Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-14

a RICE AkFros Thee editor ofstRs
Age lof Progress has long been suspected
of being spmeRhat of wag. and the fol
loving article hieh appeared as the Lead
ling editorial in that paper last week.
proves as clear as mud that there are
grounds for the suspicion. 1t is the rich
1eststhing we have seen lately Read it.
The italics. dsc.; are oursown. :,
Confusion of Parties.
Perhaps no former period in the history
of our country, has witnessed such a dis
traction Of political parties, as The present.
What is to be the result, for one, We have
no data of calculation. Attempts are APP
parently making to re. organize parties by
bringing together the scattered and hete-
rogenious material and grating them
upon the stock of old organizations ; bat
even that seems to some degree imprac
ticable. The different branches Of De-
mocracy, as compact and united as they
have heretofore been, assimilate but par>
tally, and with apparent reluctance. The
4 Wing party, for time considered as
clearly out of existence, are giving out
some feeble symptoms of recuperative
animation, and rendering herself as nu-
cleus around which to gather the frag-
mentary nebula of exploded bodies float
| ing at random, and without order or or
bit, in the armament. Fusion, or uniting
By bodies and 6y compact, seems to Be TIE
only hope Of forming a party Of strength to
inSWre success and even that promises
but little, as tomorrow may dissolve a
compound which was formed to-day
The Republicans, another name at this
Gf 2for anti slavery men, and being them
selves combination of all other parties,
have, to considerable extent, united qOith
the Democracy in State elections, giving the
latter party a temporary triumph over the
Americans. The same party, in other
places has combined with Americans, or,
to some extent, the Americans with them,
and elected Republican. :, 1t is evident
at first glance, that the main issue has
not been acted on in these elections. The
americans and portion of the Democra~
cy, seek national basis for tketr organize
tion ) while the Republicans avow the
same sentiment, each accusing the other
of sectionalism. The federation Of sla>
very, say the first, as it was submitted
and tolerated by the constitution, in the
formation Of the Union, is true national
ground while the later insist that liberty
is national, and slavery only sectional
How, then, will parties dispose of them
selves in 1856, on the Presidential elec>
| ton
The American party would be recreant
to the country, not 10 bring a candidate
in the field. Whether blindly so, or so
thro' the policy of partizan intrigue, it
matters not, the administration is essentials
ty abolition in many Of its acts, and in its
pHrLlzan composition. In its acts, BIZ tile
a6oliShing Of the Missouri compromise, and
numerous appointments its composition
first. by its utilization with Catholicity,
that church claiming in all countries to
be the first and the main cause of abolish
ing slavery and the slave trade second. .
by its utilization with foreigners of all
kinds, who are known to be aboIitionists !;
and thirdly, byits utilization with the Re-
publican or abolition party of our own
country. These materials Of its compound,
forming more than 0ne-half of its bulk, en-
title it, aOith all propriety of terms to the dis
tinction Of an abolition administration. The
Democracy, however, being in power,
and true TO the instincts of nature, will
make an effort to Continue it's existence.
From the encourage ment received by
the abolitionists, at the hands of the adj
mnlStratlon, 1t is to be expected tn at
there will be an anti-slavGry candidate
also in the field. This, until a short time
since, was indicated beyond doubt 6u
circumstances Of more recent occurrence have
Induced some to expect contamination
OF that fusion between Democracy and Re
P~OI'caniSm which has already been be-
gun. In that event, the success Of such
ticket is certain. Tile Southern scing of
Democracy eOiN then appreciate the admoni-
tons of the Am0ricans. They will have
aboIltlonism dominant, and by their own
consent and seeking-and may be pref
cradle state of affairs to that of permitting
one to be elected directly. Their own
concurrence in the act may, in some de-
gree, neutralize their rashuess, until the
country shall be relieved by another or
ganization. But, in the event of three
candidates, how stands the chances of
success for each ? The anti-slavery agi-
tatlon, as has been said, has been foster
ed, of late, beyond all example. That, if
we are not deceived, will be made the
main issue in the North and West. If so,
how will Democracy survive the looping
of of her strong Jreesoil, hard, soft, and
republican branches 2 1t aOiU leave her a
naked trunk, consisting Of OFFICE HOLDERS,
with the struggling gratis of foreigners
and Catholicity for these, be it UNDER
stood. will cling to the government party
to the last. AS before intimated, events
must further transpire. before there is any
certainty in calculation.
In the mean time, let the American.
party be true to itself. to the Constitution,
and the country. Let it not be disma1ed