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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25
No parfyism.


b While our political opponents in this
county are endeavoring TO create the ims
preston that party politics should not be
considered. in the election of county offs
Gers, itlistwel enough to know what pos
sition they assume on that question in
those counties where they have fair
prospect of success. The Kanawha- Re-
publicaneofstheg8th inst, ineexhortingf the
Americans of that county TO support their
county ticket, says:
ave entreat the Americans to remem-
fbert that We have entered the great Presi-
dential canlpaignkofel856 ssaOarsleaders
are chosen. and are worthy representa-
tivessof the American canse. are
about to engage in asferce political battle
-suehsas has neyersbeforel been fought
and decided in onrSR Republic; SHALL 1.-THE
said thatsthe eAmeficansaeaneszinto3 that
decisive Observation-Disclosures roken
andi enfeGbled by disaffectoneandd eser-
lion LET sts rally. tten.z as oaae man. I0the
suPpoft of tkss County Asee5ieaRas1 iicket-=-
,auaenoblysdsf the aims and disappoint
the fondphopessoh our willy political en-
emies.'' .lp&15s9 80 ~; III ed
sdLee our, ffienassBear thistinim fndl =
In speaking u conventions. the same
paper. says s: conventions 70. select eandi-
dates are absolutely necessarEto preserve
thevharmony and ieticiencyzof's ytparty
Especially 20 any party 4ih the majority,
and when it is opposed by q well organ
lied, concentrated party in. the minority.
All web regulated epeftiesibsys resOrted
tosconvcntions to presersegthgir harmony.
and efficiency and taveseteF regarded
tfsir action e as 5 binding upon its men>
be1s." .~ = ~
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25
a,g- The New York Day Book, asound

aeg The New York Day Book, asound
Democratic paper which we have recent
4 added to our exchange list using the
following. Language. it speaks solumes
for the usefulness Of our party TO the
country. in these days ofthe fusion Of al
its opponents
IS The Cry is still They Come"
Success embolaens effort, and victory
lis only obtained .oyersa bad cause. but by
the boldest method of warfare. For fifty
years, in all the English and American
press, with perhaps few exception IN
our Southern States, the Fundamental
fprineipIe Of abolidonism, that negro sub
ordination orr Slavery 'sas Il IS called.
was4yrongein he dbstFacI, wassfuly acs
auiesceds in.s No one seemed 70 dare 70
deny it.. IIt4was taken for granteds' but
when once boldly con frontea. how soon
the phantotns yapishesl t.Phe' Day Book
irst.openedstheebattls son this issdes aud
ISIS tiiiIfi shting itdtt dl0ae. = instead how.
ever, Eofsitsa being Jump pulafs assoar titnia
advisers overland over assured US, We are
gaining friends every day. ~ They roll
ID, from 'sSery unexpected vq1arter. 3 In
opening our letters someg n6ruihgss 1--WE
finds .Massachusetts land South Gafoliaa
'.4shoulder osshoald ef.'Sin uphoidihg the
Day-B6oks hey " eresih the revelation
airy wars fighting against oppFessiausEi
,Fheteld Domini6n land Y eEnlont. stfikesi
handsson our piatfofm, aud shittius aud
'Pexes Shout "Swe are brothers. go s'si|
This is our ambition. :szRes arc deterS
mined toladvooate nottiihglthat IS not for
the gold Of lie @1sols country. .,andaevefy.
man who -reads lthe Day Book for one
year landzbeconhes fully acquainted with
our principles, viii Be conSiaced chat we
are neither northern nor southern4simply
american It.is now three quarters OF a
century since we commenced loar unex-
amplei progress as an independeht%na>
ton. Within that time our borders,
North and South, have been extended,
and democratic institutions established. -
The great question bufore the American
peoplelis, is'this policy tobe continueds2
Are VIC togo on expanding southern 500
cietyswhere the climate doesnot require
it 2 or. are we to succumb 10 Theory Of
abolitionisn, Of f" no more slave'States %
Is the constitution to be trampled under
foot +? Is the ght of the people.toregu-
late their own domestic institutions to be
denied them Werauswer Mol North,
South, East and West,we are confident
the people will reyerberate. No st.eA7
a =
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25

