Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-09-10
pRosLAyERY IN WESTERN yIRGINI.


The Kanawha VALLEY Star" Issues the following
vindcston of the soundness of Western Virginia ON
he slavery question. The assertion that the people
,f trans Allegheny have about as much contact with
Eastern Virginia "as with the people Of China" in
,olv-s very bold fgurei but unfortunately il inGs
is origin in a very sad truth. Railroad iron murt
rave very wonderful influence If the homeopathic
quantity which now connects trans Allegheny with
Eastern Virginia has prevailed to work politics!
evolution. Join hands with us, neighbor ol
ne "Stnr," and fight the good fight for the
sake of railroads and canals, aye, and turnpik-s
TOO. We give you our word that we prepared TO
20 the whole figure, to fight inch by inch every mar.
row sectional prejudice, and not to desist from bs
work until East and West shall be as firmly unl'-d
IN commercial interest as they now are in political
sentiment
We cannot attempt to decide which has the most sbo
itonis,s, Eastern or Western Virginia. We are glad
70 know that these animals are scarce in both &c
ons and nowhere to be- found among Virginia De-
mocrsts.
..RICHMOND SOUTH AND WESTERN VIRGINIA
Our attention has called editorial In
the Richmond "5outh" upon the subject OF Slavery ~
Virginia which says h It the sentiment favor slave
ry East Of the Blue Ridge. 10 "univers4" ami That the
.c Of slavery by OF her rail roads penetrating
W.st, and the contact of the people ot the two srur
This Is to u.s. and we imsgne 1t will be- s'Grtu2
iiucs to the psJple OF Trans. Allegheny Virginia ~,
rny that the sentiment is more universal In ~
slavery East OF III, Blue Ridge than West oi H. No pp-
al Virginia 10 loyal to the Institutions ot tho
state devoted the rights OF the Sou'h, Than
Trans Arghany. The people OF the West are pr"-rvc
nv from primer pie the assertion that there
are more Aboltionists Eas, of the Blue Ridge than N'
of IT, The Ab.liron.s of Richmond CITY, out nunb.r
the Abolitionlss of kanuwhA county, two TO go
into any county East O the Blue Ridge aud you viii hear
Intelligent proslavery men denouncing the Abolition
OF their county Read the "Richnond Enquirer ~uI.,
under the control OF the present editor OF Tne South
you will find eloquent with the denuncinior ~
John M Bolts o! Richmond City. Thomas > tlournuy
and other guishtd Of EastsJn Virginia
of their alleged uns1undness upon the slavery q1-tu0
aud vet the Richmond SOUTH. with all these fact. -h
ing the face tells that the sentiment OF IN" p'ops
ut Eastern Virginia is universnT In favor "i ."V"'N,
and the West mas been tadOerinat'd by nrus ~
Eastern rail roads. penetrating our lefitory "mi
think YOU OF this people OF the Wesn Have you bc,n
ndoctrinated" by Eastern rail roads In contact
the people of the Easl
Our whole " e.tern border, from the Psnn,ylvsnis
state line ON the North the Kentucky nr
south Is untouched by any railroad belonging tothe SUITE,
or in which she has any interest Had not been for 40
,ndomla Bile energy and skill Of Baltimore whistle
OF the locom would not In all probability have ben
heard the mountain tops and In the valies OF
tion of trsnsAcgnAny for more than Gentry
But tcu people OF Allrghany ev'r VIZ
gnla railroad, and yet The south procaIm 70 III" VOID
inst have 'ndoctrin.tcd BY them into E"siny
.tate upon the subject OF slavery. Had peopi.
West been Abolitynis,s and hs they remained uu'!
ndoctrinsted py Virginia railroads and 'conp'ct with
the people of the East. they would sill be Aouions'.
and from present Indications would remain Tor
to come.
We do not mean to be understood saying thst tha
East 10 un,ouLd upon the subject of slavery "e o.
I,sye whilst there more Abolonsts East on no
Hue Ridge We. 6 it, that majority OF the people
of tie East are favor Slavery, and the south
vet we believe that the West less true 10 slavery
and no less devoted the rights of the South Bul Tn;
people of the West in wise indebted 10 Eastern
people tor their devotion to slavery All the trade suJ
commerce Of the people Of Trans Allegheny have been
with Cncnos and Baltimore and they have had
as much contact with the people ofthe East
people Of China and believe that many OF the people
of Eastern virpnia know about much about the
plored regions Il Africa Is about Western Virginia.
The people Of trans.Al egha,y indebted to them
selves md their God alone. The Eat has ''ndo:
trinsted" the West, but the time may when all
be necessary for trans Allegheny "ndoctrinate the
East Should the East led by portion OF her public
press in the Guoernatoral Convention, urge the
nomination of candidate who has ever lent bis name and
ndlence sbolitonize the West, she win I'd trHis'
Allegheny anwa'eHne in her loyalty ana de'Son 10 iGo
institutions of slavery, and resisting with manly nrmne'
ac nomination Of any ~to has eyer altered Or hee
taied In dei> ;iug chrrsheo .nsu1uons oi Virginia
and the South.