Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-12
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE II, 1855.
GRAND NATIONAL KNOW-NOTHING pow
WOW.

For tho information and amusement OF our readers'
we copy from tho n. Y. Herald full report oi 'h'
dongs of that piebald gathering. Never so he'e
rogeneous mixture Of elements gotten toge'h'' "
fore, and it will be almost a miracle, shou'u 'n''
able to patch up the vaguest platform anu i''' =.
into thousand fragments. The ed'tor'ai """ '
correspondence of the Herald scarcely requi'
of comment 1t is curious tart, ho"e'''' ~
that will as,ouish tho people OF virginia '''1'
Phil. Boiling, of buckingham with his ah.eee"e"'''
should have been put forward rs the pee"i"r e""''
n;on of the institutions Of the South lhc Pe"Po vi
VIRGINIA cannot but regret that in his wrestling WIN
the now-Nothng abolition Senator " lssoh oi mas
.schpse,ts ,,a Col should have made such conces-
sion as to tho certain extinction OF slavery IN Sno'
period Of seventy eight years THIS IS a'a1 error
for the frcn1, of the South and will doubtless be
made use of by the bitter enemies OF slavery.
The remarks of the IIcrads correspondents on MIR.
Kenneth Rayuer, tho Southern Atlas OF know-No-
,binyi.m. will attract attention from the conflict be-
tw,eu the two etter-wrters. The Of Mr.. Ray
uer, throughout the Know Nothing canvass, indicates
that tie first letter paints him more correctly than does
the second.
Whatever may be tho result of the eaucusng and
trckery of the politicians at Philadelphia tho South
will be startled by the fnct that the know-No-
thing Council, while rejecting Southern Cathohcs,
have admitted to their bosom Wilson and his aboi'
ZION crow from Massachusetts! Hero is plainly cx-
hibited the determination spurn the counsel G" Nir-
ripia now-Nothincs and 20 patch up compromise,
spurious in appearance but really deadly to tho
South.
Iis a curious thing to SEQ this grand Council "s-
senbnc to "lay down platform or schcdnle OF belief
for the party" in tine language of one OF Its organs
Ii appears them that in spite of all their basis prnc'-
ples' in the Virginia election the party do not know
what they are to believe and will not know until tho
rulers Mt Philadelphia dictate the fni,h to them-
Since the light Of tho Virginia election, they may
change their entire "basis" and come out under g
totally new guise. Whatever it may be, nothing
will result from which the South hope to derive
any comfort or benefit. Tho Philadelphia corrcspon
dent of the Springfield (Mess.) Republican probably
indicates the course Of events when he writos in the
following style
Ohio and Inaionn now lead the northern sentiment
in demanding the restoration OF Kansas and Neoras.
ka 10 freedom. The delegates Of thoac States nnI "t
Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine,
AZ least will plant themselves distinctly upon this
They will yield silence 10 all else but the platform Of
A,nercaMsm must conccGe as. or the oounell IL no
longer n unit. Beyond Kenneth Rayner of North
Carolina can hear of southern man here, VIII" IL
willing 10 grant this and, with many dou !ifnccs rs
New York, Pennsylvania New Jersey, and, L fear.
Rhode Island aud Connecticut have hore, there IL lit
tie hope that even thus much OF justice will be grant
ed 10 liberty and the outraged feeling. of the North
The S,atl donard something which they can hgaf
the Adm. aistraun in ito stronghold ain fools 10
throw away tho power of the organi=a IN me :ree
States, in wild pursuit after weak hope oi u III III?
South But politicians here seem demci!Ied ald crazy
in their calculations as the future; aud well Is IT,
perhaps, tor the hope of more healthy ami hottest
political organization i'll the Free Staes that they
Every hours experianno l.are ;'@""~ eas 'h~ -c---
ton of the utter folly and wickedness of this effort 10
patch MP ar organization that shall stntfy the nation
and shirk the only vital question of the times Until
the great wrong of Kansas shn be righted there Is
NJ use of talking about other questions, or "i build
ing hopes upon parties formed outside of that issue"
The true Northern representatives here gre soeing
this more and more yividly, and many OF them al
ready honestly believe that division now il better
;han dishonest, irsone truce, and would rather go
than stay. The lines being plainly drawn. lhe
question have stated will be brought directly before
the Council and each must elect on which slde
of il he will range himself. There can he no further
compromise and no dodging. So far good. Let uB
see the game played out. The Council will continue
several days.