Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-10-03
Il kANAVHA g H. VIRGINIA, MONDAY OCTOBER s. 1850.

Eserfdom be abrogatsd in Russia and pol
yganay in Turkey. What would You say
regarding such a man ?'' SAY ri said
4 the Quakers tive would sayEthat De de-
served the anathemas Of all good men. IS
q traitor tots6e best interests of mankind
for doubling that God, inshis own way,
land IN his own good time, would work
out a remedy for all these wrongs
Now" said "my friends, when we
draw this picture OF Europe 1T is not alt
lfancy. ] described the broad Hand which
lextends from. the Atlantic to the Pacific
from the great Lakes to the Gulf Of Mex
llco. Go two thousand miles over this
Hand, and no custom house shall stop YOU
travel to lis farthest limits, and you
lshall see no standing armies You shall
hear a common language and shall feel a
common sympathy. Then you shall
know what it is to live upon 4 great
broad continent, where there lis brother
hood unalloyed BY your hatrefs, and lan-
4tipathies. Why's therefore, d9 you come
there to teach US The language OF strife ~
Long and loud applause. Now, my
lfriends, to make the application Had
five from the beginning been arrayed one
State against anot her--had we disregard
\ ed our community of language and Of ID.
terest, and fostered the hatreds and jeal-
ousies which we are now taught to cher
/ ish, this beautiful Minnesota would vet
have been q wilderness, the painted saw
lage would yet glide down the noble Mis-
i sisBippi, and the waters Of that mighty
cataract, whose thunders I now almost
hear, that blythe art 81 man has been
Etaughtto leap forth 10 their;labors AT the
irising of the sun and retire to their rest
3at lis setting, would still pursue their
lprecipitous course andisturbed. (Ap-
4 plause. But / am keeping you too long.
\ stand before You tonight impressed with
lmore than ordinary feelings. / never
knew before, OF the vastness Of this ereat
valley, whose beginnings you held in
1 your hands, nor appreciated The influence
which it is yet tpIexsreise upon the des-
TIMES Of our country. And therefore, il
| Is that Inow most earnestly ertreat YOU
las youare aboutto enter uponIan election
/ not altogether local, and whicllsis to affect
Il your position in this confederation 81
States, to cherish and sustain those prin.
Eciples which areEfounded upon q love 81
! pur whole country, and whose influence
Twill tend % cement it more closely to.
II gether. You have seen the great men Of
4 this Republican party go up ID their Ma.
II tiopal Conventions. When the roll .o
4 the States was called, there Mas no man
II there to speak for the State where
4 Washington was born there was nc
man to answer forthe State where Jack
fson's ashes lie ; there was no man fte
Ftespond when the land Of Snmpter, and
Marion was called. y (Applahses BIZ
how viii it be when our next Democratic
\ Convention is held? You viii see then
II 10 such spectacle as this. I When we eall
\ the roll Of States which compose thie
II Confederation, every commonwealth from
II Maine. down 10 young Minnesota, and still
Hyouoger Oregon win attest thu national.
lityfof ours party by the presence of ii
Representatives. (Cheers.) The At
1dlltiC Will suOUL 10TH 10 Tic * HCluC---tHt
i great lakes 10 the Gulf and when We
shall nominate pur candidate for Tie
Presidency, the loud voices df the rep.
Il Tesentatiyes of the whole nation, will
Iname the man who will administer its ar.
fairs for the next four years. Loud
lcheering. Let me tell you. my fellow
citizens, that those who NAV anticipate
political success, basing that hope upon
Eagitation and upon injustice, will mos
Il certainly be disappointed, because theil
Eexpectations are not founded upon those
principles ofgmagnanimity, wisdom and
4 patriotism which underlie the politica
Questions that now sgitate our country
4 And ! beg and exhort Of youth people
Iof Minnesota, and you. especially. The
young men of Minnesota, who have the
future for your heritage -yop who are
about tof laysihe foundations pfs great
State ITO enroll lii ia the proud list. b
Y Democratic commomweaAhs-+of States
/ IdeYoted To the maintananee the Unior
and thai. with them. you will SEEK L
uphold every star and stripe 10 our ma
tional flag--may II wave forever. Deaf
ening applause, with six cheers, during
which the distipg uished speaker took BIZ
seat
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