The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-23

DATE DR. JOINS Dove gr.. will be votsd 4, . =.
ensuins election 1housh formerly Whis and ,a ss
perste mar, and therefore not liable to obi..s,ssn
partisan Jefferson and Msdisan Ws,g.s 'ion y
cont soss Il the .,s s " Il ,as
up old " higs and old Democrats. ana ,iys ZONE
in putting Down dictstiou. NiD}snWusi
RIcHMoND CosGREssIosAL Drsrs,.-
At . meeting Of the Democratic A.,os,...-
Thursdsy night, Mssus = Z. Giles, @, W. Huaioss'
were appointed committee 70 prepare ma nt n,n
an address 70 the voters Of this District. The fs
ing sdmrsbls paper has been furnished to as sy n.
committee for publication. II presents In m sas
est and clssrest light the transcsndsnt el.m, ~
faithful representative John p. Caskis 10 IA wi
ed confdenes Of his fslow-citizens-Eaqsirr'. A'''
The Democrats of Richmond to the Potter, of a.. IT,,
Congressional Distyics- Greeting. AA"s
A. brethren of the Same family, equally a.vo..,
to the interest. honor and welfare Of our eounsrv
address you. The election Of member to ren,m..s
hand end feeling amply the nporssnes s. Of ~
ssrdias it In fact from the novel ana peculs, ~,
cumstsness which attend it one Of tie most in.
ish ID the sscsndsncy ofths Republican psrt, "a.
the lead Of Thomas Jefferson. we come forxsrs -
confer With you IN respect to II.
WING and Democrats, or Republican ps1ties i,
in is last sectien. aided s. many patriotic Whi@s
trist est bad done at the preceding election H.,
ing faithfully bis ents and ,srv.s
them sith unsulisd integrity and great ability, Mr
rs-elsstion He asks for continuance Of that cons
Ssnce which has been 90 generously bestowed ape,
In timer past we should have answered thi, ou,s
ton without hesitation, and. enthusiastically In the AZ
frnstge; for then IL was principle held sacred /,
pie with honsssy fidelity and ability should rscsiS.
that highest aud beat reward of Q Republican ,sr.
want. of an upright and fearless representstivsth,
appreciation OF his constituents The people Of Vr
ainia have nsvsr been uBgraseful or unsenerou,-
have never oonfouldsd the sIothful and faitheu
servant with the visilsnt and faithful, and neysr
driven with shame aud marks OF eoutamely from
their presence the man W no had been true to than
70 his country and to liberty.
Ifsueh be still the ekayacteristlcs OF our people
then the answer viii be the same. Virsinsns viii
never dishonor faithful representative and Inn g.
Csskis will be reelected to the post which, for rI
y-sIs, he has filed so nobly.
but the times are much changed and 1t Ii said our
psopis are chansea too. The old array Of partea no
longer exists. The old Republican, the trus Demo.
cratic party, stiI molly bsan sot the ancient banner
and battles for the sacred principles of which it is the
emblem. But the Whia party no longer appe ais %
Its opponeptits Gag has been torn down and s co.
lumns disbanded, aud q psw party has spruns up Ia
its stesd for the most part from its ruins, to fill s
Banquo's shosi, the scat once filled by living EN-.
bodiment. 1t was born in Massachusetts. 1t &c.
nerated by that spirit from which sprung the nfs.
