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The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-23
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II the friends 0i the measures
which inc FAMILY VISITOR
advocates VIII so 10 work ener-
.;e.ically and in good earnest,
;hey can easily place our paper
in the hands Of hundreds OF lam
lilies all over Northwestern Fir-
ginia. It is Impossible for Us
10 make the paper as interesting
and valuable as we desire and
canvass the country at the same
time. To do OIL readers justice
and make our paper decidedly
useful and popular with the
pubic, It is absolutely neceSs%-
ry that CaAzY DAN be in the
Office all the time. And much
hilarious work, mental and
physical, must be performed by
own head and his own hands.
Ave therefore earnestly hope
our friends, in the north and III
inc south, in the east and IN the
west, on every hilltop and III
every vale of Northwestern Va.
on t,,a hanks oG rhe beautiful
Moaonsahela, in the sa!Iaes OF
The Kanawhas, in the rich vai>
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Ohio, at the base Of the Allies
ghanies, and at every intermeGI>
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procure US. subscribers and send
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each. Three thousand sub
scri5ers can easily he obtained
1.-THE effort is prt forth. Give
us your aid, triendS,--"a long
pail, il strong pnlI, and pull
altogether, "-and in return, we
will, each week, give YOU "'he
best thatiS in the shop" We
have enlisted for & during the
war; AMI we intend to fight
the enemies of our county,
the enemies Of civil and reiis;>
Gus Iiberly,iin'',l1e lastday IL. the
EVENING" Prophets, apostles,
and even the Great Redeemer,
spent their Fresinrepelting error
and chasing it ofout he world;
and that is what every editor
should be employed in. Black
democracy is the blighting curse
oil our land. "Down with the
ry,arat.'' So mote it be,
"And all the people said
.4msn! Dolcn lcith lie tgrc"t."
Three cheers for the Amerl-
can Union and the Opposition
Party of Virginia. Now, The
welkin rings with the deaienlnS
shouts of freemcn.
Asitis a free fight Mr.. PER-
point saws, please count him
ia.". Good, say we.
IF our friends will sustain us,
we promise, our life being spar.
cd, 10 turn to a good account
lhs charge dFsIcrazy, ESQ grata-
i,ously hurled az Us by ous po-
ljtical enemies. Ne viii 6e,"a
thorn in fas Essh" Of asRoersS
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PRHNTYTOWN, VA.
nrlasr, March %, 1880.


Now g I've ,ine to Subscribe for the FAMGT
TisgrpR. L will lie highly iateres:ing to the
paoo,a Of n,crA Virslaia III After he PreSi-
$:eacial E'act'or. Many oriGiaHl lett.r5 from
are nea Of VI. P.irNoiaE, ard from other prom
incus cii;zers. viii appear from weak to week q.
BIZ. Psiepoiat's letters will alone I've wori tn
tw.n,r ti.las thl ,A.c'io',on prize of the ua-
psr. W'e IsIo rrlnc-l uur plg'r to tina low
price Of Dae Dollar Toar, in or''"r that it
nay bs in the power OK every nan 70 take it.
aaI pay for il in advance. Ererr EberH)
yaiaie nan, who laves his coGHtrr, should
axe i:.-lal srcrS toA stlel NetAol:s: il
the lsud should takc it.
we hope al who want the Visitor will or''cr
nas 9nee 81 Doa, wait 20 De called or person ,
al;r, bat 90 "a many others ara now doing.
seal us rgar nane AMI y ,lo'lar. and a. will
J.. right TOR one cear. Welfare not TIC time %
a1avsss VERY much, and rs oar t'-rnHs are nm
usasl!r low. we hope cHEras>ing will. not oe
Na..aslsrr. S,Il "a ~ n D'pt''.
We want Twan;y-Fivc Hundred Snh'"rih"rs
- on. clsh terms: and We hriiev" DOR list -
Increasing mg"h hs'c; ToT ,han that Of Hn'
TWO papers wi;h;a fifty miles Of Prun'yte"".
