Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1860-02-06

ZIG money 70 pay LOT tnem Where the
seven hundred millions to buy Them ~
Where the money 10 sustain them as Il
free people !? Pay first the interest upon
Your railroad debtof eight hundred mil.
lions before you borrow more Id buy ne-
groes. One Of these Two propositions
must be pursued either 10 ex{efmins,e
the white nianand give the soil 10 the
negro. or purchase and transport the me-
gre, either Of WlIich is wholly itppractic.
ableI Bal while you1eaah them 10 MUIR
der the white man, and violate the white
women, you will never teach them Tie FFe-.
ligion OF Jesus Christ. with all Your Bah
bling preachers The boast Of the PEG.
PIE oflihe North that fhey.can overrun the
South IS . brayado. In every mountain
pass they will meet a jackson, 4 TAYLOR,
or a Leonilias, and Marion in every
swamp. The ). Swamp Fox r. ST the
Pedee and Santee Of California was never
conquered, but defeaieds The then .mosl
powerful nation of the globe. They viii.
say e. you, come I; thrust in your NORTH
ern sickle, and your harvest shall be
death; you shslE meet foemsn worthy SE
Jour steeb 10 The last Of their blood and
their breath.
ny dear sir, yon mistake tie position
Of the Notth)snd yourself-nei,her your
moral sussinh nor your Sharpe:s fifies
can subdse or te,ffy the people 81 fhe
Souih-you look through smsdium thai.
msgnifes yourselves, while il dimmishas
Others. Allow me to draa tie picture.
The great mass of mankind who appear
upon the stage Of human life, seem 10 BE
born to ear, 10 drink. to propagate their
species. and 10 die. Bolii lar,I and vas.
sal. nobleman and PEASANT, king and sub,
jet, though wildly separated ia lie,
sleep upon the same pallet Of death -
Ahsr the sarprise Of youth and expert
encsis over. they loiter on earth or burst
like bubbles1on the sea Of matter. or fit
ike buttel f,es from sweet to sweet, from
flower 70 flower, then disappear forever.
THORN 70 position Or occupy 6tfice they
are viewed in their elevation, because ef
their wickedneas aud crime, and are as
odlops az they are conspicuous. But
some 't claim 70 diyiner right made under 4
higher law sent ms Rabbi teachers, from
God to dictate the " IN of heavea, Who
abide neither the law of men nor the can.
stitutiop Of their country, whose puritan.
zeal cant and hypocrisy maketlhem obi.
Gus y everysensibls aud honest mind.
They may be ministers indeed. but
not ministers of the religion Of Christ !;
butsctr divine vengeance, who sometimes
not only destroy themselves bat the pee
pie ID whom they preach. 'i'Ulssthfs latter
class, Mr.. Beseher, allow me 10 say, 1
think, you belong. Your slender virtues
are SO mixed up with arrogance, impa-
dence and crime, that the most acute an
Balysis could not discover one grain OF
honesty in the composition; and II Gods
graca can save the sinner, the ssl6sti ilpp.
ocrite,l the winged messenger Of Mercy
would never light on so mean thing as
you. Again, We have men who seern 10
be created for a higher purpose-sent on
Important business. sent 10 desolate and
destroy, or 10 create, to build Up and
sustain ). men not living Tor themselves,
rs you do but for the whole human
race; whose hxes are the ornaments
which adorn the sge il which they live
Ifthey appear either 10 public OF private
life the places they occupy Are radiant
with tho glory of theirIaGqs i s.meu who
Iare stars and suns in the pathway OF life,
40 cheer, to guide and 10 save. Not !
few have adorned your profession, sir /:
some have 4dUrhed mine. Butthe mos
marked and distinguished men Of the
past age were Washington. jefferson.
Madison, Patrick Henry, Calhoun, CLAW
and Webster, most Of whom were born III il,
that State which you would desolate, and
under institutions which. you profess %
despise..a Such men are the holy fathers
of the church to which belong, and il
sent 20 he'll for the enormous sin of slave
~ allow me The privilege sf eliaiirse 10 %
with them rather than 10 abe heaven of
The canting hrp6erites, Whose every act
Isl Ahathpmatiss al but bis own dogmss.
and pfopagstes error. and talsehood In
every step he takes in life. such men, un
der The gafb Of religion in every age 81
the world and under every form Of faith
have sdespoiledl the fairest hopes zof The
human race Such men as claim to be
guided BY : '.6igher law" ihaa tie Cons
stitution Of this country, would dash 10
piecesthe fair fabric Of our caantry's lib
er.y. and lay their 'unhalIowed. polluted
hands even on The stones of the srry lem
pie Of liberty ere they had grown cold
from the hands Of Washington and Jef.
ferson. Such menas you. Sir. would see
the waves of human passions in storm
sweep over the ruins of The light shouse
tof the world. reared upon times >thdus-
and miles Of coasts BY the toiisof millions
Of The Just the yirluous.-and 3lhe wise. Al
whose base lie the brains and skalls y
the fanatical gulls that have dashed
against IL. Y Ands sir. if sueh+nlen 90 "a
heaven they should carry with them eve.
IrY creeping thing. Such men would bio,
treason against virtue, and sacrifice even
the female honor upon the ALTAR Of their
RELISH designs. ! do not ccvets such 4
heaven-haye no desire toE walk The
streets of your GeW.Jerusatem. whe,e ]
am to be salutea shY- the whistle Of the
rattlesnake and the hiss Of 3the viper, and
breathe the air poisoned BY the breath Of
ofthe toad and he eopperhead,
This may be heaven for hypocrites and
fanatics. but not for me. MANY years
have passed sihes ! knew Jon. sir, an i'm.
l. ! y