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The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02
no DISUNION.

We never uttered a disunion
sentiment in our life; and the
man or boy (?) who says we
did is base liar, and the truth
is not in him. We have said
that the south have a great right
to complain of the north, and
we now repeat the assertion
We have said We could not in
our heart blame the south, I'M
der the circumstances,fo talking
as they do, but we also earnest
| ly deprecated disunion. We
believe Dls,snion to be a foul
spirit, the first born Of an httrs
nal Demon called Abolitionism.
Choke out this hellish demon
and disunion will disappear.
The election of Abe Lincoln
will not, we assert, be suf1i.
Gent cause for disuainn-;-but-
if Abe LiuC0ln Is elected humid
reds of democrats and wings
who have aided in this matter
should put their heads under
The bottom rail Of an eight rail
fence. We think the southern
man who prefers Lincoln, as a
first, second, third or fourth
choice, is noteworthy the respect
OF The southern people. Cor
rupt as is the democratic party,
we think the man who wishes
to seei it defeated by the election
OF an abolilionist, shows but lit
tie true patriotism.
We earnestly hope and pray
that the extreme south will not
attempt a dissolution if Lincoln
should triumph. If they 90 of,
-it-witt be only jumping r,t-oe
the frying-Pan into the 6re."-
If they &C; the wise part and
remain in the Union, the cause
Of the south will gain strength
every year, and four years from
now abolitionism will meet with
a signal defeat.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02
The Quarter Is Ready.

We thank our wing friends
in Fairmont for the faYo. Of
printing their Electoral tickets.
This favor though smallis highs
ly appreciated by us, and the
more SO, because our whig
friends at home, in whose SER
vice we have fought many hard
battles, and whose cause we
have never forsaken at The bal
lot-box since 1927, saw fit to
send their money off and pure
chase their tickets; and this al
ter an Old leader in the party
had employed Us TO print 1900
for Taylor. 1t is right comfort
able to be treated in this way
by ones political friends for
whom we have labored day by
day for years: it reminds us so
lorcibly Of their gratitude and
their kind appropriations of our
humble labors, and makes US
feel Ike renewing our zeal in
the good cause. The sum we
lost BY the operation was three
dollars by not getting the print
ing of this job of twelve humid
red tickets; but then we save9
in paper and ink SIPS and in
labor So, making three dollars
and twenty-five cents; so that
we are indebted to our friends
rs cts. by This arrangement
The quarter is ready whenever
called for by the proper persons
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02

secessionists in the south. A
hot war Of more than forty years
duration against the institutions
and personal rights Of the south
ern people is enough to drive
them into measures Of despera-
lion.
But the south do not want to
secede, if they have their rights
respected. If they go out Of
the Union, it will De solely be-
cause they cannot nave their
rights respected in it.
We have no hesltaucy in SaY~
ing we prefer Mr.. Breckenridge
to either Lincoln or Douglas. -
And we are fully satisfied that
the time is coming when every
true man in the wing party will
find a true southern heart in aim.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02
TO THE POLLS.

Come TO the Polls on next
Tuesday and vote for Bell and
Everett. DON'T stay at home,
but come up, and help us elect
two old time honored Wings;
and thus crush out abolitioniSm,
and secessioniSm will die away
aud be heard no more. Adolf
tionism IS the accursed Demon
that has well nigh ruined our
country.
Come up and help Us defeat
the present corrupt party in
power-a party that is growing
more corrupt every year. De-
mocracy has impoverished our
national treasury, and abolition1
ism is fast corrupting the poll
tics Of the country. May they
both be crushed out by the
good sense OF the people
-.amen and .Aaaen.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02
SOryGT for +.

