Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-07-14
Sectional Tendencies and Party Politics.

sincerity Of purpose
Sectional Tendencies and Party Politics,
we have noted with regret, though mol
riA surprise, the comments Of the oppo-
%sitioa papers Of the South ontheatendencJ
Rin all parties at the South To unity and
consolidation. These papers seem to ap-
prehend such consolidation with alarm,
and to forbode from it danger to the
Union, IN this Theylsay such Union
Of parties AT the South for the defence Of
the South, will produce a Union Of al
parties atthe North for the destruction
of the South that thus the two sections
will be politically divided, and the Union
severed from the force of opposite sec
fional parties, The argument is this
The South should not unite for her de-
fence, lest BY that means the North be.
come indignant at her presumption and
assail her with greater violence. Such
an argument, from a body Of men assail-
ed by another body of men, would be
\ called cowardice and pusillanimity. Such
On argument addressed By large inya-
ding army to d weak State, would be an.
swered BY the arming Of men, women
and children, and deeds Of heroism far
more potent for victory than the
mere force eff numbers. 1t is the argu-
lment Of cra4Yenss, and they who use il
are either knaves, fools Of traitors. We
cannot perceive why q man who acts the
coward, or the slave in politics, should
1fbe esteemed any thing better as an indi-
1vldual. Ii unity and consolidation we
are told there is strength, and the expert
ennce Of mar iD every thing human yer.i.
hss the!proyerb. The moral, the physi-
oatl end political history of humanity
show, beyond question, that all the great
Ftues and great deeds achieved BY man
whether moral, political, physical Dir re.
figious. have beer won BY comparatively
small numbers, well organized and
trained. Greece, united, conquered the
world with q small army Sc 80, 900 men;
Greece, divided, became herself the
prey Of barbarian hordes. Rome,united
conquered the world with a few legions,
IN RRomes divided, and with all her power,
population and wealth. barbarous hordes
leaped the broken, shattered barriers 81
unity, and swept away all her ciyiliza.
tiio}nr--left her q mere wreck. F rance, in
Her revolution. divided, became The prev
df the surrounding states,-France, uni.
ted, with q few thousand soldiers, dist.
patted her fees, and laid Europe PROSTATE
at her feet. England, united, eonsolida.
Ted in her councils at home, became III,
mighty power of modern civilization
The great power Of the earth, at The tina.
when her population was no larger thar
that of the South, and her resources no
oane-third As great,-England, divided il
her councils at home, and three million
of people, with small armies half-star,vse,
md without pay scattered along the At
lantic slope, bafled her power an,
achieved American Liberty. we Nigh
50 On to trace. the moral. the religious
the political conquests Of humanity, an,
they would equally establish the trutl
ofthe proposition. shat every thing grea
that has been achieved BY mankind, ha
been traceable To- unity andscons1lidatiol
~ action, regardless alike ef the threat
Of the power of numbers, De timid fore
bodings of the cowardly, or the prophe
cies Of fools. The South united. and he
enemies willtshrink before her moral po
sition.-the South divided, and those en-
emies Vi i'll gradually undermine her foun
dationssan sap away her power, unit
at Inst she become 4 by-word anda scorl
existing At the mere within and capric
of her foes. to beor not 10 be, just as "a
natisissm may viii. or interest may die
tate. The history Of this governmen
shows that the Soulh always triumphe'
EalAIIM %A4|TT2 s8% (. = EMH5
when united and consolidated withou
distinction 81 party. n was this tha
rav4 her Louisiana this gave her Texas