Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-09-12
From the Richmond Enquirer

tempted to. console themselves and their
afflicted and terribly beaten party by Mt
tributing the election of Mr.. Wise to the
votes of naturalized citizens. By this de-
vice they endeavored to show to the
world, that, of the native citizens of Vlr-
GINA, a majority were in favor of Know
Nothing principle and candidates. The
error however. was ct once detected and
exposed, and We were of opinion that the
idea had not found mind credulous
enough to believe it for moment. We
are compelled, now, to admit that such an
opinion was not we'll founded, and we
promptly submit to our readers the evil
dence that has brought US to that'conclu-
sion. We beg them to peruse che follow
ing article. for the conception and origil
nal publication Of which, the editor of
the Abingdon Virginian (Know Nothing
Of ooarsu, has the undisputed credit:
CAN 0MIN1oUs FACT.- illuminating as
is the Thought, aud dangerous as it is to
the stability of our Republic, the fact can
neither be denied nor concealed, that the
result Of the elections in Virginia, North
Carolina and Tennessee has been the
Work of foreigners. This is humilatins
it is ominious-but it is true.
In Virgins. according to the census,
we believe there are somewhere about
$4,000 foreign voters. Mr.. Wise carried
the State by 10000, and as out of 10 OF
these voted for him, of course, they held
the balance Of power, and elected him
The case was the same in North Carolina
and Tennessee. In all these the elections
were governed by foreigners. No intelli-
gent man with the census and the vote.
before him, can arrive at any other cons
clusion that large majo riLy of the
natlye~born citizens in each of the States
mentioned voted for the American ticket
This is, as we have said in the outset, a
most humHiating thought. Only think OF
it: the Three great States of Virginia,
North Carolina and Tennessee, compri,
sing an aggregate population OF Sill, 553,
to be controlled and governed by 5000
foreigners-or, in round numbers, each
200 native born citizens governed by one
foreigner How does ills sound in
American ears? Does it speak well for
our Republic? or favorable as to capaci~
ty Of native born for self-grvernment ?"
Now, we seriously ask our readers if il
is not an "ominious fact" that the editor
ola paper which is published in very in-
telligent portion of Virginia, should DELHI
Urately send forth to the world such facts
and figures We are at a loss how to
account for this understandable pervcrsion
6fplain facts, and, therefore, will obey the
behests of charity, and asscribo il
to ignorance. "According to the census"
the Virginian states there are some
where about IA 900 foreign votes in Fir>
ginia." We should like TO see the "cen-
sus" to which he refers, and, Mt the
same time, we hope that some one in
Washington will send to the editor of the
Abingdon Virginian copy of the ''com.
pendulum of. the seventh census" Ac-
cording to this work, the entire foreign.
born population of Virginia, including
men, women and children, old and young
naturalized and alien is 22, 953. For the
benefit Of the Virginian, Let us admit that
all these have been naturalizcd; although
everybody knows that such is not the fact
We, believe that tits generally agreed
that the voting population is to its total
population as one to six; but, again, foI
the benefit Of the Yirginian, we will esti>
mate it as one to i've. Then, how stands
Che case in. Virginia Why out of IL
gross population of 22,953 foreigners,
there are only 4, 500 foreign>born voters,
and admitting that all Of these voted the
Democratic ticket (another extraordinary
concession for the benefit Of the Virgin
ian, and stating Mr.. Wise's majority at
1908, we still find that it requires s.
429 voters to make that majority. Or,
in other words, throw out of considuya-
ton, the entire foreign cote cast for Mr.,
fWise, and he still has a clear majority Of
the natiYe-born population Of tee ttou,
sand fcur hundred and treRty-njne.
How is it in Tennessee? We believe
it is generally understood that Johnson 5
majority is not less, and is probably more
than 1000. The whole fore. n-born
popopulation in that State is $685.. Ap-
plying the rule, and making the admis-
sions as above. and the voting foreign
born population cannot be more than / :
1877, which, if thrown out of view alto.
gether, willleavc Johnson still elected by
n majority OF the native born population
of Tennessee, OF not less than eight huh-
Gred and Sevemy-ttree.
And how is it in North Carolina ? In
this respect, North Carolina is one of the
last States that should he cited to sustain
such Il Know Nothing "Iact" as we are
now considering. In North Carolina
there are only 9, 585 Of foreign born pop
ulatiOn, nRturslized and uunatural!2ed,
men. women and children. "horSe, foo,
and dragons" By the liberal-rules o6-
served IN the preceding cases, we arrive at
the fact that this born population
furnishes 5l3 voters. Take these 5l3
foreign votes from she $500 Democratic
majority in the late elections in that State
and the pleasing assurance is given to the
editor of the Abingdon Virginlan thatthe
native Democratic majority in the good
old State Of North Carolina is Just 8eveE
thousand tacO AunarcA and e.ahku.Senen