Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-04-20

not all true VIrglnlans be warned IN tlme
From the Wheeling August
A Developments.
Whatever we may have thought of the ability OF
Mr.. Flournoy, the Know-Nothing candidate for Gov
ernor we had supposed that his views on the slavery
question were Virgnian and that the party in this
State would have washed their hands of the abom-
nations of their Northern hretheren, and place upon
their tickets men who were not tinctured with abo-
litionism, however much so they might have been
with other peculiar sms of which the party is COM
nosed Pollock of Pennsylvania, Wilson of Massa-
chusetts and numerous other abolltlonlsts the first
fruits of Northern Know Nothing ism, was "proof as
strong as Holy WRIT" that there was complete lu- |
sion and utilization with the free-solers, abotlonlsts
and higher law factions in the north, but in the face
of these facts and the evidence before Them the Or-
gan and Richmond Wing have been laborlng jealous
IL to convince the American people that the Know
Nothing party national. conservative, and the
onlv one that could preserve the Union. desper-
ate cause REQUIRES strenuous VindicatOn, as is known
to those who are laborng for the muZzled night walk
ers in the Old Dominion, and hence the enormous ex
ertons that are being made by these partlzans, and
the Roorback stories set afoat IN regard to their
strength A letter that accidentally msdirected
bv member of the Winchester convention to
brother in Richie county, and received by the gen
teman whose name endorsed upon it, says, that
the whole strength of the party, boys and ALL in the
State is only forty-sX thousand instead of the sew
entv We thousand which in large figures is embaZ-
oned upon the columns of the Know Nothing papers
as the number enrolled upon the list OF the midnight
conclave. Small leakages produce great results In
some cases, and a confidential statement from one
brother in the order TO another may, with moderate
allowance for the natural propensity for exaggerauon
in such cases. necessary to bear up the dropping spr-
it's of the BRETHREN be considered as fair estimate
All told them there may from thirty to forty thous-
and of T" the dark lantern SET in the State and this
is the mighty party that contemplates the defeat OF
the noble champion of human rights-Henry A. Wise,
and the overthrow of the democracy of Virginia.
Greatly duped has that Democrat been who has for
saken his party and principles and cast himself into
the she'll of Know Nothingism, depending upon It's
power to promote him to office. Duped in regard to
the strength of the order and deceived to its prn
cples, they will hasten to leave the sinking ship and
be able to say, not there when she went down,
but was with the democracy who sail smoothly
through rough seas we'll as calm.
But, to return from the DEPRESSION, let US consider
for moment some of the antecedents of MIR. Stan
hope Flournoy and see how he stands, and has stood
upon question that is of the most vital Importance
to the State of Virginia in pecunlary point OF
and one in which is contained the peace, perpetuity
and renown of the Union Mr. Flournoy in speech
delivered at Charlotte court house. in the year 1916
or 1s47 is said TO have held the following language,
which would grace the columns of the NeaC York
| Tribune, the National Era, the Wheeling Times or
any other paper that takes special delight in de-
scanting upon the evils that arise out of slavery
! it exists in the Southern States. Here is what he
said " The decline of Virginia not attributable
to the want of internal improvements" AND MAIN
TANNED THAT IT WAS DUE TO NEGRO sLAvERY-AssER.
TING THAT NO COUNTRY CAN BE PROSPEROUS WITH A
SLAVE POPULATION. Know Nothing Wilson will live
and die with unrelentiug hatred to slavery his
| lps-Know Nothing Pollock has declared in favor
of the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law and the Ne
braska biIl--the Know Nothing Legislature Of Mi
chgan has instructed her Senators to vote for the
repeal of both these laws and Flournoy, the Know
Nothing candidate for Governor of Virginia, says
that country can he prosperous with slave pOpu-
lation Read this, Virglnlans, and consider the won
derful similarity that exists between the opinions of
Know Nohngs North and in our State, and then
read the following from the Young American, Know
Nothing paper that published in Ptsburg, and
mark the designs of the American party, the national
party, the party that is pnre and tree from sectional
pref JUDGES, the party in which the South is called
7 upon to place confidence in their trust
! "AnTI- SLAVERY AND THE Now-NoTHINGs.-
contest in Virginia is looked upon a decided mat
ter and the election of the Know Nothing candidate
for Governor fixed fact. This may be regarded by
some as matter OF surprise, lnasmuch as the Know
Nothing organization, having its rise in the North, is
as much IN opposition to the slavery of the South as
to the domination of the Catholic church and other
foreign influences in our government generally. But
the truth IS there is Tor surprise in the mat
ter. Virginia has population as decidedly favOra-
BILE to the abolition Of slavery any people in Penn
sylvania Or Ohio. Virginia. nstepd of being unani-
NOUS is therefore greatly divided Oh the subject of
slavery. The pro-savery portion are the rich, whose
wealth is in land and negroes. The poorer and Ia
boring classes are oppressed by the institution and
favor its abolition This feeling prevails widely in
the east, but predominaes largely in the west, and
there are many who would not hesitate to come out
| openly in advocating abolition, join cheerfully and
at once in the Know-Nothng move, seeing that ii
tends to that end. Others Indifferent the subject,
fall into the current as the popular one, yet knowing
that the success of the party the surest blow that
can be given to the prosavery interest of the State
The slavery OF Virginia is therefore TO be broken,
as the old parties in the other States were broken by
the quiet but onward progress of the Know Nothing
organization. They do not of course, as we of The
North have done come out in opeu opposition to sa
very"
FAYETTEVILLE AND WESTERN PLANK RoAD.-The