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Orr iDoii;i0n:Sm.

IF i, means the passage If a law
at this particular time. tor tht
gradual emancipation o.! slaves.
We are no abolitioniSt. Either
Of these things would be wrong
a, the present time nor do we
o,e.eni 70 know how long this
INSTITUTION should remain un-
changed in Virginia; q'''e Ger
tain are we, however, tbA Slaves
~ nor exists all over The Soalh
as a necessary evil, and ml&i
So continue Tor anindei7ie lie:
riod of time. Ii aboti1loNiSm
means 10 question the lagalr'Shli
of The master to property an his
slaves, or the PRONUNCIATION or
advocacy of sentiments tending
10 imcite rebellion or induce the
slave TO run away, we are no
aboIitioniSl. The slave who
forces his freedom, in our opin>
ion, commits a sin, as well as
the man who aids him 10 run
awav. And from ali we know,
we believe the slaves Of the
south, at this time, are better of
than the free negroes Of the
north.
But if abolitionism means a
fearless oppposi'lon to The
unequal and unjust laws on tax
atien-laws which are now
expressing The people of west
ern Virginia beyond -patien, en-
durance,-Iaws which discrim-
inaoe largely in favor Of negro
property laws which impose
heavy taxes on every species of
property except slaves, YET al
most wholly exemp;S that pro-
perry from taXatIon,-lhen, in
that event, please SET down cra
~ Dan as an aboIilionist. And
we will glory in the reproach.
Again, If abohlioniSm means
10 correct the abuses otSlaverY,
in every respect in which soci~
ETY. is injured by the institution,
as it now exists. then arc we an
aholi'i0nisr. For this we IN
tend to aim at, the Lord being
CUR he!per.
We are utterly uctonished at
the ease with which the negro
owners OF the east have drawn
tie wool over The eyes Of many
OF The farmers Of the vest
Whilst they have, through the
corrupt democratic Journals, in
duced some to think, that even
to aliude 10 slavery is d!Sloyal to
the State, they have taken ad,
vantage Of this very loyalty ct
our people, to IegisIate millions
Of dollars out Of The pockets OF
our farmers to protect and de-
fend slavery. Democracy has
but one idea, a: this time, and
that is the protection OF the
slavery holders interest. 1t is
u terrible sin, says the slavery
propogaHdiSt, TO say ought as
galnst the institution Of slavery,
or The. abuses Of the system, out
it is perfectly right for these
same slavery proposnndis's TO
tax, without reason and without
mercy, the co-heas Or poor de-
wills OF western Virginia, for the
especial benefit Of ,hei: tavorIte
Institution. As we have Ire-
qnen,'y said, we care not how
many negroes our eastern brelh>
ren have, so they don't tax us
to death to support the instilu>
lion.
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-23

We return our grateful thanks
TO numerous friends in Fairs
mont and Nlorgantown for ma
ny kindnesSeS we received du>
ring our recent visit to these
places.
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Gel, =, ], armstrong.

We will give our readers
next week long letter from
the pen Of this gentlemen, IN re-
ply to 7. II. Peirpolnt, Esq.
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aANi constant intercourse. Have
| you any reason to doubt these
declarations. There, has not
been a single servile 'insurrec~
ton in tie United States for
nearly 80 years. except the one
in Harrison last summary
Rev. Dr.. Fuller in his late
letter TO Mr.. Everett, says the
time was since he went into the
ministry, in South Carolina, that
he land 1 suppose everybody
else;) fegarded'1he law prohib-
Ting the teaching of The slaves
to- read, as a dead letter: that it
was common to teach them to
read the bible. But now it is
diTerent-no manthinks otvio-
lating the Jaw. So in all the
other slave States. We hear
the same testimony from hume
rous other DIyineS and moral
lists. We see in The enactment
of the Legislatures in the South
the penalties of the law in this
particular increased, and it is a
stereotype phrase among many,
"That on account OF the ahoII>
ZIONIST agitation IN The North, the
chains ofthe slaves have been,
frightened, his burden iucreased3
and he deprived OF being taught
to read the word of God."} BY
this complaint we are to infer
that there is a moral quality in
this action OF frightening the
chains, increasing the burden,
and depriving him of being
taught to read" Asst is a CONS
plant, those who make it mus:
regard it as being wrong. Then
there is a wrong done the slave.
