Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-05-12
,Ths Grand Humbug o. the Day.

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From 1910 TO the presenttime, the
opposition to7 the Democratic party
have never been without some gull
trap, Some hulnbug, some contempti-
Bile device to play On the Ignorance,
passions and prejudices Of the people.
They are only yin their element when
catching upIsome plausible popular
IGelusion ofthe day, they can deceive,
hoodwink and mislead the unwary
and unsuspecting masses. .E%
In 1910 they had t'coon skins and
hard cider, roast beef and two dollars
d day. for the 1aboring man. ass
In 1874 theHwere Wings and had
their s'log cabins and ''glee clubs; !,
+ In lS4S they were mo party men"
and went III for stPalo Alto Old
Whitley and fiBuena Vista" 81 !:
In 1852 they were once more
l"Whigsn and stood out for s:the res
lolutions annexed, n."L undy's Lane"
"Cherubuscp,, "Chapultepec, Y ~fuss
ledtflerS. 'aHu ~ ~ A. A 3IS- Tax nj 4 4
In 1855, they appeared IN the al
together original variety Of the 'fsens
Of the sires d 1776fr became inmates
of secret dens, took awful oaths
against Catholics and Irishmen, swore
BY Sam, and agreed to merge all past
issues in the greet cduse Of redeem
ing the country from the talons of the
Pope, and from the the thraldom of
foreign influence. #
BY 1856. Sam was dead, and the
opposition suddenly donned the name
lot Fillmore men, andinvoked dem.
IoeratsttoA drop their candidate and
support Fillmore, because forsooth,
he was tile stronger Of the two nation
Eal candidates: MI II II.IE .:Ir- &.
The dem crats were bIandly told
tEatif their candidate was stronger
/ than Fillmore that then they, the OPP
position, woulG readily support him
| to save. the country and preserve the
rights of the South. The election
came of. FillmoreIgot justfone State
and that through fraud and bloody
violence unparalleled III the annals Of
American elections. 3#F VIII l |.s :
u 1857 we have the opposition up
again at our spring elections, and
| labelled "DistriJ'ttfon men, Moth,
| ingIwill now do but 4 division Of the
public, landsamong The States77-it is
| thejon1y panaeea for orr ills, State
and Federal. The pope, priests, for
feign influence, bank, tariff, internal
improvements coon skins. hard ci-
der log cabins, the immigration of
Fpaupers and convicts, alien suffrage
and all else, sinkinto rneasureless IN
Significance v ben compared with the
great, vital, overshadoWing question
fof t'land distribution Such is the
last card Of the changing opposition
in this State whose history has been
one consistent record Aof numberless
names, violated faith and unredeem-
ed pledges %}I ..
1.-The CANVASS in this State. says
.our talented coteinpo rary ofthe South,
is reducedato d plain und simple issue
Ian .issueiwhich demogogues cannot
mystify nofthe people misunderstood.
.lt.is not whether Virginia shall par
.ticipate inithe>plunder of the public
lands. That isE an altogether ficti-
.tipns CONTROVERSY, got np for the putL
pose Of distracting the public mind
and concealing the real object offthe
Opposition. The point which is to
be determined BY tile elections in
May, is, whether Virginia shall depart
from her traditional principles, over
throw the imnlemotial ascendancy of
tho Democratic party &deliverherselfi
up to the embrace Of apostate Know
NothiHgs and theIrule of Federal pol
.icy IF the ksDistributionists,p7 as
they style themselves, succeed III their
enterprise, the result will be that the
State willlose4itsp resent faithful and
efficient delegation in Congress, who
will be substituted by Crane, Criteher
and Garlic, etEid omae gen,,s men
of 5mediocre abilities, of little reptta.
tipn and less influence men avow4ingI
no principles BUT Distribution, and
still Ereeking with the <miasmatic.
and snlphurous odors ofthe culvert. =,
us us. D4noc,at.
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Wanted, Eleven AbletBodied 'DiStriba-I
tion,r Candidates for Congress. H.G
We baee lnava fanffnr our e;aaoro