Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-20

For he Enq"Trr.
TRIUMPHANT OVERTHROW OF KNOW
NOTIiINGISM IN A DISCUSSION IN OLD
FEDERAL LOUDOCN.

PL,I"S, FAuQCIkR Co., Va, April ~. $50.
The discussion between Butelcr, KNOWN Nothing
and Faulkner Democrat, on Monday, nj Leesburg, il
the adjoining county ot Loudoun resulted the niosl
cuIupictc triumph OH the part OF the present Demo
cratic member of Congress, over his anxious oppo-
urnt. that has ever been known III the annals o. ds
cI,siplis in these paris.
/, heinz court ,iav, of course Federal Loudoum WIS
very well represented nj lis county seat; and | only
wish that every man in the county cOu!d have been
present 70 witness the countcnnnr-s Of the Know
Nothiu.s n they saw painted the true picture Of the
hunLum they had been unsusp"ciin5 enough 10 en-
brace. II appeared It's il they had iIrvr" before aP-
| prtcia.eI the real character OF that hid"ous monster,
mIscallrd AlncriCanisun.
Mr.. BJ;clcr opened the discussion in a speech of
one hour and ten minutes in length, made up III the
usual combination OF language and ideas that char-
acterises al the speeches OF the candidates of the party
he represents. lie was. Of course, eloquent ae unlh /,
neaiin:!essly so.
Mr.. Faux ncr followed in Il speech Of two hour
length. lie commenced by paying a Handsome ir!-
bu;r 10 the Democratic party, us the only national and
constitutional organization III the country. In CONTRA
distinction to which, be pictured the Know Nothing
party without Il shallow Of claim to nationality, aud
organised in utter violation OF tie spirit OF The c"ns':-
tuition NJ well us in direct hostility 10 tho rights o:
the States.
He next presented q number of startling details,
proving, 10 the satisfaction OT every unbiased mind
present, that it il Il mere abolition trick, referring Ia
the elections in the North, and the men that had been
sent 10 the ncYt National Legislature ~ one OF the
evidences Of what he alleged. Taking up III" plat
form ot the party i'll Virginia. h. examined itup ana
down, across and alrn-, and showed lis impOsturc anu
Irickerv-its entire silence on all Questions NJ admin
istrutIvc policy, and, particularly, by It's silence on TIE
subject III which the South feels most intcrcsted-its
Say-noihing course OH the fugitive slave law, and IN.
doctrine of nOu-intcrvrntiOn on the part III Hchcrai
Government "n The question ot slavery III me terrific
rles. la this connection he sarcastIcaly asked II me
platform was submitted t" the Grand Supreme C"un-
ell ut New York, and sh"rn III all OF lis Southern
principles 20 suit ntiiliutiun with their antI-siaf'lF
brethren in the North. He then exhibited IT, intro
iuctiom of the hSGh,r-iar principle at the South.
Mr. loiclcr spoke an hour in reply, exhibiting The
greatest evidences Oi embarrassment ht the strength
OF the column his partlsans looked 10 INN, la!ttoAsi
with frar and tremblingJ to drlnolish. He seemed
completely staggered and overwhelmed at The I'M
mensity of the hopeless task he had risen 10 accom-
pllsh, and sank apparently under that condition o.
feeling.
Mr.. Faulkner very cruelty, VIXEN there WINS no ne
cessi;y !or ii, r,joincd i1r an hour with the mos; tell
ing effect.
An incident occurred during the discussion which
dumb founded the Americans. SO called.
Mr.. Faulkner referred TO the cU-" al Cen. Shields,
an lrIshman, who lIad enriched III. battle fields 81
M"Xic" with his blood in defence Of our country
honor; whO, III the Senate, had hrcn unta!r'rImg IN las
devotion tn the constitutional rights of the South. aud
who has been supplan;cd on sccour: OF that devotion
by the abu!itiunist, Irumbull; and he asked Sir. Bo:cl"r
Tor whom he would have voted in TINT coTIrst-th"
pn;rio; Shields, BORN in ireland, or the Gh"itiomIa',
IrdInbut, born Ill this country ir. BViclcr did not
reply nj The time, Uut, apparently, took Il not" ut the
inquiry. In his reply he made no allusion /" il. Mr..
Faulkner noticed the omission, ana again called on
him lori mn answer. The distinguished Know Nothing
candidate appeared 10 know nothing and remained
silent. 81 will answer for you, then" remarked Mr..
Faulkner. "Your oath, that oulh which You admit
You have taken, would, in such n contest, have forced
you 10 vote for the native born aboltumis,, instead
of the forrign-born patriot"
After giving him this plunpcr, he triumphatitly
nskcd, if this was al institution TO be encouraged or
even tolerated in the South
Another interesting part Of the discussion was, where
Mr.. Faulkner referred 10 Mr.. Iidbnll, who REPRESENT
the Kansas and Nebraska bill in hs speech i'll reply
10 him, Mr.. Faulkner. He asked Mr.. Bo;cicr If h"
endorsed Mr.. Tidhull's opinion Of that bill'
Mr.. Bo;elrr replied lhatlln would have cut OIL hr
ri.llt arm before he would, Ike Judge Douglas, have
east that tirehrand before the country: but, rs It had
now passed, he would cut oil both urIna before he
would vote 10 repeal il.
Mir. Faulkner commented with great severity upon
the application of the term "'frs-6r1ad.' 10 u bill COLI
tanning the assertion Of 80 important q principle 20 the
South ns that did, and asked il the South must shrink
from the maintenance OF the equal rights OF the States
and the just principles OF the Constitution merely
because euch Il maintenance might give offence to the
abO!itiunis.s Of the North.
l. il not Il matter of great significance, that these
hnow-Nnthings IN Virginia should he found AIDING
and abrtting thu Know Nothing Abolitioni-,s OF IL
lIlDiS III ticir war against Judge DouGllS, U| iUE-
nishing them with choice terms with which Ia as-ill
the Kansas Nebraska bill, such n %tirebramd, &c!-
Does il not indicate the existence of n sort Ot patcr.
nal feeling amo,i, them against that measured Ii
does more; it shows the people of the South thnt they
have not only tn defend their Northern friends against
their enemies at the North, but against their more dan
gcrouS cnmies in the South, who arc found 10 he cac'
mics to every true Northern patriot who il hostile I"
their Know Nothing brethren nj the North.
The discussion At Lecsburg, a. also n discussion at
Lovcttsvillr, Oh Saturday Inst, AZ which Mr. Bntelcr
did not arrive until the afternoon, when il was all
over and Mr. Faulkner had left, has made Il great
change III the sentiment of Loudoun county adverse
To the Known othing-. Mr.. Faulkner speaks NJ
Nidlleburs on Thursday, at Union on Friday, NJ
SnickrI-vilIe on Friday night and at Castrnlau's Fer
~, in Clarke county, Saturday. II Mr.. Botcler could
oily DC induced to 20 along, take part III these several
discussions, and continue 10 exhibit, M lac did AZ Lees
burg, the utter helplcssncss of his cause, the change
would bn 80 great in Federal LOudoun TINT nothing
short of II diSprnsalion "f Providence could inIusc ami
nation enough in the know-Nolhings 10 enter into n
contest in this District OH the cath OF May. But II
burnt child is not very npt 10 90 near the tire Il second
time. As il is, the blows thar it will receive will do
50 much damage, that do not be surprised If Loudoun
gives Tor the Know othings one or two hundred loss
than lis last Wing majority. REPUBLICAN.