Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-05
1ooppr'g GIurItalllrg As9l5trr
g Equal Rights and Tsqunl Lnws:"
MsBuRq, WEDNESDAY APR. 5.4s5l
A wolfin Sleeps Clothing.

On the gath ult, most unusual arti
lie appeared in another paper. over the
signature Of :" A Western Virginian,"
written in defence Of the NJ. E. Church,
ostensibly. in reply to communication Of
g Justice" which appeared in the Regis
ter of the 9th ult., though in fact it con-
sisted of little else than abuse of the NJ.
E. Church South. which it characterized
as " a community of baek$liders. and those
.0ho t0ere neVer concerted at aH'-" tag,
rag and bob-tail-alI ringei, strea ked +,
spotted and grizzled. like L1ban's cattle"
This article was perfect speci men Of that
vaultins ambition which overleaps itself.
Its effect upon the public was this: the
friends and members Of the NJ. E. Church
were mortified and chagrined that one of
their number should be so lost to moral
decency-Lhe scoffers at religion rejoiced
at being furnished with such strong proc
of their favorite theory. that ''the profess
seA christian is no better than other pe0-
pIe." whilst those against whom the
shafts of the writer were aimed, smiled at
the puerile effort and wcpt at the moral
depravity it evnced and all christians
denounced its uncharitable and vul.
garity.
The writer of that article closed:with
promise to pay his respects to the editor
Of this paper, next week a; and. accord
ingly, the following appeared
For the Democrat.
Dr. DoLnEARE :-Having disposed Of
Moxly in Il previous article, now pro-
coed according to promise. TO pay M" re-
specLs 10 the editor of the CIarksburS
Register. who has lent himself, or 1 ra
Their suppose, hired himself to be the
dupe and humble tool of Messr$ Kelly.
Moxly IL Co., in their work of SANDER and
faIschood. If there is any situation
which, more than any other. sinks man
to the lowest depths of iniamy and pub
lie scorn, it is, when a public journalist
makes his sheet the vehicle of defama-
ton and Islander of a religious body OF
acknowledged picty. intelligence and ia
Tents, for pecuniary consideration. His
paper then becomes moral pe$tilrncc.
whose touch is contamination. and that
contamination is The cXiin tui >hment Of
every digni;yinI AMI ennObmn5 virtue
When men III plead real or supposed
injury. it to some extent palliates, al
though it cannot justify. But the crawl
ing reptile i'll the form Of man who. Tor
the sake of filthy lucre. would defame Il
whole church. and especially attempt to
L.. II 4
that church, as disinterested set of
men, and as loyal to the general and
State governments AS exists upon the face
of the earth. there is nothing too low.
base and contemplate for him 10 stoup TO
for the sake of gain. OF all the out
casts from the common feelings and sym
pathies of humanity that the mind can
conceive Of, renegade yankee is, the
worst. Not the enlightened, n oble soul
ell Yankee. but one of the " wooden. nut
meg species. whom chance has given the
control of a public journal. Now this is
precisely the ground occupied by Mr..
Cooper, editor of the Register. When
Rev. w. Smith, on a former occasion. cal.
led his attention to a slanIerouS article
written by Mr.. Field. and published in
his absence, suppos;ng he would disclaim
it when its falschoods were pointed out,
instead of this. he endorsed it, and took
the ground, that any person mi 5ht, in the
columns Of his paper SANDER either the
living or the dead. the minister or layman,
to any extent they might think proper,
provided they Would pay for it as an ad
vertlsement. Now, sir, there is a slight
difference between the Liberty of the press,
and the Righteousness of the press. The
| former is necessary in every free govern.
ment. the latter is a moral pestiIcncc and
! blasting mildew. know there is new
/ code Of ethics acted upon by some public
men, and that is, a man is not accOuntmc
bic for his moral dclinquencics. il Of an
an official character, as he is. for his pri.
vate acts. Bat would like to know
when the devil gets an editor for publish
ing what he knows to be false and SIAN
derous, thereby violating positive COM
mand Of God, where will the man be out
of which that editor was made ?
! 1t my be objected to these structures.
that they are very severe. l intend
them To be severe. II our accusers
would make statements that had the
least shadow of truth. We are not only
ready but anxious to meet them in a dir.
nlhed and honorable controversy, either
viva Voce or with the pen. Butte attempt
to refute the unfuunded ISLANDERS and
falsehoods which the brainless wight who
controls the Register has published in its
columns for months past against the mi
niStry and membership of the Methodist
E piscopal church, would be like reason
ing with a pig on the IMPROPERLY of
granting. Solomon says. "answcr n 70 81
according to his folly" Everything
should be treated according to its nature
Hence the adage 1 learned in my school
boy days-"a saddle for the horse, a bri-
die for the ass, and rod for the fouls