II a wrong, then sin to commit
it, unless an adequate CAUSE
therefor, and it is questionable
in morals and religion whether
there can be adequate excuse
for sin. The apostle Paul said,
shall commit sinthat grace may
abound, God forbid; and he,
with some, is authority. But
repeat Is there adequate. cause
for the aclS named IN the COM
plainl; Mr.. Wise, Mr.. iunter,
hIr. hammond and all The poIl-l
ticIahS: VITO are cS,eeh'e" '''S'g
a"'hor''y 0" ''''S ;, sue sps"N u
'Ae present. 'oy'''!, S"''S'"1'''1l'
ana cohlen'me"' OF 'bc save
IL amer - years 'S'''''o" ~ do
oiI''onlS'S,'he saves remain Toys
al, happy and contented, may IL
not be doubted alter al whether
there has been anequate e. caESe
tor"lightenIng chalnS', "lncrea-
sing OnrGen:' &C ; out !, Is
sald that thisls oone 70 keep n!m
from beromInS unhappy ana d's,
contenied. linen here me OLD
apostle obtrudes hlmSeliaSaln-l
shall | sin that grace may a
bound:
All your readers wlIIconcurwlth
me-, tn at many abolition pre- lch>
ers at the North have found
the cross much lighter. while de-
a3'nclng slavery in the South,
and overlooking the ShOrtcOm-
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tend to d. so. BIT, Watch-
man, beware For " il the
trumpet give AN uncertain sound
who SHAH prepare bimseIIto the
battle" Reader, think about
this: j, is worthy Of your study;
Now by your permission ! VIII
give you what t deem TO be a
fair solution Of this whole subs
ject at he South. The slave
owners and slave property en-
joy a certain privileges and ex-
emplions in nearly all the States
ia this Union. Take Virginia
with which we are familiar, the
slave property is almost exempt
from taxation. The slaveown>
ner although greatly in the nil
nority in population, yet his SECT
ton has the majority in the leg,
isIature. Hence he arproprl-
ates the money all 10 his dis
trict, to foster institutions Of lear.
ming, railroads and canals. Did
it ever occur to you that Virgin
ia never had the a United Safes,
Senator from west Of the Alle-
gheny Mountains mason from
Winchester is the furtheSt west
one has ever been appolnted.-
Power is always going from the.
many to few, the slave owner is
suspicious OF universal sufferage:
it might be important enough to
tax his slave adoaLorum if I'M
checked ; and elect a UnlteI
States Senator west.of the Allie
gheny. But to secure himself
the great men, such as Wise,
Mason, Hunter, Hammond &
Co., leaders Of the democracy
make speeches in which they
praise the institution, set forth
all IFS redeeming qualities, say
somebody wants to turn the
slaves all loose to cut the throats
ofthe whites, when it suits their
purpose, then if il. suits their
purpose they declare the negro
es to be the very incest set Of
fellows in the world Of their
kind, and always embrace The
to I1ter"per$e their
sneeches we'll with abuse Of
Nnrthacn- :rs.a lahesS;:: ore ln'nl,s
it d doubtful experiment Tor Ia
men TO vote, Or. NJ. T.
lIunrer,) another declares free
society to be a failure. The
country is flooded with those
speeches everybody is delighted
with them because they abuse
somebody, whoever differs in
opinion sligmatised an abolition
list. Any man that complains Of
the expressions ofsIavery is an
The CIV is the |
South must be a unit, slavery !
must he the focus around which |
all must rally, and he who is the |
greatest slavery propasandIst |
must receive The highest honors.
