Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-09-26
Another i iaga Know Nothing
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We cut the following from the Wash
ington Auegiesp Organ, The falsehopd
asserted in IL 10 so glazing, that $40 sane
man wonld seriously perpetrate or propa-
gate it; but yet We End the same story
has been circulated in this county. and
we have been gyavely asked if it was
true.
50 FuE WITHDRAWAL OF BUoHASAN.-
A row days ago the Washington Organ
stated that the withdrawal of-Bucbanan
from the Presidential contest was under
serious consideration in Democratic
caucus at Washington city. THIS states
ment was corroborated by the Washing
ton correspondent of the New York Con-
rier and Enquirer. We find in Che Nat
ches Courier the following postscript to
private letter written at New Yorb by a
Mississippi lawyer Of high standing:
60 Fillmore stock is unquestionAhly ri.
sing, and the eOahdrat0d1 Of Mr.. Bwckan
an is seriously mooted here among the
few leaders left of the Democracy
g The nomination of Buchanan was a
mistake it has failed entirely to effect
what it was intended to effect. He was
nominated with the hope of Turing back
into the Democratic fold sufficient Nor
them strength to keep the harpies sf the
Democratic party in power and place,
and the truition ofpubIic pluader.a
% 1t has already been aseertained be-
yond any doubt that Buchanan cannot he
elected, that he wiitb third man in the
race, and that keeping him on the track
will only increase the chances for the
election Of Fremont. Many leading men
who were originally for Buchanan, have
become convinced that keeping him in
the field will only serve to obstruct the
progress of Mr.. Fillmore in the South,
and are anxious for his REMOVAL They
4 see that the contest is between Fillmore
and Fremont, and that the corpse Of the
squatter- sovereign is only an obstruction
to the Union party. Remove the body.
It encumbers the way of the party that is
! fighting against SECTIONAL and for the
Union and the Constitution. Away with
it, and bury it at the bottom Of the gar
den or. at Tire crossroads. louisville J1str.
II is with less surprise than regret that
we have, at this time. opponents who hes
| lLEkb0 wv db I1lS aooCI In0 II4Oob bIu
probable abrications-thosc which must,
from their very nature and distance from
the truth, recoil upon them with accgmu-
| lated force. Mr.. Buchanan is supported
by the en;iIe Democratic party, North
and South, East and West, with an una.
nimity never before exceeded in any can
vnss: and besides this. the very Flower Of
the old Wing party has enlisted nader his
banner. With these facts before the
country. would it not be surprising that
any party should have the haldihood tc
make such reckless assertions. if Know,
Noshingism had, not already stamped it.
self as the most unprincipled organiza'
ton that ever existed 500 i1A
| Yet, as bsre~faced fraud as this. il
upon the credulity Of the people, it does
not exceed that attempted by some Know
Nothing speakers and writers in the as
sertion that Che present Presidential con!
test was between Fillmore and Fremont
Every election since tho existence rot
Know: Nothingism has shown that thai
party has no strength in the South, and
in the North Fillmore is scarcely spoken
of. We have conversed with several gen
tleq5en who have travelled through Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana aud Illinois, and
they all bear witness TO the truth Of this
statement.
FILLMORE PoLB.RAIslnG.-The Know.