Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-27
FROM LEWIS COUNTY.

WESTON, April 10, ls''.
Messrs. Editors: The tIddgs from all Tue Noiin-
West are glorious Know NotliinSsm which, ~ u,'u
timr seemed doomed to carry nlong every tlihG u"
it's fell swoop, is now fairly bcate fr" '' VIZ
to Wheeling and thence all down the ON" rlfet' We
have the most reliable aud authentic ihi"rhn'io
and there be doubt OF the continuing u,,';nu
ton of Know Nottingham. At hrSt' qn'r =" 'u ."n
able number of Democrats Joincd lie olu '. than
this whole North. Western country--m'st I" 'hsn'
from the very purest of motives and from INC auua
bly patriotic but mistaken notion that TINS orHe was
really beneficial as instrument OF reior'n--uiu' II
would, in no way at all. interfere wI' or hl,c,P. 10
intermcddle with the party or political prod.
iections of its individual members. a: many many
ienoraut and intellectual zen, VIII" had ianIGsu
Prejudice l. from their very infancy against Catholic
ISM, aud had been educated y manner Out poorly
calculated to nlay such WElnd'ces' "oso' ii Nv.
lieved cuilscienorsly, that there WAS needed some
remedy for the supposed growing evil OF catholic III
lucnce uud foreign dominion III Tins government,
These men were ncrvuusly tcihrroutcd on these sill"
;rcs and rushed with ulacrty and with too much tcn-
ry an, too little crcunispcctioiI INTO an order whieh
urct.udc, and protcsS, 10 have no other ann IN view
lint reform in this particular. They went INTO II
in good faith and with pure hearts they were told II
would not conflict with their own particular views III
nlI bu, that there would bo Sound within tho sanr-
fled precincts OF Know nothing councils, nothing but
that nadncratcd aud indebted equality and brother
~ love, which IS inrcspoken OF the Mii'ehhi'in-
that Democrat wHs ls good ~ Wing But no sooner
I'M
ing For, instead of discovering patriotic body "i
men, honestly dcliberatIs some national rol"rni'
some cuuucrvuIling action - Chlhollc ana oIc'S"
,iuinnatih they found the most vcnonons old pnr'y
hacks ol the Wings galranlscd notenporary r''ai'E'
n, discus sing the question OIL not what SHOULD be u"ic
10 urcvcnl the spread oi Catholicism, but VIII" was ms
most available man in the uri.hhorh"od to beat thc
Den r,.iic nndIdacs Tor Congress, Legislature Nr;;
&C. They had teen trd, too, before joining 'ha' al
In. prominent Inn OF the Democratic party were !"
Al, u,lt INT Nyvt mora
Wings. They, however, soin discovered maj ''oS
had been miscIhbly and sbalnrlul!y deceive" n''u
lup.l. They w.nt in in good inI'l; b.t inc QUIZ,
ar,y would not play fairly with them ai'r ''''inS
IN Council a Ion, time, AMI never once nearing 'h"
n'rlo OF the Pope or Cah"lirsn ar f"r"lSn'm
but put down tlE. Democrat" paiy, "downWith De-
Ucinncrnc y''-thcy hccnmc tired and iI"'hS''I, an"
lust quit n"I,HS ,oi,n> the cniclarc' despite III INC
obstacles thrown in their way. can assure you ihcf"
nrc lint few Democrats in this North West In the Or
der now Some few old spawned hnd rlhS-'"ulu
slagcrs in: but, y"n mayr ~ H. III. !"uiS, 'e
healthy, and t" strong nrc ont "l u. anu 'hrie u
this advantage 10 Democracy ~ Their leaving ih".
these very men urr tie most active and most rllcielt
rolaborrts in ,,ur cuiIar. They "toll ANA SPIN. -
They urc not only bringing out their own friends, but
many h"ocst plain Wings, dissr-'ed ut The whoi"pro,
ccc,lingsm the Councils, come ut WIN theil ana
work for It's. There Hre now IN tins region many very
active Uh.. at work for Wise and Democracy. who
have boon Knom .Noih,ngs, and at one time, inter
b aoor- NOthme.. The party are more thoroughly
aroused al organized than they have ever been ~
my knoscdgc, and Wise's vote will show it. All the
brug:iu: and ruilin.. in their papers are strained,
forced and prr.cunrcrtcd. 1t il their pre-arrangcd
tactics. But it won't pay. We have heard the same
old tune prcrcle every Democratic triumph for quar-
ter of century. The Democrats will give very in
creased ioriics through the North. vest and Lewis
aud Kdwel will be- returned I" Congress with but
little real op]".itiun, Car-lc and lralc have been
dead for ycarsthcy almost 100 purltc'! to bury;
but they vii! be- ropcry Inferred on the I'' Thurs
day of May.
There is a piper published in Morsanlown, the
"rclcgraph," Which Inns done ereat service in this
canvass. II huS been edited with great deal Of
spirit and vigor. II hus dnne perhaps, as much or
more than any paper in tho Northwest to Drcak
down Know Nottingham. lis columns have been fill
cd with SONG very rich and telling c1po.ons OF the
toinys of the dark lanterns in that vicinity; and the
editor has shown generally an ability, nerve, and
an uutiriug opposition 10 "SnIn," which nier-
its the applause Of all true Democrats through the
State, ESPECIALLY when we consider what biSot-
ed and tyranniGal, U2crboariug, brow.beang SGT
the Wings nf oil Federal aOrsentown have ever
been. But ho has tou Int them gal!nIi!y pnd We hope
we shall hour good account from Mon0ngaii ad VI
cintv nj the election. You mny tell our friends III the
East that all is Uslt ou. the Northwest. We suli
roll up u mammoth poh for Wise liz May.
Many Wings who vote for Flournoy will scratch
Paton and En"".
They are actually trying TO swop Patton und Bcalc
of for their county candidates, showing ut once that
all they care for is the election OF the Wing member
of thut ticket. Yours, truly, SPECTATOR.