Diyines of a certain stripe andH
Iaymen sing peans 10 slavery Il
and they hope to make us all
Join in the chorus. Why? that
the privileges and exemptions
may remain untouched. This
is the creed, the watch-word and
The raIIying cry oflhe democr"7
~. | saw this thing fully ex~l
in the democratic conf
last week, at FaIrmont. /
1t was great meeiing-lhe de-
mocracy was there in It's strength
rom ten counties Two men,
VIM. G.. Brown and Jas. Nee
son We're PrcsrneeiT'sopPeStnS
candidate for Eleclor TO attend
he Charleston Convention to
nominate a candidate for Plesi> !
leucy Of the United States
Brown while in the reform con.
ventiOn voted to exempt all
Young negroes under II years
Of age from tayation-old ones
-. L. IoI g., iovntIop Of
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-23

ALEditorials, ard other
original articles prepared for
to>da.y's paper are upayoidahly
crowded out.
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a. YOU continue to vote for dem>
ocra!ic Presidents, Governors
and members of Congress-the
leaders who head the court
house cliques will guide YOU;
you may murmur as much as
you please, you serve their Pur-
pose in the, name of, democracy
and that is all they want.
! .Ihave engaged~in earnest in
trying tell my fellow citizens to
yindicatc their rights and rebuke
their oppressors. To throw OF
the yoke. Aud what is the ef.
feet. The small fry courthouse
politicians are circulating as far
as possible that | am am-aboli>
zionist, a'black republican, &c.
A..democratic paper applies TO
me the epi'hets of "abolilionlst,"
".Abbey Kelly" Helper,'' "a
grarian," "a reviver of Fourer-
ism, 4" ga fanatic, land such like.
-t.iaalts---he--.taik>.es.4s4.--s-..
from one Of my letters, and then
sells out with this bold comment:
"rhe road to wealth and fame
is open TO ALL and lf'People
choose TO revel in ignorance and
poverty, in debauchsry and
crime, surelytheir more prospe-
rous neigbor should not be held
responsible" What utlerance
did ever make in speech or on
paper: that looked like this idea
Inscribed to me by The "Barbour
Jpffersonian:o Has it not been
The theme Of my,speeches, that /
other wealth should be put on a
footing with slave wealth, that if
should be all taxed alike? But
the "Jeaersonian" is IoyaIto The
"njgger,'' he thinks and is fully
p.3rsuahed in lis mind that all
men who are not wealthy in
slave property, are poor" sig
noranl," "debauched," ''crimi-
nails" He is like r. NJ. r. Hun
ter, he can't think Of man in
the South who does no, own
slaves only us helonging TO the
slave acknowledgement and is-
norant. .i
What sentence did | ever Ut
ter that subjects me to the
charge ofabolioni$m. lam no.
.,s-s,:4a:.a,.e. -hnaa.-.-.NlIsi:--,1.4iiaisS"i--
opinions are not The growth ofap
day. never have been careful
in Withholding them tiom the)
public.
I have always gone for the Z.
States against The world, andN
con,enr'ed that 4 western Vir-,
< MIA wa; jus! as good as an,
eastern Virginia: and that there !
was the same reason FIR taxing
ii two years old negro that there
was for taxing a two years old
colt. | have always maintains
ed that it was the true interest
oflhis couatry TO encourage it's
home industry bv reasonable
discriminating specific duties
Washington thought so; Jefer-
son, Madison, Monroe, Adams,
Jackson thought so. Every ci~
viliZed nation on the face ofthe
earth at this time have prosper.
ed only when they pracliced the
system. it don't srit the slave
owner at the South. nor is it for
his interest therefore, democ-
r"cy opposes-'ererything must
DOW to the niger.
] am in favor Of improving
rivers; harbors and light houses
oy the general government.
