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

tell that of these goodly buildings mol one
stone be left upon another that shall not
be thrown down. 3#r- g
The genius ofthis spot WIN cry from
the air and from the earth, II. Call me no
! more Washington. 4butwrite Iehabod up
on these deserted streets. and Niaevah
and Babylon npon these columns in ruin. .
We shall hasten to an unfinely end *
Now. on whom viii this terrible guilt
rest Before Heaven. and from The
deepest convictions of my soul. say on
llhe Norih--and first, and chiefly on the
State of Massachusetts. She will have
The double fame ofhaving rocked the icral
die and built the tomb Of a great nations
The Medean tragedy of Euripides will be
more than eclpsed by the haui Of i State
that slaughtefs anation. You will say
that Virginis and the South are, nnduIy
exsited--that no such crisis iimpends. j
| tell you, honest men and true, there is
peril near--the abyss is:dpening before
US. | cannot see hut Virginia isffully
justified 10 preparing for conflict
/ Lonk At the facts la body of men. insigs
nifrantsi numbers. Invaded that S,ats.
furnished. armed md equipped with 4
Thousand spears To- be put in the hands
tof = sefyile, race. to cut the thrnats Of
men. women and children for this they
always do when they rise against their
masters; and. what lis the most appaul-
fling fact of all. those blades were man
niactured andshaFpened in New England.
andpaid for,at least in part, By contributions
taken up in the churches. In thatYvery
remont Temple in Boston.5where So re-
cent the pity II the Old South Church
llhe Junior pastor embraced on the same
platform the blasphemys of Ralph Waldo
Emerson--in that. same church year
fago last May Jonn Brownreceiyeda con
UTILIZATION from the hands of Christian
fmen for the purpose Of murder and blood.
| shed. under the thin veil" Kansas operas
tons" > Now. tl,ey:did NOT know thai he
would gof Virginia. hut they did know
/ tha, he wasengaged iinanurder and robbery
IN Kansas !; and il Ia no worse to murder
men,ill one 'platethan in another, Then The
4taidihg. abeltias. and appreciation after the
I fact. give fear jul significance to thecontri-
button which hreeededlit. The Old South
Church III Boston. under lis wise anti
devon: senior pastor. has been the cen.
trail Of conservatism on lie subject Of
slavery in Nav Erglaud and nowtits
junior pastor joins hands with the most
bitter resiIers of the. Church and The ra-
3tion. in order to glorify murderer siaa4
ply because heseemmits murder upon tile
soil Of Virginia aud IN The name Of free
DOM This same JOHN Brown dragged
Ave men, heads of families. from their
] beds and murdered them. as he would
dogs. by the way side; and YET one
speaker; says there are million hearts
with John Brown to-day. Why should
not the South be excited ? Why not arm
and be ready for a portion OF this million
laf ready invaders? Then. it is notorious
that manysof the leading papers Of the
North have but a word or two Of mawk-
i ish condemnation for the folly OF j ohm
Brown, while they print whole columns
7tof sneers and sarcasnis for Virginia and
the South. This state Of things ,cannol
last. Now. we Of: the North, commit two
great mistakesE wemeddlewhen we.oughl
H moi TO, and weEmeddle to, the injury OF al
parties-the slaves. the South and, The
II North. Some Of you will remember thai
seven. years ago / told you some very
Epiain and wholesome truths on another
subject which you repaid in abuse ant
condemnation but Time, that infalhbls
1 cr1cible, has revealed t.. ] told you lher
4 you were sowing seeds for a plentiful
harvest Of lying and hypocrisy, andnoy
the State Of Massachusetts is a laughing,
lstoek 70 the whole nation for having per
Il petrated. under her own name, and will
II che seal ofItlle $ ateupon them. the mean
lest and most coldsblooled frauds eve
put upon record. They have put poisone,
fslfugs INTO the cup Of the weak, The sick
tfthe DYING. and then divided the exeassix
/ profits among potential political partisans
The dark ages were stamped with The ii
II famous sale Of indulgencies but deadlr
!. .ifngs, instead of taWholesome beverage
with a high tatiff lorathe exchange Of the
III jutce-of= the grape for nighssifade All
] Ehehebore--this dose was never admins
tered by one human being 10 another III
| it WAS done BY the Christian hand. Of Mas
u sach1setts, and ia order to complete
! great moralreforn. IEthis is their job
Y the Baptist, what Will his successor be-
-fthis Is theEbaptism with water, what wi
n be The melting heat Of the FIRE that is. u
II oscome is not The folly and the guilt .
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