Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-12-26

4 given for Governor Wise.
If. HlssrokD, Orderly St,Qsaats
Bsstins ii CuyandOsts, CabsH County, va.
hTheadjonr1e mseting of the citizens
/ Of Guyandofie aud vicinity, met pursuant
Ito appointroem At tho Town Hall. De..l
cember lsfn, 1859 J; Col. JoHH EvBRETr
i III the chair! O. MooEk, Secretary. The.
I commiitee at the previous meeting com.
Eposed OF DR.. a. B. McGihnis.a Col: CT
l Parker. Rev. St. Mark Russell, John
/ Nessmith and Isaac Ong reported the. fol-I
j lowing Preamble and Resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted. S
Whereas the recent atrocitiss commit
4 ted at Harper's Ferry tlfe.condpctof oar
] authorities both civil aud military res
latihg thefetos and the movements in 9TH
Her STATES, demand, III our judgement,
full. calm and earnest expression Of. the
sentiments afsour people j: therefore, n
4 Resolved. list, That in,o our opinion, Tie
4 recent aadacious and unprosoEed aggres-
sion OF Jehn Bfown aud his associates,
upon the laws and dignity of our State!
i and the Fights guaranteed to4us. by the
Federal Gems tuition. merits the unquali7
!, fed reprbatien of*oH men, wherever resi-
/ itfent. whesbslieye in}the common rights
Iof humanity, orthat thsCopstitution and
Il the Union are worth PRESERVING. And
\ that the existence Of an opposite seiiti,
mention this subject, whether expressly
: avowed or necessarily implied, denotes
TO CIR minds, the greatest perversiB4oi
,|the moral, pr arrangement Of the ihtslI
/ .lectual faculties. u
!. 1 Resolved, "a, That as citizens Of the
Stale thus assailed, and entertaining these
! views whether living upon the banks Of
the 0hios or the shores Of the Chesapeake,
j we know of but one course 10 pursue, and
Z. that is to repel.at III. hc=ards. Ss-. 5S45IC
II Resolved, 43d, That the conduct in this
! emergency Of Gov. Wise and other>ofi
..Hcers.E judicial. executive and military has
; Tour unqualified appFoval-they having
9 E.represented.# faithfully throughout, thu
xlprudence and calm determination. the
thigh respect for law and refued humaai.
sthySof our people. .. -. s.=
etS1 Resolved, 4th, That while we have,
with the deepest sorrow, Witnessed mani4
$ festations, in some of our sister States,
! approving this reasonable and murderous
attack which if,unrebuked. would imply
= general aequiescence, we hail.. with cor.
responding joS every instance Of its con,
8 demnation. !: Il 81 zsast4h I'LL
q Resolved, 5th.. That We, in common
9 with the slaveholdiag and. hon- sfaveboId
? ing portions of the people Of our State,
e most solemnly protest against any foreign
or outside interference with the slaves 81
Virginia, and coHlure our fellow citizens
. Eof other States, By all that u sacred in The
Z ttties Of country and kindred, with our rel
/ membrance in the past, valuable to us ii
e itkeptesenh or worthy our hope in the
J, f1turs.$to leave Mis, subject toNouroasa
{. management; believing, IS We most re.
\ Ilisiouslysdo that slE foreign interference
il Eelly tends to the Permanent injury 81
e hboth the bond and free, and ITO bias and
a becloud with passion and prejudiee--thal
dlarbiter, TO whose decision alone, the Fed
Eeral Constitution. The voice Of mankind
and lie will Of the Almighty, have com
United il d sclear. perception Of orr best in
Ftrest! i s "a s. 49,
I Resolved, 9Th, Thatas Y irginians, every
lineh Of her soil is dear and sacred to us
: band whilerwe partake of her present zbles
!. sings4 and pastSglory. We pledge our ALI
4 to her defenceA-with aunshaken conf
j, aence, That with 4 seasonable removal B
]. all unjust Determinations from among
4 her great interests arli6eral, enlightened
and aftfps policy, in completing hefsworks
9 Vt Internal improvements. increasing hel
III home nlanufactures, forming her owf
d Commerce, and encouraging, with hei
j military, the mechanic aris-our beloved
I Commonwealth will. yet hscome. as sht
b has ever been fntha cabinet and the field
ni 'first, also, 10 point Of wealth and materia
IA ssSs;aatness. So
u RESOLVED. It'll. That we believe there
q is no ,latural Or necessary qntdgonism be
i tween The slayehoiding aud non slavelfoidl
d ! ing people Of this Confederacy-.that tn,
. rsligious .faaaieism generated and falmii
$ mated from the pulpit, the DEMAGoGIsA
i preached from the stump, and The intiu
o Eence Of the Ve.dE portion OF the press, arr
lldfthe bane 70 helcommon veal, the root Is
]. Eall critic onr glorious experiment of eel
government, and that if this unionis dis
G solved which is.the best and purest tia
d ever did or eyefwill exist, and we5no lon
II ger bssnambered among the nations 9th,
oil earth, these win be the causes Of our over
) throw 4 ~
III Geo. Nv. Mason, ESQ OF Guyandott
stlthen offered the following resolution
ofE which Was adopted with but one descen,
> ing voice. . So
+ Resolved, That while We regard til
i Federal Union = lhs best security for th
], lpEotscsiorof our rights sgAihrt fcTeisI