4 Although democraey- .pseartase~
II the south against this measure, =.
yet all the Presidents sign APP
preparations for these purposes.
In short, | am what | have al
yays been-an Did whig,-and
I'M simple enough to believe
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NR. gE,.RFa.YT'S LETTER.
d. S. MoRRlS. ESQ, =,


Dear Sir: - There are same
things in poi'icS, morals AMI re-
ligion. in this county, that the
people TO not understand and
that are worthy of their serious
consideration. | desire t. state
a few of them.
Henry A. Mise, in his tinner
speech at Richmond, il ,hA pre-
Sence Of both houses OF theEeg.
i>lnrure, declared that, al! Inc
tim" OF his first crisis" ip1S56
and 81, when insurrect;di was
reported to him every Min "a
m0ng the slaves, he had nofears
Of Instruction, and woulahave
trusted the arms otlhe Stte, in
the hands of hi@ Slaves. lsup~
pose he INFANT in tie haris OF
The slaves OF the State. IN all
his speeches since The :'ra5ip' he
has testified to the loyalty Atihe
slaves. So have orators North
and South. Mr.. Hamrssd. OF
South Carolina, says the slaves
ofthe South are the best fed,
best clothed and most coyemed
working population on the face
of the earth. All the slavery
propaganda orators South OF MAJ
son g. Dixon's line, hold a SINH
lar language. Mr.. Hunter, oil
The United States States Senate
says the slsves are part Of the
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-02-10

LAMENTABLE Academia fire broke out
IN Troy on Wednesday morning last in a
store occupied by g. W. Seaman, l3I Con-
gress street, which was burned out to dam
age Of the property and its contents of several
thousand dollars, There is little doubt that
the fire was the work of an incendary, and
set for the purpose of concealing a robbery.
The most lamentable part of the affair was
the death Of fireman, Thomas Gray, of Tor
rent Engine Co. No. t. The Arena gives
this account of it
The deceased was coming down Congress
st. hill to the fire, having, with his brother,
the tongue of the engine About dozen mem
bers had hold of the brakes and were holding
the machine back, as the hill Is very steep
and slippery When near Eighth ST., it COM
menced sliding rapidly and one after another
Of the persons on the brakes, becoming
alarmed, loosed their hold, leaving the weight
to fall upon the two brothers at the tongue.
The engine was under great speed and the
two turned the tongue towards the pavement,
intending, no doubt, to let the machine
strike the curb stone Both held on when
Juc lOhGit Ol Iue udci!Ue ran against Il Dlr-
ber's pole nearly IN front Of Carpenters Ho-
tel, swapping the yoke off the tongue instant
ly, the deceased slipping and the forward
wheels passing over his head and neck The
pole was broken off instantly. His head,
where it had been caught between the post
and the tongue, was horribly mangled-one
cheek bone being driven completely in and
the skull fractured. The body was also
dreadfully crushed, some of the ribs being
broken. When first approached, the young
man exhibited some signs Of life and motion
but these soon ceased, and Immediately on |
being carried into the b.fcl he was pronounc-
ed dead.
The deceased was about 2I years of age,
and is said by those who knew him to have |
been Young man of genial temperament,
genreous impulses AMI o,.I.,,t d ,.Jrtment
H. va, "a moulder 10y occupation, and upon
himself and brother, his mother relied for
Her fearful agony. when the man
gled body of her son was borne back to the
home he had but a short time before left in
tall health and ,.Spr, may be better imagin-
,l than described
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-02-10
CONGRESS-.

HoUsE.-After prayer, the Clerk stated
that the question pending was the motion
of Mr.. Sherman, that the House proceed to
vote for Spe4ker,-on motion Of Mr.. Phelps
there was "a call of the House
Before the proceedings under the call were
completed, Mr.. B0cock moved that Mr.. Clark,
yt NV York be excused for nOn-attendance
H. stated that a number of gentlemen were
absent, and that his motive for making the
motion. was t. give them time 10 arrive.
