Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-02-09


whose destiny WIS in the Lands Of The Nothhng'
1t Processes still 10 speak of the "nationulity' of tn
order, ai:or tho "damning" facta we have revealed
1t says:
But bad ~ the choice will be, we .hall by no mean
despair Of the Republic. Still loss will we cease u
cnufde in the ,u:itv, integrity md patriotism 81 ~
party who have not orlv i-clarc,! by their words nm
they stand upon 4 NATIONAL platform 81 rr'c'i
plies, bu, have shown their faith by their '"''">'
Tie ".ArIoSAL" "w0,ks' Of tho kn"w-No'n'hS
are to he seen in the election OF Henry Wilson an'
William Ii. Seward Beautiful fruits Tor 'he pom
: ties Of Virsininns!
TIE NEW YORK HERALD AND KNOWING
THING WILSON. L. S. SENATOR FROM
=. ABOLITION MASSACHUSETTS,.
Ecr,r,;. Of tie Herald. which paper he. recently
es,o,,,,.. vita 81 much warmth, the cause y! Know
No,hingisn, is evidently alarmed, or is otherwise
r..,. ;,Isiirr, as tn the Gcsiga Of this Secret Order.
Ia publishing the recent lecture OF BurlinSame' the
Herald says
"Rcad the proceedings, in another part OF the pa
per, of a late anti.slavrrv meeting Ill Dnstoh-'Ee
.neech of Arson Rulirgnmp, and its full endorse
ment by Ge.era! Hrnty UHson-0Ha II T" e ma,
E,:lSt e. crcry min3 tia. tie JNiSt man rferfea oy nc
E:ru-.NO.hins 81 Tie L. :. Senate IS me mos'J "'I'
cal and img3cu5Ae aboi,!ioHis! rrer sent 10 max o'ry'
r., ryi,r,t, az nat Garrison or Ab6y Kelly Foster
cork arec IN cppcSIion 81 Southern Na'e'g' except
inr the Immediate dissolution Of the lnion'
What does ,hi4 mean! Il looks Ike an alliance q.
tu.en he Il ao,"-. NohiESs ant ne ato,W"N's's. ny
40, VIVA, saws The State Council OF Mnssachusc.ts.
Let them speak, Or forever hereafter Keep ~ as 80
north of Mason & Dixon's line. !his mnm'ss'T -
IP.isou, a. Senator q III" MHSS6ch"f"s' N"o ~.
! '%:".s. MATS then, q .cr.ip"G. parry ~ oWe. ~
! SovruC, nav" "nrHISG 80 n WIN - -.
E~mow-Notl:ns State Councils ri Tho - ,La
sneak OH the slavery question, or be rahhtu ~ ~
mi. slavery cualitinu. They n'nst repanue " r'T M.'
nr he themselves rcpudiated. The eS's'e''n :" ,ne
Know No;hings as II national phF'y m nJ'T S,a mr * ~
Lon,tfaR aJo!YSomst ot az Eiad'nEs strap. Is ne a
good and accepted Knnw-c;othinS, or mas ne nere,yeu
Them! The Presidency i closed 10 tho orueI u 'hes
hermit i,i. Wilson 70 stand as their exponent IN inc
SS.n,te NJ Washington. his manifesto ""H tc q tomt'
,h,Y in V,ceiaj,. Let Henry A. Wise read II I" the
people as the proclamation OF the Nothing Sc
ua.or elect from Massachusetts TO the south
"What .nv the Massachusetts State Cnnnci!, ana
other Northern Councils' y they are M league KAN
tie ant -~sl.rcry factions, their race u run
And We ask, who cuu doubt that this new orSaniza-
ton is in league with anti.slavcryl Wilson's whole
liz, has been spen. in fugitive slave law resisting
Massachusetts, and be is, as Bennett says, thus l"r
once speaking TRUTH tho most "implacaoio anu i
,,,;.,j oho,;,;on;.t ever .ont" to the United sta'oS
s.nu,c-ou,-H crodips the Hcrods Of aooI'o"'s"'
lrorrltt Si1lllQ u QeIiu ~
nuss;nr in his fuua:irism, hostility ana "eue"ef'"3
:,,.,.,, 70 n. I-,:,u. aud ennity TO the South, the
g., ..,,,l by,o.ri,ical ,~landerer, Charles Sum.
rer.
Th;s moustrous fru!, Of abolition Know-Notlinc-
ism j. rapidly opening tho eyes OF Southern men, oere
aud elsewhere, 10 The dangers OF q coalition win the
Secret Order. The election Of Wilson and Seward
cannot be explained away bv the krow-NoihinS or
caus, but must rebound a G!nst the Secret Ordera''ho
South, with killing effect. Some OF the southern
IVI,s paper, arc speaking ont their honest dete't'
ton of the fruits of tbs Secret Order. Among 'he'h
tho Macon tGa.l Journal and Messenger, bitterly OPP
po.eI. as il is, 10 the Democratic party is iorcea oy
the pressure Of cvideuce, 10 record its belle. in the al
lance between Known otbingism md Abolition
Feecrr;rs 20 the action Of the present Rn"w-Nothlng
Leri.la.ur- Of Massachusetts,, that leading Southern
Wing paper snys:
Thu. fur the action OF the Legislature has only
.erved to furnish capital against the party It repre-
SCENTS, 70 confirm the charge which has oeen mace
a-ain.t il BY tho Democratic presses OF tho south,
that i, WI. but another phase IN the development. OF
the Ere. Soil scn,imuut % I've North, and 10 disappoint
NIL those who, like ourselves, have hoped that The
new elements winch It has introduced into tho polite.
of the country would keep the IeIcd question ot
slavery. for II TIME o. le:s', n abcvance.
