Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-16
(ooarMUN1CATED.)
County Officers.

the dark with visor down. what these
midnight walkers are doing, no honest
man can tell but the annointed oricle
Eof the ClarEsburg Culvert has more than
once avowed in public places, that. ac-
cording to the rital of Know Nothingism,
Americans should not only rule, our
National and State governments, but
should rule the election of county offs
GERS; or rather, if the givings out of this
oracle were rightly understood at Bever-
~, Jane Lew and West Milford, last sum
mer, he, the GREAT DEFEATED, exhorted
his brethren in sin, to organize, for3 the
election ofcounty officers, to the end, that
Know. Notbingism should get the control
OF all our county offices. great and small,
and then by prOstaosting these county Offices
to party purposes, should carry Virginia
for Kuow-Nothingism in the next PRESS
Dental canvass. Some Of our party may
be opposed to making the election Of
county officers a political question; but
HnOw- N0tdingism has boldly presented
the issue, and we are bound to meet it
We can not avoid it, if we aCoula ; and for
one, ecOuld not avoid it if we could
''To the victor belongs the spoiIs." This
was the doctrine Of Andrew Jackson, and
his Democracy is good enough for me
but if there be any of our friends who can
hesitate on this question-Who would pre-
Ter not mingling party politics with the
election of county officers, let me say to
such-organize now-do it quickly
scotch the serpent-brulse his hcad-kill
off Know othingism, and then your
wishes may be consummated, but not be-
fore. This Know Nothing party, from
the beginning of its existence till now,
has been boasting OF its victories achiev-
ed, North and South East aud West, in
the election Of city councils and town
and county officers. And withal the
first time they emerged from their secret
coVerts in our own county, they boosted
OF having elected Justice Of the Peace
for the Ciarksbury district. And they
Swsar 70 vote for no man for any Office,
County, State or National, who is not q
member of their Supreme order. Such is
the practice and such the Precepts of this
Proscriptive, political, ecclesiastical orga-
nization, who are now seeking to rule
County, State, and National Offices by
candle-liyht. Let US, then, meet them,
and meet them boldly, openly. and with
solid, unbroken front and then we will
lastly drive the g money changers from
tho " Temple We have better, wiser,
and purer men, than are to be found in
the dens Of this secret, oath bound CON
spiracy, against law and order. Wing
gerry, in Clarksburg, was always bad
enough. but this new ISM has all the vi
ces, and none of the virtues Of the Old
Federal-Whig party. 1t cannot even
boast Of having " one virtue linked to
thousand crimes" In this county, we al
ready know something Of Tic virtue Of
this party. Near, if not quite, two-thirds
of the county officers OF old Harrison, be-
long to this " Know Nothing order
And when has our county taxes been
higher than for the past year And
when have the affairs Of our county been
worse managed The sweat Of the poor
man is made to support the Lazaroni in
office. Our county levy, including poor
votes, is, THREE DOLLARS and SEVENTY
FIVE CENTS. Each tythabc pays this
amount for the last year for county pur-
poses. And, in addition to this, each CT
Izen of this county owning taxable pro-
Perty, pays an amount equal to onc;fJM
of lis State tares, for the same purposes.
making our county expenses amount to
about FIVE DOLLARS to each tyLhable OF
our county. And our g Know Nothing"
County Court, sticking like vampires to
the THREE DOLLARS per diem, have drawn
from the pockets of our people for their
services in Administering Justicc-God
save the mark and in attending to the
police business of the county, the sum Of
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for the last year
They have paid large extras TO the Com
monwealth's Attorney, the Clerk, Col, +.
Fowkes for rent, and to everybody else
who held Office but taken good care to
render no extra service to the people, nor
have the people received any extras in
any formal /" common doins' ;. . Have
not, then, the people of Harrison county
had enough Of " Americans ruling Amc-
RIGA 90 If Americans would rule Ameri-