Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-15

| graves. The nunucry investigation, Oy HHieii Pc,
sick women ai their were Disturbed ana ihsu!t
ed in their houses. and its sequel of the Hiss lldccrh-
ry the revolving details of which hnve been aid Dc'
fore the public were the fruits OF Know Nothing az
! c,nlancy i'll characteristics.
In PENNSYLVANIA its results, though OF more oe-
| cont were OF Il .ravcr character. No sooner was
the political complexion OF the Legislature
| aud the possible election Of n United States Senator
! f,r.sh aI,wcl tinu SCENE of Intrigue anu shnme-
| Icss h,rv,n began wholly unparalleled even III tue
annals III Harrisburg. Its detail. are matter ot re-
| cnrd and history. The experiment to elect ana It's
dangers show how lusory ARE the prcten5ohS "t 'ns
| new party that their end and aim, recognizing "hly
| wh,t thry call the American principle, is III throw
asid. nero marty hacks, and tn seek III new and I'M
corrpted men their congcninl representatives. who
the new men soon appeared. y" sooner "'s "
Understood that there Ia he adherence To att
ccnt party nc,, and that, with mgIorltY' mere wa"
| tn be no whg nomination, than such men rs ueotse
Darsie and Eli X. Price and others, were dehiG0 Io
muniOn with former friends. No sooner WIS ti'' 10
ccrtained than new activity was nsiiled and new re-
| crus secured To the Know Nothing lodges anu cou-
cils the conyerginS roads TO the seat vi So'ei
ment, BY long and short journeys, were 10 DC see
fresh and incxpert politicians scGN!i'" aul'''7so VI
| craving the h0nors of the lodge ,
General Simon Cameron, who, ms veteran ucl'
ocrat, in September last denounced AmcrIchh'.n as
| the worst OF horesies, recanted. Two di"tEu'seu
| wings, one the of living mud naturaiized Citizen
| and another with still stronger hereditary aihntes'
even to Papal lrcand it is believed, renounced he'r
ancient RESERVATIONS, and were sworn az ht"vh!es W
which forced them in, but in they went. The ciIei
mnsstratc of Philadelphu-he who in lSl had pro-
nounced "loycy Ireland, tho luIninary whose rtinI
nf lipt has lighted the world the mother country OF
| America :" aud had said that "no American can
sneak in derogation of Ireland her sons without
shau,ing the blood that flows in his own veins, and
,undcring the dust of his own family vnut-hl'rrlcd
10 Harrisburg 10 try to keep the door shut 10 more
nsuirunts and promote his ambition There, too,
were to be found struggling for the great prize {" the
Know Nothing lottery, others, not less dlstInSusicu
uu ex-senator and president of dapidated railroad
romuany; Mr.. Lewis e.. Levin, an ex-mcinber oi Con-
,rs. mud dealer i'm guanO; DIR. David Jayne, dealer
nj the first class, under tho luws of hr Common
wealth. III patent medicines ana TO complete inc Ill
consruuus group, the chairman nI the American ea-
.cuTiye committee, Mr.. John W. Ashmeut, VINO mas
cauIIy and bnnstfully said md sworn, before com
mtce of the legislature, that he was willing To con-
tribute one thousand dollars TO promote the election
of his candidate, aud thn candidate, Lewis y. LEVIN
,rj that he was determined that " the American pHr.
~ sboud no lon yer be bob.tail TO the wing KITE.
Tn. result of this is known 10 ail WIN TWO eXceP-
lions none of those who thus dr'ncnied themselves
secured II vote worth speaking OF: nlIghtlcr pow
or than Know Nothing sympathy was operative
n.,aiust tlem one and all; and nothing bu, happy
Lnucr and the invincibic and honorable aversion "t
n few high minded members OF the American party,
tn whom We gladly do Justice suved The Common
wealth from the dlscrcdlt ol choice when Was NJ
one time painfully imminent.
Nor WINS this all. In the midst OF the turmoil, whilst
the whole body of the secret organization was Ter
mcntimg, from the corrupt elements within II, the
hear, of Pennsylvania, not yet entirely dead to lis ~
.tints md impulses startled by the offer ut the
Wing presidential nomination by know-Noihng
committee Of the Legislature 10 Ncw York connrr-
cia nd rnturcr without an earthly clam to colsic-
ration except that which money and personal in-iS
niicance give. The great leaders OF the american
movement were Ignored. Such names rs Sannr!
Houston Willard Fillmore, john VI. Ihyt"i, '"hn
Mclean, Kenneth Ravnrr, and Meredith T. Gentry
were cast aside, and Pennsylvania hnow'N"thih2s
nominated George Law . ,..,
mrmbcrrl we are speaking OF wcattcstrd tacts, and
If wrong, we invite contradiction. Inc SIe"t "Ee"e!
Al IInrrisbur. during this canvass was hoHkf-so
Lu,wu md believed nj the mountaineering ana suH.
