Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-11-22
For The Register
Signs OF The Times.
themselves

! have been close observer OF the pU-
litical horison 10" some 'Ime past, Ho1
there is now developing itself n portcntioas
IurcboJin. OF :he future that will tell Il tale
OF woe UnequaIivd il the annals vi hi'lo-
rs, unless checked by the conservative
arm OF the people. Ever since the ctvr.,}
OF New lin :; land put forth their famous
manifesto against the passage OF the "Nr-
hra~k. B!;i," coupled with the fugitive
slave bill there has been Il secret cencI,ve
merged forth from the North, calculated
10 Gciudc the Sonth, and Southern men i'll
sentiment, that has for It's object the de-
slruction of this Union. This secret con
clave or clerical, political Organization,
from the signs OF the times, Is nothing
more or less han a re- orr anizatOn OF the
abolition party, yet more lnsldlUus ~ lis
operations and dangerous i'll ills tendency.
And although the abolition party still have
their meuials among us in Sleeps clothing.
spreading their suicidal hcresy in the
South, yet this priestly influence has not
satisfied the zeal of ianntiCisn. This new
organization, under the name of the Anne
rcAu party, (but known as the "kuow-
Nothing" pariy) has found u theme to
arouse the feelings of the American pe0-
pie on. aud that theme is hostility TO Ro-
mani3m and foreigners. But secretly its
ultimate aim is the repeal of the fugitive
slave law, regardless OF its tendency.
Your readers have DOUBTLESS seen the
result of the late elections in tie North.
The abo!i,ioni5ts having been routed and
defeated so often under their former or
grniznlion, were bound to devise some
piausibIs mnans to accomplish their un-
ha!iowcd ends, and rs abUIi;ioni5m had its
origin in foreign land, by devising plan
that would be ceptiouabic, and CON
Trajectory to foreign influence, SO as to
gull the South, how plausibly they adopt
ed the plan to exclude foreigners and Ro-
man Catholics from office for q b!inI-
knowing that this theme would take like
'wiIA fire. Bat look at the sequel. Alb
ulilionists, without = division in the North,
are nominated by this new Order for mem
Eers OF Congress.
Look at the political movements made
by the clergy Of the North since the IA
NOUS New England protest, and you vii!
see a fixed determination 10 force the re-
peal of the fu 5itive slave law.
This secret organiz ttion has found its
WAY in the South, doubtless modified to
answer the purposes OF the North. But
ali Mr.. Editor, the sequel has not been
told in the South. The Southern people
are honorable, rustwUrthy-there is no
chicanery and Yankee meanness among
The Southcrn-born PeoPle-they are ali
conidinE. and therefore easily imposed
on by Yankee cuPidity-and whe0 the
South finds out that these thIngs are true.
SoutherncrS, Union men will awake and
draw the line OF Lcmat cation, and will say
to the North and Northern cmmissaries :
Thus far sbaI. thou 60, AID no farther. !"
The present signs of The times are, in
deed. Mr.. Cooper, ominous, and unless
Southern men are on the alert, this hap
pr Union will soon be severed. Need l
say to you, that if the North repeal the
fugitive slave law, that this Union will be
dissolved. Need l tell your readers that
blood and carnage, with all its wailngs
and blasting curses, will befall this nation.
Here, in VI estern Virginia the burthen,
the woe, horror, and bitter lamentations
will be felt, seen and witnessed. Yes, on
the border the struggle will be great, aw-
full in the extreme.