Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-09-29
The asonthtFn Eitizens another Ally.

n14EA ~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS N4If&tT Eb
Establishment of i new jouEn@ IL Knoxville
T~ennessee, called The drpI Citizen,
under the editorial sur rjhtehdence AMI
control of JoHE MIrchkI and WM. II
SWAE, Esqrs., has been hailed By til,
Southern press with Eeyexpression D
encouragement and appadsc We hav'
eYery reason 10 behave byelenterpr:se vii
meet with general faKdF Ind patronag,
from our people. Mrs i5cHIELL need
no other recommended b to them thai
his well known bold and istent adyo,
eacy Of their cause. from Lifetime lie land.
ed iii this country. He lay ahaadY gain.
ed q high and pelmanant r}pueAtion, botl
as an orator md q Vigorous,
asling1 nrigiaa ili4nt, with til;
ents aud Information fir above the com,
mon order, he cannot fail u excel ii the
walks of journalism and tn besregarded
as no ordinary accession to our ranks
We quote from the prosReetus of tile. CT
izea, to give q idea o. the character 81
the paper
Holding that Tile Institution ofKegro
Slavery Is a sound, just, wholesome H.
stitution and, therefore that tie ques-
zion ri teopening the African Slave Trade
IS aduestion ofexpedienqy alone, the cen
ductors Of the Southern Citizen'' will,
10 view ofthe late action of the Southern
Commercial Conventional Knoxville, APP
PllY themselves to search out Ind bring
70 hight all accessible infeYmation bearing
upon that important sabiect-on the
whole industrial condition and necessities
Eolthe South-on tile actual state of the
negro races Q fAfrica, and Oh the policy
anu aeion otf Europeanp powers in refer
ence % the Slave Trade
Launching into lie sea Of discussion
with these manly and independent declar-
atoms il is not difficult 10 foEesee what
Will BE- the reception Of tae lCatgen at tile
hands Of the Southern people. The fact
thatits accomplished editor has conss-
crred himself To tile deience cf their in
situations against The hosts Of Abolition
ism, will ensure succeed to hia underta-
king. For its politics, Tile Ciki4en will ad-
here y the Democratic State Rights
creed, as afording tile only guarantees Of
safely, honor and equality % lie South.
We cordially greet tle Citizen in adj
vance as aYaluable ally 10 out cause
I'll the great moral batlewhic the South
~ fighting, the pen Of JoHN MITCHELL
will exercise i powerful influence upon.
public opinion. in tllisstruggle, which
il to. decide her d~estiny,Ishe is III need of
all the energy and ~talentEat her command.
She has assumed an attitude and
bearing from which there can BE- On IA
treat butt dishonor and disgrace. To
day tho South occupies q more exalted.
position in the eyes efEhe world, than
she has ever before, maidtained since the
formation Of the Corfedaracy. Assailed
on every hand with a bitter and nnceas
ing hostility. sought u BIZ degraded tp the
rank Of an inferior. deriaed aud held up
to the. jeers and SCOTS & Ghristendom,
she has risen III the conscious might Of
mosal dignity and asserted her rights
with unfiinching boldHess and deter
mutation. Her people aFe becoming full
ly aroused 10 tie exigentHsfies and high re-
sponsiBHities Of their position. Their
minds are horoughly Enlightened upon
all subjects affecting Hef peculiar inter.
ies.s, and they haze taken their stand ups
on the remotest frontier of Southern
ground, resolved ~aeTertto yield another
inch to the encroachmedfsS of tAe insidi-
i foo. The voice ofthe4imfd apollo
gist of slavery is no longer heard among
us, htlmbly supplicating pardon for 9 ma
ton accused with an evil they cannot
remedy The great domestic i~nggtitution,
which forms the distinguishing characE
teristic -four society, anil whichlhas rem
dered Us the objects Of malignant perse
5%cution. las gradually settled deeper and
Eeeper into the hearts Ind afle ftions OF
onr people, beneath the blows f IS
sailailts.
Such have been the fFiits of that vio-
lent controversy which Has been waged
from the foundation of the government,
and whichSis fast approaching i final Isl
sue. From being distracted ia council,
uncertain and rresolate in action, har-
rassed with doubts and misgivngs, the
people 6f the South have become harmo-
Nous and united, with one mind, one
heart and one voice, in respect offtheir
own cherished system Of social philoso-
ply, and prepared TO demand upon the
~loftiest groundof constitutional right an
equal participation III MI the. benefits
ofthe Union. Nobody now dares whis
per a~conctssion and com5romise' to pre-.
pitiate the rage and disarm Tho resent
mentofNorthern Abolitionism. No mis-
creant Is found with His mouth upon
his hand and his hand inlthe dust, learn
estly beseeching our enemies 70 deeist
from persecution, upon terms Of disgrace
full Cancellation. EyeryYhere through
out the Southern borders, quiet, settled
and determined purpose feigns, to main
tain our present atstnd9 Of tnblenching
resistance 70. future aggression, cat ali.
hazards and To- the last extremity
Rsc1saond South.
The MeihOdisl Church South,
ii appears, from 4 late number Of the
Christian Advocate and Journal thattheI
late Wesleyan Conference Of England re-
fused To receive 4 preacher of u. ri
Church South. They did not doubt the
Christian charaetef and respectable
standing ofthis gentleman, but IS seems