Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-09-26

If tho South stood firmly 70 the Kansas
bin, endorsed It's principles aud insisted
uuontheir support. Alas Ito their shame
be il said, they have loved Caesar. more.
chan Rome, tkeir party better than ythein
country. They have deserted the South
In this the hour Of her danger: and united
With her foes. -4t.n1s.qss, -.
Like Bnlak Of old. Who sent a MESSAGE
unto Balsam, TO come and curse the Is
rselltes for him, that he might drive ,than,
out of the land. so the American party at
the North. have called upon fthsir. broth
req az the South to curse ton them the
Kansas Nebraska bill and IFS friends, chat
they msY be able 10 drive them ont Of the
land that belongs equally. 70 both; but
unlike Balam. who obeYed she comm and
Of God, rathoF than Of Balak, and Blessed
the 1sTaeliGes, instead Of oursing them, the
Southern Americans have obeyed the CONF
nsuds OF their party rather than The voice
q duty to their eountry and The South,
sud they have therefore cursed the Kan~
$50 bill and its friends, aud ars rcontin.
uing 90 curse it now every day. Some
oithen openly advocate iss repeal-oth-
oss more cautiously denounee il as a
choas end fraud, but cay tLey doycuot
icsEe 10 zee its repeal. l am az a loss to
conceive hcw this can be. II they hon,
essiT beiieye the KA0ees bill to be cheat
and fraud. they cannot. as honest men,
Is seems to UIo, do otherwise than vote
tnTits repeal. By tie Missouri CUmpro>
mise. Kansas would have been a free
StOte, because it is h,lrNh Of The Missouri
line. Now ifundeT the principles main
t&ined in the Kansas bill, she, becomes a
slave State, how in the name of honesty.
aud good faith, can those men who beli, ve
that bill to be, u cheat and q fraud vote
for her ADHESION into the Union How
can they consent to receive stolen proper
t.? As honest men they cannot thus
consent 10 cheat the North out of their
territory. any SOONER than they could con-
sent TO cheat neighbor ont Of bis land.
or acquire any of his property by fraudu.
lent or dishonest menus They must
therefore vote when the question comes.
up with their brethren OF tho North, for
che repeat of the Kansas bill, and the re-
6'oEation Of the Missouri Compromise.
Mr.. Fillmore, With the exercise of the
veto power and the sentiments expressed
in his Rochester speech, in which he de-
nouDces the repeal OF the Missouri Com
promise as q "Pandora's box ont Of which
has issued all the political evils that nos
nfflict the. cou1try," could not do other
wise than sanction n bill restoring this
Compromise and repeating the Kansas
bill. he has been written TO recently By
Mr.. Kendall, American assistant ElectoE
to. the County Of Orange. asking whether
lie would or would not sanction such q
bill. and he replied By sending his Re-
chesteF-speech. am required if re-
main II the American party, to sanction
IFS course upon this all absorbing ques-
ton, to- denounce the Knnses bill, and
consequently 50 advocate It's repeal and
the restoration Of the Missouri Com2ro-
mise. cannot do it. I will not do il.
should be false to myself, to my known
opinions On this question, false to the do
~ which l owe to my State. and hoy
Country, were | to consent to such Il
course. In my opinion Il is nothing more
nor less than treason TO the South. / Gu.
terrain the same opinion about the Mis-
souri, Compromise that most of tie Amer,
loan party do about the Kansas Bill. l
was a cheat aud II frand. The North
heVo never kept it, and they never meant
10 henp il in good faith. But for the De
mceEat!c party Of the North, which has
always been willing to stand by the Con
s'ieuIlon aud lis compromises. the South
never would have gained any slave States
under the Missouri Compromise. Florida
AMI Texas would have been refused nd
mission into the Union Gocausd they re-
co6nized slavery ii. TACK constitutions,
but for the DeGoocrs;io parsy ~ Tho
North. Neither OF tholn received soiita-
~ vote from any other party al the
North. The Fugitive Save Law oR!S 70
osiVed three votes [TOm the North, oNG-
ai,ie OF She Democratic parry, and. there
iGEa. could not have been passed bat for
;bst party. The Kansas bill did notere.
ce!ve ayoIe from any other O.; the North
ba& lie Democratic party. a. II has not
low a;sihgle fFie11 il that portion OF the
UAinn outside OF The Democratic patty.
ia !he South, ~ here upon its passage it
Te3eived the entire vote Of all parties with
,le exception OF two in tho Senate and
-sven in she House OF Representatives.
range TO- soy. the American ma O'5
Lao Wing pa5tiss- are now sT'Afe5
.%g.,ustiT. -.r-
Ibis Is noW tue Criy,lert,e ia the pVg-
IN: campsigD- Uvaa r2ia issu" / CO.
acld~ fnisf j.. haze SYST lona. ~lti The
5..ve- IL lhs De.Docrnrio parry, ana
= !: j. - o2!y ras,y u?on Which
= 52u-h -: lin Safely rely II lNc pre-
,,'t crisis. i Gave never differed with
J;'as psrty s5Vo Oh one qaeEtion, That
.Gbs 'ioa K Cos II shis canvass, or if il is it
e.: swefD Ee9 W aU4 rendered c"tapara-
"T"'y Insignificant in :.;5 great Sectional
711losiin which we me- nos engaged. l
.AsEeioIe vcsurA TO the Oe,pocralic party