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

Mark this, Virginians! The citizens {
. old Virginia, the mother of the coufede
racy, the mother Of patriots and sages c
the Revolution-th State which has fur
nished more talent, more treasure ant
more blood in defence of the Constitution
and the country, than any FIVE States o
the Union-her citizens must receive ant
pay for charter granted by the Crane
Council in New York to permit them t
vote land not to vote as majority of
club OF midnight conspirators may direct
them Your State constitution and go
vernment youchsafe to you the right tc
go to the polls as freeman, as your bet
ter judgement may direct. But here on
Virginia soil is party which absolutely
pays a set of Yankees in New York fix
ed and certain sum of money, to gl ant tC
them them 6 Warrant of Dispensation'
or Charter, to permit Virginia citizens
to vote, not their own sentiments, but the
sentiments of majority of club itself,
subserVient to and under the Immediate
supervision of these Yankee masters ,
and further the Yankees, of New York
won't trust the Yirginian upon his honor
or his mere word ; but they absolutely
make it condition precedent that every
man in Virginia who petitions for a char
ter and who wishes to enjoy the benefits
of such charter, shall make oath, shall
swear, 10 do Just what their club direct
him to do; and further swear to deny
the existence of the association, his own
connection with it, or any of its proceed
ings and swear that he shall deem this
oath thus taken as more binding and of
higher obligation than any other of any
kind !-above every thing If the oath
really mean any thing, it places the allie
glance Of citizens Of this State to self
constituted, self-organized. self~propelIing
and irresponsible junto..o Yankees in New
York, above his allegiance to the Govern
ment of Virginia and if Know N Nothing
should be brought into court of justice
in Virginia and questioned about thing
which contlcted with the orders Of his
lodge, he could not obey the laws Of this
State and answer questions put by our
own judiciary without violating his allegi-
ance and his oath to these Yankees Of New
York and their sworn minions here-he
would violate an oath most solemnly taken
upon the Holy Bible and Cross-an oath,
which he has by the most sacred formula,
sworn to regard above all things.
This age has been styled, perhaps not
very inappropriately, an age of patent
rights. The Yankee has improved and
patented nearly every thing in the cata-
logue of the mechanics arts, from tooth
pick to saw mill. But this last patent
for making" True Americans" beats all
Barnum's bottled snakes and baby shows
aint patchiug TO it. Take the instance OF
Zinn--he sends to Wheeling, and through
the aid Of John 3. Wolf purchases of A.
| S. Glenn, agent of the New York compa-
ny, a right to make and sell "True Anne
ricans" in Preston county. Well he sets
up shop at his own MiIl-hc Immediately
proposes to take any man born in this coun-
try and make q "True American" Of him;
no matter how he has conducted himself
| heretofore ; no matter how he abused the
! American people in the war of 1919. or
in the war with Mexico /; no matter how
he may have Sympathized his whole life
with the enemies Of this country, he can be
made a frst-rate, full-bloodcd fourth proof
"American," by st going to Zinn's Mill,
in Preston county, taking an oath to vote
AS linn may direct him and it is done SO
cheaply, too; upon the'prnciple of quick
sales and small profits, he will guaranty
to turn you out a"True American" touch
ed of with all the extras, and permit you
to vote for him for the legislature, for th e
small sum Of ten cents per head with
this addition, that they have another man
named Wolff traversing, in wet and cold
the destitute districts-now, besides your
ten cents, you must pay something (not
much) to keep the body of this man warm
aud dry What pretty little game this
is for Mr. Zinn- he collects up men who
already under the constitution have the
unabridged right to vote for whom they
please, and takes them to his Mill ant
makes them swear on the Bible and Cross
to vote for him above all other men, and
onl y charges them ten cents for the privi
lege Oh patriotic man that you
should thus hazard your all in a battle
with Foreigners and the Pope
Neurological writers tell US of one Me-
dea, woman distinguished in old times
for her skill in soicery and enchantment
she could by certain arts, known to herself
alone, make the most beautiful and fair.
checked youth out of the most decrepid
| ohU S"1o"nJ ulu man. 0ue ulu 0Ctually J
display her magic skill by restoring an
old man from the decrepitude of age to the
bloom of early youth even in one case
she cut an old ram to pieces and she boil
ed it in cauldron and brought it forth
a pretty young lamb. But this Yankee
patent for making "True Americans" sur
passes anything she ever dreamt of. Mr.
linn has lived in Preston number o.
years, he has studied the people of tha
county, lie has found them ever voting
to sustain and uphold the Constitution de
Volved upon US from the hands of suct
OLD FoG1Es and AET1-AMER1cANs as George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, james