The speeches fine Bell men
during the present campaign.
we are sorrow to say, have been
characterized by too much bit,
terness towards the South and
too much compromising with
repubIicanism. When speakers
living in the South occupy hours
in exposing the wrongs and
magn!lying the faults Of their
own section, and scarcely bring
a charge against northern abo>
il'ionists,w who are the whole AID
sole cause of al the troubles
in the south, we confess our
southern blood COWS warm. &
If there were no &bolitioniSts
in the north there would be no
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02

shall be our principles. Let us
60 to the polls and vote for Bel.
and Everett, Two noble wings
but let US never bring reproacb
on our noble cause by even a.
pologizing for abolitionism. The b.
immortal Clay was no aboll>
ZIONIST, (and we thank God for
IT'D Webster was no Abolition
list, and Fillmore was no aboll-
ZIONIST. They all bore testimony
against abolitionism. And Bell
and Everett are no abolitionists,
and no true southern wing can,
in this election, prefer Lincoln
as second choice, or in any re,
tspect, whatever, sympathize
with him
We have been called traitor
turkey buzzard' and have been
invited by several persons late
" to leave our old wing home
and join the enemy, simply be,
cause VIC: had the Grmness and
moral courage to prefer Breck~
inridge to Lincoln. And one
nice young man assailed us We
ry discourteously and called us
many hard names, anu SANDER
ed our paper, because we said
Breckenridge was a safer man
to the South than lincoln
We have uniformly expressed
this preference for several
months passed, on the streets
and in private conversations,
and we cannot be either coaXed,
driven Or black guarded from
our convictions OF duty. The
little misunderstanding between
Mr.. J. S. Burdett and US, and
which, lead ii;,nto make an IN
necessary allusion to US, in his
late speech at Claysville, is en-
tirely settled, and so far as we
know entire harmony exists be-
tween rs, but lis it has gone
forth all over the county that
we have turned traitor TO our
party, we feel bound TO show
wherein our traitorous conduct
consists.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02
The Finale.

This is the last paper we can
publish in the present campaign,
and we feel truly thankful be-
fore God that we can congratu>
lale ourself with the high satis>
faction Of passing through the
long and eventlul struggle with
out making a single personal
enemy out Of our political ene-
mics. 1t is comfortable TO re-
fleet that men can disagree Oh
politics and yet exercise the
courtesies and civIllties OF social
life towards each other. These
little Offices of kindness and re-
spect go far in promoting hu~
man happiness. We fully de-
termined, at the beginning of
this campaign not TO allow our,
paper to be converted into an
engine Of personal abuse of our
neighbors, and, thank God, we
have kept that VOW. Some
few of our political friends have
reflected on us as being want
ing in Zeal for the wing party.
Ne have calmly and deliberate
ly reviewed our course, and we
see nothing in this respect to-
regret. Ifmen OF all parties had
talked less, in the papers and out
of The papers, about each other,
and prayed more, for the peace
of The country, nothing would
have been lost by it.
In the present strife the north
are the oppressors, the south
the oppressed, and this is our
reason for saying that the south
ought to have been united on
some one man for President
And the sooner the south be.
comes unit in defending her
rights the better. 49,,
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02
A Rev Church.

In passing down Simpsons
Creek, short time ago, we
stopped 10 examine the new
Methodist P. Westinghouse,
Just below the residence of Mr..
Elijah Powell, in the Bailey set
t!e,rant---This -ic-a--h,-dSann4...
house, good size, well built and
in a beautiful location. We
learn that the neighborhood are
indebted mainly 10 the llberall-
ty of VIM. III. Shields, Esq, for
this neat house Of public wor-
ship. The members OF that
Church in that neighborhood,
may well say Of this gentlemen
die loveth our Church and
hath built us a House TO worship
God ill.,"
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02
[T,Sl0m and Eoi!Y.
Although we believe it sus

