Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-08-31
''IIIRitrhntond south !, and Western vi

{ cent editorial In the Hlchmond . t99iute,
FFuipon The subjectHof Slavery IL Virginia
which saYs-that the sentiment in favor 3
4 .sIayery, East Of Tie Blue Ridge is G uni
ysrsaal, I, and That tire East has .indoe
!triaatea', Trans=A Allegheny upon the sub
/ 7isst Of Slavery. ~ means Of her Rail
H yo1ods penetratingIt West, and the con
4 tact BIZ the PeopleIof the two sections.
#H1lThis is news 10 Us, and we imagine
III MIDI be startling tidings to The people 9
III Taans- Allsghapy Virginia. We dem
4 that The. sentiment IS more z universal,
inI favor Of sIayesy. East Of the Blue
RiE1ge, thar West Of it. No portion 2
#l Virginia il. more loyal to the institution
N ofF the State, OF mere devoted to th'
4 tights Of the South. than Trans Allegha
III ny.I The people Of the West are pro
4 slavery from Pbriia1iple, and We venture
ihe assertion thai. there are more Adolf
81 .tionists East ofthe Blue Ridge than Yves
.f.offfit. The Abolitionists Of Richmond
| e,itY, out number tile Abolitionists q
III IIlanawha county, two to one. Go int
ant cpun.y East of the Blue Ridge. an{
-f.yosuu Wit hear intelligent pro-slayery men
n dehouncing tie Abolitionists Of theii
Read the Richmond Enquirer
n while under the control Of the present
I editor Of the South, and you will find il
|. eloquent with the denunciation Of John
s#iN. Bolts Of Richmond City, Thomas s.
Flournoy, and other distinguished mel
I#of Eastern Virginia, because Of their al
| fIeged unsoundness upon the Slavery. ques-
EitioH, and vet the Richmond Souta, with
Han cheese facts glazing tin thetface, tells
Itus That the sentiment Of the people Of
Ifla5tern.+ Virginia Il universal 'lip favor
#tIof Slavery, and chat the West las been
\ si;3aidotrinoted'' BY means Of Eastern
VI IIRailroads, penetrating our Territory
What think YOU Of this, people Of the
sEEWsst Have youEbeen ''indoctrinsted"
III by Eastern Railroads, III tsscontacl' with
5theIpeqple of.tbe East? Ii
d Our whole Western border from Che
PearsFlyania State line on the North, 70
Hnts TX 4fitucky state line on theaSouth, is
11fftfff5u4hsd by anY Rail++ood belonging to
lI..tle State, or ID which ahe has any inter
est. Had It not been fol- the indomitable
energy and skill Of Baltimore, the shrll
.3Ewhistle Of the Locomotive would not,
I HUI alI probability, have been heard in the
Mountain tops, and ii the Vallies Of any
portion Of Trans Allegheny for more thar
4 century to come But few|of the PEG
III BE 81; Trans "A Allegheny ever saw a Viir
1t Hgiiaaia Railroad, and yet the South pro
n claims To the world that we have beel
indostrinatedp' BY them into 4 health.
Estate upon the Isubject Of Slavery. Hal
IL the people Of tile. West been Abolitionists
4 and lad they remained so, until indoc
by Virginia Railroads, any
] Xxi contact with tie people Of Tile East
4 they- would still be Abolitiouists, an,
Al from present Indications, would renal
f+so. forages torcome. Isl
tsIll 1--WE do not mean torbe understood a
sayingtlat the East is unsound upon til
subject DC Slavery. We believe, willis
4 there are MOTE Abolitipnists East Of I'll
Blae Ridge than West Of It, that = major
|. tyof the people oftthe East are in favor {
I Slavery, and true n the South yet We b
I .lieve that the West Is no less true
Il Slavery and no less devoted TO the right
of the South. But the people Of Ii
West HE ii no wise indebted 70 Easter
\ people, for their devotion to Slavery
III ALI the trade and commerce Of the pee
VI biz Of Trans A lleghany have been Wit
Cincinnati and Baltimore, and. the
Nave hadsabout as much Il contact" wit
u .the people Of the East, as with the peop
EfI of China. and we believe that many.
TIL lille people Of Eastern Virginia kno
about As much about TIE une7plored =
gions 81 Africa az about Western vi
u ginia. Ea
HIa TheIpeople Of Trans A leghany are j
H II debtedIto themselves and their God alon
I14 The East has never 4. indoetrinated' Y
West, But the time may come when
W. Will beEneoessaFy for Trans Allegheny
ssindoctrinate Z the East. Should I
/ 1 hast, ia on byI portion of ler publ
press, p The next Guberriatorial conye'
4 si9n. urge the uominatio'nlof candida
] I'D. Y has ever lent bis name and lntiuen
salitionize the West, she will fii
|. goHss sh:s nnnwarering III her 70
lDahwR a6,f s y Lii stlie institution
ersoay indebsse ~ ~ with nianly. fir
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