Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-12-01

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',wiLh steady and nnwareling faith, taxed
themselves with heavy eontribntions, and
raised tie National Flag of protection.
over our Constitution Of Government
over our property Of every sort, over good
/ faith among men, oyeft. State rights and
States equality, over popular self4goseff
Tdent, over the States rights separately
land united, over the United States. and
battled forms u for all. and drove back'ths
insidious and foreign foesto the Sun Dog
fine. where II Set gloofns Id defeat NothEFJ
ing is so fatally sure TO kildle the pale
and lsiokly beafI Of thai ,.blue Ugh" line
5of sectionalismipt Il larid fame of hre tba
deyoufs ouE country. as for Southern Del
moeracy, 10 doubt distrus OF deholHce1
Northern Democracy, after suclf noble
sacrffees Is those they made ID The cam Il
| paign Of 1856. The Southern Democrati
toy never has done this. aud never Will
Until Nationality ii the sense Of Afneri1
can patriotism and devotion tothe Union
dofthe Arnerieatiii States, ceases IL hurn i'll
l American bosoms every where North
land South. I
Nationality iii opposition to Demoera1
Icy OF State lights, Ioppose. aIloppose
i ali that sort oi Federal ionutity which
would consolidate Us into one centralized
Hdespotiisna. j loathe tlatsorto National
lily which proposes and. adopts Gonafaro-
Il miises 81 any sort Of he Coasai tntiop d. I'D
Il fhe Constitution. But tie Nationality of
Denaofyuey, which supports and defends
Ithe Constitution and i'll strict eonstruc !
i lion, which maintains State rights and
State eauaiity and keeps The faith of com-
i pacts, uhigi, guards Tile Union and the
Ecountry. sgaiast foreign and domestic
4 foes, honor and cherish and glory III /
4 And this il the national Democracy whcih
lsiis Opposition, openly Developed as ear
lily as April last, in The South assails. II
4 this be stricken down; what have We to
| rely on, 5or 10 ally with. inthe North?
il And, yet, lit was . strike Al this lit was
i.lo follow DIP, not 70 begin the blows, that
1.-THE moment Governor was sent to Kant
4 sas and lie movedia This Office, us sspsett-
Hes were seized on.as q pretexL 70 assnl The
4 Northern Democracy and the Admins.
ltration and I'd friends. ! Destroy cont
ldence ii these, and then the riot oiruin
,lswouid begin. ~ WIS tlienthat conser5
,lsatiyef Democrats began to ask .:---7s tkis
! oDDos;tion ofsaotsy III Wv BE apldtis call
Il ed he 5aekiRg of friends, auhas Ks tle oPpo;
siti0a ef fossy RI The OPpoSftioa Danger
Ions oy eotgs Whose issit? WhoafH res
.lponsible for ID Who backs iti?--
d Whence does it come Ito whatstend I?
Il III was no time To stop and daily witblthe
II minor matter ofi Mr.. Walkers stump
1 speeches delivered with w.hat motive,
H u u what end4-pre or con slavery with
good III bad design, no one could fairly
.4decide, without KuoWingall the surround
.shiilp circums lancss and ditiieulties IN
wf1icl, liz vas involved. He had been a
Y Mississippi Senator. He had beer, hon
Ill oDred and trusted BY The South. lie bad
y done more fir the annexation Of Texas
II than any Southern Senator. He had been
II Secretary OF Tie Treasury under 4 South
ern President. and had done more for
III Free TradeItlian any man before 81 since
II his time ID .tl,e cabinet. Surely the Pres
, hhident could trust him not tes bcsrays the
! South which hehad thus seryedand which
Lsd Tins honoreas and trusted him, and
n Inn, II betrav IN North whichIiad borne
him. And lie Is an able and sagacious
man too. whose talents might be trusted
is, from the best Judgment onthc spot IS
4 Is the best and most polite movements
Y Bnt whether lie acted wisely rfootishly,
l s,aa1,a;ciiously 81 had blundefsd, Or his ID.
-lte6tions we've GOOD Or bad. his acts and
!, motives we're nothing. compared with the
lfweightisr matters ofthe country involved
: in this sudden and insidious opposition
(which gave III time FOR developments q
fTfor dispassionate examination and proof
] tor even for Just condemnation Of him, i
fbe had done wrons-butbegan d hot ant
Iheayy war upon him Is i corrupt ssatrap'
. ! felon traitor This could not but retiec
!. Eupon the Administration and the party
! (which appointed him and retained him j
place. il was not ingenious to pretene
9,lto discriminate between The 'Presiden
! land The Governor .of the Territory, - 81
man like master. y II he s9thi
J lcrminal, Mr.. Bnehanan was bound i
!. know ii, and If he knew III, he was n
] better. but rather worse than fioserno
!. Walker. This reasoning, this opposition
,flknsw. would seize On the public mind
!, o,,d 4,vonlds ;funcontradicted impair con