Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-02-07
The WiIes of the Enemy.

| The WiIes of the Enemy.
We have been intimate with politics and
politicians ever since 1910, and thought
that we were acquainted with all the
lodges with which designing men are wont
to resort, to succeed in their aspirations;
but we must confess that we have been
taken considerably aback by the tactics
of the so,called american party"-bet.
ter known as the Know -Nothings.
At first it appeared in the character OIL
a gnomo or ghost-all-powerful, yet in
tangible everywhere, yet nowhere. Even
is numbers, while they spoke very posi-
lively of its power and its destiny, pro-
fessed to ''know nothing" about it. New.
er before, did we know Of a political par
ty whose adherents were either afraid OF
ashamed to acknowledge their member
ship. The abolitionists, and even those
who believe that we owe allegiance to 6
"higher law" than the Constitution-all
have the manlness to publicly avow thcil
position. It alone remains for these i'm
maculate "Americans" to initiate the in
stincts of the beast of prey, and keep it.
self concealed in order that it may the
more successfully leap upon the innocen
and unsuspecting objects OF its wrath
They alone studiously avoid discussion
of their principles and seek to destroy
the influence of their opponents by
traducing their character. They only
dispose of their principles AS man would
horse as soon as he finds one that will
not work We have no idea how many
sets Of principles and platforms We have
seen announced as the true American
programme. Nor has sny two beer
alike. In Cincinnati they have Councils
composed Of Protestant Irish, and in New
Orleans many of them are composed o
native Catholics. One Of their organs ha.
no particular objection to native Catholics
and anothername to foreigners who are no
Catholics. They appear to be consisten
in only one thing, and that is their oppo
stion to the Democratic party. They
are all things to all men, and seek mostly
to attain their aims by dcriding their op
Ponents.
Vilifyiug those who do not think as they
do is favorable part of their tactics il
this part of the country. Rev. B. f. SEED
wick, Hon. S, Clemens, E. +. Vincent
and all others who have opposed til,
new order, have been most numerically
abused by them. We have, ourseIf
come in for full share Of this kind OF ar
gument, and been msrepresented in Amos
every imaginable manner. One, whom
they wish to join them, is told that we have
repented OF our opposition and joined theia
order-anoLher is gravely informed thai
we have been baptiScd and regularly re.
ccived into the Catholic Church by Faith.
CIR O Braunon, the priest for this station
and am peusioned by him to oppose them
and the fact that we acknowledged the
receipt from an unknown friend of q demi.
jon Of old rye whiskey, is seized upon as
an evidence to prove that our mind ha.
become effected by dissipation, DC. Sc
far as we are concerned, we care not a
groat for all these charges We wish
them joy of all they can make in that
transaction.'
Personal abuse is a common resort OF
those destitute of arguments, and secrecy
a necessary expedient in all transactions
inimical to religion or morality. If our
KnowNothing friends are not subject to
the charge Of restitution of principles 9TH
er than a set of clap trap popular phrases
and of being antagonistic to religion and
sound morality, their general conduct be-
lies them.
We had hoped that when their organ
got fairly started here, we should be en-
lightened in regard to their National and
State policy; but as yet we have only heard
the stale cry that Henry A. Wise is
Wing, and that the foreigners and Catho-
lies are running the country.
Will our neighbor be so kind as to ex-
plain all this to US
~>Wilson, the celebrated abolitionist,