Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-07-30
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The Methodist E. Church.

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portions Of the county that the Methodist
E. CLarch is organizing to aid in the
election Of the Know Nothing candidate
for Clerkship of the county Court. Not
because they have any particular attach.
ment for him, nor because he has ever
aided the church. or evinced any attach.
ment for it, but because as it is said they
have a strong prejudice against the Demo.
cratic candidate. Whether the rumor is
true or not we cannot say, but we cannot
believe it. We cannot think that at this
day. in Virginia. any church can be in
duced to abandon its high calling and
folio " in the footsteps of the fanatics Of
New England. and throw itself into an
arena to be dragged through the mire of
political warfare.
1t is said that the Democratic canii-
date heretofore travelled out of the path
Of his duty as An editor to assault that
church This is not the fact-he has
no: taken stand against or made an as
sauIt upoG any church. 1t is true. how
ever. that he had controversy with one
Of the Preachers in that church-in
which he thought be was badly treated.
No doubt the Preacher thought the same
thing. That controversy has had its day,
and is among the things that wero. Ii
however, it were not, and was in full
blast. it would not we are sure, be a
sufficient means TO cause the threatened
organization. We have no idea that the
intelligent citizens OF Virginia will! ever
be found to sacrifice their personal aud
political preferences and opinions to fight
the outside battles Of their Preachers.
That would equal the subserviency and
homage paid to Priests in the dark ages.
1t is also said that the Democratic cam
dida'e since the Last election. made some
harsh remarks against the church. I'm
mediately after the election he was in
formed that there had been a secret
Church organization against him. in con
sequence Of the aforementioned contro,
versy with the Preacher, and in that con.
nection he might have expressed his dis
satisfaction. He did no more than any
mao would have done, when be supposed
that fraud and Misrepresentation had
been resorted to, to defeat him. An ex-
animation Of the polls has since proven
the rumor to have been 'lying Jade"
After Mr.. Moore, the Know Nothing
ton. and it was supposed that he would
be Clerk; some OF the Know Nothing
toadies did not hesitate TO say that they
had achieved all they wanred-that they
had traded votes and fooled the Demo.
Gratis for once,-that they only wanted
Moore elected, and had done it, Now
that the election has to be run over again
it has become necessary to fool the Dem.
ocrats again; and as there is no trading
to be done this time, they have tried to
make an old and useful Church the tool
by which to fool the Democrats. and car
~ out their unholy. dark lantern. mid
night. political rickery. They are making
dying effort 10 convert the. Church into
an engine with which to undermine the
Democratic party. and then we may ex
pect to hear them say, they have fooled
the Church to beat the Democrats.
Shall it be,done Time aud the good
sense Of our independent suffragans will
show. We rely upon the justice and
merit that yet exist in the people.