Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-07-12

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ira mob should destroy his office. and the
local authority should refuse TO afford the
necessary protection. OF apply the neces-
sary remedy, where would he go /? To
Congress Of course 1.-The trustee Of the
Territories--and be would denounce not
only Congress, but our whole system 81
government, il he failed TO be relieved.
And would be right. Suppose. now, the
same local Legislature should pass law
requiring the former to remove his slaves
from the Territory. or declaring them
free; or suppose mob of Abolitionists
should run them of. and the local author
tiles should refuse. in tie frst place, pro-
lection, and il, the second place, hldemni-
ty z Where would he 90 for relief p
Where, but to Congress And could.
our contemporary. who had applied To-
the same source, for protection and in.I
aemnily; object Would be sit, quietly,
and see a discrimination made ID favor
of his property, and against that Of his
heighbor The thing is too preposter
Gus for argument. Congress can send
our whole navy, and our whole army, il
necessary. to the end Of the earth. 10 pro.
tect one Of our citizens whosmay be- UNI
Justly injured in person or property, and,
demand indemnity at the cannon's mouth,
Jas in the case Of the late Paraguay ex-
Ipedition. and all the nation will prove it.
10 say, then, that it cannot extend the
same protection to the same citizen at
home, at his own homestead, on soil
under its exclusive control. isa doctrine
which cannot, in eur view. stand mo-
ment's dispassionate analysis.
4 We are here met by the stereotyped
cry Of !. Cincinnati platform 7 and "Non-
Itervention THAI tie latter was the POI
.sition Of the South in the Lecompton is
sue, dc. AIlyery true, and we go for It
now, asswe did then. What was under
stood by non Intervention then p Sim
ply, that Congress had no right to inter-
fere for the introduction of slavery into,
or exclusion from, Territory. II it had
any other application it was misnomer.
Under that meaning We approve the prin-
ciple now. But if It mean non protec-
ton to property we scout and repudiate
Hit. If asked under what circumstances
I'VE would have Congress TO interfere for
the protection of property 10 the Terrific
ries, we answer--in two cases. First,
against unf,iendly@. legislation. Second
Ily. against judicial non-action.l # the
local Legislature pass a law destructive
of slaye, or any other, property, Con-
gress, as the trustee, or agent Of the
States. must inteipose for its protection.
If slave, or any other property should be
damaged, erdestroyed, by violence, and
the local authorities fail or refuse, to in
terfere for]itst protection, Congress must
interpose, and afford the necessary pro-
lection. f. NH.
From another quarter we hear the cry
Bof Z Agitation, !" Don't agitate." II
defending the true principles Of our Gov
ernment, and the right Of our citizens to
full and complete protection, il their per
sons and property, on the soil Of the CONS
mon domain of the Union. be agitation,
then let III come. If our fathers could
have been lullea by the syren song Of
/" Peace be still, the fires Of the Reyolu-
ton would never have been k'ndled, and
American liberty have been, yet, an I'M
told tale. little cry of g don't agitate =
had been listened to, in 1919. the second
warof Independence would not have been
known to history, nor the great battle of
/" free trade and sailors rights" fought
and won, Oar Government was founded
upon principle. It purports to be one. Of
equal rights, equal laws, and equal JUS
Etice. AS such We mean 10 sustain and
defend it. If our Northern friends can
stand on that platform, we shall rejoice.
If not, we shall roget It, and must enter
the contest without them. III