Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-18
FRoM CARROLL COUNTY.
To tie Editors Of the Enquirer.
CARROLL c. H., May IL. 1855.

IaRRotL c. H., MAY H. 1855.
This is the first day We have hnd political discus
1oa Mt thus pince., Mr. irieg, Mr.. Martin and our
district Electnr, Mr.. Cooke were present Ar N,r.
tin lei ui, in speech uI two hours and II heng lis
first appC araucc he made fin. imnres.nn 40 tL.
czci,s. lie is well ported. lIcrevicwpL ,he bitory
Of the Federal party from the time of Hamilton
down 10 the Present day and enchainrd h;s listener.
with eloquent and powerful appeals from first Ia asr
1t was splendid argument. cmvened by rich Lumor
and cutting sarcasm. il any Know Nu,hinps w.r.
present they must have writhrd under the SNEAKERS
bold and manly c1coraton.
Mr.. Trigg is quite orator. He made fine nd
dress und was courteous In his opponent. lie read
tl platform" all of which amounted 10 tissue of
homba-tic nDn-esr. He spoke about the furei gners
and Catholics and where there are none 10 be found,
and the members of this party know the name ot
Catholic - unp"puiar they Use II as trap. II there
is Catholic in the county don't know IL but in the
adjoining county of Floyri, there is one, teacher
Niid some Of this dark lantern party affect 10 bell ve
that i'll short time this humble and unobtrusivt
female would have all the children Of the county, and
| the adults also, contaminated with hsr religion. \
man oi Mr. Tri.gs information does not canlIot, be-
licvc the doctrine he breaches. | am Informed b.
is or has been n Sweeuborgean preacher. II 50, he
is culpable. His cause, however, is bad one
and will suk him nl its advocates lpr the common
people III these mountains are intelligent and Gun see
| INTO the clnp-irap set for them.
We have some hard.h.adcd old iron-side l}apists
III ms scction wh" could teach Mr.. TI!gg lesson
religion and morals aud with the Constitution and
! 'he I'LL ot Rights, give him such skinning a.
no poor coon ever yet received. Bu; Mr.. Tri.g made
no impression on his audience. and left the Court
house as soon n he had conclude, hi. remarks.
AT late hour, Mr.. Cooke replied to Mr..
! lrgg. Mr.. Cooke ia inferior To no man in Wcs-
! tern Virginia, in the extent of i!s information. and
| good memory. llr commenced by telling the Know
NothIns' to their iacr that there stond that old Ian.
| ern;awed coon, grInnaS and smartug under con-
victi"n OF danmlng guilt. He asked who ruled
America, from Washington 10 the present day .
! We're they not Americans! And he named all tho
! Presidents. But, really, we have had doctrines
preached TO Its which were manufactured in Exeter
llu,, in England-a test oath had been administered
10 free Niroilans-an nnth which had been sent Ia us
! from Northern Abuliti"n:-is by Know Nothin.
! cnissary, with free negro letters Of introduction
| from Clarke, Theodore Parker, Fred. Douglass. Gov
| Wilson, &c. IL seems TO be crime when no other
country on the face "f the globe has sen with pow.
cr equal to America, that suffer such political
| juGsIcfs To travel over THU proud Commonwealth
teaching their dctc-tabc doctrines. Ilavo forgot.
ten the teachings OF Washington Jefferson Madison
Monroe Henry, ana h"s. nj other patriots' Ii not
let .purn these knowNuthinS nlcrs and abettor.
If Northern Rbolitonia;s with ali their damming here
Sizes fcvery Dcmocra: cOu! give t!!em such oastiga
ton as Mr.. Cook did, they would return 10 iicl
! hilin, places, e1c!aitniny, "O tina, M back lad
been laccratcd or that my head, neck and shonld"r'
had been buried, so that the abominalons rcd =
aiism, WhgsIn Curui,m, Abp!itionisnl, aL,. i>.iOm
NOtliIl1sln hl never cntcrtHl lnlo ~
miscrah!c wretch rs mysrlt. This will surely b,
! the lanrn;atiUn nj such miserable trckstcrs.
There a-u at Carroll Courthouse to-'lns
Mr.. Barnett, WHO, s"n" tim" since, came out in nn ui
dress. md wro" letter, which hns been published
! in th. "MountaiS TORRENT this place. i'll which he
denied that he belonged Ia the underground Know
Nothing rarty; AMI stated that he w"uld belong IL
no pntr;l party in whose councils there wns TO be
! secrecy. Yet /" my establishment and that OF oil o
his friends have seen certificates from three r0Sper
I t,I lr
is that he bclnny" 10 the Order before he wrote thu
letter uud they Civ" l's rcmnrits apoogiz'nc 10 th
Council or Lodge 10. becoming candidate with
| out consulting them.
! Mc.srs. Editors, nsk. in the name Of God, tht
| people ask, what are coming L., when such me;
rs Cul Barnett net l.! this manner "a whnsto
20 high IN the cstimsJn nl all who knew him. tina.
at the last election, though Wing, yet the Demo
cracy Of Grayson and Carroll carried his election
in triumph over his opponent who was 4 Democrat
should like 10 hear this know nothing question :airl,
d-balcd by some OF ia ables; champions IN Richmond
with Mr. Cooke q, oar champion, before nn atIlenc'
Of c-rl. rejecting men. and let Them Judge oi mel
and measures. The way Cooke would SKIN IN" coon4
BY fair logic and historic argument, would u" sh
for every blow the coon would receive would tall ~
| hi, head or in the faee-no side wipes or thru-s,-
but such rs the coons get here On ali occasions from
! him.
! You may depend TINT in tl, section the skies arC
! bri sht. We ready for the contest wI,h hcs'
! lcnthrrwing bats. | imagine that can now see ina
old crinning coon lying down, with one eye open
locking the mighty torrent which is 10 overwleln
/ him nn, all hi- progeny next week
You will hear glorious dinS5 from ri parts on th'
! Gath.
Tell the Yellow Jackets ot Chesterfield, that We n
the mountains are looking forward Ia rte how they
will pour the not grape into the Know Nothing party
! of the ln.tropolis We want 10 see them sknnc.-
They urc disgrace 10 tree country, tld part'cu
| lary to the old Dominion.