Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-06-30
Eli Phayss and MS Gang.
81 THEIR Hoors r. SHALL Krow THEN.

with his crew of bastard vagabonds.-
Wetake .t'thata settlement of his pack,
ID any given neighborhood, would have
the same effect on its morals asa stream
Of pestiferous malaria would have upon
the physical man, and hence We should
Be moro guarded against them than the
malaria of death-giying atmosphere
We would have known how. when. yand
where this sElias" appeared, his pnrpot5
Sos and designs, b the mere tie giyen
by hint his army Of invasion Home
stead Aid Society. The idea and the
words to convey il could have originated
ii no other place than the North II Is
entirely siginiicant Of that people, and of
that portion Of them the most to be alb
.herred Of our species--aboliticnists and
intermedlers in other peoples political
Observation-Disclosures not from love to the
negro, but from envy to his bread and.
better comforts. We are satisfied that
Eli Thayer, his miaions and confedsrates,
now proving about through our portion
o the State, are governed BY mercenary
motives IN part, mostly b. the hope Of
gradually building up an abolition party
id the Commonwealth. These emisaries
are coming here under the pretenee Of
developing our agricultural resources
II may turn out that our people will, at
al early DAY He surprised to find their
homes and their hearths put IN peril b.
these mel buying up old and stale land
titles. In fact, il has come to our ears
that they are actually engaged in this
detestable and villainous business now,
aud boasting their ability to set asile the
tides BY which a larger portion Of our
people now hold their lands. We warn
1.-The peoples I'll ughtheyma think
themselves, scattered and settled now
oyer i hills and yalleys-to look out
and Be On their Guard. And we do hope
that if any lawyer brings suit to eject our
people from their now quiet and peace.
Ifdl cabins for the benefit Of this Eli
Tayer and his confederates, that they
win p~atronise him no more. Indeed,
such alawyera should be- secuted from
among US, fnot worse treated.
There may be danger brewing, and be-
ing n the watehtower, We thus early
ring the alarm bell.
I'VE certainly have no objection to the
immigration into Virginia of Northern
men who come to labor and. to seek those
homes and that comfort which free So
eiety has failed to give them, who come
las Individuals on Me;r oasn kook, but
when we are forewarned that certain Eli
Thayer, and his prowling, impudent,
Differentiated emisaries, calling them
sefyes, "Homestead Emigration Aid So;
ciety, are seeking toIpurchase |lorgs bodies
Of land and stale tides to whole districts
Of our western hills, and then to people
these lands with a startling rabble from
various portions. Of the North, from the
sink holes DC cities, towns and villages,
we look On the movement with disgust,
mingled With apprehension and alarm.
WI would not see sucha gang Of starry
1ings filing our hills. Rather let these
hills remain forever clothed IN the ma
jeatic beauty and sublimity ofthe sterna'
forest rather let nothing save the voice
oflthe bird, and The deep mirmuring 81
nature and natures God in that language
that the hearts Of freemen can alone un'
deratand, disturb the silence.
What is To become Of the morals Of Til
sweet maidens and bold young men q
tho hills and highlands, ifthey are to b
thtown ii contact with the miserable
pauper-stricken city garbage--that are 4
come hcresin the name of the aHome
stead Emigration Aid Society An,
how are they 70 come Why, they Az
to be sent here, and entered On steam
boats in gangs ike swine, at 50 muc.
per head, paid in advance BIZ this =
Tbager and Sis agents. Would an.
mans barn on cornscrib, chicken-coor
or clothe' 5 line would any mans hog
ori sheep would any mans life o. purse
would any mans family IN these hour
of sheep and midnight be safe with gang
ofsuch creatures settled among US. roam
in passing and ~re-passing arriving an
departing By every pathway. turnpike
and steamboat? These people are r b
brought here, tho freight on them IS to ,
paid, then the land Is 70 be divided anon
ahsm. after the now peaceful, quiet, ur
~suBpecting tenants have been turned o y
Of thcir homes and their cabins,and adj
bc done BY whoms Bg themselves : Nt
but BY Eli Thayer and the President az
electors Of the Homestead Emigratio
Aid Society wretched To trafickers ]
human white flesh and BY way Of COZ
a II 1.E&4%t4sE GF N !. NAN FE TW9 = - II.