Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-10-13
Election ed of November.
Testimony.


Shelbysville. KY. has recently hauled
down the flag of Scott and Graham. and
hoisted that of Pierce and King. In the
article giving his reasons for the change
its editor says:
"Some Of those who look at the head
Of our columns may be surprised to find
that we have hauled down the names of
Scott and Graham, and run up those of
Pierce and King; but the great majority
of those who read and have watched the
progress of events since the nominations
have been made will not be startled at
the change.
We regard Con. Scott as unfit for so high n
civil trust as that to which he aspires.
and dangerous in the extreme in the po-
Stion that he now occupies.
And we now stand forth an humble
advocate of Pierce. determined henceforth
10 use our poor ability in the cause of the
country to which we owe our birth. and
to which we are bound by every tie that
is sacred. To-day we unfurl the banner
of Pierce and King. and raise our voice
for the constitution and the union. To-
day we declare our allegiance to that par
ty, who are nobly struggling for the per-
petuity Of our glorious confederacy, and
have sworn to preserve inviolate the con-
stitution that was bequeathed to US as the
best boon of the wisdom and patriotism ola
Washington. a Jefferson. and a Madison.
To-day we step fearlessly and freely into
the ranks of that party who know no
North, no South, no East. no West, but
only our Union. now and forever. To-
day we throw off all the shackIes of party.
and offer our prejudices on the altar'of
our country"
We wish our Wing friends to be psrtic-
ular to recollect that the above was writ.
ten by staunch Wing. and published in
a Wing paper-one which has always
supported the party and its nominees; yet
he regards Scott as unfit for so high a
ciOa trust as that to which he aspircs, and
dangerous IN the ertrente. in the position he
now occupies" There are hundreds of
liberal-minded Wings in every part of the
country, who. like the editor of the Free
Press. are throwing off the shackles of
party. and offering their prejudices on the
altar Of our country"
There is no denying the fact that Gen.
Scott is too closely identified with Seward,
Greedy, johnson, &C.. to be entirely free
from abolition influences. 1t is we'll
known that these men are the leaders of
the Wing party in New York and Penn
sylvania. and that they have swayed that
party to favor abolitionism. Seward de.
clared in the U. S. Senate. that "there
was higher Lut0 than the Consultation; and
that he was conscientiously bound to
obey it J! Johnson vetoed bill passed
by the Pennsylvania Legislature, grant :
ing the use Of the jails of that state for
the safe keeping of fugitive slaves. and
saw the owner of a slave cruelty murder
ed while legally endeavoring to recover
his property. without making an effort to
bring the guilty to justice. Greedy JUST
fes both Seward and johnson in these
acts. Of, we might say. treason. That
SCOTS nomination was effected by this
delectable trio, every one knows; and the
question arises. would they have taken
so much trouble to get him nominated. il
they had not known he would serve their
purposes We think not.
Is it any wonder, then. that reasonable
men, Wings or Democrats. should refuse
to support man nominated by such in
fluences f? Is it strange that men who
deem their obligations to their country
stronger than to party, should refuse to
support the men. or their friends, who
have endeavored to array one section of
theacountry against the other?
Besides, say what Won will. Scon /. IA