Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-08
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VIRGINIA ELECTION. :,


VIRGINIA ELECTION. ,, IN
The Know Nnthugs have tailed !" " "n will have
preston among the voters OF Virginia" nil horce o
70 abandon Il: once and without res'r.t lr.iou-
rarryim. that State at the PRESSURE .;' hut sucl
They mny talk about success next t','., -, far Al
talk il all idl. and nnnsrnsrnl Inc o"'t ,, nm,
regards Virginia. is fought and lori. ~ ,avcholdiu;
better chance for them III the olhcl N ,hr, Tim,
States. They cannot carry any y, " norry mud prvba
the Whis party was accuS''N'''
o' od h". Democratic party springs h'as2a
o,d n;oo,. II has, by The passage q , ;uras,oa
Waud 10 failure to condemn fHr .nsS"yJers haze 10,
't un" W. ~ fdeare tcAich the sfaren0'1S.s mar
reta'"'d me in IL and {! is useless toraAypr
so long hme n.,o and untried patty to atrnL 90
~ az e':.. liz confidence. In any eo"S' ana
hofd;ng support tAr D,ns0ernlr i, al folly tor any
0fher pamyt ENTER The Hsis Nth IT. II 1t " ~ sha
eon .! isS; II will be beaten by parry ""'o
ell jill io northern opinions and wants.
tr-.,, .be Clio State Journal (Aoohtion' "H'S
THE vrR XIII IsIEsI EcrIoN. m -;
80 i,,ger nnv reasonable doubt OF inc IL;
,,,,nh Of MIR. Wise in Eirginin Wethhk n's e., ,b
NJ icast 900, though the returns IRON. r"'
WI. ,'nI., NAV change these figures mater '".
Sr,u ;,;r n few weeks we had rcgarden h's u,'' .,
certain His former violent oPpoSlti"l, "
u, ncnioro ,nrty and bitter Remuneration W
Jackson and his policy, made It dhcu. ~ ;n the old
I'm
m,;nnn Several prominent members OF TUE 9
I,e1 and refused to labor for him. 6ut WIZ
g. an.rrv and vigor worthy OF pelter Sa"s., ~
,.nn, info The eld his own exponent anu NO ' NJ
co. Gears h.s lsbored 40 hard Tor his party u n"' "
y;ss duriuy the late campaign
havs watched the tone of the Virginia phPer'
Id, ;,.r.s, 10 ace what questions were 10 issuc-
IT,. R;cbnond Wig and the Richmond EHqa''e,
80. fo;r e1ponens of the two sides: Inc tnene
wei wei, nnsor.J 70 be a discussion OF know-NothinS
e'eh apP ,hot discussion confined to one particular
sni, -, hearings upon the slavery question: IL
PU. iorx that this was the turning point W lhe
V;ro;n;o c6ntest For months thc TWO p"rues nu'
ham enraqed in the audable effort to prove eecn "lhe
,nsound OH the great negro ISSUE ine
"a ,hort in its featy the pro-slaVcry Interests
Fla South. Ea,a sworc Justify that II was true u
slavery and that the other was not to be trusted.
Such being the Interesting suuto' vi a'itI, = u
NOT difirut to see which side, i'll tho end would pre-
.oi, Tried on its naked merits, the Administration
would moi be able to rally anything Ike MINORITY o.
an. noonle of Virginia. But, ThrH nc cofsst ,od'
uorroed dorm iothr question Thether Adn'"'fratt'n
N,brask9 Locofoeo'sm ,rds more rnr ana f"'"b'e a.
:, t,;cui and ain If Slurcry and SicrGY extension
I5o FIR x ao.r. Nothing party, soon becam1 er!dsn
IN ovr mind nat Virginia wonId, an all pro6abHty
rc,no;n ;rhrrs has Gren at tie head Of the Siarr De-
,cocracu oftGc Union. IHe prepondsrance Of dHh0r'
IN ras decidediy IN as tapor. 1t could point to the
ssryices Of that party in securing the annexation OF
Texas in prosecuting tho Nexican war for the pur
nose of procuring still more Slave Territory in the re
neal of the Missouri Compromise by which Slavery
has been established in wat and fertile region
whore heretofore, il had been excluded in the pur'
chase of Territory from Mexico, and i'll It's strenuous
efforts to buy steal Cuba all for the benefit OF thu
Suye-hoding interests of tho Union. In all ats arts
fhs Stare DemocTcV haze Teen true TO the peculiar IN
Stut0R and the orators and papers CT that side were
not idle in arrnyng these ncls, strongly and frequent
" before tho people of that old Sluve-h0dlng and
Save.braeding State
On the other side the Know Nuthings, THh n
strange inflammation and dtsrrsHTd historical facts
insisted that they the :l!e friends and defend
ers Of slavery and that heir opponents ought not to
no trusted in 80 grave and important an emergency
The Amrriran organ, published at Washington, nc
cused the Administration with desire To sustain the
people of Kansas against the uroads of the Nilsson
rars 1t Insisted that tho Order wns the great bull
wark that was to stand up between the Shareholders
and propacsndists and the "AJoist'0nlSts' Of the
North, us they termed every man who did not openly
espouso tho pro-savery doguias u! tho South. But
these ao,c. Nothing paJrs and orn'"rs, "h"r Pan-
drng 10 the sf"iimrmioi that people, eod not eh"~s.
the stubborn fact MGt, erery"hru m NE Nor me Or'
der had stood up 'aamfmHy far tref'tom On" 0sa'h"
sIarerv aggression. The election: nj Ire free Stdte'
ryrs Standing records a. he fac, that he n2T.No'
thi.gs oDpoSsd tie NEBRASKA SwiHdL. IN Nrr-EnS
Iaod CT preston his been dscdcd. THE ecoH 81
wilson k5fhr Senate from NosSdch"sct,s, ro"!" "0'
Lc d,uied The j0ct that an entire anti Neb'nsk0, ar
h-Ai,a"f>tIatioH de1egdf!0n Has Hfe'fA Z" I|"S,'sN
fys (J4,o ruth he nd of The Drder coad mol he de-
med. THcv rotcd tor he anti .Neb'0<kd, anti Adm'"-
;stratioa STATE t.ckft, andhrlRd 10 g'r' s"W0 N"
j0rXy. Nwas not dLfTcMN tT lp'Sr and ne .S'0tc
D,agcrqrg tc slime thar facts. They Did sho" mem.
IHev alarmed the prO-si0scry men q p"gi"'d: an"
IL IS no, surprising that they haEr GgMn taErn M''
stand IN Jacor d tie pro'sldrcry Administrations