SOUND DocrRINE.=-ln an address be-
fore an agriculturalss society in the eastern
part Of this State, the following language
was used. The remarks are not ,applica>
BILE alone to farmers. All classes are
cursed with the bane of .laziness and the
snobbish pretence that labor, especially
manual labor, is not genteel. Yet who
ever heard Of person succeeding in any
undertaking. twithou: close. severe and
continued Lahore of some kind {? 7a
"Thc moral obstacles. which impede
the march Of agricultural Improvement
are much more Serious and insurmounta>
bic than the physical ones, because the
minds Of man are far more perverse than
the ways ofnature. Among the obstacles
of this kind i note, as first in magnitude
and Importance, the low repute in which
work is held. u
Every farmer who hath sons and
daughters oughtto engraye over the YES
thule Of his front door in large letters,
'Work alone is honorable Honest,
faithful, enduring work, either. of mind or
body, is the only aristocracy free repub-
lie should ever acknowledge. They are
the true Mobiles Of the land who do best
their appointed work of body or mind
Woe to the land in which the Eoqfer hath
more of honor than the laborer. By Ioa-
fer l mean every class of DO nothings,
whether rich or poor, high or low, young
or DID,"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25

Es The following correspondence cx,
plains itself:
CAPTAIN CRuaAR W, sn1ru
SRA vacancy having occurred in
the office Of Clerk Of the Circuit Court for
this county, by the death OF the late in
cumbent. Col, G., G. DAVIDSON, we re-
specially solicit you TO become a candi.
date for that office. We desire 90 use
your name in that connection; and wish 10
act with your appreciation. We have the
fullest confidence in your qualifications to
discharge the difficult duties Of The office
satisfactorily to the public and yourself.
Hoping to receive an affirmative answer
lromyou, We are very respectfully,
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25

H WilfFed B. Fetternap. has been
appointed postmaster at Valley Falls.
Marion county in place of Isaac Holman
resigned. Hil -. 4. y.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25

SEcEss1oN.-We understand that tile
people Of the g panhandle" talk Of sece-
ding from the Old lDominion to .Peuusyl.
vania. We hope no objection will be
made to their desire. Their interests and
feelings are with Pennsylvania. and there
is where they ought to belong 1fWheel-
ing had beep1bought bglth State twenty
years ago. burnt. aud corn planted,on the
ground. the Commonwealth would have
made money By .ihe operation.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25

CT In order to palate the fact that
the Northern Autobiography has become
completely abolitionized, we. frequently
hear it charged that all parties at the
North are aboliionized. As evidence
that this remark does not apply TO The
Democratic party, but that it stands in
proud contradistinction. to ail>other par
ties in that section, ne Lave occasionally
published extracts from speeches by
northern Democrats, and resolutions pass
ed at their meetings. We now add IL re,
solution recently passed at a Democratic
County Convention held in Franklin coun-
ty, Pennsylvania:
ResolVed, That the Law. Of Congress
passed in 8I9, commonly called the Mis-.
mestic institutions existing at that time in
many ofthe States OF the Union and still
10 be found in one-half Of them, to be
planted in any new States north OF geo
graphical line, violated the spirit and lair
lnleRtlon of the Constitution, ieopardiSeL
the stability OF the Union by creating sec.
tionaI feelings and animosilies. threaten
ed the peace and prosperity OF the South
erni States by hostility 10 their domestic
relations ); and that inthe repeal OF this
Law. and the enactment of the Law OF
1850 commonly called the Compromise
Laws, the true and equitable principles
OF Congressional action With respect to
the admission Of new States into the
| IInion Xpn)a pst. h1isbed and iLa 0nro
cratic party pledge their. firm support 10
them and all laws made in compliance
with their principles.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25
Democratic Meeting in Upshur,

Democratic Meeting in Upshur.
AT ameeting Of portion Of the Demo-
cratic party of Upshur county, held in
the. to wn zof. ckhannon, on the 21st day
Eof "a pril 1856, lcourt>day.
ALExANDRR r.. IRELAND was called to
The chair, and Wliilian, G. Carper appoint,
ed Secretary.
Col. r. L. Brown explained the object
of the meeting and, upon; his motion it
was
ResolUsd. That the Chairman appoiut
twenty delegates 10 represent this county
in the District Convention 70 be held at
Weston, on tue first dry of May next
Mherenpons the Chairman made the foh
lowing appointments. viz
: II Marshall, WATSON Westfalf.s ]. Ses.
ling, Dean j. w. MARBLE, NJ Robin.
son. j. Flint, Adam Carper, Benjamin
Basel, Eli II Sestfall, Stewart Bennett
Jnos Tetef, Abram Roger, e. =. Brown
L. L, d, Ieudin, VIM. q Carper., J.
Owens, Bnrr. 81. ] iogg and - f.
X Gnmminus.e Is ~ ~ - itEs
q +, or. motion, il was 81 asred tbat lie pro,
ceedings of this meeting be forwarded TO
che Weston Herald aud Cooper CIarks-
burg Registef, for pub lication, q, - +,
On motion, the meeting then adjourned!
- sst ALEX. r.. IIi Ella N ID, Sfresst.
MILAN g. cARPsas SEQ s. :.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25

