Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-04-20

lnaL our country Is the very DeSL poor
mans country in the world.
Were rules like the above carefully OBJ
served by every man who commences bu-
siness. there would be few failures. while
periodical commercial disasters, sweeping
over the country like an epidemic. would
cease to be mercantile experience. Let
young people ponder them well.
To tie Uoters Of LstOiS, Upshur. Harrison,
Barbour, Randolph. Brarton, DodIridge,
Ritchie, GiImer, Wood, WIIt, Jackson,
Mason, Putnam, Kana,cda and Cu6eN ::
FELLOW CITIZENS II offer myself as a
candidate for your sutfrages in the pen
ding Congressional canvass, and plant
myself with greater confidence on the
platform of political principles which l
profess, than do with any claims l could
urge upon your private feelings or parti
ali'ies in the eiectiye franchise, L speak for
my cause and my country. address
myself to Virginians who have never been
deafto the appeals of patriotism and whose
every wish has been to see the cause of
Human Liberty throughout the world pla-
ced on a safe and stable foundation. So
far as 1 have been able to ascertain, the
chart of principles of the candidates who
now solicit your sutfrages, | lind that the
same old issues which have been so often
before the people. are again presented
but times are changed. the giant strides
of Young -imerica has put new phase
upon the aspect of political affairs on this
continent-but few short years since,
the field of Buena Vista was converted
into the dust of an empire. and with the
magic effect of Aladdin's lamp, Califor-
mia, Oregon and a large portion of Next
eau territory became ours by the right OF
coma lcst countries. which heretofore
were ground down under the Juggernaut
Of Iron Despotism, became free, and as
sumed their stations amongst the nations
of the earth, under the bright stars and
broad stripes Of Young AmeF'ca. And is
her mission yet ended ?-is her great and
glorious work yet completed? Are there
NO more slaves to be liberated who yet
groau in the dungeons of desPotlsm, and
whose only music is the clank of chains,
and whose only crime is the love OF llber-
tv. And must our sympathies as free
men, who enjoy the rich heritage achlev-
ed bv the blood of our forefathers be con-
fined to ourselves alone? The past hlsto-
ry of the American peoPIe' who nave no.
bly, and calamity sym2athlSeu WIN an
the oppressed nations OF the lnu"oi'"o'e
globe, forbidS the idea, and it requires no
herald angel in the spirit of prophecy 10
announce the tone and temper OF the
American people in such cases Inc
glorious work having been once oegun'
must be completed. and YomY -Aa'er'cd'
standing ON The broad platform OF the lar
gest liberty to the greatest number OF the
human race, proclaimed her charter 20 the
world with the irresistible motto OF g Sac
senaDer tYrannis" And yet in the pre-
sent posture of our affairs, old Fogy-
Ism" still remains in the ascendant. I'm
der the old Fogy Dynasty. we are still to
creep along for years. and to coax and
whecdle naughty and imperious England
dilly daily with weak and decrepld Spain
and exchange bows and smiles with des-
potic France. Countries which are ours
from the laws of nature and necessity. and
the geography of the Globe, are held by
corrupt and monarchial governments un-
der our very noses, and are used to annoy
us as smuggling convenlencles anu spies
in time of peace, and for the propagation
of abolition sentiments to engender hatred
between the Northern and Southern Por-
tons of our Union, and in time OF war as
deDOts for naval ornaments to hover over
and harrass our coasts. and plumber and
burn our cities. Fellow citizens-Youn
America wants Cuba, and she has but to
will it. and il is ours We wantit because
il is The Key of the Gulf Of MericO, and
he Gibralter Of the NeU World! we want
it TO expel tyranny and despotlsm from Its
borders, and to plant deeply IN her bosom
the pure principles of civil hoerty-we
want it to emancipate her down trodden
and priest ridden inhabitants. to enlarge
and develope its resources, and to INK II
in the immense chain of our commercial
operations, and to open up to our enter
prising people new and extended mar
ket for our western products, and to les
sen our taxes at home. We want it to
preusnt England from stealing Il, Spain
has but lately acknowledged she cannot
hold Cuba, for she authorized England
and France to offer a compact to our go
vernmeut for the protection OF her colony
Is this not old Fogyism with vengeance!
and it was treated in true American
shirt bv Mr.. Everett, our late Secretary
Of State. There need be no timid appre
tensions of a war with England anc
France ON this question, for those power
know full well that the moment incl
sword is drawn against ours. The strong
est Republic that history ever recorded
the democratic masses at home will rls
against their own governments, and crown
and corouets will be crushed in one gene
raj war for human rights and civil hber
ty. Our trade with England is too valua