
and break their brides, as sagacioaIs
horsesdp when they doubt thelstrength
Eof a cr6s$way supported BY rotten
timbers and crnlnhfing arches. Pom
derouss 6h gentleman, like Bondtr-
ant, try itwitll d single foot as Gle
Iphants do bamboo bridges in India,
\ then throw up their trunks in terror,
and turf tail upon the dangerous
structure as if they were chased BIZ a
Legion ofdeyils. The youngest and
Highest Edf their half-fedged orators
will not Irest theitstom- tits weightup-
the ratings Of our friends dfstFibn7
ton passwayto Congress.
| All who have anything to fear from
a tumbleFinto the Slough of Despond
which HES beneath this bnidge.
would see our friends of the Fhiq
gdrotea before tiley would venture
over it. 4A few desperate gentlemen
hwho have pothing to fear, have an.
dertakenI the .perflous journey but a
tulable would not hurt them. Critchs
err Carlile Crane and Lipscomb Haze
tile desperate pidneers. Who comes
next2 The Wing press is disturbed
about p owell's District, and have been
stirring Groggin's bones to see il
they cannot be put in motion. But
IGoggin, like a sagacfous doodle bng
refnses tb come ont of his hole To be
smashed for the foftieth time, and az
ter casting aboutSin despair for a long
time, There was alfaint call for q young
imam named Cabell, sojourning near
| "Tye RIVER" and practising law i'll
/ that benighted region. Bnt the wise
young man with q prudence and dis
erection highly commendable, express
eth a preference for "the law, /and
although repeatedly requsted to dS
50, hathrefused and doth stillIrefnseH
It'd bearken INTO said cabin any mans
liner prvfdrfn villa tsoeY5r. Indeed sas
ttiated with political glory, and hay.
ing served his country faithfully, al
though quietly, for the space of nineS
Fly days in the last Legislature, he
agrees with Cardinal Woolsey, in de-
Eclating political ambition a dangerous
thing, declares his preference for the
peaceful pursuit of vicarious iitigas
ton and declines the distribution nos
truin andsits inevitable consequence
in the shape of the most awful drubbs
ing evef administered to a young gen.
tlelnan since the days of Whackford
Squeersb of Dothboy's Hall, /
IN ALI the rest of the Congressional
Districts, except where Critcher, Car.
lille, Crane and Lipscomb are making
small demonstrations, there are meme
80 bold Jas to do the Whig's bidding.
In I'LL the Congressional districts Sam
called his powerito the field, but Dis
Itributioh is withent an efficient adj
lvocate. We fear that the young me1
of'lhe Wing party are not made of AZ
stern and courageous material as those
oft wallopped Veterans, Pendletor,
Groggih & Company. They used
upon all occasions whether there was
a ghost of a chance or not, to come
forward and brave the frowns Of iney-
table defeat as a goose endures al
EduckinS or as the fathers of the desert
suffered starvation and torture.
But in vain does onr friends of tile
Wig sound their trumpet, and call
ont with the voice ola Stentorian or
derby sergeant, s.Fall in. After AL
their fling. drumming, trumpeting and
exhprtations themuster roll stands Isl
it did three weeks ago. Listeni ST
lence, Ahem! eyes right - front
facet Present, Crane, Garlile, Critch-
er, Lipscomb, 'absent all the rest of
the regiment. Like the spirits sum
.moped from tie vastly Deep hy
Glendower' they pay no attention to
the entFeaties Of the eloquent orderly
of the Why. What a pity. Want-
ed IA few more candidates, say ele-
ven, fot the Congressional Districts.
A liberal allowance Of puffs will be
5gratuoqsly distributed among the re-
cruits, and free tickets for an exepr-
sion trip up Salt River will be dis
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