Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-11

Clples. 1t am ever TO be Eoaded bv this
young mad bull, I had as we'll take it by
the horns at once. Let the order keep
its hands of me the Church, and the
Constitution, and will never disturb it,"
81
"A word to the good people of Missis-
sippi. and have done. You have a
University of which you may justly feel
proud For harmony and kindly feel
ing among the RRculty, for good order,
good morals. gentlemanly demeanor,
| study and progress among the students,
and for ardent attachment between pre-
ccptors and pupils, you may fearless'y
challenge comparison with any other
kindred institution in the world. For its
age, it has not its equal in point of pa
tronage and rank in the United States.
In these respects, it stands at the head of
1O3 out Of l18 Colleges in the United
States and Of those above it, a large
majority are over forty years older than
itself, and three over one hundred years
older. And this rank it has attained
through more adverse fortunes than
probably has ever beset an institution be-
fore. Fear not that it will ever be a
school of politics. Your sous graduate in
politics before they come to The Univer>
sity.
1t is now in its palmiest days, and this
you see is one of the objects OF Know
Nothing vandalism. 1t has already, l
fear, thrown Il fire. brand into its peace>
full halls. Iappeal to you to come to
the rescue. Rise up as one man against
it, when it invades the sanctuary Of liter
ature, instead Of requiring your profess
sOrS to kneel in its presence. l am sure
there are yet mare Than enthousand CAyiS>
tSanS in and about the State aUAO huVe not
get 6oveI tie knee to BaaL. l call them to
its help Honest yeomanry and farmers
of the land, who always mean right ; and
when not deceived, will always do right,
come ye to its succor. Honest, we'll
meaning Know-Nothings, who in a
LhOughtlcss moment, have been drawn
into the Order, come out Of it, and rally
to the support of your University. l re-
greet having been constrained to an attl-
tudc which may, perchance, injure the
University for time, but be the fault on
the head Of Know-NothinYs, not mine.
Look at their fruits already scattered
through the land, and surely you will
approve my opposition to it. Ii you do
not, your children will. " BY their traits
Shall ye know Them" What arc they :?
Most desperate and dangerous agita-
tiun--Church rcnI1ng aSunder-pstors
and uOcks at Christians losing
ali cUEldenc in each 0lher-Sainls and
Sinners in close Observation-Disclosures Of
the same church getting but half congrc-
cations and half suppOrt-one looking on
appro"ingIy, while The other is abused
Teachers tottcrIng-;her pupils in mid
night cliqucs-irirndship scycring--rasc
taking the place Of love-fa1hcr against
son--brothcr against brother. These
things now are, and they proclaim,
trumpct-tongued, what is coming, if the
monster DC not crushed at once. and
all for what? In honest truth to get in
the outs and out the ms. This is the
true object Of the order. Well, it must
take its course till lcason resumes her
seat.
Nations, like men, run mad at times,
and nothing but time and od-letting
can cure them. Still, while there is hope,
all good men should strive TO relieve
them. My course is taken-carerully,
thoughtfuIty taken. | am no Catholic.
Put MethodiSin and Romanismon the field
of fair argument, and [ will stake my
all upon the issue but [ am not
such coward, as to flee the field Of hon
orabc warfare, for savage ambush fight
ing or such Il fool as to believe, that a
mans religion is TO be reformed by har-
RAISING his person. Nor am l quite so
blind as not to see that when the work
t1Nf IL, Ia
country it is not going to stop with the
overthrow of one. All Professionalism al
most will be against me-two- thirds of
my own church ( ljudgc) will be against
mc-the Trustees will be alarmed for
the interest of tho Collegc-my coI>
leagues OF the faculty will be uneasy
my best friends will be panied but l
have an abiding confidence that nothing
will be lost by my course in the end. 1t
will be madness for men to withdraw
their sons from the able teachings of my
colleagues my fault--to attack the
College TO injurc me ; but these arc days
of madness, and this is the way obnoxious
Professors are commonly attacked. Be
it So. have done my duty, and leave
the consequences with God. And here
sign my name to what 1 deem the best
legacy that 1 could leave to my children;
n record proof, that neither place, nor
policy, nor temporal interest, nor friend
ship, nor church, nor threatening stones
from every quarter, could move their
father, for an instant, from principles, or
awe him into silence, when the cause of
God and his country required him to
speak.
AUGUSTUS B. LONGSTREET.
GEN. HoUsToN AND THE BATTLE OF SAN
JACINTo.--Gen. Houston, in recent adj
dress, in relation to the battle of San Ja~
cntO, gave version of the history Of its