Although we Oelie'e IL SuS-
cepiible of the clearest proof
that the Southern democrats
seeded from their own party
upon a principle vital to the
well being Of the southland
altho' they have shown lhem~
selves willing to sacrifice their
own party rather than sacrifice
the rights Of fifteen southern
states, yet they have been gull
ty of a g'aring error, OF which,
we greatly fear, they will reap
the bitter consequences 10 Their
own shame and confusion, and
to the utter loss Of the very in
terests they undertook to pro-
tect. 1.-THE South Losses in The
present terrible sectional war
now going on between the north
and south, she may blame the
singular policy Of the Breckin-
ridge party, and no one else, Tor
it. When they saw too plainly
to be mistaken that the northern
democrats had all turned aboii-
tionists. by following the here
sizes of Judge Douglas, (and we
think as little of squatier sove
reignty as we do ofabo'lllonlsm)
they certainly would have
shown themselves true patriots
by uniting on John Bell. This
would have secured a united
south, and in a manner that
would have enabled the south
to crush northern abolitioniSm
out OF the country. IN this
sectional war the South are on
ly asking for their just rights
while the north are marshalllng
their hosts 10 deprive the south
OF their rights. Brecklnrld sc,
though true man representing
fairly the interests ola bleeding
south, could not possibly be e
Iected, in our opinion, if every
southern State voted for him,
But with a united south it would
have been very easy,we believe:
to have elected John Bell and
Edward Everett. Strange,tha
Southern democrats did not see
their true interest.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02
TaE CRISIS.

That We are now on the very
brink Of a terrible volcano is too
plain 10 be denied by any intel
ligent observer OF the tines
Everything indicates that the
days OF this Union Of States are
numbered-that dismember-
ment is certain, and that in les
than twelve moons the Southern
States, in a solid body, will be
preparing to organize separate
government, homogenius in
popoluiion, institutions and inie-
r,st. Our readers NAV sit still,
Io!d their arms, and sing peans
TO the Constitution and the u
nion,- they may laugh to Scorn
our opinions. and express their
fullest convictions in the stabi!>
ity of our goyernment--they
may claim Judge Douglas ''as Il
kind Of second cousin" and, if
they choose to risk the conse-
quences, NAV "prefer NJ.
Lincoln over nj. Breckenridge
as President, they may secret>
" or publicly express the wish
that the southern democracy be
defeated by Lincoln with all his
Abolition pledges, if Bel! can
not defeat it,-S;iIl, we feel it to
be our duty as a faithful chroni-
cler and observer of the times
to sound the tocsin of alarm
and we call npon every man to
set his house in order and pre-,
pare for the Storm ofdesolation
that, in all human probability,
will soon sweep over the land
like Bosom of destruction car
rying woe and all the horrors ol
civil war into thousands Of dwell
lings which are to-day the
abodes of peace, prosperity and
hardness. We deYOutly pray
God that all our fears will prove
:groundless, and that the Ameri~
can Union will yet be preserved
and our national flag still wave
in majesty and unsnllied glory
over our great undivided ma
ton.
all is in danger-immlnent
danger-but, thank God, ';all
is no, yet lost" Should bEr.
LINCOLN be defeated before the
peopla-of which there is yet a
iIope-he goes down to rise no
more. He never can be elected
only by q majority Of the popO>
lar vote. There is yet a hope
that John Bell will be our next
President.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02

IfBelI and Everett carries the
State of Virsinia,-and we
think they will by ten thous-
and THE greatest cause oil re-
joicing will be that, to that ex-
tent Lincoln will be defeated.
This is what every true Whlg
desires.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02
We Hare Done Our Duty,