FREEDOM SnRTEKERs.-At recent BIask
Repdhlican caucus held IN AYesbpgtop, y
was resolved not 70. allow Congress 70 az
jOuTn untiI.ihe report oEthe!K Kansas con-
mitttee was. received. or course "
slreedom shriekersH could; not 60 my
the presidential election without il tnsy
would have no ammunition. But . u NO
rich to see q party pretending 70 pc ~
tiOnal, whose whole yitality and exis.spss
depends npont hefeport ofione commune
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25

=, :. Now you see him, aud now you don't sec
him ana Twill bet any man twonty-f five cents
hc;eal't tcllwhcre tho little joker So
Dan Morris, in commenting on our re-
marks on his late snmmerset. says
g We hardly. know how to- meet the
outrageous, unjust, illiberal. and FALSE.
positions, which Mr., Cooper has, assumed
III, his contcmPtibly hyPocriticsl comment
on our article -, f5,g ,es.-,-, ii
Well, that's right positive, any how
We did suppose tina, heswould keep Iris
fair promises for month, at least. We
said a few weeks ago that time would
tell whether he was sincere in his pro-
fessions. or whether it was new dodge
Time has told already, that.his crocodile
tears over his former evil ways, were on
ly bats to catch gold dollars.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25

E9~ The lines sentlus from Writ coun
ty, though they possess considerable
merit in conception, are not sufficiently
correct in metre and Roeticallanguage for
the critical eye of the public. We sug-
gest 10 our friend that the great panacca,
Time, is a sovereign remedy for matters
Of which he complains, and that in short
time, ahs will thank us, for not publishing
his poem. s5@
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25

COUNTY CouRr.-'rhe County Court
which sat here last week. continued in
session. but little more than one day.
which was principally occupied by public
speaking to the exclusion OF business. But
little business was done exceptthc passage
Of an order to summon all the Magistrates
to attend at the May term. to appoint
Commissioners to reassess the'lands, and
for other purposes. We believe the Ii
ccnze question is TO be Scted upon then.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25

Ed For fear that. some Of our friends
in this ,vicinity. who signed the Richmond
card, Recommending Parkersburg aud the
97.hof May, as the time and place Of
holding our District Convention, may be
disposed to apply to themselves our st'ic-
lures on the getters.up of that card, We
would simply say that we did not even
suspect Item Of wiIfully doing injustice to
their own or adjoining counties, but that
they acted without thinking of the awk-
ward position in which that time and
place put large portion Of the district.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-25
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1856.
Democratic Ticket.

For Commissioner cf'ths Re0enue, " s.
THOMAS HICKMAN, for Upper Dis
MATHEW .J.@ORR, Lower District.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-27
The CHAMPION AGair.

The press very generally expresses its satisfaction
at the tone and substance of Lord Clarendons last
dispatch. 1t is conceded To be all that high.sprit
cd nation could offer or an honorable nation could
ask
The only exception to the general appreciation,
which we have in the papers, is contained in the
Union Even the Enquirer forbears exceptions
that however, may be owing to the shocking blum
Ter it committed in denouncing tue recognition of
Nicaragua, just at the moment when GEN Pierce
writing his undHscerdJie letter Of recognition
The Union Processes not TO speak for the Govern.
ment; but it declares its dissatisfaction. on the ground
that though the Government of Great Britain may
not have intended infringe our laws its minister
nay have done so and his denial does not overba-
lance the testimony brought against him The Union
concludes therefore that Lord Clarendon's letter is
not likely to relieve Mr.. Champion from the charge
made against him, and to induce our Government to
change Its policy, indicated by demanding his re-
call"
II the Administration is guilty Of the stupidity
Swallowed forth by the organ it will be acting under
N influence which usually has great weight with
weak people 1t fears the imputation of inconSsten.
cy, and is no doubt ashamed of the tlss it has made
about a very small matter. Perhaps, to-. the be-
Caleb may feel his selflove wounded in having
to abandon his protegs' Hertz * Strobel, whom the
English intimate were Russian spies hired for the
purpose of creating difficulty between our Govern.
nent and England.
But it does seem impossible that even the sensi-
uyeneSS Of Pierce, the obstinacy Of Marcy and the
.lSuistry Of Cushing, all combined, can, with any
snow of dscency, push the OF words any further
alter Ciarenion's despatch. They are however.
marvellous men; aud their achievements may out
strip the widest imagninss. We must wait on time
70 disclose what The Gln.y cannot conceive
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-27

