Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-01-06
From thsP enns,lyanian.
"All Hail New Englaad!'

"All Nail New Bnglald.,
This is the heading Of 4 alorifca.
ton article in tho Zsn,es Of YESTERDAY.
lauding that section Of tho Union to
the skies for her support ofthe Black
Republican candidate, to which We
respond:
ssAll HaiIi New England ~ Il.
But not that New England that
began its career by burning and hang
ing Baptists and Quakers, and all
who differed from its puritanical no.
tons of religiori....
Not that New England which in its
tyranny drove Roger Williams into
exile, in its hour ofdanger sought and
won his protection, and in its graft
tude repaid him with the yilest base
ness.
Not that New England that burned
or hung innocent men and women for
wichcraft.
Not that New England which grew
rich by importingslaves from Africa !;
and which is living now in luxury
upon the blood and bones Of the hui
man beings it thus trafiicked in.
Not that New England that at
tempted to make this government Of
ours hereditary aristocracy."
Not that New England that endea-
vored to fasten upon this country the
Alien and Sedition Laws, and heaped
upon the author of the Declaration OF
Independence the 1ilest ISLANDERS.
Not that New England that met in
convention at Hartford, during the
war Of 1912, to plot treason against
the United States, aud to- give aid
and comfort to-the enemies OF the ma
ton.
Not that New England which refn-
sed to man or arm single regiment
of volunteers to 60 to ANexico, and
that offered indignities to those who
did volunteer, when parading through
the streets of Boston.
Not that New England which arms
her ''paupers" to goto Kansas to in
cite civil and servile war, and murder
citizens ofthe United States.
Not that New England that eyer
since the Revelation, has been oppo-
sed to every war, to every acquisition
| of Territory, to all the important
measures ofthe Governmentthat have
added to the greatness and glory OF
our country.
Not that New England whose reli-
gion is it's politics, and whose politics
is its religion, and whose pulpits are
filled with traitors to their country
and their God.
Not that New England which
shrieks for Stree speech when an
abolitionist desires to undermine the
institutions Of their country, and
which denied Faneuil Hall to her
ablest son to speak in their defense.
Not that New England which de-
lights in imposing upon her citizens
the double crime ofperjury and trea
son, and while they swear to support
the Constitution ofthe United States,
passes laws compelling them to vio-
late its provisions, and to set at def
ance the fundamental law Of the
land. r..
Not that New England which
matches out all the vile isIns Of the
times and sends them forth through
the land, like SO may serpents, to poi
son its peace and prosperity.
Not that New England, which has
made an idol of the Mariposa specn-
lator, ~orshiPped the woody horse.
and given the reins to fanaticism.
The New England of therevolution
we would hail! But that New Eng
land has been overruH by the Cloths
and Vandals of Black Republicanism,
the Hales, the Parkers, the CARR
sons, the, Banks, the Burlingames,
the Wilson's, the Phillips the rep
resentatives and successors ofthe men
of the .bag and hatchet' of the reyo-
lution-not of those who hung in the
rear Gifts armies to murder the woun-
ded, and rob the dead.
The New England we hail is that
glorious New England which tstill
Iives' in the hearts of that minority
who have resolved to s'keep step to.
the music OF the Union, = who have
refused to bow the knee toits traitors
in war, or foes Of the Constitution in
peace, to its Abolitionists, ifs Athe-
lists, oriis Disunionists.
When girl refuses you, assume o
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