Bell and everett, ana nave
been encouraged from week to
week bv the reflection that they
are true patriots and able states
men, and could they be elected,
we would hail he event as the
Eorerunner OF better times. We
are satisfied that they are both
firm friends Of the U0ion and
sound friends Of the rights OF
the south and of every other
section. Their motto, "The
Union, the Constitution and
the Enforcement:of the Laws"
is a noble platform and could
not be properly interpreted on
" by securing to the south her
equal rights in the Union. 1t
is a lamentabie truth, 100 glaring
10 require proof, that the real,
formidable and dreaded enemy
ortae south is the iaualical abo-
Iiiion party in the north. Des-
troy that party and peace is re-
stored, at once, in every section
OF the country: the terrible
cry of disunion and secession
would no longer star,le the
mind Of the nation, and the
south would be LEI, free to make
any changes she might deem
necessary in her domestic insti-
tons. This i; all the people in
The extreme south want. Before
abolitioniSm became an organiZ>
ed party Of great and connol~
ling power the country had
peace. The issues involved
matters Of policy in the admin
tralion Of the government of a
general nature, such as tariff,
bank, distribution, internal i'm
provementS by Congress, and
the like. These matters never
could have dissolved the Union,
because they were general-not
sectional.
This campaign is as singular
as it's unfortunate for the south.
The north is united almost to a
man on Lincoln, while the
south is divided and distracted,
and, we much fear. IL the very
condition 10 become an easy
prev to northern rapacity.-
When the entire south is sUbius
gated TO northern rule; and our
people are forced TO become
"hewers Of wood and drawers
Of water" TO abolition fanatics,
they will see the folly Of this
division and STRIFE at home -
Had we laiI aside all local qGcs>
lions among ourselves and gwen
up our party pre.iudice+ and
party hate and united on some
true southern man. ether John
Bell or John c. Breckenridge,
both safe and reliable Union
men and true to the South, all
would have been well. As a
general thing, we have No com
fdence in northern men Of any
party, and can only trust the in>
terests Of our section 10 a united
south. The Union meetings OF
last winter were intended 10 de-
ceive the South. Bell and Ev-
erett have reallyno party in the
north, after all lheir boasted love
the Union and their tender re-
gard Tor their dear southern
brethren. Old John Brown.
the fair type of northern aboli-
ism, the leader Of a gang Of in
surreclionists, has, to-day, more
admirers in the north than
John Bell. This fact speaks
volumes, and should warn the
South to unite, as one man, a.
gainst northern tanatlciSm.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02
Try rs BY Oar Waras.

Gently have learned from vari~
GUS wings all over the county,
that we are as good as gone off
from the party IN whose serYi~
ces we have iabored for so ma
ny years-gone from our old
mother-gone into the ranks Of
the enemy; or, if not actually
gone, preparing to 60.
Now, this is pretty kettle OF
fish for US to be stewed up in,
really; and if we knew who first
started this report about US we
would be tempted 10 give him
a--piece OF bread and
butter for his trouble.
We have always been at The
the bailot-box when friends neee
Ged us since the FIRST day we
were entitled to vote. In
1927 we joined tie wing party
under the administration Of J.
Q. Adams. We opposed Gen.
Jackson during both Of bis ADJ
miniStrationS: 1886 we oppCS~
ed Van Buren,; in 1910 we went
it strong for " Tippacanoe and
Tyler 100; in "a we supported
clay against Polk; in as we
voted for CROUCH and Ready"
in '52 we voted for Gen. Scott;
and, in 1856, in the days OF our
party's weakness, when thouS>
ands of our political friends,
from various rfnrscek~ous
FAC and went 10 the enemy's
camp, we ''hung on 10 the
wiiiows,' and voted Tor Fills
more, and the recolIectionOf
that vote gives US more pleas
ure than any we ever recorder.
And al. our votes for Governors;
(thank the Lord, we didn't vote
for Wise Or Letcher,) and Coz
gressmen, 1--WE never voted or
Clemens and Senators andso
forth, SC, etc, have always
been for wings, excepting in a
few Instances, when democrats
ran fox Office without opposi-
ton. Tai, ofus as one who had
deserted The faith! surely, you
are green, and your dear old
mother don't know you are out!
Amt you in danger of catching
cold? When wafer runs up
hill you may talk Of our Iorsak-
ing our whIg principles; we
love them and we venerate
them as we love to venerate
the immortal Clay. Asa patrl-
OF we glory in the doctrines
taught by the " Father OF the
American sy STEM" Give us a
so nd currency, a protective
tariff, distribution Of the money
arising from the sales Of public
lands, internal improvements by
Congress, and an economical
weil-regulaied government un>
mixed and interrupted With
the slightest particle o. ianau-
cal abolitionism. Such were
the views of Webster and Clay.
They were both statesmen OF
the highest order, and neither
of them were aboli,ionists. No
man can be a Henry Clay wing
who is an ,bolItioniSt.
. We voted for Judge Summers;
/ 'Dhos. w. Flournoy and Wm'
L. Goggin for Governors. |!
YOU drive US out Of the good
old whis party, where, oh,
where shall we go? With the
wings are the true principles
that should govern US. Oh, that
that good old party may never
! become abolitionized.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02
Cur Self.

