Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-11-12

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liens who have heretofore been eyed /
ofsthe elective franchise.
In commencing the exercises of
birth-right of every American citizen,e
becomes the duty of this portion of . /
i population, to seriously consider the mi
: Portance of their beginning right The
should endeavor to inform themselves full
ly upon the various political questions .
fhe day, and dispassionately conclud,
which are the most effieacious to tn,
country. And as they viii probably fine
it necessary to unite with one of the two
great parties, they should impartially
consider the principles of each, and ioin
the one most congenfal to their feelings
This, we predict. win in eight eases
. out of every ten, be the Democratic par
ty. Most ofthe new voters will not be
, men of wealth, but rather of the laboring
classes; and while the maxim ofthe WHO
party as given by their "great expoun-
der," Daniel Webster, is" Let the gov
eminent take care of the rich, and the
rich will take care of the poor" las the
cat takes care of the mice, the motto of
the Democratic party is that The bless
ings of government should be dispensed
like the dews from heaven, alike upon all,
rich or poor, high or low
Nor are these merely the ideal prin-
ciples of the two parties They are prov
en- to be true by the practical workings
of each. We will instance few of the
prominent measures which have been be-
fore the country, in proof of our assertion.
and which may be taken as fair index
of the whole.
The Bankrupt Law was Wing meas
ure, passed by that party, at an extra
Congress, convened for the sole
purpose of putting country under
Wing laws, Immediately upon their ac !
cession to power in 1871, after an exclu-
sion fromthe control of government for
twelve years. Who does not recollect the
odium which was attached to that law
Who does not remember the indignation
which was felt by the people ofthe whole
country at its operation? Who, with
the exception of few dishonest specula-
tors who took the benefit of it's provis-
ions, did not feel its baneful influence p
And who does not remember the decided
and imperative manner in which its re-
peal was demanded by the people, and to
which demand, Congress was compelled
reluctantly to yield, at its very next ses-
sion? Ind oChO does not remember that Geo.
W. Summers, the present Wing candidate
for Governor Of Virginia, OPPOSED that re-
Peal2
The United States Bank was Wing
measure. And who, pray, were benefited
by it? Not the laborer, mechanic or
farmer; but the rich, nabob Spectator
Gen. Jackson crushed the monster, and
the people sustained him. Thanks to
John Tyler, whom the Wings ostracised
for vetoing it. the U. S. Bank has never
been again able to raise its hydra head
among us.
The Protective Tariff of 1842 was also
a Wing measure ; and what was its opera
ton but to make the rich, richer, and the
poor, poorer? 1t was passed for the ex-
pressed purpose of protecting the lordly
manufacturers who were already rolling
in wealth, by putting heavy duties on all
imported articles. These duties came out
of the pockets of the farmer, mechanic and
laborer, They were, also, specifc-ma-
king the poor man pay as much duty for
his cloth which cost dollar yard, as
the rich man who buys his seven dollar
cloth. And SO with all other articles
Is not this taking care of the rich ?"
All these measures are of one batch,
passed at the same extra session of Con-
gress, and advocated and supported by
Geo. w. Summers, the present Wing can
didate for Governor. We need not ask
whether you will support him!
Most of these old party issues. the
Wings say have been discarded from
their party creed. If this be so, they
themselves, in effect, acknowledge the SUI
periority of Democratic principles over
their own.
RS- Our HEAD, which by the way, we
think very pretty, was engraved by H. C.
Grosvenor, corner of 4th and Walnut
SITS Cincinnati. whom we consider a We