Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-09-12
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The Nashville Banner is publishing al
long wiuded biographical! sketct of Ans
drew jackson Donelson, which the Nash.t
vile Union thinks, must have originated.
with the Kuow- Nothing candidate for
Vice President himself; first, because it
contains many things that no one but
Donelson could have known, and because
it contains foolish things that scarcely
any one but Donelson would have pub.
iished. In proof of this opinion, and as
illustrative of the rare sagacity, and stu
pendous modesty (D itquotes the follow
ing letter paraded in the Banner:
BERLIN, February is, 1849.
SIR':-It has occurred to me that owe
it to you. if not to myself. to state that
whiIstI am unwilling to thwart any princi
pie or measure Of your administration.
should such require The Office L hold to
be filled by another individual, and that
my recall therefor whenever notified to
me-. could give me no cause Of complaint,
l tc0u!a nsrerthe2eSs aOtt great cheerfulnesS
remain ct my post until the Treaty can be
concluded which has been made neces.
Sary by The revolution in Germany. II 4
I 1Cish not to treSpGSs on yOur tire but
Simpiy /" invile yowr cttention to the general
consideration involved IN The question of nay
icing continued any longer as minister.
10 rot eCrtte Ills as a politician having
I'd nothing to do as Such Slrcs I left the
United States; and being well aware
that in no point of view have any per.
sonal claims upon your public adminis>
tration. When Iparttd 1Otb yoet at the
stand of 81. Joseph I could not forcSee the
dangers eOh ch Uoere soon to cover yow aOHh
glory but 7sever had a doubt that If you
soere ordered to the enemy's country. your
Success 19auld be complete and brilliant. And
did lot hesitate to express the predic-
ton, even before you crossed the Rio
Cirande, that the people would make you
President. |. therefore, with great sins
cerity, not knowing how far l agree or
disagree with the political sentiments By
which yon have been guided, tender you
my hopes that you may be as fortunate
in the cabinet as you have been in the
field, and that you may fulfill all the
wishes of the people i'll guarding the Con-
situation and the public interests which
have been entrusted TO your defence and
preservation.
pray you to accept the assurance OF
my high respect, &c.
A J. DoNELsoN.
To His exceilency. General Taylor,
President elect of the United States
TIE Structures of TIE Nashville Union
are sarcastic but Just. It asks:
Nov, who knew of the existence Of this
precious document but Maj. Donelson,
and who else but him would have publish
ed it? lie would, with great cheer
wish ro tressPass" on the old mans
tine. but wanted his attention to the
general consideration involved in the
question Of M being continued any lon
ger eS minister" And then he goes into
AR argument to show that he ought not
to ~ removed And concludes by an
assgr nee that he does not write his
letter as politician p' Oh, no-Cen.
Taylor had been a Wing, and Major
Donclson had been q Democrat--it was
not polite, therefore, to write as polti
clan And then, how lovingly he taps
the cid General under the chin, and look
ing him coyly in the face, tells how he
kuew when at est. Joseph" lie was destin-
ed to be covered " all over with glory"
and that with the pen of prophet. - did
not 1t sltnte to express the prediction even
before you had crossed the Rio Graude,
that the people would make you presi~
dent!' Now. who else ever thou ht of
OLD lack for President before he crossed
the Rto Grande? We begin to suspect
that the Major Is at least shrewd. But
With all hts billing and cooling, President
Taylor brought him home, and the next
place he turned NJ" was an editor of
The Washington Union, violently assailing
Willard fillmore and the next place he
vas "turned out" Of that paper by the De-
mocrats; and the next thing, faring no
better from his opportunities with Pierce
than Taylor. be turns himself out of the
Democratic party, and gets turned loose
Tor the Vice Presidency; and then, in
November next, the people will turn him
d0eC1. face foremost, aud write above him,
'' turned his last"
AN ENRAGED LIoNEss.-On Wednes-
day, lioness. belonging to Van Amburg
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