Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-09-01
"Hsn anla UaIItp Star.
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4 Is57.
M. GnTaaaatte unionist and Eli Thay sr.

me Goyaaaotte UniOnist and Rli Thayer.
The editorials Of Tile Guyahdotte
Uaioaist and the spceches+an operations
of Eli T'hs,yer in the counties Of Wayne
and Cabell have done much to- casts stig-
ma upon the fair name of those counties.
Ths speeche that Eli Thayer made IN
WAYNE and CabelE counties have been
heralded forth to the world as indicative
81 the opinion and feeling Of the pfepte
il those counties. The reception helmet
With Their, has beenFregarded BY many IS
proof that the people Of that portion et
Virginia are favorable 70 free solllsm
and Black Republiranism the most
noted abolition papers in New York, Gin
.~cinpati, St. Louis. &c, have boosted
loudly over the favorable reception, { IS
they allege that Eli Thayer has met With
in ihe,5 counties Of Wayne and. cabell.-
And We have regretted much to see the
Richmond k1a,miaer making such sweep,
ing declarations against the people Of
those counties-denpaneing the people Of
thai section is bubble blowers, yankee
Spectators santif Virgginians, &c,
when. III fact. ali this sutH' about tbe
favorable reception Of Eli Thayer in those
counties is the yeriest farce that ever
was practiced.%. The true history of the
matter can be given in a few lines, and
we think it1but justice to the loyal hciti-
sens and tr-ulee-heartea Virginians Of those.
counties that they should NJ longer be.
misrepresented by the editorials Of the
G~uyandotte Uniioniist and ths.speeches Of
Eli Thayer. The history Of it is simply
this
Eli Thayer wasPermitted and allowed,
in several small meetings held IN the.
counties Of Wayne and Cabell, to;exptressI
his intention 10 buy Western Virginia
lands, and to induce Northern people 70
come and settle in. Western Virginia, at
the same time ayo#ing that he would I'M
teriere in no wise Of manner with any Ct
lie cherished institutions of the State.
The G~ulyandotte Uaiaoaist, \ sem. .@freesoR
paper, published on the banks Of the
Ohio river, Immediately commenced put
fin and blowing the Honorable Eli
EDITORIAL upon editorial vas written to
show the great advantages that must rel
suit to that portiono Of Virginia BY the Eli
Thayer movement. Thus II was that the
suppression ~ ,cas. created abroad that the
Cabell and Wayne people were favorable
to Freesoilism and Black Republicanism
when, in fact no greater misrepresenta3
ton could b made respecting any peo+
ple than That which Eli Thayeer and the
Uaioaiist together made about the people
Of that portion Of the. Old Dominion.
W. are well acquainted with many of the
ccilizens Of those counties. and know
Them to1be,. by birth and By education,
thorough Yiitrginpians, iaatus u IN tucte, and
w know thatthe bone and sineF Of the
Wsyne and gabell people are deyotedly
attached to all the cherished institutions
and political principles of our State We,
therefore, hops natthey will hold . pub
lic meeting ana give uItteraneee to the true
loyalty and genuine Virginia feeling that
peryaLe their secstion Of The State, andI|
thus stamp, as false. the representations
that have been made respecting them BY
the allies Of the Homestead Aid Society.
10 true hearted yirginian can, for al
moment, give the slightest aid and conn
fort Il tIle chief Of the Homestead Aid
Society, that il to Eli Thsyesr, d we'll
known Black Republican and political
demagogue,
a man who comes into the State 1T the
heal Of an organized SOCIETY. The avowed
purpose Of which IS 70 reyolutibonize pub
liz opinion to introduce Jree1k labor into
the State. ard p oppose, indirectly tile
cherished institutions Of the State, and
thereby iajare tile rights Of slave holders,
should, Of course, be denounced by every
Firginian. This is not all for IL has
been made apparent already to the people
of this section Of Virginia, that the allies
and associates Of the Homestead Aid SOL
ciety are en~deayoring TO make money Iof
Of tile hard working people Of the North,
~ speculating in Western Virginia land, |
honestly If they can. but fraudulentlyi If
cannot. il proof. Of which We viii
to tile operations Of one W.T. W. Gid,
who Fs~ojourned, for q few days. in this
county. two Of three months asso. il il
dens b. purchasing large tracts Of land
for ! mere nothing, because he fiae is aos
good. and then selling them at All appaT
low price to Honest but Ignorant
people.
Me, therefore; say to all NortlerH
who contemplate settling In Vest
Virgins, 70 aroiid Eli 71ayer aud Ai
ossoeiatts; avoid them for fear you may
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