Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06

.aainst Mr. Summers. and iustiss
hands that we should be excused mr. ~
,wrl candidates theIsins We condemn.S,9s'
,ur adyersaries. 1t MAS not that 'T II y
Democracy believed Cha, Mr.. SUNNI
vas disl,.yal to slavery, but that ri ,I;ss
as record should Not be sullied by y.
;harge Of favor, however slight, 10 ~ M
htionism. F
Let tie whole pamphlet be pubHsH.s
A careful perusal naydesteoy the INN
lance sought to be given itby The or r.
silion butshouid TIE publication dsI.,
Mr.. Letcher's nomination., that event. 81
better occur than tbeE Democracy sttens
an endorsement of tie same sentiuss|
by the election Of Mr. Letcher.
Itwill afford us great pleasure. Il {,
time to publish The whole pamphlet, iiS
length IS not so great rs to prevent: w
any yindication that the friends Of 4.
Letcher may think necessary shall i
ways find aplsce ip our columns. fr.
importance Of speed refutation d ~
charges, dr. the Abandonment of N
tempts Tor the nomination of Mr.. LeteAl,
will readily appear, when we state n,
some of tho Lecomptan journals Of N,
South eren charge tie Richmond I'm.
quirer /" with ensqneiipgkiioaiism, simJly
because We ufposed The African slss.
trade. Wedo not hesitate 10 declare on,
firm conviction Of Mr.. tetchet,s r,erf5r
soundness upon slareryi at thi. Snl,
whether these charges be true or not sbE,,
Virginia is now opposing tho violent Ii.
traisin of certain Southern presses All
citizens. and, Ike tho#yittus of cesaaE',s
wife, the records other Governor mas
be above suspicion. Should the Dehs
ocratic party treat these ehargrs VIII
contempt, and nominate Mr.. Letcher. ia
responsibility cannot attach to US, AID.
We shall readily advocate his election.
Y Below will be found Ihe vindicationg
Mr.. Letclier.. by " The South" and i.
.f' Wings reply
The + Fkis" and ar. Lstshtf.
/" We regret our Inability to c5ppl,
with the Rhigs request fof a loan II III
Abolition Hucumentt which il attribute
ID the pen Of ilr. fletcher. We masi
still further distress ynrIneighbor By tHs
assurance that Mr. Le.eher has nttSr
written a single word against the righs
or interests Of slavery. We have heard
. xtflatS
IA story to the effect that Dir. LetcheS,
many years ago, solicited the publication
Of an academic address,, wherein SOM
things were said m disparagement oflhI
ea peculiar institution |" IL was n la,eFS
formal act Of courtesy ioIIa clergyraanf II
a literary effort in Mr. Leteher's own si
Hare. And after all, We believe the At
tack upon slavery was rather inferenlis
than direct and explicit. This is the ba
sis ofthe Hhig's grsve suspicion Of ii
fidelity of as true a Southern heart as eve
glowed with tie FIRE Of PATRIOTS m.
We cs6 readily appreciate the JgZsiq
anxiety 10 defeat The nomination ofageI
tIeman who win sweep the State by 50
600 Democratic majority bat TO accon
dish the object. our Heighbor must en-
ploy some olner expedient 5lhan this d
ference to administration Of which d
very nlemorysHhas been obliterated }
subsequent years Of byal and labosior
service. Il is a inisarpflicalion Of d
tiquariah research. John Letchtr
bound to be thenext Governor Of Virgin
ia S'oaM Of yesterday +
From the Wig
Orr neighber Of The South, jndgit
from tie above responselto our article
Monday. appears 80 bc somewhat beiet
rcd. Iuglhe first place. We did'htattril
ute an address Which @esaid was deli
cred by Rev. Henry Ruffper, i. to tie p
ofMr. Letcher;" and, I'M lhe next plac
-we entirely omitted to describe The chs
acter Of that address--to say whether
was an :. Abolition document" = or not.
We shall, however, undertake to-sho'
from tile materials already i'm our posse
sion, that Mr.. Ruffner's address 'Cas
z Abolition document Of the strQnge
and most offensive charteter-sueh j
would do credit TO Greeley or Spmne
AS We gather from. 4 reference to th
matter IN contemporary jpufnal, il q
pears that the Rev. Henry Riiffner. son
time in August, ] 847. delivered an a
ldress at Lexington, Y Virginia, before q
Franklin Society Of that place, in adv
cacy Of the Abolition Of slavery nj We
tern Virginia. A short time after J
delivery Of this address. the Hon. JoI
Lelcher. with others whose names :
also annexed, addressed linn the followI
letter
| LExrSoroS, ya..aSep. I, iS47.
! DEAE Sin The undersigned,
lieying that the argument recently Deb
cred by you in the' franklin Sosietft,
favor Of the removal of The negro popul
ton from Western Virginia. was not on
able, but unaasreraIiS, and tbst Ihs pu
location will tend 10 bring the pub
mind to q correct condition on that m
meatous question, requeBt that ypu y
furnish us with a fully slstementlol y !
argument for the press. y
desire is to| have the whole argument
favor Of the proposition presented 10
4 public in a perspicuous and condens
form. And believing that your we
were not only torei6ie, but eonetfaf'' 2
and that they are presented in sheRs