Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-12-19
4 VI. DECEMBER 10. 1859. O.. NO IS,

% make 10 sartyts, bat disafl1 nlurdersrs,
traitoIs, robbers, insufreciionists, BY .fres
garaon l1r ~anion naiicipns, unproyokel
Ieions = eonld but ask, win execution oI
the legal sentence Of i Lainsne IawLTnaS &c
martyrs ofsuch efiminalsl4 Do secfionaIand
soeial masses hqlIef these eriInesa Do
whole commpnItie 'mpathize with. the out
laws, instead OF symps HIKING With the out
faged societyaof q sister sovereignty 4 III so,
then The symyathY is as ielonio1s u ssthe Grim
mails, and Is Tar more dangerous Han was the
invasion. The tllftst 81 maftyfdora Is 4
threatdagainst 01f peace and denls nds. execu-
| hon 70 DEFY such sympathy and such SAINTS OF
mar yIdom. The issue Was forced il pon d s :
shall John Brown be pardoned. LEST he might
ee 90 nemzed by execafionI felony for con-
Iessed mnIdef, robbery and treason id Incl
ting seIylie insurfeclion in Virginia Why a
lmaityrf Because thousands applaud his acts
ana opinions, and glorify his crimes w as !
u hesitate after this Sympathy was insar
IfsesioT, and had 70 Be. Sd hdssd more sternls
Than was Jehn Brown John brown had
surely 70 die according 10 law, and Virginia
mas TO meet the ISSUE, II isjmade. We-haye
Trends orw lave not in The. States whence
these invaders come. Theymus now be not
only Conservative but actipe to prevent inya-
deTs coming. We are in aims. ..g
Information from all quarters, with re-
sponsible names, and anonymous, dated
the same time. from places far distant
from each other. came, Of organized con
spiracies and combinations ID obstruct
our laws, to rescue and seize hostages, 10
commit rapine and burning along our
borders on MaFv p enasylyania, Ohio
and Indiana, proceeding from these States
and from New York, Massachusetts and
other States and Canada. These multi
piled in every form for weeks and at
last, on the 18th of November, a call was
very properly aud timely made BY Co.
Davis for an additional force 81 500 men.
These reports and ramors. from 80
many sources, Of every character and
form, 30 simultaneous, from places so. far
|apartsats the same time, from persons SO
unlike in evidences Of education, could be
from no conspiracy to hoax !; 5at 4 relied
not 80 much apoa them as upon he sdraesi
continued general appeal Of sy,qp atlizers
ruth ne crimes. n was Impossible for So
mack Of such sympathy Ia exfst ,sitkput
ezcitiag bed men to acton Of rescue or2fe-
Esnge. On this l acted.
4 Immediately put in motion The troops
sof Richmond, A1exandria. Petersburg
Dand FauquierI who obeyed promptly land
Finthe time from | 1 o'clock Saturday night
" Tuesday morning, d563 men we're adj
ded TO the guards at Cbarlestown. Iagain
west ID person with the troops assem-
bledS the commanding officers, organized
the command issued general orders. and
returned 40 Harpef's Ferry, where 4 met
GenefM Taliaferro, and accepted his serv-
ices. Since then / have ordered an adj
Editional force Of $50 men from Norfolk
and. Portsmouth and Petersburg and Or
ange and Albemarle and Augusta and
Rockingham and Wheelingl and have
called out q corps Of howitzers, under
Colonel Smith of Virginia. Militia Inst.
tute. And T have ordered *Generals
Rogers and Hunton to do whatever is
necessary To- guard the borders from the
Point Of Rocks to Alexandria and the
whole border is guarded West to Pied,
mont. I have exhausted this and the
next years quotas in issuing efficient
arms, and have purchased arms Of the
best improved modes, and issued them
and coats and blankets 10 the troops. i II
a word, / hays been compelled BY appre,
tensions Of the most unparalleled border
war; to place the State IN assfull pano-
ply Of military defence as if a foreign en.
envy had invaded us. Indeed ope of,the
most irritating features Of this predatory
war, is that ii has it seat IN British pro
vinees. which furnishes asylums for our
fugitives from justice and from labor, and
sends them and their hired outlaws back
upon us from depots and rendezvous il
bordering States. There is no danger
from bur slaves or colofed people. The
slaves taken refused to- take arms. and
the FIRST man killed was respectable free
negro who was trusted with the baggage
Of the railroad, and who faithful to his
Eauty was shot running from the pliilau-
Fthropist who came 10 Hberale the black
race
But why do our slaves on the border
not take up arms against their masters
We must look firmly at This fact before
we take il as a solace. In the answer 10
that question lies the root Of our DANCES.
Masters in atke border counties noU Nod
their slaafs By saferanee. The slave
could iy % John Brownmach easier than
be could come and take him.. The slaves
at will can liberate themselves By running
away, The underground railroad is al
theirsery doors, and they may take pas.
sage when they please They prefer 10
remain. john Broscas incdsiion startled
rs j bat nc hare been tdDaely su6mitli,sg to
d greater ddaager, sritaoatl ronfessing L.
The plan which silently eorrupts and
steals our slaves, which sends secret ennis
saries among JUS TO g stampede = our
slaves, which refuses to execute fugitive
slave laws, which forms secret, societies
for mischief, with the motto, !" alarm 10
their sleep. Ere 10 their dwellings,, and
poison 10 their food. and water,'' and
which establishes underground rail roads.
and depots and Rendezvous for invasion, Is
more dangerous tlsn The invasion. By
John Brown. Yet the Latter excites us,
and in the former we have been sleepiIy
acquiescing ~ is no solaee 10 me, ghen,
that our border slaves are SO liberated ali
ready by this exterior asylum, and BY