eio-ure to vscount rsmer-sor Who has requested me
la state 10 In repy that he should feel much regret
he had unntenonally misepre.ented the Of any
communication which you had made to Her Majesty
Government but IL to him there Is no essen
A difference between the substance and effect of what
he ssd !" the House OF Commons and the statement
~hich you row make in regard To the same point
Although IL appears that he did not correctly quote
the words you had used Viscount Pacrston said In the
House OF Commons that had expressed yourself
tied With note OF the 9Th Of July and that YOU had
oppressed your expectation that Government would
be 80 also.
You said that Won only said that YOU had
much satisfaction" in transmitting the United States
Government copy OF note cannot but think ho~
that this tn the meaning because he could
not have felt much satisfaction IL transmitting COPY OF
that note IL that note had OF appeared to you be
considered by your Government also.
N-count Pamerston, moreover with reference that
part OF despatch to Mr. Marcy which advcrs your
communication in Oct last would beg observe
that the accuracy ct his statement the impression
produced upon your mind by the
three months afterwards the Goth Oct founded upon
communications. whether Incorrect which
had then recently received from Washington.
Niscount Paneson adds that he would be much obi
ged to IL You will have the goodness transmit to
your government copy OF this esanation his part
With reference to Passage in your dispatch to Mr.
Marcy to the suspension of public business in Autumn
~hen everybody is out of town. beg leave observe
that with the exception Of few DAYS, when In at
tendance the Queen during her Maestys visit Paris
accessible during tue whole Autumn any OF the
representatives at foreign bodies who wishes me-
cing nvariabl, in the habit OF coming the rorricu
bice tor several In each week from country seat only
= tcw miles from London
have the honoJ b., with high consideration, Sir
CLARENDON.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-27
DIED,

Mr. RicTSR On oy ~SRT Gn sGy sysDps
lie ~-s OF the oldest II the city aud M,
Tor Integrity sndnes' and Een'IemAnly department. needs.
The, The n Of The family requested without further notice
~ ~ '
Independence. county the residence Of Mr. Madison
her age ' u
Few persons have before better impression. on
,ho.r e behind than this lady She had
tr iS1Is ~ hs.r, A'snei 70 ali The FINER aud
should reject that their boss her gun gone from
for all Who take the sn Of guide and as,f =, ,
and forgotten Sy o Who beard s@ aud a' so
sih de o., S , dsded ',s wa5mes Affections Of hr -G
Pavement he .'nethe to the aud two cdrt
the end or their earthly psrmsse D'e' e'
A, his 5e,idSnee on the leh Of May rc,
Serss, aud IN the C6th)
rHokNrON. 10, OF Cumberland.
he character gentleman who
Al The relations Of life and who. for half century more
az, u 20 s1me pg9le notice 1t becoming aud
wa, we 'hg should consider The career and appreciate
msn oil good and desirable ends by the Of
Mr. Thornton va. horn in Hanover, and
r@ony a%% :" ~ ava x manhood insTns 10, slender pa,
,,ney' u not Sea he dImined to become merchant Thri,
ndu'try ihnrHibe Integrity aud admirable sagaei Succr
ample fortune he retired mercantile business and nb.-onet
oIhg h .s's'ye and successful planter For
the advancement Of which. Ice unaffected trtr and 1.-The
80 thorough his kno~led,- aud IL hueS-
the discretion Jugyuirnt aud prr,ry,rancr WITCH I,
iscd rarely ever tailed "a any uadrr,sIng Ma
sy NE devoted las tune specially To AN the goyr,n
ment lie might have beconr the
glhed public Of Virgins had however no ~ raty m
piblic 10 strung
tons Of the people Of Cumberland be could be indi w Tv
single session in the legislature While
phr TO public station, he not Indifferent political
Hi m'esttd lively aud patriotic
rsis Of virginia and the Union. Ardent feeling aud dec
"a i rNpeon Of his sentiments Ice always
aud rtsIsctvi L- political opponents
aud diversified aud bis coiloquial powrs od-. I'M
a5 , d,.a'e te prongae and the worthless
10y g @ WALTON Of his moral principles and his rreproacabI-
Ills i"y and unubusivc many year. brr
MS DEATH OF
Church might
such mental aud moral attributes would be-
aud istirr, humane aud kud sbou Snr wa. M
character OF william NJ Thornton. The Of
ne sustained nm "a h last moments. Ling will his brrcavrd
ny aud IBIS numerous friends, lament his memory
D. cherished aud his influence
eau contemplate such Example feeling al inrra iu
Sei'''e =" generous aspirations useful deeds.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-27
Summers Speech.

