Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-30
TIE HuMBCG OF KNOW-NOTtllNGN Ma
rIONAIITY FULLY Exploded.

. The Richmond Wing and the Baltimore KNOWN"
tan. Delnocra, simultaneously pitch into the Amer
can Organ ut Washington, Oh account OF the rece"
commandments Of the latter journal, since the rein
.,al!a,on Of Mr.. Ellis It's OH nul editor According
g. the Wing the Organ does not represent the s''''
n,,ni of the American party at the South III re'"','
~ the issues growing out ot the slavery lues'''"'
The Wing says:
The Organ ia again repeating its oid np'ho"s "l,"
t,s snh;sr, nf slavery with this lille di!erence-it II
f,~.s,:hew;nn" i, now, whereas 1t used 10 oe Tor
Ignoring it.lc same thing 81 ias'' All we nat =.
10 saw upon this point il that southern man eH
r, ., we'll talk about Ig.Ur!aS his meat ana bread
/, would b. quite Ganpproiae and reasonable III Inc
Organ /, announce lis purpose I" ignore the common
-, uec.ssarcs of liteor the public printlig-as I"
pirate about "ignorng' the slavery question: ne
,. !. inst about rs wise conclusion TO be come TO
,s ;h. other. Il is Il simple unp"ssIbiity Tor al!
.ts,r or people owning slaves 10 iSnorc lis save
prupertv--aIi il is useless to say more about IL
And il the Organ is for 'IgnorIlg al interest 80 W.
mi and mighty il AT once cuts istH loose Hoil'
Sm.h,,n sympathy and Southern support Accord.
i've, Ia the Organ indeed the American party H. and
j. forever TO be, essentially one-ideaed party.
Tie Wing rebukes the Organ Tor arguing that the
american" party was designed for nothing else than
kre!ng foreigners of office and properly adds that
Il. !. useless 10 talk about the alarming influx OF 10
-.;,r.,s and the necessity of continuing the reins {"
e. whose hands YOU would conide them are "i TIE
r-ht stripe. We could name any nuilorr vi 'oie'Sn
horn citizens whom We aud the whole South WOMB
trust. with the power anu patE""Ee o. .iie
sirnry. in preference 10 hunureu' ~ na"'e WI
Ain' ricans. .,, a.,
A,nr,icau party in the Northern ana Northwestern
.,r,,s Eavs rcnullated the Philadelphia Platform,
then the South should repUGiate them, ana &ll WI"
s..:.Gn them--even though in so doin- the O'ga"
.louid fail 10 realize lis hopes ~ the way Z" the pup
tc printing. We trust that the Southern members OF
t:it, American party will Indignantly refuse To cast
t:-r votes Tor the propgeturs OF the organ or any
hodycse who does stand boldly fairly andsquarc'
~ upon the Phaderhis platform. Vote tor any
tound Democrat on the 'op o the ground IN prefer
clice to any Wing ur American VII" iS"'r'hi'liei I,
aud mealy-inouhed on the subject oi slavery anu
Southern rights
The Baltimore Democrat know No;hius,l also re-
views, d, length the very objectionable article oil
the Organ which condemns the "pan Tor organizing
IA. House of Representative" which, 1t IS under
stood, was prepared by Mr.. W. VI Bnrwell ana
which was re.published in q recent number "i the
Enorrcr at the request OF correspondent. 1hls
,.4u OF making the Philadelphia platform test
Which the Democra, warmly sustains, is with equal
warmth repuiiaed by the Organ, which says that
III persisted in by our Southern friends III Con-
gross Il will inevitably divide the American party 0v
geographical l!nes-:Lrow the organization oi ule
House into the hands of the administration, and c"'i-
tIue the present dynasty ID power Tor al least another
term. -.
we believe that all the Councils in the Northern
AMI Northwestern States, have repudiatcd the Phn-
I-iphs platform and ". suppose that the Amer
can members of Congress from those States stan"
."esraIiy np7n tier o~n State platforms. ,,.
I'VE see therefore, other probable results ike
v 70 how from the adoption of this Itnn than these:
tia. The Democratic party will control the House OF
Representatives and the american party tc'H oe most
- c'V4Ry Ges'r"yed.
