Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-05-10
Address ii !eseph Ssgar, Esq, to b
A late Constituents.
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HI 1T6lttk tHbefB s a OuFf dEllcT VI HIlSs
eth uit. III which You urge me to
coascntagain ID represent this legis-
lative district ia the House of Dslea
gates, Is befpre me
Iii reply. I.have to say, that III the
people of this district desire MY ser
vices III tlse next General Assembly,
they can command them, provided
they will accept them OH the same
honorable condition on which | have
been allowed hitherto 70 serve them
an llntralnmelled leave to do what
81 eau for file advancernentIofthe great
interests of the State in reference 70
her internal improvements. /.
Hill II Is not mime. of course, to dictate
\ to}the constituent body, but it ID my
| wish, II Do beforeItlie people at all !,
10 DO SO on the single, unlni2ed Issue
/ of State politics and State interests.
/ Federal questions are totally irrele-
| vant to the merits ola Legislative can
H Wis, and, for one, 4 have neigher| time
sEror inclination toldiscuss them y
Il lii ia circular address Issued when |
I was last before You for your suffragess
FUSED the following language:
Hi X AS 10 my political opinions, ii anll
\ tu Be selected his year representative, /
should much prefer that YOU Be governed
in your choice BY reference TO yfyiews
VI State policy rather than by my think,
Hill Oh die subject Of federal politics -
H What my sentilnents are about Presi-
dent Of lie United States. or 4 Represen-
\ tatiye id Congress. is matter Of farfless
consequence % Virginia. as 4 separate
4 ,sossfeignty. than would ! think about
internal improvements. the banking syss-
ternn, dir any other vital question Of State
CONCERN A president even Of her own
choice may be fHse to her cherished IDEAS
and her dearest interests, a Senator,
however loyal his heart to his other-land,
may be poweIless amid misguided fanat-
ics and sordid politicians. who used party
influence and political principle. as sub
sidiaries only 81 personal or sectional az
grandizement a representative Up Con-
gress may be. born down by an irresista+
ble tide OF fife isoil, or foreign on Other
unsympatbising influence. But open up
allNVirginia's broad and beautiful domain
IL HE free, open markets Of all the world
by dis resistless stimulus bring out Der
SET anexpended energy and power-start
alIthe springs Of enterprise and industry
vel unseen and iinfelt--Leep her poppla-
ton around The natural shrine entice the
stranger within her borders--give her the
indispeasaJle elements Of power, com
inerce and manufactures in a
word, in all their possible expansions, her
sleeping clements Of greatness, and she
will have around her and about her nu
lirnents Of strength and defence, which
win enable .herIto laugh TO scorn the
iInpotent assaults of her foes. | say !,
therefore. that my views Of measures Of
Safe policy are pf far more conccrnto the
constituent body than my opinions of fed
cral policy.
n adhere religiously to these views.
II believe, indeed, that the constant
raising of federal issues III State cleo
tiops, has done more than ALL other.
causes combined to 1retafd the prog
ress of Y irglnia, and to drag her
down from her once proud Position. l OF
sminence and controlling power. 1t
has tended ~ raise up very hosts Of
small politicians, in the place of true
Virginia statesmen. How many Of
Virginia's prominent men have gath
cred their laarels enthe State arena !
Where was acquired whatever ot tame
or of notary they have achieved =
How many Joseph g. cabells have
the people Of Virginia returned to the
legislative conncilss
Hill do notftor q momont doubt, that
lIad State and Federal politics been
kept apart during the last thirty years.
Virginia would be now rejoicing in q
continuous connection between the
Chesapeake and the Ohio, in a5pros-
porous commerce and thriving man
ltacturcs, and il all the developments
ofamagnifcent prosperity andpowers
Thus thinking, | do not desire a.
pafty5or political nomination Oh sup
port. ! prefer rather to Tx the atten-
tion Of the people on the vital gaues-
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