Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-10-10

will that beauty of soul remain for which
thy bridegroom to-day adores thee. ]
am no bigot. am no fanatic am thy
aunt of seven and twenty. / love all in
innocent and rational amusements. But
for thisyery reason. say to thee, be a
dear, good Christian, and thou wilt, as q
mother. yes, as a gentlemother. be still
7 beautiful"
Louise threw her arms about her neck,
land wePt in silence. and whispered
/" thank thee, angel"
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
FslkosO Citizens So ~
The State Democratic Central Com
mittee invite your attention to the impor-
tant consequences involved in the pending
Presidential canvass, and solicit your ems
ergetic cooperation in behalf of these
great principles with the maintenance OF
which are indissolubly connected The best
interests OF the Republic and the continu-
ed ascendency of the Democratic party.
In the course of its long and brilliant ca
reer, that party has often disabled or de-
stroyed organizations which threatened
mischief to our country. 1t now gathers
its strength and marshals its powers for q
struggle with formidable party, which,
aiming at the vital principles of the Con-
stitulion, menaces with destruction the
Union itself. In this contest our party is
entitled not only to the sympathy but to
the active support of every unprejudiced
friend of the Union and the Constitution.
The Cincinnati Convention have present.
ed ticket embracing the highest order
Of public reputation and personal worth.
| If our Presidential elections involved no
thing more than comparison Of individual
pretensions. and decision upon the con-
hicting aspirations of candidates, the par
ty which presented such men as james
Buchanan and John g. Brecken-
ridge might proudly challenge q con-
trsst with any ticket that could be se>
lected from the circle Of American states.
men. But our Presidential contests are
not mere personal competitions. They
involve more important results. They
are struggles between organized parties.
aiming to WELD the powers of the Fede-
raj Government and to establish its own
ascendency in the Union. No event can
more vitality affect the fortunes of par
ties in this country than the result Of
such an election. The very existence Of
these organizations is sometimes thus de-
termined, and parties have been destroy
ed by Presidential defeat. The success
of the candidate cannot be separated, in
its practical effect, from the ascendency of
Of the party which presents him. A rig
id examination of the principles and pur-
poses of the party organizations which en-
ter as competitors on these important oc-
casions, is therefore of the first Importance
to safe and enlightened exercise Of pub
lie judgement. In appealing to you for
your support in this canvass, we recog-
nize your right to be satisfied not only
that our candidates merit your confidence,
but that you act safely and wisely in pro-
noting the triumph of the Democratic
party. q
Ours is the only party organization now
before the country which has history OF
the past which it can refer as pledge for
the future. Its measures upon the most
important subjects of domestic policy are
in actual operation, and have so forcibly
attracted the public approval that no par
ty ventures to incur the odium of propo-
sing any material notifications of the
principles upon which those measures are
founded. So fercely opposed within a
recent period, they have now demonstra>
ted by experience their claim to the pub
lie favor. and have extorted acquesence
and approval from former opponents
The issues upon which parties lately di-
vided. have thus been apparently, if moi
really, Withdrawn from general attention.
and the superior wisdom Of the Demo
cratic counsels in reference to those sub
iects is no lonper disputed
The principal elements of opposition to
the Democratic party are now combined
under the banners Of formidable organ.
ization, which is held together by section
al prejudice and is melted by the passions
of wild fanaticism. The Black Repub'
can party proposes to sacrifice the equal
just aud constitutional rights of the slave
holding States, and fully recognizes the
necessity Of annihilating the only politica
organization which alike in all the bor'
ders Of the Confederacy opposes itself al
a barrier between them and their WICKED
purposes. As the result of the pending
| Presidential canvass, the Black Republi
Iicans will seek to wrest the powers Of th'
, Federal Executive from the conservative
control of the Democratic party, by q
g fusion" similar to that which has alrea
, dy placed one branch OF Congress unde
, the malign influence which now prevail
} in the House of Representatives. No ra
, tionaI observer can fail to perceive that
large portion Of the Northern people ar
determined that the slave-holding State
> shall not enjoy, in respect to the institu
tion Of slavery. those equal rights whic
D we suppose to be essential conditions
r the federal compact, and 10 be guarrar
: tied to us by the Constitution itself
Hostility to the political rights and dc
mestic interests Of the South is sent
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