Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-05-23
sings to individuals, to the State and to
the country.
1 am. very truly and respectfully, your
fellow citizen. HENRY "a. WISE.
Washington City May 10, 1855.
9 Press on theColumn."


As the day of election approaches we
begin to witness less of confidence, we
should rather say Of brayado, in the tenn
per ofgthe Know-Nothing press. Instead
Of the fabulous representations of their
prodigious strength, With which they
were wontto amuse the public little
while ago, they have recourse now etosnr-
gent and pathetic sappealssto their party,
to makea desperate effort to- defeat the
Democracy, II the result of the election
be 80 certain, what is the necessity oil
these extraordinary exertions # the
mower of the Kpow>Nolhing party be SO
resistless, Why the apprehensions be-
trayed in these unnecessary inyocatlons
to its followers ?
b Despite their own resolute determine
ton to assume an air of careless conf
dence, by which expedient they expect
to attract the timid aud the venni,to their
side) the despair of the Know-Nothing
press will betray itself as the shadow OF
coming calamity begins to throw its gloom
upon them. There is not an intelligent
member of the Nothing party, who
cherishes the least hope of the election of
their candidates. The great object OF the
Order is to get possession of the Federal
power and patronage and to that end a
respectable show of strengthen this State
is absolutely essential. If their organi-
cation is broken up in Virginia. they will
never rally again. and hence their desper-
ate exertions to save themselves from to-
tai and irreparabIe route.
For ourself, we have not the least mis-
giving of the result Of the election. Only
the formality ola POLLS necessary to the
installation Of Henry A. Wise into the
Governorship of Virginia. In the hearts
Ct the people he is already elected and by
n majority which will acquit the Old Do
minion Of the lest suspicion Of corruption
from this political iniquity. The express
sion of popular sentiment with which our
columns are daily crowded. furnish an en-
couraging presage Of glorious Demo-
cratic triumph. Our personal observa-
tons in the valley and among the people
of tide water, confirm the presentations
of correspondents, and satisfy us that new
er were the Democracy of Virginia SO
animated to energetic endeavor, as in this
great emergency. The Democrats who
were deceived into the Know Nothing
order by false statements as to its charac
ter and aims have discovered its real OBJ
iects and essential tendency, and are
abandoning it with the utmost possible
rapidity. By the day of election. no
Democrat, who has not lost all regard for
principle, or who is not the slave Of some
selfish desire. will be found in the Order.
After brief sojourn in the camp of the
enemy. the deluded Democrats return to
their old allegiance with fresh zeal. and
noble resolution to make atoncment for
their detection from the party, by increas-
ed energy of effort in the cause. While
the great bulk of the party is thus true
and steadfast, and the erring are coming
back, with zeal revived, and energy re-
invigorated, our cause is strengthened by
the adhesion of many of the best, BRIGHT
est and bravest spirits of the old Wing
party. A feeling of intense rcpugnance
to the damnable doctrines and destructive
tendencies of Know Nothingism, already
pervades the great mass of the peo-
pie; and it will spread and kindle until
the 24th of this month, when no trace of
the Infamous imposture will be left in this
State.
TO the Democracy we say, PRESS ON
THE FIGHT. The crown Of triumph is al
most within our grasp. Let US but
maintain our energy, and keep alive our
zeal, and we cannot fail to achieve
more brilliant victory than any that yet
illustrates the proves Of the Democratic
party.-EnQuirer.