Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-04-10
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teonconrsc Seven out Of those 1--we mon in
Ebuckram present nothing. however,, said
about A1nericanisrt g Americans ruling
america, z and Down with the Pope andFo
seignersn omitted by special request-the Con
yention called erican because it Is silent on
Americanisnn- A NON LucENpo- old
Issues done away with again for the fft6enth
dme-bran new platform, by Ned Buntline
and General jackson, giving evefythire to ev-
erybody-the general government and John
9. tCariile to give everybody railroad "a
farm and q clean shirt-the measure i'm
mensely popular with the needy and thirsty
tho patty hereafter TO be called the &c ClR-
cuALocuT1oN Party
The Parkersburg Know Nothing Con-
yention has met and adjourned !, afteren-
acting eleven resolutions tensfor taking
Federal land and money, and one for la
king John 8. Garlic as Congressman
We think, with the Convention, the two
things ought to go together !, for nothing
short OF the public domain and half of the
public treasury would be a fair compensa-
ton to any District, for the modification
OF seeing itself represented by Carlile.-
Az all events, it was well to soothe PEG.
pie into submission to such representation
by offering large bride. The man and
the eleven resolutions of the Parkersburg
Convention are alike. The man is, by
nature, q species of political stock-with
his price in the market. He delights to
proclaim his Iscariotism by carrying,
hanging around his neck, the eleven re>
solutions of the Petersburg Convention,
advertising the independence of his State
for sale for Federal silver and lands. The
sixth Of these resolutions says (what eve
ry other one repeats) "that Congress
10 i'll rive than tho Y1,,hIin Ion,a;r - "A,
cate their children, build their roads and
erect their churches" Good Know~No.
thingism Why leave your own to stand
on foreign ground ? Why not be conten.
ted with education given by your own
State, intoxicating fidelity to her laws and
interests why not travel on roads lead.
ing to her ports and cities why not wor-
ship in churches built by no government,
but by the hand Of Christian benevolence?
Are you prepared to sell out, to the Fed
eral government, the right of training
your youth in habits of Federal servility,
OF terminating your roads at rival cities
outside of your Slate. and 10 confer the
right on Federal preachers to proclaim
Federal religion in Federal built churches,
for Illinois land ? When the Federal
III
of your State government. what protec-
ton will you have for your local institu-
tons and rights p? The majority in the
Federal government will be opposed to
slavery, yet you propose to hand over
your State with more than half million
of slaves into the keeping of this govern
ment, and confer the power where the
will is already to free them. In exchange
you get few thousand dollars freed !;
you lose their value, and incur the social
curse of free-niggerism in your midst. II
then, honor, independence, patriotism
don't decide for you, let selishness, inter.
est and money, with due regard for so>
cial peace and security, determine-in
mere money value-which is worth most
to you, Carlile's Federal bride of land
and money, or all your slaves, all your
domestic security, and all your State hon
or? Will you give your property to the
Federal Treasury, and let Carlile stand
Almoner, giving you what he chooses of
its bounty, or will you keep your proper
ty, and with it educate your children,
build your roads and have the gospel
preached in your own way
The true question is. not shall we take
our share Of the public land but shall we
Exchange for public lands our institutions,
our security and our property. We ask
Garlic and the Parkesburg Convention,
before they give us this gift. to consider
we'll its consequences. 1t is but Trojan
horse, at best.
But why has this sleek, glossy, plausi-
BILE political animal, swallowed up all the
other pets in the Know Nothing MENACE
RE ? What has become Of the Catho-
lies, the foreigners, the grips, the oaths.
the councils, the paper lanterns, the tai
low candles, the kettle drums. the fuss,
DC, DC, &C., of quandam Know Moths
ingism Aspoor governmental ideas as
these were. they were better than the
present plan Of governing US by Federal
bribery and State subiugation.
1t is dangerous to affirm q negative
but we say that the Parkersburg Know
Nothing Convention doesn't advance a
measure, a proposition or idea, for our
government. 1t doesn't even have the
poor merit of proposing plans that are
bad. These at least would show some
thought about the States interest, or their
own. They only propose to sell us for
Federal plumber. They have ten resolu-
lions, advertising. Wanted--Public
lands in exchange for Yirginia's peace.
security, property and honor :" and the
eleventh one, giving to Garlic, unani.
naously, the price of the'sale
The Policy of the Administration in
| SOD Kansas Affairs.