Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1860-03-19
TERMS Two DOLLARS II Abe1scr.s
III. MARCH ID, 1860.

HI "A cctect JOINT GOl454Itpce 81 tue. tWl
4 Houses Of the GenefaI ssembl or VIII
gipia has hteiy maae areport 81 which
Fam relieved Of mueh Sssllduify aud aFg0
u ment which might oslssrMise have beet
found necessary. ThiGreport impliedlJ
recommends 4 conlefens IN The most de.
H liberale and 1ofrible lsFIns. IL NOT II 81.
II press form. I Il is verI able, very dispss.
sionates aud, 70 me. iuaIg icitlSs felis6le. -
Il Il enters fully intost lloss histdfical defsiIs,
II which more than any s heI beGrceaof n.
II gumeh furnish the mDet sfartlIng Efea-
sons fof the enquiry IL Issit not afill
i time. ron; 10 unite in Consultation upon
the proper ana best means of protection
for ourselves and of swing me dderal
4 Constitution and Uniyt iot The whole
4co,intrv 20 I Z hsE ilaSEi ssisassk
when / am infotmsa 81 The majority
LOT ths Joint Conmitts III your Lsgisia.
ature,s chat - ID the night 81 the i6th Of
\ 0ctnbef last, band os armed conspira.
\ tors from The Eofthetsf stiles, II ftilflf.
meht Of q design which he'd long been en-
tetfainsd and dslibefass matuTed, made
! an incursion into the sState Of Virginia,
FOR the purpose Of ineHing slaves 70 in
sufrection, Of placing arms. IN their
hands, of aiding them II, plundering tie
4 property Of their msSssfs, Of numbering
them ant Their iamihes. and Of over
Throwing the gossrnAsht 81 the Com
monwealth Is" that tteseat of fende5-
1 vous of this cohspiras WAS ID q foreign
province on The great Northern lakes.
but hltle mora than Bile huhdred miles
1 from the Northern boeaer Of Virginia.
with a net work of Railroads connectipg
/ them that they wee amply supplied
with arms and n6unirons Of war that
they were fore.rus by ths most danger
Gus and secret spies aud emissafies :
that they respected pImore the soyer-
eighty Of The Unaed HtAtes than theys&id
the Jurisdiction of Abe slayeholdmg
States, and Invaded territory Of she Fed
eral Government As Nsll IS of Virgins,
and took, an additions stand Of So, 600
arms Of different kinds belonging 70 the
United States that poaonly bad the,clt-
liens, and authorities of the locality 70
turn opt under arms ~ sell. defence, but
1.-The States and the linked States had SO
4 called out both. miliiJR and regulafssto
suppress the inyasiap'; that with itIimu-
nifty and success thsy made rendezvous
\ in Maryland: that the crimes committed
Lwere SO fisgi,iops and capital chat pardon
ffcould not. 81 exteadedsic the culprit. but
all who we're captufed had been or bad
to be executed; thsE The number Of est
tcaped mauraders caiih not BE- known /:
fffhats Investigation OH Me conspiracy BY
the State authoritiesxcould not reach rs
full development ,thst s.the eyidence be-
fore the conamittees Was sufficient 70
.,show the existsneA in number Of
Northern States. al III wide spread con-
:sspirscy. not merels against Virginia,
/ rbut against the pefes and security Of
oSlt the Southern StahSs = e. that; this was
evinced by the raafdinary sympathy
manifested ia behalf Bills nalprils. and
by the further NANTES atom Of q disPesi;
/ tienAto rescue sheIns iFom the custody Of
/ tha laH, BY, threats addressed 70 the
Estate Executive and hy PRAYERS for par
don !; that the Executive had necessarily
and psoperlYto can oas thousands Of mil.
titaty. force |. and FOR .tHa exercise Of actual
martial law most extraordinary ia time
LOT peacs s'nersied agd doubtless viii re-.
i.eeiyeihe, commeRdAtio Of The Legislaj
isturei and the pespls Mi the State;"" that
EEthe, invasion was marked hy distinct ge-
1ographicaE featuresa and was IN fact q
sectional ihyasion " section Of the
Uaited States thsEs detailed history.
4 dispassionste and igipartiaL shows the
covenants Of the naass solemn character.
constitutional ssatqAsH, custamaryi and
eonpsised which HaRs been deliberately
vi6lated and set al isapght. or lefb upper-
formed by the seetiQtr eeelying the great
Ter benefit hE eonpat.; chat this condIi
s.iion Of things fuTRished y striking evis
sdence Of the .grow:k III spirit nnlrisqd;
~ the gpaFspta NJ the Constitution
llssands &c FaerEith alle the obligations q
ETnaiional faith !" thai 4 sectional polite.
Eals party. under thas designation of the
Republican party. NH acquired the as
tcendaney in almost |erAry Northern State.
and that the States where tits dominapi
hold The majority 0E political power IN
1.-The United States. fthe future that the
object of this ase&NdAnt and dominant
sectional and Ianatisai pksty u tosaboiish
1.-THE rights of property 10 slaves every
where in States sai1 Territories and
.ghey seek to pbfI all the Southern
aStmes Foutsids of.ahe pale Of civillzaA
.tion,,' and to daNrade and dishonor
them. and ITO cosAr with obloquy and
Iseproach : tie mshlSEy o. their mighty
\ dead. and to blot tiss sscutcheon ''of our
Euationai fame Z; 2 tisst they have declared
az opei, WARM. m ssCfm Of an irrepfessi-
EbIe coadict ssbstwsyS the socialsyssens
sof the hNoftlS1 al4|lftlis South. which
'smuss pioeress uufil oneJor the other Il
"exterminaied i, hat there i authentic
leyidenee that his Is Haeed not By 4
political party In pspnlsr meetings alone,
but BY the oficia Legislative and Judi
cial action 81. siSlnen Ncrthefn States.
from Maine 70 MEYnessota. embracing q
.Emaiorify of fsderaE Numbers iii the Union;
Rthat tiiere Il oth6f idehce III the Con.
E3sessioual debases fli IL sixty eight Repre-
Isentaiiyes in Co1gfess have endorsed "a
.Eincepdiary pub ion. appealing to
!, non Iayeholds III HE Southern States,
n ssseekinc to i6iaEIs slIs minds Of the
~slates of lhsuS6lrH a1a % inciis them
sl.sto rahallion fflszSsnrdpFs fheir. masters