Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-10-31
Fusion i'm PennsyIyania..

become terribly tangled up-get into
most inextricable snarl. The Freemon-
.ers want to fuse with the Fillmorenes.
and the Fillmorenes want TO fuse8ith the
Fremonters. but the " Fillmore American
State Central Committee" objects but
however creditable this may be to the
Committee. We are sorry 70 see that tie
great mass of the Fillmore party has over.
ruled the action Of that COMMITTEES. and ego
inH for The " Union Ticket" whereby "a
union ftHough not cordial one. has
been effected of those two parties. against
Mr.. Buchanan. In order that our rea-
iders may fully understand this matter,
we compile the following facts ~ .5srsI
On the 10th and 18th inst, meetings Of
the Fillmore State Central Committee, !"
and of the Fremont State Central Com
mittee," (both committees of the Ameri-
can party, let it be borne in mind. were
held in Philadelphia. There a PROPOSE
ton was made by the Fremont Commits
tee, that both parties run the same cleo
tors. This proposition was rejected by
the Fillmore Committee, by small majo-
rity-a large portion of the Committee
voting in favor of the proposition; and so
the matter ended. SO far as regards the
official action of the two Committees.
On the evening of the 18th, the Fremont
American State Central Committee, and
portion Of the Fillmore committee, met
in the rooms of the Republican State Com
mittee and agreed to nominate Union
Electoral Ticket, upon the basis proposed
by the Union State Committee, in their
call for Union State Convention, to be
held in Harrisburg on the 21st inst, to
wit: twenty six names in common, the
twenty>seventh name to be different on
the tickets voted for by the Fillmore aud
Fremont men respectively. the vote of the
electors, if chosen, to be cast pro rata, &C
cording to the vote given for the twenty
seventh name respectively. 1t was also
agreed that the electoral ticket to be voted
for by the Fremont men should be headed
by the name Of John Q. Fremont, and
that to be voted for by the Fillmore men
by the name Of Willard Fillmore, and 6
+" Union Electoral Ticket" was thereupor
formed, to be voted for by the friends o
Fillmore and Fremont, respectively. with
the exception Of the difference indicated
| Although the action of the majority o
the " Fillmore American State Contra
Committee" in refusing to coalesce will
the Black Republicans, was such as t.
command the admiration of every ma
tionas man yet that action has beer
censnred severelys and; the party dom
pletely sold out to the abolitionists.c-
The great majority of the Fillmore mel
in that State announce themselves in IA
vor of the fusion, and are supporting the
! "Union Ticket Mr. Sanderson, the
chairman of the Fillmore Committee, who
refused to coalesce, is denounced in the
most unmeasured terms, and the coalition
sternly demanded by the principal Know
Nothings and their presses. The Phila
delphia Sun. the oldest american" pa
per in the United States, in denouncine
Mr. Sanderson and the other members O
the Fillmore Committee who opposes the
fusion. says
eve have all along said that the cause
OF Americanism was in the hands Of rash
inscriptions and unprincipled leaders
and we have promised to expose their du
plicity and treachery. A sincere desire
to harmonic all the elements OF opposi
ton in the important pending canvass hal
thus far restrained US for we were un
willing to throw firebrand into the rank,
of our party by unmasking the hypocrite,
who have assumed to lead it,
In publishing an address in favor of tn.
fusion signed by large number of thu
leading Fillmore men of Pennsylvania
the same paper says:
~ I" AMERICANS of the Ole
Guard !-RT You have been induced By
these very exposed wolves in our fold t
disregard our advice you who have rail
ed at our course because the poison o
falsehood has been distilled into your ear
and led you to believe that we were persu
ing the same game of deception at which
They have been caught. read what follow
and then let US reason. together. Believe
the sincerity OF the old defenders of you
principles, believe in us who for twelve
years have stood in front of the battle, a tai
get for the blows of every adversary, anc
shield for the assaults of every foe. DE-
not be deluded to follow false prophets
false opponents of your principles, Gun
ming knaves and selfish adventures, wht