Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-26
Letter from Gov. wise.

Gentlemen III have the honor TO ac.
knowledge the invitation Of the Society
Iof Tammary tozz attend their celebration
Eof the Fofty.third Anniversary of the
Battle Of New Orleans, Intervening of the
9th day ofEJanuary next.
/ / regret that II cannot be V6th you in
person, but tender to you my warmest
sympathy ID the sentiments and and Oh
iects Of YOUR celebration. | trust that
youf venerable Order will always uphold
the Federal Constitution, with which you
proudly claim to be cotempo !;
that you will strive toIreviye and perpet-
uatethe spnitoft The revolutionary fathers,
who You, boast were your founders; and
that you Win now, more than ever, cher
-ish hational as opposed to sectional feel
ings d strict construction of the Consti-
tntien: as opposed to all compromises Of
its provisions true Democracy in its
Republican, form, as opposed 10 the licen-
tioushess ofImobs or mere majorities en-
acting Etheir owh 'thigher law, J" and the
liberties ofSthe people against all power,
delegated orpndelegated, upon earth; |
: I'd these ends yon may well, common.
crate the yictory% Of New Orleans. Its
hero was guided by law and bound by
duty, n when hs took the responsibility
ito save a city then, and afterwards to
save acouhtry from foemore formida-
Bile than foreign bayonets. He gave us
the motto: | THE Uuion must and shall
be pre- served2' and / hope that his great
authority sim remains potehtto stamp it
upon every Heart. and upon every banner
ID the whole eouptry, Topreserye it, we
must steadily adhere to TIE Democratic
faith and platform we must stand By
you III standingSby James Buchanan, as
the people stood. By Andrew Jackson
He had to contend with the Money Pow
err, ant subdaedlit by the Samson Of De-
mocra cy. I'VE now have to meet the
Black Demon Of the "higher law," and
render the same Samson services in vigor
10 fight for;the chosen people. God for
| bid that the Samson Of Democracy shall
at last be aESamson Agonistes shorn and
blinded, to become destroyer. Almost
every other people and every other party,
except the American Democracy. have
| had their t'bridges Of asses;;" but ] az
| pray that weImay not be such asses our
selves as to- make q bridge of slavery, 81
Of any other subject, for u4 to stall at il
"a career and progress Of national great
ness. And yet, gertemep, there.are 1
great many Rdns,assSs in our country,
and they are not half as stubborn asses
as the Can't asses A driver can gel
along inter- d manner with an ass that
can, bit the cruelest goad will not pre-.
vail with tile asses who can't. They are
the stubbornest Of all, and are sure. tc
stall jast IN the way, and at the very
place Of most danger They bray a pc.
iitieal religion and Religions politics.
The best whip which ever touched these
asses exactly iii the raw, was James Blu
chanapIs Cpnestoga thong, laid right on
lnpon forty fanatieal preachers I" all in .
row." N
AS 10 yoaRlother motto-ssCivil and
religious liberty ours was saved By
| the Virginia Democracy in 1855. We
struck The dark lantern out Of the hands
of ineffa ble Sam. and none now are found
so poor as 10 f.hurrah r for him. We,
therefore, have some right to say to you
lon othe topics, that all common sense
and Justice require is, that we let each
Others property and political privileges
alone, and attend to the conservation 81
our own interests, respectively, at home
When VIE happen to meet in the common
Territories, ITO nuke new homes and
neighborhools there, alive have to do is
TO respect each others equal rights. i
we are Southern Shareholders, don't lei
Eour property be taken away from us
don't allpw Any power to prevent usfrom
settling upon common lands, or dom
drive us away from the Settlements we
have made upon domain purchased d
won by common treasure and united val,
Tor. On the other hand, il you preferthat
Slavery shall npt be Incorporated in the
/ new body polite Of which you are to be.
come members we promise you that i
Elshall notIbe imposed upon you, with oui
consent, either by force BIT BY fraud
| We prop5s to 90 togetherito the polls as
equals, justly respecting each Others
rights, and there determine, by lega
votes, what shall be the iapo Of the case
lIf properly be Established in one form q
another. II shallIbe respected and, flor
hidden in anyIphfticular form, itshall no
exist in that community. Now, ha
/ this Just, fairfand equal course been OBJ
tserved in Kansas ? | feaIlessly say tia
lit has mot been observed. Force AM
fraud both, On both sides, have been at
tempted, and have to shameful exten
/ prevailed. f. And it, theIgreat vocation
lof Democracy 10 put down both FRAUD
i and force III this and all Iother cases.
How ? The cape divides itself into two
/ eategories+-the one de jafe in the Terrific
Try, as between THE Convention and tt,
people and the other de Jafto in tn,
country at large, as between Congress
and the TetritoIy. In the first, in Kan
4 sas there was an Enabling Statute = ~
little Kansas Nebraska act did not ena
! BILE The people to hold 4 Convention. or /,
make laws for their own self-goyernment
1 it had no virtue in it at all. The Kansas
4 Nebraska bill organized aITerritory. ant
i the people thereof were enabled thereb,
TO govern themselves. BY their owl
4 laws they organized a Convention i
Il frame Constitution Of State government
That Convention was, therefore, de jur
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