Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-08-30
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 80, 1854
FOR GOVERNOR,
HENRY A. WISE,
OF A0COMAC.
Subject to tie Decision Of the Democratic
State Convention.
The ssKnow Nothings,, Again.


probably revert to the subject of =" Know
Nothingism" again, but did then imagine
that we should so soon be forced to enter
the lists in defence of American institu-
tons and republican principles. We then
let fly charge of small shot into the CO.
yey of night-owls who, some time past,
have been in the habit of settling" in
different parts of the town after the hour
which usually finds honest men at home
and in bed, and the duttering has been
tremendous.
After the adjournment of the "secret
couclavo" on Wednesday night last. our
worthy postmaster who was detained up
rather late in arranging his mails for the
next day. was startled by tho precipita-
ton into his window. which he had open
to WOO the gentle zephyr to his fevered
brow, OF an avalanch of something which
upon inspection proved to be papers en-
veloped for the mail. Fearing that some
gracelcss scamp wanted to evade the post
Office laws on the subject of prepayment
of transient papers. he rushed to the win
dow to inform the dtsrespecter of Uncle
Sans regulations that that trick wouldn't
quite do; when 10, and behold like the
pady's flea {" he wasn't there !" Upon
closer inspection, the papers were all
found to be directed to US. under the va
rious cognomens of " Editor Of the Regis
ter. -" p. Cooper Editor of the Rgise-
ter" "Bill Cooper Editor of the Register"
&C., when the Post Master gathered them
up in his own quiet way, and deposited
them in our box, with quite grim at the
quiz. which his sagacity told him was be-
ing practiced upon US by the mysterious
workers." Upon paying our usual re-
quests at the office in the morning, we
were handed out fifteen Registers neatly
done up. and all, with two or three ex-
cepLions; which bore other unmistakable
evidence of belonging to the same batch,
directed in the same handwriting but
without bearing any letter, figure. cy-
pher or character whereby it could be as
certained why they were sent back or
from whence they came, excepting that
in every one, our article on the " Know
Nothings" was completely covered with
huge crosses, made with n pen and ink.
Whether it was intended to convey the
idea that We should be crmcifed if any
more articles of the same character ap-
peared, we know not. Thursdays mail
from West Milford, brought US back a
paper that had been sent up there, with
the article marked, and the following
chaste and classical note -" Take care,
yOu nOU be on your a x re eating dry bones
before you think-you are smart have no
doubt but there is 800 your town" And
Friday nights mail from Buckhannon
brought us back thirteen papers from that
place. all bearing the emblem of the order
i. e.-nothing! The names on all these
papers were carefully cut out, and as the
number embraces only small moiety Of
our subscription in the places named,
or course we are left to conjecture from
whom they came.
The object of these manifestations has
undoubtedly been to intimidate us from
any further expressions in opposition to
the order. But they have, as will all
others that may hereafter be made, en-
tirely failed. Believing, as we do, that
the order, as we understand it, is antago-
nistic to our republican institutions, and
if successfully carried on, calculated to
sap the foundations of our government, we
have drawn our sword in opposition to it
and thrown away the scabbard, and are
prepared to continue that OPPOSITION even
to the lamentable position designated by
our West Milford Know-Nothing. If we
are wrong. we will change our position
aud endeavor to correct any false impress
sion that we may have created, the mo-
ment we are convinced of that fact. II
we arc in error, let some reliable, intelli-
gent member of the order, if any such
there are, come out and show us the en-
ror, and we will be prompt to make all
honorable amends for any wrong DONE
II we are right. the Know NoLhing's de-
served and shall receive our eternal hos
tility.
We last week gave some of the reasons
why we are opposed to this organization;
and there are many others. In country
where the liberty of speech and press
prevails 10 such an extent as it does in
the United States, there is no necessity for
a secret political society. Every body can
here openly discuss any measures of poll