Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-11-16
From tho Richmond Enquirer.
Clearly and Strongly Laid Down.

question. Abolltionism or ee-soilisn
will meet with no favor at the hands q
the Administration, and this, The Presi
dent has boldly declared to the world =
As to the removal of Bronson there i,
much difference of opinion in the ranks o
the Democratic party. However much
DEMOCRATS may assent from the propriety
OF that act, they see nothing in it TO i'm.
pheate the Administration with free-soil.
Ism. That act was Warmly disproved
by the Petersburg South Side Democrat,
bat the sterling editor did not therefor,
teel in the least degree weakened in his
strong and well-founded confidence in
the Presidents sound and national posi-
ton on the slavery question. The South
Side Democrat says that it regards Bron-
sons removal as ''the head and front of
che administrations offending-an error
which we had the candor to admit. The
Democratic party can never be hurt by
tSat6.
But because the administration COM
Inltted single imprudence, and that not
involving principle, it is the signal for
the most unrelenting, bitter and unscru-
Puious assaults, not only upon the Presi-
dent and his advisers, but upon the De-
mocratic party as his sponsors.
"a The most silly of all their charges, is
that of sympathy with the. abolitionists /;
when leaving out of view the whole life
OF the President. constituting, as it does,
a record of undertaking hostility to them
in every form. we have distinct pledge
that he will execute the fugitive slave law
at all hazards, and his farther declaration
TO remove any ofice-holder who express
Ses opinions adverse to its execution, or
who, when called upon. does nor cheerful
FULLY extend his aid to enforce it.
The other day, the Intelligencer
charged that the President had turned his
back upon the northern hunkers, in the
distribution of appointments. We pro-
we'd the charge groundless by showing
that for all the leading missions filled by
citizens of the North, members of the
bunker wing had been selected, and so
with most of the prominent local offices.
"The fact is, that whig editors have no
grounds upon which to wage war on the
Democratic party and they are compel
led to grasp at contemplate quirks and
qulbbies, or indulge in bitter invectives,
neither of which answer any other ends
than simply to make item ridiculous.
From the Washington Union, Nov. 1st
General Cushiug's Letter---EreesoiI-
ism Rebuked.
The following is copy of letter ad-
dressed by Gen. Gushing to Hon. R. Fro
thingham, one Of the editors of the Boston
Post. The occasion for the letter is ex-
planned upon its face, and its authoritative
character is Enthusiastically declared The
Democratic party cannot live in any Goa
litiOn or combination with an element
which is at war with one ofits fundamen-
tai principles. If it cannot live and
prosper upon its own broad national prin-
cipleS, it ought to be dissolved and ami
hilared. Upon these principles it has
grown irresistibly powerful, and has gi-
ven honor and prosperity to the country,
and repose to Il distracted and agitated
public mind. President Pierce stands
solemnly pledged to administer the GO
vernment upon the pure national creed on
which he was elevated to the Presidency
That creed repudiates and abhors aboli.
tionism as equally fatal to the union of
the democracy and of the States He
cannot countenance or tolerate it in any
shape without proving recreant to his
high trust. He will not tolerate it in any
official subject to be reached by executive
power. To this declaration his sacred
honor is pledged, and General Cushing's
letter reiterates the pledge. We need
not commend this letter to the attention
of our readers. The policy Of the admi-
nistration is stated by the distinguished
attorney with all the clearness, directuess,
force and holiness with which that talent
ed gentleman uniformly expresses his
sentiments. No one can misunderstood
him /; and, as he speaks by authority, no
Office holder can misunderstood the fate
that awaits him if his conduct brings
him within the import of the rule so sue
einctly and forcibly laid down. The pre-
sident is resolved that the union of the
party on the prlnci Piles of the Baltimore
platform shall be preserved; and for his
own vindicatiou he trusts in that gene
rous people who have commissioned him
with power. They will stand by him
and sustain him. because they know he
will keep his pledge and redeem his faith.
The following is General Cushing's let
ter:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 90, 1853.
DEAR SIR IL perceive that in severa |
counties of Massachusetts coalition sena-
torial tickets have been formed of associ-
aIed democrats and free sellers, My iudg-
nent is, that the Democrats who have
participated in this have done worse than
to commit fatal error. They have aban.
doned principle which is fundamental
To- support or vote for the freesoilers of
Massachusetts is to give countenance and
power to persons engaged. ayowedly. in
persistent agitation of the slavery question
and therefore hostile in the EXTREMIST de-
gree. to the determined policy of the adj
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