Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-12-07
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER Z,

tiat can save the Constitution and the lnlol lhere
Is great force umd Significance in the following views
"t the Brooklyn IN. ~ Eagle, bold and spirited
Delnocrutic journa
Nor are the Know -Nnthings-though claiming the
title Ol Imrytc0h PR erceiicncc-uny more national
than the Aboiitionsts. 1t is vain for the Northern
| AMI Southern members of the organization to CO.
operate IN anything appcrtaning to tn" relations be
tween North and South, which will occupy such Il
large share ni the attention OF the present Congress
Should the Know Nothir.s of the North Cooperate
with the Republicans, their party is utterly extn-
gushcd at tbs South and little else than amhlatinn
awaits them at the North If they stnnd their South
crn brethren in this crisis The Democrats alone
present national PLATFORM and it is not for them to
sacrifice their position by stopping down to ally them
selves to any sectional pary for temporary object,
whose accomplishment will be benefit. They
have resolved 10 act for and by thenlselves and
throw upon the other parties the responsibility of
their own acts. Ii the Know NotiIgs desire to pre-
the a Abolitionsng ut the li"use of Representa-
tivcs, they do by voting Tor the Democratic
candidates; if they desire Otherwise, and elect the
officers of the Black Republicans, let them do and
benr the onus OF the act. If the Know. Nothing or
gaizaton be national one, it IL the duty OF It's
members to stick to their oatls; If it is not and its
members cannot act together, II Is their duty 10 sea'
rate and act their principles nny drect. For one
faction 10 desert for the time being TO secure lew
uilices for its par,isans aud aid the Democrats IN
rl-ctng theirs, would bc d corrupt bargain; ana we
| glad to that tho latter have repudiated II.
We are not surprised that the Wing, thoroughly
convinced of the unsoundncss of the hnow-Nothing
party by the revelations OF the Washington Organ,
and by the events OF the past yoar should seek TO re-
present the Democracy occupying the suinc
ground. The humbug oflinow-N Nothing nationality
is thoroughly exploded and its very organization is
threatened with destruction, is nv"wed by the Or
Z
tracts:
The American party is composed Of n!en who differ
widely upon questions not embraced within their pro-
i-srd purposes. If Il line bc drawn between them
question. not embraced within their purposes as
an American party, dlssensnn arises and dissolution
follows. The party becomes disorganized. aud must
be disbandcd. Those vino seek to make the slavery
question, III any form point Of discussi0n have III
our Judgment 10 business within urganlZaon.-
II is utterly impossible that the American party cun
succeed ii they permit any ouridc ISSUES 20 distract
them. To persist in making any test ~h'te'rr on out
side issues. will ensure the defeat OF the party.
But the Richmond Whig says that slavery cannot
be ignored, any more than bread and meat" When
the American party shall undertake to prescribe the
size or weight Of "brend, or the manner OF cooking
| or preserving "neat' the arguments Of the Wing
will bo appropriate; and when the editor Of the Wing
| shall become member Of the American party, his
advice that the american Organ should not have the
public printing will be entitled to considerations
! Ia our Judgment, the American party no" Stilhus
| upon III. very brink of ruin. With an auti.admlnis
talou majority Of ScrtGty in the House Of Reprcscn-
tativcs present appearances Indicate the SUCCESS o
the Foriey and Pierce dynasty. Ultra Southern
! Americans seem determined to make the slavery
question paramount 10 Ancrlcanlsn. IL tins be DONE
the American party South turned over 10 the ten
der mercirs OF Forncyism. Hitherto the South has
only demanded "to be let aons; nor lis leaders de-,
n,and that Northern members of Congress shall not
only let tho South alone, but that they shall sarreh
der their opinions upon the constitutional powers oi
Congress and if they refuse 70 surrender their oi'l-
ions upon this constitutional question, they are 10 oe
denounced H. sectional and not national nen
| The Nhg has our warm sympathy in lis bold and
crushing warfare upon tue ne-servlng and fatal pol
| icy Of the KNOW NullnGS "f The Organ school. Our
predictions OF the ultimate tendencies of the whole
"Amcrca, concern, have been fully verified, and II
| is IN vain to look TO that party, now crumbhng 10
atoms, for the maintenance of the Constitution and
Cnion The whig party yz dissolved, the great "Amer-
ican organization is on the brink Of destruction and
the only hope of protection against the m'=chevous
n,nchiratons Of the Seward Black Republicans, is 10
| be found in the bosom ufthc Democracy, the only
party that preserves It's vitality and national carac-
ter the true constitutional party. Past events have
shown it, present occurrences make still more mani
fast the conservative mission of the Democratic par