nous Hartford Convention. aud prompted rssistsDcs
TO the law for the protection ofthose who plunds,
Q0Qe8
stiution ofthe United Ststes aud its vital principle
was and in the land of its nativity and the North 1e
nersy is hostility to the institutions of the South
thing Its putative father and emisssry Is csIss
Sam. The objects of the monstrous formation ara
the Offices and emoluments ofthe Government, and
Ia pursuit of them, it has ventured to assa Virginia
and claims the right to appoint Its representatives
Without announcing one single political principle
upon which they mean to stand, and by which thsy
will govern the country. II they obtain the power
do 90; without informing you whether they favor the
old doctrines ofthe Wing party not; whethe thet
are for against Bank, Tariff. or Distibution,
whether they for sg .inst the Wilmot Provi,O
by which the South Ia to be excluded fiom all new
territories whether they are for the repeal of the
Nsbrasks bill, or, whether they for the rsstor
ton ofthe odious Missouri line or not; without ono
word of denunciation OF the asotionsts the Virgins
Know NothinRs. in secret session at Winchs.rst,
platform. which will apply equally well to any
party and to every party. Aud. ia return for such
offering, they ask yeu to abandon the long settled
card from your service your wel-tred and faithful
representative, the able, upright fearless Caskis
y' e . Win
faggots of proscriptive and intosrant naticism,
srder that by their light and in the uproar and alarm
which they will occasion, thew may despoil the Pee
pie of their power and their Offices
Nor 10 this oil They wage war against every
adopted citizen of our country, and require that
polluted; or become. If he lsnds, civilly and polit
cally slave, with the privilege of paying all tia
taxes which may be levied, and fighting our batte
but without the capacity Of enjoying that first grss
privilege of freeman, which alone distin guishes
him nom the subject nf despot-the privilege 0i
voting for the men who are to govern him Thus
which were "Freedom of conscience to all men A."
.Taxstion and representation must go togethery-
spoke and wrote and Washinston led your srmiest T.
battle and yictory For these principles the ,rss
and the good raen of the revolution fought and bsd
than Gothic principles Of the Know Nothings, which
come teemiog hot from the land of federalism, ia.
naticsm and abolitonism, to take thsir placed Shall
the principles OF gton be exchan for thGSs
of Ned Buntline? God forbid! Let the people for
bid also. Come to the rescue OF your country and
heartless, unhallowed, ruthless invader.
We have said that the Know Nothpgs have pro-
claimed political principles of distinctive char.
to excludes hsm ZIP ,oe
councils of Southern msn. II Is this: They say
that they the national party; which, If IL
throughout the nation; and ii this be true then the
whole Know Nothing patty must be an abolition
party because that party 1t the North certainly To-
OF this, additional proof win be found 10 the fact
that they have lately held Convention la Syracuse,
in the State of New York at which 1t wss proclaim.
down platform so Southern and 90 conservative.
that Virginia would be satisfied with it-apd stand
ing upon it would expel from her councils and her
condolences her well-tried and faithful public ser.
vants-would abandon aud renounce all her prime.
pies And what has been done7 Here 10 their plat
form. Look at 1t. read 1t, examine 1t
l. Americans shall rule America.
The Union of these States.
g. No North-No South-No East-No West.
The United States Of America AZ they are, oas
and inse parable
s. No sectarian interference In our Iegisl.tion or
the standardization Of American laws
d Hostility to the assumptions Of the Pope through
the bishopa priests and prelates of the Roman Ca
testant blood.
Z. Thorough reform In the naturalization laws.
q. Free aud liberal educational Institutions for sl
sects AID classes With the Bible Gods holy word, -
= universal text book.
Not one Southern plank In the whole platform -
not one Southern sentiment in the whole proelans.
tion,! But. ON theEeo atsasY, principles most de-
structiye Of your rights and safsty. again cor
cesied under the most nnmeanipg generslities, Ss
yet not 90 well concealed ~ to hide their deformi
ties aud enormities
The fact that not one word 10 said about Soutbers
rights, 10 Of tssif eonclusiye Of the anti Sou,hefs
character Of tn. party. But THE IL not all. Tbet
creed H. "1he Eaifed States az they are" which.
u means anything. means more aoqusitiots o.
southern territory-no Cuba for Us -even though
Spain determine to Africanize H..
Can you. will ron deliberately surrender oar be-
ioved South TO the banda Of ZACH an unpstriote, o.
natieai. south-hating psrtyf Never. never Nor wn'
you be deceived BY the cuckoo cry. Of "no Nef1s'
no South" when ysu not told upon W bat pTine'
Piles North or South are TO be governed. Comlsr
under such citeumstances - 10 dossi as the des'a
kneli Of the South, No South. indeed! because tns
south 10 to b surrendered to the anti.ssvsry .ns