Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-12-08


honor.
From the Baltimore Argus.
WeII-DescrVed Praise from q Political
Opponent.
A writer in the Delaware Gazette,
speaking of those who have deserved well
of their country for able and patriotic SER
vices, names j. w. Forney, the present
Clerk of Representatives, as among the
younger portion of the Democracy who
stand re-eminently conspicuous. We en-
dorse these views most heartily. Well
do we remember the noble and patriotic
stand which Col. Forney took while edi-
ting the Pennsylvanian, against the
Abolition fanatics, and in support of the
Constitution, and the rights of all our CT
tizens under the national compact. This
stand of Col Forney was the more noble
and remarkable from the position which
he occupied in State which had exalted
! to the Executive chair a leader of that
| vile schism which threatened the eXis-
| teuce of the Union, and where he for Il
long time stood almost single-handed.-
We can never forget the feelings of those
| days-when we looked over the columns
of the Pennsylvania, and found it ever
bold, fearless, and battling with giant en-
ergies against the factions which were sap
ping the pillars of our national existence.
In view of all these things, we say with
this honest and patriotic opponent, Col.
! Forney does deserve the confidence and
regard not only of the Democratic party,
but of the country at large. Hear what
the writer says, and judge for your
selves:
john w. FoRNEY.-If among the youn-
ger portion of the Democratic party of
| the Union, there is one man who more
! than others deserves to be singled out for
peculiar marks of honor and praise on
account of his services during the trying
period, commencing some four years since,
and terminating with the recent glorious
National Democratic triumph, it is John
w. Forney, formerly of the Pennsylvania
an, and now Clerk of the House of Re
representatives. at Washington, and assls-
tant editor of the Union.
Mr.. Forney is political writer OF the
! first class. He has few equals, and pro
badly no superiors in The Republic. His
style is chaste, clear, terse and eminently
vigorous. His use of language is fluent,
appropriate and copious without being
verbose. His figures, when he INDUCES
in them, (Which is rare, } are always both
illustrative and forcible. His knowledge
of facts and acquaintance with principles
is co-extensive with the stores in which
that knowledge is to be found. AS an
orator too, Mr.. Forney is far above medi-
ocrity His recent effort on the occasion
of the great Democratic Jubilee shows
him to be possessed of a vast deal of the
power of aratory He is also very eff
fective as stump speaker, aad indeed, in
all the varied branches of the duties ofthe
politician, Col. Forney stands among the
first of his time and age. His devotion
to sound principles and the fearless and
successful support he has given tc
them have done much indeed to Sc,
cure the happy result we now witnes
!. in seeing Sectionism, and AbolItlonlsm
and Disunionism repudiated and crushed
with equal unauimity North and South
Such man must have enemies Anc
it is complimentary to him to say tina
they are Of the most bitter class. The
abuse and SANDER which have been lev
elled at his head within the past four year:
would, ifIollected in one mass, have over
flown BiIlingsgate and swamped the filth
lest purlieu of the Faubourg st. Antoine
SANDER loves shining mark as well a:
Death. The stain which its contact leaves
if any it make, is the more conspieuou:
from the brightness of the surrounding
parts.
The true man must expect to be made
so far as is possible, the victim of the
false, and as there are so many false mer
crowding the avenues of life, it must no
astonish us when we see occasionally the
true, the right, and the Just, jostled aside
or overstrode for the time. But all these
things come right in the end. He who
will "hide his time" following the straight
: path, doing his duty to his best ability, re
} guardless of the trickery which knave:
r may practise against him, or the fou
: words with which hired blackguards as
: sail him, will in the end have the proud
satisfaction of hearing the verdict in hi:
favor of ''well done good and faithful ser
! want"
We have seen the day when we really
thought John w. Forney must falter un
der the villaiuous assaults made upon him
knowing as we did the difficulties under
which he laboured. But then it was tina
the true man showed his strength, anc
the strength of his principles And nov
there is no young man occupies a NOR,
elevated station before the Democracy o
the country than he And this we say
with the protest that as to intrapartizar
politics we have almost always widely