Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-12-08

Eposc slavery aa much as she is1bound
Is testify against drunkenness ~ adult
aaery. pr any other sin. !"
And MI. BstseIle, one q the delegates
representing tho Western Virginia Con-
ference North, Oh the aoor Of said Cen
eral epuference, replied As follows
accept the. suggestion made this
speaker Oh the other side, that bya
discussion nead not dwell on the moral
character of Die system ef siareyy. III
that we All heartily agree. Let that tes-
timony ever remain unimpaired. ! would
have Sur people learn il ~ their fathers
have learned il. hare taught it to my
children whilst living. / wish to leave il
as my legacy to them when ! die. We
are doing 4 great work in being instru-
mental IN their spiritual freedom and vi
tinately through this, securing esery other
pcisa5ls interest. :
Does this showithat Mr.. Battelle and
TIE Conference 1.-THE Western Virginia J.
which lie vas representing. was '.as far
removed from Abofitionism and abolition
Tendencies Is any other equal portion Of
v;rg;niaus y He freely endorses the
sentiment Of his brother from al !" free
state. !" which placed slavery on 4 level
with ssdrunkenness and adultery and
the Western Virginia Confere nee North
endorsed him 4 aud Yet claims 20 be
lJyalto the institutionslof Virginia.
Wesley Smith, another bright ligM il
tile Western Virginia Conference North,
says:
5aThe time has come when the mem
beers &Ffriends Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in Western Virginia must take
more ihterestin*ths selection Of those who
are to legisate for The people than they is
haye done. i Yhe
Metholists and their friends have the
numerical strength TO control any ,elec-
ton ID this or anyof the surrounding
counties. .7s4
Such declarations need no comment ;
We simply submit them for the considera-
ton Of our readers. H
In reply to the ridiculous farce of the
Republican, about the preachers Of the
Western va, Conference Of the Church
North being represented as H Northern
preachers just come from Yankee land, I
&c.,, We would only say that if the Re
publican means " insinuate or charge
that the Star has ever made such state
ment, that il is false, The Star has
never said that those preachers have
- just come from Yankee land, z or any
thing Of the. kind! The Star has said.
however. that the clergy Of the Western
Virginia Conference Of the NJ. E. Church
North, are Northern men in principle;
feeling and association. f
The Republican calls on US for 'time
and place" when covert acts" have
been committed BY the clergy Of the
Western Virginia Conference North,
against the Institutions Of Virginia.
Whether the Republican means by this,
that it Is our duty 70 take depesitiors to
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prove that each minister Of that Church
has stolen a negro, we are unable 10 say;
but we would say that their acts are not
"ooert,' but eorert and iasiaions, and,
whenever they become overt and
open, the law has provided, an adequate
remedy.
We would say to the Republican, that
the Star has never set itself up as the
!" exclusive and peculiar protector Of
Southern rights and especially the slave
interests Of Virginia. :, Unlike the Re-
puNieaa, however, We dosclaim to adyo-
cate the institutions Of Virginia-and the
South. We would also say, that the
Star, unlike tile Republican, does not
advertise to the whole Abolition world"
ora any part Of il. The Star Is published
for the benefit of the South, and not for
the abolition world" and cares but
little what The ''Abolition world" thinks
about ID We have never represented
that all the members Of the Nj. 3, Church
North, ii Western Virginia, are Adolf.
[on the contrary, we believe that
some Of them are not Abolilionists, but
that they are blinded by passion and pre-
judice 70 such an extent as not to fully
realize The position they occupy as mem
bers ofthat Church. .
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