The New York papers publish Summers late
speech in full 1t fills some twenty columns OF
small type-and he had been rehearsing il before
looking glass for several weeks previous its de-
livery, with a negro boy holding candle to aid him
adjusting the action the word it is probable the
whole abolition coniederacy had the document be-
fore il was read to the Senate.
We have peru>ed the eiruSon from curiosity to
what this beIl-weather of ianaticSm had to say
or his cause 1t Smacks of the ravings of the ma
niac-and that would constitute the best apology for
is abundant wickedneSS, but for the fact that me
thod pervades the madness, and the madness is
stepped in msgnity
We noticed that Mr.. Douglas and some other Sc
majors charged the Massachusetts, Senator and his
abolition confederates with the design to subvert the
Constitution and dissolve the Union. Such would
seem to be the purpose Of the speaker from the ge-
cral tone of his discourse. We extract the follow
ing brief paragraph, that the reader may see what
terrible evils impend over the land if the abolition
ISIS are not permitted TO have their way
Already the muster has begun. The strife is no long
local, but national Even now while speak porents
hang all the arches oi the horizon threatening 10
Ken the broad land which already yawns with mutterngs
Of civil war The fury o the prupagandsts of Slavery
aud the calm determination Of their opponents now
ifuNed from the distant Territory widespread
nuuics aud the whole country in all its exten-ns
,hamg hostile divisions and foreshadowing a STRIFE
which, unless happily avefed by the triumph Of Free
dom, will become war-fraIricda parricida WARMTH
An accumulated wickeness beyond the wckedness any
war IN human annals justly provoking the ayengmg
judgment u Providence and the avengng pen Of history
aud constituting strife in the language OF the ancient
winter, more than foregH than social, than
eirH but something compounded oi all these sres and
m itself more than war; sd poiius commune guokla.
sr omnibus 81 plus quinn bciiinH.N
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-27
ENGLIsn VIEWS OF TIE Treaty.


isnow happily long since the era OF wars aud pea
ces that England has almost forgotten the ceremony OF
general cOngratuatou ln former DAYS rcoicings were
high state aar aud everybody took hi appointed part
IN them II Of the mood. Of lie which a gen.
teman h1d to learn with his grammar AID practice with
lis obr-ance Great adopts indeed were our foretlrr.
10 the language ri ssiacOn Ond praise 20 much 80 h.
reals their complimentary nlrcsses one could nlmo.
imagine II the way IN which heroes would accu-t o,..
another ~ the plIins Of Ey-ium Perhaps this fine old
dialect b. not -ucietly appreciated n these ay4 Of s.d
uon' honesty aud vulgar pltin-speaking Tor nilr
may ~ the language ~ eulugy, there be doubt u IL
very beneficial 10 hear people described sometimes rather
they -orld b. than they Chromium u the delft.
cation II IT. subject. must be " vor, ordinary We
bad almost -ai rHiraO binary person. II something hand.
cinOt he .al about biz life when IL il over and II
there = not respectable balance ~ gopd duttes Nhn
w. have rchgOu.y observed the rule. De morfa,s nil ns
bDHHu ON such occasions the present every pef-ni
nous. We ~ tin the sunshine ~ glad hcaft-
splendid illumination. display such that ~ are a.
Nitnrs. n the Parks converts the object. aud tue
most "pnqu" b0ics into th"g. Of fire; and that j. tie
very work which the publc encoinast has de- ~. veil
we'll The material s allow. that " fr ho can
without any pilpae violation of truth w. III dress no
Tor social festivities sud great men put on gnt.
appaol- for occasions Of State Lcvcr ~ Coto-
nation would indeed e very poor afnir though attend
sl 10y the bot company IN the Sotld II they came m their
Ordinary morning dresses sud suoh proceeding that
~ lat night would be very uunterestug " the speakers
attempted simply sot Of Photographic hkcne.s Of the
prfsunagrs concerned.
The occasion it-e very grand one The Treaty
Is satisfactory aud honorable The great objects II tlc
have been fully accomplished. Tho operation snd
gpId understanding of the allies have continued ~ ~,
last The enemy has surrendered the points in t-pte
after resistance shioh commands respect aud with
grace winch almost dstrns suspicion. Notsit-tiudinq
The pfOverbtl neucrrty oftrrttes which founded
on the utter exhaustion OF the oobatan- ~ the prostrt
ton ~ one ~ them most peOpc tel Thu Taty IT, be- hoi.
ct aud the .u-csi,efs -ucere TIE silence oi o,
threat rc ppr-ou 81 long terror, the disnrmug oi
dangerous Zoe, the dcycanes Vi au ally aud the pacidca