The Democrat on the other hand, strenuously con-
tends that it is this very 18th article OF the Ph'ladri
phis Platform which the Organ repudiates' that
'uIrSes the American party national, aud that' 10
rrconcile the ground OF difference between the Ma
ton i American party and the Northern Sectional
lar:y" the Organ proposes the "ahandoniiS our
s-ound and going over to the camp OF the enemy -
Bv giving up our nationality and becoming seciou-
al b. srrrendering every thing We have been con-
,eriing for"
Wi,Aou; attempting 10 settle the dispute between
the rival organs Of Know Nottingham We have
quoted sufficiently from their respective articles 10
sI.o.s that "the American" party is in desperate
straight. According to the one side, the failure 10
A!op, ",he plan Of the Philadelphia test will be Il
surrender" Of every thing they have been CONTEND
Ing for; according 10 the other side, the adoption {"
lian VIII be the entlre VI Po'-
We scarcely expected TO sce, at So early date
such suicidal confessions OF the extreme weakness Oh
the Know. Nothing organization, bat It's internal de
cav has been developed by the "wlid hunt alter oi
ice against which they protested IN Their PLATFORM
iii, success Of the National Democracy ID sure, u
they stand firmly by ,lcir flag aud their prInclples'-
IL l. the only party in the country which, rs admitted
~ their opponents, can lay claim to the character OF
nationality, and the good sense, the justice and the
constitution loving Union feeling OF The people OF the
Cu,'eL State. will give them solid triumph If they
gle oily true To- themselves.
THE "WATCH.DOG" OF NATIONS.
Eers Weekly London Messenger, in an article OF
.n4rsh character ON the supposed trouble between
!0a,nd and this country, say, thai the people Of the
Gni,. / States ar- indignant because the Watchdog
e ,,.an,) interfures between the Sheep tCuba and
,n. Wolf United States.y" Tie London Times OF
the h inst. refers 20 the late war between the United
STATE, and Mexico as one in which our ''avarIce w"-
stimua,ed and confidence raised by the prospect q"
..h booty and contemplate enemy.
Wihou, stopping 20 rctutc so gross cauinhy' VIC
.Aa proceed array recent startling events which
a,a bit the hypocrisy and aggressive character oil
Ia-laud IN q most atcocous light. We learn from
the l. Courier and Enquirer that two more East IN
dian King ioms are doomed TO be crushed "us oi exist
enc. hy the iron hand of Great Brtan-that the days
If Eizam and Dude are already numbered. The
former sometimes called IIydcrbad, that paper IN
forms U.s. is country OF over nine'y-scven th"nsah"
.,,sr. miles. bordering on bombay and Madras. II
"a r., in agricultural and mineral products aud It's
.r,,nol revenue even under its present government,
"a estimated n: e. OUGO2. Dude. which borders on
N.paul and Bengal, has an area OF nearly thirty
thousan square miles, and pr"pori'onaoiy prod"c
tive Both have for years been under thht pecuiar
sort of ,osctoa which Gre"t Britain affords 10 rch
o,rbsrous AMI hafciviliGea countries. The Lon
don Tunes exaggerates some recent outbreaks o! the
savage shirt of the inhabitants, Which resulted only
!; .hc death Of person AMI severe wounds /"
n:.oher and smphacally calls upon Great Britain to
i;,prove the rare opportunity presented Tor the ex-
.nsi,n o; British dominion. The Times significantly
ash4:
"Wby DO we permi, this fire to burn unslakcd amid
an ,onny combns,ib,e materials Why do We allow
in the north State where lsiami>m may preach hcI
fierce doctrine "f excrninaii"n win mpun'!, " i
IN the south kingdom where thousands ot greedy
.jventurers IRE ready nj the first opportunity VI
Iunre us into the horror. Of internal war. Why du
we suffer our Indian exchcquer 10 he bankrupt our
.ynenditure for public works 10 languisil. ana our
avn subjects TO De ground down by excessive taxa
,i, in order to retain their otterng thrones prof
lh,ae tyrants whose destruction a. the hands OF itiI
own irfuriated subjects is only averted by the weigh
Of our power and the intervention of our authority
This ia we'll. Who in the pungcn,y ironical Ian
.-.oce of the New York Courier can doubt the pur'
~ Of Englands intentions in the onslaught which
son, TO be made upon tie Nizam and the King OF
onas Philanthropy, desire TO es'erminnc the
n-odrscy, debauchery. cruelty and "v"rice OF Sen'
40, Esstorn Princes. aui holy zeal in the pr"paga