,,;nr tho rnarcan in the first instance and
hr;eycd nj least by the creduIous dupes, who were
willing "a contribute il {" be operative attrrward. ~
", n Sn.mbrr" saw one "f the witnesses, 'of The
n.;con raucr,s and lett il, because believed there
ar, Influences operating on TINT caucus which were
nor r;rht-corrrlpt in their character and calculated
"a .rcnre the nomination OF Il man Whn believe, rs.
nutioIlv unfit for the position. gathered this belief
,,,n unu,urrabe circumstances. percevRble but not
,.u;I,. ,.rrnssci-at the came time, | could detail
number Of circumstances which influenced my mind.
nd tr.most in th- plan for substituting the l.gls-
our. or nj rHst raisins money for some secret aud
, oy,,yci pnrpose wa. Il known and active mem
her o the order, since nominated by Tie oCEe n liz
candidate for the common council IN the Fi!th Ward,
Dr. David Jayne: III equally lIluSir"us adhcront OF
th,. craft Mr. Lewis {. Levin md last, though NOT
I.rs, the chairman Of the executive committee, who
rnw -paks in the name OF america IN the .Smcrl-
cans OF the United States II ouch Americans nre
4, rule America" We inay be permitted IN ma cont
,r in tho renewed a,sulaCt TINT the dynasty IL not
yct inaururatcd. VIA: these men, tho accredited
leader. oi the know noiling movement, did or We're
willing 10 do il matter oil proof and legislative re-
cord And il more not discovered, we may nnd
solution Of il in Mr. Lcvins bonst, Us narrated UNI
der oah by n rcs,.ctable member Ut the house OF re-
representatives.. in these words: INF Levin sad he was
n id sight too smart, ii Inc had done such thing Tor
md III. ypv NOR
the legislature I" boot to eaten f'i"!-s "''
covered up his trucks
VET il was this vrrT candidate who could thus Of
f.nsivcy and proiacly tnk, for whom the chairman
of the American executive committee has SAIL he whS
willing from personal affection ana esteem 10 '"htl
butc one thousand dollars Ia promote his election -
The undersigned grateful for the escape from dis
grace which u Legislature, numnally Wing, mad" in
this instance, reasonably indulge the hope that The
aspirations of Mcssrs. Ashmead and Levin may
hereafter be directed o;her quarters, finding Us
they do in the Legislative report, TINT one ot them
has interests in Distant regions q" the Northwest ana
tho other has purchased 'Jrom me gor' '"m'H q ;
lSa. report, D. 46j OF the other unfortunate candi-
date in the Know Nothing ranks for In. Senntorship
who has been made tho srape-Soat ot hi, more sub
tie competitors, We have disposition IN say much
Ind he not been put forward by the lodge so soon
after rs its candidate for an important municipal
tr;lst VIC should have said nothing but his position
cannot b. better defined than by his own ingenious
confessions;
81 bnye no claim" said Doctor jayne, "upon you.
dou't ask tile position upon the ground OF merit
but | understand that Simon Cameron is about buy
ing the members oil the legislature and think lhare
rs good right tn buy them h- has. | an ambi- I
tiols court distinction, nothing about the Office
on account of its salary, rs every body KNOWS, ana
where Cameron haR dollar ~ spend, have i've.
There was no mistake III language like THE; AMI yet
with the fresh record OF this confession before them,
the know. nothing lodges Of Phllaie pha nominated
David Jayne for seat i'll the common council Hap
piv for tho credit OF the city, the fusion ot honest
yhigs aud democrats nvericd this dshonor, and de-
terinuci that such Americans should not rule i'll this
part OF Anier'c!. ..
the undersigned have been driven by tho nrtihrc "i
this address of Mr.. Ashmrads executive committee"
and the boast that the aie victory one over the
combined whig and democratic parties. II was no
such thing. The know nothing managers first con-
trvod To secure GScrrhancy in the wing meeting.
in the whc wards, and use, the aid tho nppa-
rent organization Of tho wing party before the eec'
tiuu and then, tho moment il over talk loudly, AMI,
in the language q, this lnsoent address, CLAIM as
victory over the wings. This, as we have already
sni,I is characteristic trail of know nothing nctcr
md this we have felt it our duty to expose.
To orc al two courses we challenge tho leaders al
this secret purity 10 avow their principles III puoc,
and nvit" 10 them papulnr and fair scrutiny "f,n
tho machinery Of secrecy Tho Safeguard ut empires
everywhere il too prcciou. to thcmif they must be
oath -bound-ct them not be ashamed of their onths
-not compel tho;r members to swear alrgaice III
aide and disavow outside lei them organize "'s'ihc
lively, rs Know Not!ngs or secret AmrrIc"'is' pro-
scripve of lurc gncrs and iRtGlGrant OF crceds ma
we shall he prepared 70 meet them without lear oil
the result. No such banner will bear the sunlight NJ
the open mir. We have attributed Ia ti' oTSa'%a-
ton nothing but what it il proud 10 deserve. The
faure OF the first year of consolidation with l"ch!
bankruptcy and discomfort in is train, rests Oh the
purty who, in S5iruricd the city by storm with ma
iDrity varying from to fifteen thousand IL may
be- hard to distinguish the huwls Of tho wolves Inside
and out; but il is conccbd that, terrified by Sounds
from some quarter, many of them who on the surge
of triumphant Know nottingham, were lIllcd TO hgh
position year ugo have in the language of one oil
| the mort eloquent exroneEts Of the order i'n"I II