Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-12-01
Letter from csovernoE wise.
II liz 1ailors b le Enquirer /


"a - ID the positionI pccupF touching lle
election al : Seasasor q lie United states;
and, believing that They are il good lfaiith,
fair and not unfrienlly Il promp.l reply
u p yonr questions a. publicly IS they are
put.
For more than twelve mouths runiors
have been calculated that Il mas my de-
sire and design 70 Dust Mi. Hunter. if i
tsoula, from His seat ia the Senate Of the
Il United States and mvAname III that cons
ilcxion has been banded about in eonyer-
satioh and 81 tho press. with license
which assumed the air .pfaathority~ By
whom, with What motive to what end,
thess rAmors were started, Il is not my
purpose now to discuss MyEobiact IS To
allay excitement and prevent division In
Che Democratic partyaof Virginia; and
tp that end aver. that these runaofs are
unauthorized by anything said Of done
w mo. that they are without foundations
4 and 4 defy the4produetion OF DIE pEoofor
evidencefhat have ever expressed or
/ manifested theimpnted desire Or design.
After my afauous struggle II 1855 for
.the salsa.iensof Tie Dem5oaaiis party, i
fondly hoped u have The sympathy and
Support III an its sections III Virginia. and
IL be able Is act with all in equal conf
4 deuce. and 10 serve ALI III The Office Isn6w
.fihl. Iregret W say thatin. this WIS dis
appointed. a short time only elapsed,
after entering upon my duties, before !
jealousy and II distrust were seen where /
most expected confdence and friendly aid
and counsel. 4 did my8best, by turning
away from this, 70 avert both its cause
ana its effect. But, iaopportunely for
harmony, the contest for the nomination
for the Presidency came ON early III ! 856,
and ms preference for MI Buchanan, en-
tsFtained for many years, WAS again made
klowns adhered tobis nominatioT, for
reasons which now must Be too obvious
toE every candid and conservative patriot
and Democrat, Is need either argument 81
excuse. Ne other nomiIiee Of the party
could probably have beenelrcted. There
w&s not one 81 his competitors for whom
] would. not .cheelfnily have voted. i
had, i'll fact, allied. among other friends
ofMr. l,uehanansin 1852, III Ilominatillg
Nj. Pierce, andkin 1855, had intinlated
my approval DC other candidates. But,
having for his eminent abilities and ser
vices, preferred AR. Buchanan in 1914
184a. and 35ag and deeming himthe on
lyasailable candidate in 1856, eo-opef-
ated zealoasly with his friends IN seen
ring for his nofaihatian the vote Of Aif-
gillia. But no effort was made. no resort
y had to any means, IL secure this, which
could Iustiy Be complained Of bv lis ri
vals and their friends. lie had, without
effort. comparatively, two-thifds Of Chs
delegation 81 Eirginisat Cincinnati, and
that majorite did notAfally represent Tho
constituencies which preferred him.
Aud Notwithstanding the attempts ofthoss
\ opposed tohis nomination, to destroy the
prostigs of Virginia by attempting ~ spiil
lei delegation III liie Convention. and il
facs, toliullify j majority BIZ aIIniapFity,
by dividing her distfists as well as tbs
States, and to count the Old Domlt!llot
naught IN the nomination, her delegation
stood firm as Il had done al Baltimore 4
1859, when tllirtt -four successive ballots
we've cast for James Buchanans and ths
rote Of Virginia decided the Convention
II III iltis favor. The electiou proved boy
pre4eminently popular he was ii thil
..rood old Commonwea Thirty
thousand majority proclaimed linn III
choice IF Virginia, By far more than two
thirds, If not four fifths Of the Democratic
voters. Al majority of the. polltieidas q
place preferred Others, but the people pre-
ierred him BY an overwhelming, Amos
unanimous voice.
1.-The election wasmarked BY d traordi
nary manifestations. The contest Was
wukrnER sEcTIoSALisM, CAUSED Pr Tlll
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OLD ENGLAN D All
CANADA. OPERATING in THE FORM q
BLACK RRRUBLIeAEIsM Upon NEW ON
AxDTHE NEw ENGLAND SrATEs, AND +
on THE LAKE BoRpERs Oh OTHER STATES
sHorLD IEyADE uss FyRTHER SVuTH q
OUR OWN SArIosA LIsM or DEMocKAc
81 SHOULD DRIVE N BACK FuRrHEa NoRrH
81 Pennsylvania decided that issue By
for a timeli was doubtful. And n 81
midst of that doubt there was heard . loa
Enuttering in the South of a subdued, bu
sullen discontent among some e y !.
those who voted even for llr, Buch anan
election. The feeling grumbled raths
than openly expressed BY them, M s ct
hope that The Black Flag might be raise
overus. is rouse the Southern people !
. revolution which would throw Of tn
bonds ofthe Union. It i well know
and proudly admitted. that bad that lia
heerlhoisted over the Capitol Of The uni'
q. States, under tile open proclamstlons
The election, for one would have waAle