Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-12
4 FALSE PROPHET AGAIN PRopHEsYING

A FALSE PROPHET AGAIN PROPHESl1NG.
We were confident of Mr.. Wise's election, when
we heard that Mr.. John Minor Bolts had predicted
the glorious triumph OF Sam on the 2i'h oil May.
His prophcsies are always fashed by the result, but
we we're surpr!sed 20 see from pIb!6hed isttef Of
Mr. Bots that he assigns reaaon Ter tlie deieat oi
Flournoy which lnuat have presented itself 10 his
mind some months before the election The Ameri-
can Organ publishes letter of 26th May from three
Know No,hngs of Washington, inviting him TO ad-
dress mass meeting there so es to"prodnco re-ac
ton after the defeat in Virginia Mr.. Bolts pleads
business engagements, and declines-but writes
characteristic letter. which clearly intimaes that the
whole Know Nothing policy of the Virginia canvass
was wrong, and that Mr.. Wiso should have been met
and answered by an opponent everywhere, Perhaps
Mr.. Bott, was the proper man for the duty! AR. 2,
to the contrary notwithstanding, lad policy been
pursued, anG q onanplon been sent around TO con-
front Mr.. WISE the Democratic majority in the State
would not have been less thnn OOoO. So weak isthc
cause, so easily are Know-Nothng principles exposed
before tho light of ronson and arGSment, ihht Mr.,
Wise would haze 1Fplh1d mis- opponent, and the ma
jority piled up to an enormous amount.
But to the letter of Mr.. Bolts who does not pny
very high compliment TO the wisdom or sngncity of the
Know Nothing managers in Virginia
The frionds Of the American party throughout the
entire country have undoubtedly received a heavy
blow in Virginia, and it is than useless to
tempt to conceal deny it, but there is nothing in it
TO dishearten or discourage them, when the causes
come to be understood. On the contrary, every man
should feel the more sersbly that an additional duty
has daY0lvel upoH nII. aad Gtl' personal energies
should DO exertcd in proportion 10 the Importance Of
creating an immediate reaction.
1t would be needless, to refer to the chief cause of
our defeat in this State bs' 70 guard cnds else
where nous fung into the sama etror hereafter. he
truth is this; tie Gay that Ar. Wise was terminated
II have not tha slightest daubt there was clear
majority of from 2s0DO to auUu IN tue State opposed
TO his election and 0ll that was necessary have
cured the most brilliant triumph TINT has ever ndorn-
ed narty i'm this country, was to have put pc0mpiy
in TN. field u ticket that would ut once have COM
mauded the confidence Of the Anerican purity and
the outside Wing vote that w6s al tha' tle ueiiped
to vote with ther aud asa that pe opponent Of Mr.
Wise should laYe met him at every point, and have
justified and Sustained tue principles and objects Of
purity that cannot fail 10 command success among
American patriots, wherever they are properly un-
derstO0d.
Instead of this course being pursued, the American
nomination wns not made until Mr.. Wise aGd ira
yelled over more than half the State, anu then utter
the lapse Of three Mopth3 tho ncket was ser up as
n1ea hag. 10 he shot at, not only oy Mr ise' ont
~ oNtrNbOdY else who cnOSe I'D poht "e'Pen III
mat direction aud during that period not one shot
WAS returned from the American battery against MIR.
"ise and his ticket
Nur organization was q new one; cur principles
%e." novel to the people Of Virginia and the liea
=, S"lEaorinS the State for six months campaign
' 10 suei lhaa as Mr. Wise, to dcnouncc and msrc'
pLeStit VIVA. 10 did himself understand; to por
i' ,.' w 1'nresS in the aggregate perhaps, Ue,uoo
persons an" 40 hum heing in any one ipstancs, to
answer h!i @id to depend Gpou newspapers alone to
remove tho prudces that lie created when prt badly
one-balf OF th>se who heard him did NOT see a news
paper during tle campaign and very large norton
Of them could not have read one, ii they had ep it,
was species q management that at least sbuIli be-
avoided In all tine to oone.
Mr.. Wise OWES his election, not to the Democrats
but to the Whiss nearly every one OF whom might
have been secured for the American ticket with
proper management. Less than one.fourth Of the
Wing vote that las been given for Mr.. Wise would
have elected Mr.. Flournoyi yet We have lost it all.
There never was there s not now, and there never
will be, any part. that could stand such test as
marty has been Subjected to in this election But let
our friends not despair. 1t will be- lesson to us in
the future. Wstr counsels will prevail hereafter,
and in '56 we willredeem the State and proclaim IN
the name of the Cd Dominion, that Americans alone
must ,ple Lnsrfed'
am, gentlemen, with great respect. your o6ed!ent
servant, . JOHN NJ. Bolle.
John Addison, ESQ, and others, Committee