Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-10-03

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they made rum, they took it TO the coast
Of Africa and exchanged 1T for slaves. y
( Laughter. The slayers landed their
cargoes On some unffequented shores of
the Southern coast, and forthwith the en-
tire South vas charged with completely
IN the slave trade. But they do not at
the same time tell You that the slave ships
are fitted our from New England ports
that they glide out TO sea on their nefarii-
GUS voyages, beneath the shade Of Bunker
Hill. Loud applause and laughter. ~
The political power Of our country IS In
the hands of the free States. The popu-
lation Of the country increases at the rate
of million year Of this increase the
North receives over seven hundred thou.
sand. This large majority Of the yearly
increase has given the North her strength
in the eenfederacY, How came the North.
BY this excess Of the increase 4 At the
outset We were equal chen we were all
slave States. Now, what led to the abol-
ishmentof slavery in the North, and thus
gave US the basis Of our present strength ?
! will tell you, my friends, and YOU all
know ito be so. The Democratic party
under Jefferson, inaugurated the wiseIand
benefcient. policy Of inviting the laborer
of the old world TO plant himself down
upon The great and fertile plains Of our
country, Under this policythe emigrants
from Europe focked TO the Northern
States, because they found in their soil
and climate, and in their institutions, q
more .congenial home. So YOU see, nv
friends, that it has been under policy
inaugurated by a Southern statesman
policy which found its most bitter oppoo-
nents at the North--that our section has
become all powerful ID the government.
We have now q majority in the Senate,
ia the House Representatives, and in
the Electoral College but the census ot
1860 will show that two-thirds of the
members of the House Of Representative.
and an overwhelming majority in the SEN
ate, represent free States. IL this a. time,
and are these the circumstances under
which an /" iFrepressable conflict = shall
BE- waged against the people and institu-
tons Of the weaker section When the
South was strong and we were weak, they
furnished usno precedent for the course
Of actio9 we now propose sto1t pursue
against them. Cheers These being
the truth which history teaches, and
standing here as I do, at the head waters
-of the mighty Mississippi, whose arms
lock our country together, teaching us q
perpetual lesson of fraternal loveand un-
ion, ! beg you to pause before yon enter
upon a sectional warfare, whieh'will rive
asunder those whom God have joined to-
gether. Cheers. Before you do this
look at history and see if the South has
ever hesitated to uphold q single measure
which was calculated to adyancethe whole
country although in doing so they have
built up the North instead Of the South.
There is an instructive difference. between
the two parties. The Democratic party
Is letlalone rty-the Republican party
IS a.meddlihg party. Deafning cheers.
Il is q great deal easier to denounee other
people for their sins than to- reform our
selyes---it is q great deal easier to obtain
political power byGinflamiag the passions
and prejudices Of bur; neighbors, BY de-
nonncing men thousand miles away,
than it is to gain influence by governing
our walk IN life by the principles of instice
pr the dictates of a sound patriotism -
Cheers. Is il not too true that the re-
verse Of this has been hurtful to the NOR
ais Of our people--and hurtful to the pull
pit, Of which I speak with all reverence,
and to the holy doctrines which should
issue from the sacred desk Z Cheers.
Is il not too true, my Republican friends,
that4a rifle for Kansas or 4 curse for the
South has weighed more in the political
scale thanprivateyirtue or public service!
Tremendous cheering Whence comes
slavery Wehave seen who prolonged
hi. Now, my friends, do you ever stof
to inquire who upholds it? II is sus.
tanned BY the firm Of Weaver. Wearel
y Planter and two Of the partners live
Up North. (Cheefs and laughter. ~
Every one knows that but for the looms
Iof New England and Old England, il
would not live day. The loudestdenun'
diatioEs against slavery are made BY meu
With cotton shirts on their back. Tia
most ferYent pulpit celebrations agains
slavery come from men who wrap them
selves for repose at night in cotton sheets
who lay their heads upon cotton pillows
and go to sleep thanking God that they
are better than the men " down Southt !,
daughter.
was called upon some years ago,
while Governor of New York, by. q dep.
utation Of Quakers from Great Britain, tc
lsy before me d testimony against
slavery. AS they wished, I listened to
them. : We afterwards fell into CONVEX
satipn. and the question arose, why the
people Of Europe were 50 oppressed and
burdensd SO heavily by taxation. We
attributed it to the differences 10 their Ian
Egnage--the great numberof Municipalities,
divided by imaginary lines--the petty
jealousies and stritess and consequent ne
csssity for maintaining large standing ar
mics. We then spoke of the blest condi-
rtipn Of Europe if ali these rival govern,
ments could. be moulded into one, speak
ing q common language, having common
5sympathies. with no custom houses I'd
annoy, and no standing armies 70 threat
el and my Quaker friends warmed with
enthusiasm at the glorious picture, and
expressed the earnest wish that such .
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