Our Self.
Since our trip north last July
we have had a settled distrust
Of the Abolition party-nay,
more, We have looked upon that
party as an essentially sectional
organization full Of Hypocrisy,
corruption, deceit, and what is
worse. settled, determined
enemy to the south, whose on.
ly object IS to steal the negroes
Of the south, break down our
social and political institutions,
and force the white man Of the
South to become " hewerS Of
wood and drawers Of water"
to northern grsndecs. We have
looked cautiously and closely
into the objects and designs Of
the -c;so.g!5!lcaz=Ta7Td wc, iIo1c5s-s'
ly confess We see nothing but
treachery to the south and desc
truction to ner institutions
Now, are we willing as Virgin
ians, as sons Of the cbivalrous
south, as true men to our own
homes and the constitutional
rights Of our nelghbors, 10 aid,
either directly or indirectly the
elevation Of such a party into
power? Are the noble sons Of
Northwestern Virginia, who
have always shown themselves
ready at the first notice to fly TO
their country's rescue--are they
prepared 10 support by their
vote, BY their Influence, or by
hidden tl'icEery such a party as
that headed by the abolition
leader Of the republican party?
Surely not. Certainly there is
too much patriotism in western
Virginia to admit of such a con-
clusion. And yet, strange to
tell, there are a good many per-
sons about here who prefer
Lincoln as a second choice, and
who are apologizjng in advance
for his administration. Oh,
it is a shame, a burning shame,
that Abe Lincoln should have a
single sympathizer in Virginia.
We are no democrat,-wo-op OPP
pose all their views as a poliIl>
cal party--and we intend boldly
and fearlesS!y to vote against
Mr.. Breckenridge and for Mr..
Bell-but we shall do so as a
wing, not as black republican,!
AS second choice we prefer
Mr.. Breckenridge, and we pre-,
fer him il thousand times before
Lincoln, II this is treason to
the wing party,-the only party
to whom we owe allegiance
then are We truly traitor. We
know we are a weak brother,
but we have always been on
hand when most needed. We
speak to the whig party, for
whom we have labored much
and earnestly, and with whom
we have aL,cays voted. We
have no other political home on
ly with the silver grey wings,
and with them we intend to live
and die-their people shall be
our people, and their principles
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-11-02

Remember your duty to your
country, and come to the polls
next Tuesday, prepared to vote
tor Bell and Everett.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.


NY virtue of Al cx ssutoA issued on OF ''e
~ Office Of the erik Of the dlstr ct c, 'nrt OF
Howard County Iowa. whereby l am con.
mand.i tn. 1t OF tho goods and chatte = ana
for want thereof the lands and tenenentA OF
John Harlow. IN. ks the SUM OF 1873 al J"
Is 90 do lars damages best es interest cost
and Il cruing costs to sat sly jnd emsnt that
J. ID ,'owle4, obtained against JJhn Harlow,
on the 2l>t, day of June A. d. 1859. Now
therefore in pursuance OF the command IN
said writ have levied upon all the right title
and interest win ch the above named deien-
dAnt had to aud in the following describe
premises on the 2lst day OF June 1889, or any
time there after, to wi: In Lot number two in
block uum Der four IN MunsOna In others ad.
dition to the village of New Oregon Iowa, and
also to piece or parcel ct land described as
commencing one bundled feet west OF tho
so lth east corner oi block No two in Nun.
son a d others addition the village of New
Oregon Howard county Iowa, according to a
Plat thereof lied il the recorders uiice otsAid
county Ivy c. NJ. Al.n.on, aud Others,
running tn nee west two lAndred aud twenty
feet then ;e north to the Turkey River, thence
along the south SIDE of said silver. direct
ly north of the place CT beg inning and on the
edge O. sa river. thence south to the place
of beg ming. Which shall offer for sale as
the as d reefs at the New Court House in
Vernon Springs township Howard ornty
Iowa, on the 7th, day OF July 1860, between
the hours of . O'clock III. aud O'Clock Q. IN.
OF that day.
Nov p..snl Nav g. 1859 n43-4w1
PHlNEAS T. SEARLES, Sher d.