Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-05-23
TO the People Of virginia.s.

menL. E4nceSsantAnd excessive lab OrSJ for
one hundred an6Stwenty. seyend days, have
so impaired my health and strength, that
I must desist from further effort, and seek
rest. / retire from the estump' the less
reluctantly. becausesI may now justly
claim that 1haye faithfully tried to- do my
part. and can confidently e4the rest
to the unsubdued and zunterrified Democ-
rscy and its loyal hosts.
Never were the sound, conservative,
conscientious and stake holding Republi>
cons in Virginia, Better organized and
mere aroused than they are at this mo-
luent; aud never was a passion stronger,
in lie or in death, than IS The faith Of De-
mocracy in the heats Of the Virginia peo,,
pie At the present time. It has been de-,
serted by few who have lefs their party
for their party's good; but, in turn, the
very flower of the, old opposition to whig
gerry. respectablesin times past for spro-'
fession of conservatism and of its love for
lGw and order, have chosen to elect De-
mocracy with3all the ills they complain Of
in it. rather than fly to those they "kno1O
not Of" .se,-...
The pSrson@el oft he party was never more
purified, and the numerical majority was
never larger than it promises to be at the
coming election. AS in 1901, the Democ-
raoy stood ''like WALL" and rolled back
The tide offederalism, so now it stands and
will roll back the tide Of fanaticism. 1t
will prove itself to be thev1sIBLE 1NVGNC1-
DIE ut is reused, and will rally to the
polls 10000 voters more than ever gave
the viva vocc before. Aud the VIVA vooE
will rend the veil from the INVISIBLE"
and defend the freedom and independence
of the elective franchise and the Consti,
tuition and the laws, against the conspira
ey Of the dark lantern.
1t will forbid any power in Virginia to
interpose between our conscienccS aud
our God.
1t will save the Protestant Churches
from the pollution of party politics, and
conserve its power of truth for the pulling
down of strong holds, free from the faint
and violence of persecution. twill trust
IN God, and defend the Christian faith
from Intolerance, and allow poor human
ity to indulge in the virtues Of peace and
sharity on earth, and good will to all men.
1t will not only oppose any Legislative
enactment" to interfere with the rights of
the members Of any Church as citizens;
but it will deny the power Of the Legisla-
ture to annul the new Constitution, which
hos made the act OF religious freedom ir
repealable. That act is now organic Ian.
And the Democratic conservatism will al
low no party nor power, to set up high
tr Iat0. and say that q man shall be bur
thened, when the Constitution says he
shall not be burthened for reason of his
religious opinion. by being excluded from
eligibility to Office, or by removal from Of
fee because of his religion or the place Of
his birth.
1t will prevent the reputation of the
right Of Naturalization, for which the ma
ton poured out its blood and treasure, for
three years, in the second war Of hide
pendence with Great Britain.
1t will defend the State right to regu-
late citizenship.
1t will not deny to the oppressed a
home, nor prevent the population of these
States still acquiring hundreds of mil
lions OF immigrants, who bring with them
hundreds of millions of money.
Il will allow the poor as we'll as the rich,
to come and "drink of the waters" of lib
erty freely. And it will remember that
al are not criminals whom European dcs-
pots call such, and send away from trou-
bling their dominion. 1t will take BY the
hand other criminals besides John Mitch
81, and feel for others in the priSonhouses
and dungeons Of the old world besides
him who once was tenant of Olmutz.
1t will jealousy guard against the for
eign influence which is insidiousIy sent from
Exeter Hall in Old England to Williams
Hall in New England, to invade America
in the name of an American party; and
1t will watch the oPprcssor, NOT the OPP
pressed, abroad, as did Washington, JEFF
rGerson, Madison and Jackson
1t will defend the freedom and indepen-
dence Of the elective franchise against the
conspiracy which would bind voters by
test oaths to reject men of particular re-
ligious faith, marked for prescription; and
which would not leave suffrage as free to
elect as to reject those whom the constitu-
ton and the laws have made eligible to
Office.
1t will especially guard the office of
Governor from the avowed intent to WELD
the appointing power so rs not to obey the
limitation of qualification for Office, fixed
by the constitution, but to obey rules of
appointment established by an IRE sponsi-
Bile and unauthorized Secret Olgarchy,
formed to set up the Higher Lao Gifts own
proscrip tion for its own exclusive and sell
fish ends.
1t will see that the oath itself Of the
Governors Office is not perverted by Sec
tartan bigotry to set up religious test as
qualification for office
1t will defend the General Government
from the consolidation which would estab-
fish itself on what is called the indepen-
dence of Congress.
1t will defend public policy from the
faith of the American system. Harbors,
Rivers, and Pacific Rail Roads, and Pro-