Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-05-16

| AN AODRGSS ~ THE hNO" sNOIl
INGS OF VIRGINIA.
Air-" Old VIrginny Heuer tire"
! BT SAMUEL Q. HALE.
Know Nothngs it is on you we call,
| The invitation is to all:
We ask your principles to show;
Your answer is, wo nothing know.
| Foreigners we must stop, you say,
From coming to America,
We think this clearly goes to show,
That you Know Nothings nothing know.
Now to effect this revolution,
! We must break down the Constitution;
! If that was done, 'twould Danish hence,
The rights of man and common sense.
What said great Washington and Leo?
Our country will and shall be free
| Freedom they claimed with every breath
And equal freedom unto death.
We will try and show you further:
Lafayette, Do Kalb, and hosts of others,
! Who watered with their blood this oarth:
All were foreigners by birth.
Columbus was Catholic brave,
AS ever crossed tho Atlantic wave;
He made his great discovery,
Under his most Christian majesty.
Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore,
Settled down OH MaryIand's shore
And though n Catholic to the core,
Was not of those who nothing know.
The Puritans sad and lorn,
At Plymouth landed midst the storm;
The north they settled at their ease.
To worship God as they should please.
And when oppressed by tyrant hands,
They're welcome to CoIumbia's lands,
Long as they mind the civil law,
| Aud keep it whole without flaw.
Let each ono as he pleases, pray
And seek for heaven in his own way;
And if no miss, then all must own,
| No ones to blame but him alono.
When trouble like gloomy cloud,
Had gathered thick and thundcrod loud,
And patriot hearts were sunk in grief,
From the court of France there came Iolof
| But let us come from far away,
! To our own fair State Virginia,
! Where patriots were mover few,
! To give to g Sam" what is his due. -
! Twas there when Patrick Henry spoke,
| The clergy found it was no Joke
Where Jefferson, Madison and Monroe,
| The Church of State did overthrow
Twas there Virginia's noblest son,
| Tho great Immortal Washington,
| Great Britain's arms did overthrow,
/ W hen aided by Count Rochnmbeau
! And when Virginia, in Convention,
at StauntOn held Showed her intention,
| Her patriot sons will not DO slack
! To vote for Wise of Accomuc.
Onr flag is up, huzza my hcarties
Well beat the Know Nothing parties,
! And to the mixed up faction show
That Democrats do something know.
And in the spring it is expected,
Henry Wise will be elected
| He is the man dccrccd by fate,
| To guard and guido the ship Of State
In might the Democrats will rise,
And cast their votes for Henry Wise;
! The sons of'' Sam" will then dcploro.
| Their dadd's death for cYcrmoro.
Know Nothings with all their trapping,
Will not the Democrats catch mapping!
We think they will back ont as soon
AS they meet the gaze ofthat samo old coor
The Know Nothings with all their cant,
Soon will see the elephant
With their coon skins and Yallcr Ki5er,
Away up tho old Salt River.
And now we've vowod some of their schisn
Well take look into their isms:
We And them now just in the fix,
Tie Tories wore in scventy-six.
1t was Torvism of scvcnty-nine-
Alicnisrn of ninety,-nino-
Hard Cidcrism of thirty -nine-
No-Partyism of forty-nine-
Know nottingham of fly five
That same old party still alive.