Without rcfer-;n, r. other matters, tho election OF
Geurrul Wilson, BY tie Mouse of representatives o.
tie Massachusetts Legislature, t" the Senate oil The
uii:od States. IS alone sufficient 10 siak" the conf
..vnce Of Southern mon lii The maieria. nj which thni
I..-;.la;ur. is composed. The Individual who had
r!lts been IGNORED with the strongest mark OF the
confidence Of tho party. and chosen 10y me House
fnm among al. tho distinguished citizens OF the Com
mouwea!tli, by Il majority ~ one hundred votes, 10 re-
present !, in the ScuatG Of toe United Stu,cs, Is ono
OF tho most contemplate, tirnn-scrving, Psace'seekihS
politicians Of Massachusetts, notorious Tor the iacility
with which no thlnScs ns tdlth,aiid CONSISTENT on'. 10
his bitter opposition ~ the South. III mo "u,s"' "'
hjs caTecr a Whit., then q Democrat, then an Aeni!-
,iouist, supporting Van Burcn aud Adams upon the
Butfalo platform of lS4S, recently Il "i"leht "ppohci'
of the KNOW. SothinSs, and now 4 mehpet u. 'ae
order, and tho recipient Of i!s iighGs; ana n'"st GU
vc,od b,,or. |, would have been difficult Tor ioc
House OF Representative oil Masaachrsci's 10 nave
found any ope whose election 10 d h'Sh a'' non"Iu-
bu Office would have created such MI u'''e'or'-
hin innre,aion at the Sou.h-any one whose cieVa-
,;n, 10 ,fire il in such direct Conflict with all the
pr;uc;ples and professions OF the order ~ WHICH 'S
members beloig. Tb"y are hnow-No'lirS "Ppos.
cd Il, foreign influence in this country, ana YET siec'
II man 10 ofire, who, within The last few months wa"
courtinc the foreign vote by his course III the Contti-
tu,;oual Convention Ut Massachusetts. lhcy are
KNOWN otEingS, opposed 10 the tyranny o, parties ahu
10 the d.c,a;ion Of party leaders and poi''iciahI' ahu
vet elect q man 10 othce, who has belonged 10 u''ios'
all IN, parties which have cxistcr! III MASSACHUSETTS
for the last toll wears, aud been faithful 10 none OF Them
a,d whose whole political career haa hccn n struggle
for office. They are Know-Nothings, protesting 10
foster and TO cherish Il broad, national, American sen
rl,nou., in which the narrow and contracted views VI
s,ctioaalists shall be swallowed up, and yet elect II
nau TO Office who hes distinguished himself ny MS
imveteratu hostility To the South, ana by bis induSt'i-
Gus agitation Of sectional questions and sectioha! opih-
ions. How shat. The House Of Representatives ol INC
Massachusetts Legislature reconcile the election OF
such u man with the principles ana professions Oh 'ne
parry to which its mcmbers belong "hnt are 'hese
principles aud professions worth. II thty 40 NOT co"'
troll the policy Of the party aud tue actions Of It's rep
rcsepta'ivea
Ihn people aYn tired Of professions and OF platforms
and huvo lcnrncd to look beyond these carefully
wordrd declarations of faith, aud to judge tho party
which claims their confidence and support by III dcsS.
IN this matter they are Grad;rinds, ind attach nnim-
portauce TO anything but ta'ts: and " few such tncis
AZ the election Of Il notorious Ahuhuonist TO the Sen
ate Of the United S:a,cs by a Nothing Leslsi"-
turc, will determine them IL II verdict against the
Know-NoulinS party Of the North.
After these multiplied proofs, it lie lille TO charge
Us with misrepresentation. We have denounced the
Northern KuDw.>;clhings us aboli:ionists, amt 'w|
thar ora n,tt:!as * haze co"r,cttd Men'. ""h '"o
! Mscoa iGa.) Telegraph We claim 10 have dlSco'eFsu
in thi, Secret Ocder n new and most formidable che'
my ~ IA. South and the institutions of the South
and however much we may have been maagned OF
misunderstood, we believe ihat the justice OF ou'
course will finally he acknowledged. We Oo!''V"
tho. the light is breaking in upon all sides; that INC
time ia no, distant when Southern Wings nole's thar
Southern Democrats, will denonpce this co'Sl'rac!
Of Northern Free Sellers: and that those OF the Sou'l
who have suffered themselves TO be so far misicd IL
to connect themselves with such allies, will soon Ills
cover their error, aud, comm. forth into the light o.
lay, cease - lead the lie Of opis, and play th' part
# open, independent men, once moro.
1t is q SIGNIFICANT fact, that no: one Democratic pa