Several short explanations Of their votes
were made by members,
Alr Blrksdule sand If another vote was Ia
ken. Mr. BrgE, W ,uld vote for Mr.. Penning-
ton. thus elfectng his election. Mr. Moore
% Alabama said he would sit here till 1861,
before he would consent to the election Of a
Republican.
Mr. Briggs. of New York, gave his reasons
for voting. ! have said on several occasions
that | could cast my vote for any conserva-
tive man like Air. Pennington or Mr.. Cor
win. Alr. Pennington has now ll6 votes,
and liz viii elect him. | give my vote to
gentleman whom am assured Will act fairly
and impartally TO all sections of the country,
aware of the responsibility which | assume
in 50 doing Mr. Clerk, | now withdraw
my vote from Mr. McClernand, and cast t
for William Pennington, Prolonged ap-
plause.
The vote resulted rs Lows
Whole number, go Mr.. Pennington,
III: Mr.. NcClemand. 50. rest, scattering
The clerk decided that Mr. Pennington
was elected. Applause and Kisses in the
galleries.
Alr. Hindmau wished to make some re
marks about the election of a republican,
bat he was loudly called to order by the Re
publican side
NIrs,rs Bocock and Sherman were ap-
pointed l,v the Clerk to conduct the speaker
to thu cnaIr. The speaker delivered a speech
in which u- promised to preside with justice
and imparJaltv lie felt he had a National
heart which embraced all parts of our Union.
After thanking his friends again for their
kindness. he tuj.rr upon the discharge Of
the ardu2u- and complicated duties Of his
station
The Oath Was administered to him by Mr.
Phelps, members were then sworn in by
States.
A committee was appointed to notify the
Senate that the House was organized.
The LAKE CLosED.-LAke Champlain ha
"shut pan" 1t closed last night, for the
season. Last year it froze over Jan. II but
the first week in February is the usual time
for it 10 shut.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-02-10
CLIPPINGS FROM VANITY FAIR.

DIssoLy1SG VIEws.-SOuthern opinions
just now.
Why THE House OF REPRESENTATIVES SITs
EVERY DAY.-Because a house divided against
itself cannot stand.
NAPoLEov's PAMPHLET.-Man's Essay on
Pope.
QUEBr.-Are Pebble Spectacles good for
Stone Blind people?
UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE.-President
Buchanan has an Administration Pugh in
each House.
CLASSIC QUERY.-May not the Feminine
Spiritualists be appropriately termed modern
Lassie-demonians
GRADE OF CONGRESSIONAL ABIL1TY.-Re-
trograde.
The most melancholy Portion of Domestic
Furniture Sad Irons.
Rows WITHOUT THoRNs.-Rowing is rec
commended by the Philadelphia Eren'ng Bul-
Ietin as a good exercise for ladies who wish TO
develop the bust Why not have called II a
Robust exercise, at once?
Though we have no positive evidence OF the
fact it IS almost certain that Shakespeare was
a broker. no one having furnished more
Stock Quotations than he.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-02-10

plaster of a Mississippi rail road bank
That was taking the rag from the Bus h.
In New York city, the common bats fly
on ly at twilight, but brick-bats fly at all
hours.
There was lively sensation in the probate
court at Cincinnati, a few days since, when
a New Orleans mercha Mt led in a beautiful
mulatto girl; nearly white, and had free
papers made out for her She was yer
brilliant and elegantly dressed, and it was
almost impossible to conceive of her as a
slave.
NJ Army of Kansas states that if he had
not been stopped by the Senate committee,
he should have testified that John Brown
was twenty-five miles from Pottawatomie
when the Doyles were killed He says
Brown told him he was not of the party,
though he considered it a righteous deed
One Of the party also told him Brown was
not there, but was campei on Middle Greek
Another witness says he saw Brown the next
morning, 50 far from Pottawatomie that it
was impossible for him to have been party
to the killing