Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1861-05-21

~ ne intelsiSeuce ~ we peVple Is Insult
led. their ignorance is appealed 10 inslh,
grossest manner. their passions ar
aroused BY absurd statements. totally de
void of truth, sensation liandbills are BE-
cretly circulated. every energy is exeriet
TO obtain a large Union vote next Thurs
day. We will mol dignity The demagog
ism Of these workers Of iniquity. thes,
stirrers.up Of strife, by here recording il
detail what they have done. much less ii
attempting to refute their Arguments
Wesnow are at issue with them. and have
! put ourself upon the country. We car
only repeat what has bean said In every
shape again and again. There Is a bold
conspiracy now plotting 70 divide The
Stale. Kanawha county is in the sec.
ton proposed to Be cut of. Tie Union
gote is to be considered the test d
the strength Of the disafected -
Lincoln has promised Garlic men
and money to aid and protect those
who may express 1 wish tojoih Ohio
Virginia and the whole South will rush
10 sustain those who may BE- Of differ
ent opinion. No foot Of Virginia soil
viii ever again belong TO Lincoln until
the whole South shall have been con-
quered. Thus is madly thrust upon the
thoughtless policy which if ever par
tally successful. viii certainly shift the
the scene Of action, the battle ground,
from the South and East 10 our own qui.
ethonnes then indeed, will 'father be
against son, son against father, and broth.
er against BROTHER However, the people
must vote for The Onion. regardless Of all
consequences. ''in order to sustain the &C.
ton of our delegates to The Convention, z
as the Republican says. We do not pre-
tend to have seen through the yeilof Sc.
erecy kindly thrown over our delegates,
But Of all The men in the State who ought
now to be for separating Virginia from
the North. Judge Summers and bis sup
porters ought be theImost eager. They,
more than all others, have bee n deceived
By the treachery and folly1of the Lincoln
government. Unioe nor. Is not Union
February, lqst. The whole aspect OF at.
fairs has changed; then they spoke loud
~ that all differences might be adjusted
by compromise without blood-shed.--
They were opposed to- coercing the sece.
Eded States.
Now, all offers Of a fair compromise
having been spurned from the footyol
power. the Northern Union isactiyely
engaged in vain attempts to aaRititate
he South. Does not a vote for the
northern onion noW sanction and APP
prove the Lincoln policy? VIII not true
consistency with their oft expressed
views, now join them heart and hand with
that mighty host rising up all over
the land in defense Of virginia's honor
and safety i
Our mountains, and streams, our
sparceness Of population, our absence. q
towns. depotsfor plumber. and more than
all our hardy population, are elements Of
strength in these times, and present no
encouraging prospect % an invading foe.
He will not come unless invited by divi-
sion amongst ourselves If we are only
true 10 our State. no battle win likely be
fought in this neighborhood, mo part Of
America win be more quiet. H-wiIl be
a secure retreat for all the timid or ex-
posed. Then let not The stiffness Of our
peaceful valleys be disturbed !; let NOT
our secluded hills reyerberate with the
clash Of arms, the laundering Of artillery.
Let US not become in any way implicated
in that ungrateful, diabolical scheme
coyertly urged by traitors in our midst 81
deserving the old State now in her day 81
need. Let us no longer deceive the
North. AS you spoke in February last
for peace. in like tones now declare for a
cessation of hostilities. Let the world
and the North hear that Virginia is one
and indiyisible in this her second great
struggle for Independence.
In pursuance Of Lincoln's procla.
nation no provisions are allowed to
Ibe transported on the Ohio river fol
this valley. The .Collier,n on hel
last trip was refused her regular
freight at Cincinnati. She was, how
ever loaded from yarioua points-on1