Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-06-11
For tie REGISTER.

some one who thinks. no doubt. he has
chastised me for daring to
write one word or sentence in favor of
foreigners, and especially Irishmen.
With all due respect to the writer, and
in justice to myself. l beg leave to reply
to his hot headed and unjust accusations.
In the, first place he says athat extracts
from the Clarksburg Register, signed 81.
M. McL.," are "as insulting to native
born Americans as they are devoid OF
good sense, and fulsome." e.
For native born Americans of the right
stripe. / have. and always had the high:
est respect, and know. there are many.
very many Of them; but those; self styled
Americans whom Americans worthy Of
that name despise. are generally the men
who through their demagogueism would
make America what Ireland now is
However devoid of sense my remarks
may have been in the opinions of some
men. they are doubtless fulsome enough
to such men as my opponent, for some
men are, as capable Of conviction as mules,
and like those self willed animals kick at
whom they choose whenever they please;
This anonymous writer has no doubt inns
bibed his exalted opinion of foreigners,
like good many others, from false ru-
mors concerning them which have been
borne across the Atlantic ocean on the
wings of black Orangism. or waited hth
er by the whitening breath of SANDER,
and he must be either too credulons. or
too inert to search into the facts of the
case for himself
With the sarcasm that anonymous wri:
ter freqently uses, be says: The wri,'
ter. it appears. has recently enjoyed the
benefits OF ride in the cars. and while
passing along quite comfortably, if his
statement be correct. he fell into mus
sing mood" And continues this wisea.
ere, /" Pity he gave shape and form to
his musings on that occasion" Pity.
truly. it is pity that any one would dare
be bold enough to be guilty of high treas
son against Sam. the writhing, groaning
and dying pet of such writers as my Graf
ton friend. My statements correct p
Yes, my unknown correspondent, they
are correct. have enjoyed the benefits
Of riding thousands OF miles in cars, both
in America and Europe. and SO Of course
il could not be the novelty of the ride
that set my pen to work in favor of those
who, you please to say, can shovel mud
and dump cart, and who, you insinu-
ate. are fit for no higher office. l deny
that said. either directly or indirectly,
in my article in the Register, that l
thought foreigners OF all grades as skill
full in guiding the shipo State. (the hack
ueyed phrase be makes use of. as they
are qualified for manual labor. No l
say and know that there are many OF
them who know no more Of the politics
of the politics Of this country than new
born babes. and few, very few of our
backwoodsmen know any more, and
why Because they are too much occu.
pied in industrious pursuits and hard la
Dor to gee time 20 study the politics OF
their country. He furthermore says, that
, because the Ilish lost their government,
their rights and liberties at home, they
ought not to be trusted with the govern
mental affairs of auy other nation. Will
the gentleman tell me if he ever read the
history Of Ireland, and If he knows how
she lost those rights above alluded to p
, If he does not, will inform him: pre-
{ cisely though such sectionalism as my
} friend seems to love. Holy writ tells us
that house divided against itself cannot
, stand, and poor Ireland is proof OF thai
fact; and the gentleman who pleases tc
, dub my piece absurd and fallacious is
pursuing the very same course that the
enemies to liberty in Ireland pursued
years ago. when Ireland might have beer
free but for the treacherous conduct o
5 her own internal enemies during hel
struggle for freedom. He says also tha
foreigners can do a Job of manual Labor
under the uperintendence of intelligent
American engineers. contractors, anc
: Bosses. We deduce from this remark
y that under the superintendent of. for.
! eigners. be they ever so intelligent. my
friend must think that foreign laborer,
become paralyzed and i.nbecile, but Am
erican contractors, bosses and engineer:
must have the elirir vitCc, for he says they
E can work under their inspection.
How many foreign bosses have we or
our public works A great many,
should think. And does not the work
progress as we'll and as rapidly under
their inspection or superintendent as il
S does under that of American superinten.
, dence Conscientiously answer this
question. l am not an Irishman myself
! nor have one relation Of Irish descent
$ but | am lover Of freedom, and there
: fore boldly protest against the conduct o.
. the Know>Nothing party towards Irish
men as do the conduct of Russia to poor
: Poland, and that of Austria to Hungary
Tyranny. in any guise l deprecate, and
such writer's as my Grafton friend would
if he were in Ireland. do more to war;
3 the chains of bondage around her and
: rivet her letters, than one hundred patti
OTIS could undo in half century, even il
: they had the heroism and eloquence o.