Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-03-13
LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN.
Know Nothingisn and the South.

and presses against Know Nothingsm as another
and more dangerous form of Abotionsm. En-
Outraged by the easy and careless credit given
by our people TO this mad-dog cry. and relying
upon the known preiudiees of the South against
all political movements supposed to find favor
in the North, these presses and orators have
kept up a furious and inoessant uproar rs a
means of sencing inquiry and exciting the pas
sons, if it could not convince the Judgements
of our people. 1t is almost Imaginable 10 see with
how simple and brief statement the whole
worfv commotion is silenced. In his late speech
in Spottsylvania, Ex-Gov. Smith. rs II win
breath overturned and shattered the whole
baseless invention. Listen 10 him fora moment:
"The origin of 4. Ms is d struggle for
bread-G fright}M and angry question at the
NORTH A the South it's a political question
If b,1h Importance. The north has s. more
Reprsseafnfires than the South already. The
natural increase Of The South is one third graf
er than that Of the North, because there are
greater checks GA population there, bm The drti.
fetal elemento .foreignism brings 5oo,OoO ieho
settle annually in the FIRE. States 'eih Instincts
against sldrtrg. making 50 Representatives IN
10 gears 10 sreH the opposition TO The South
To stop this enormous disproportioH "hat Is our
policy Uhat is the f1ghyM prospect bcfore
u.s. The egeet Of kaoie- Nothin gism is 10 turn
back the tide OF immigration, and our highest
duty TO the South is 10 discourage Immigration.
Tdsprecate IL Us great eaia1nity.'
The South remembers-it wa too sad and seri-
Gus n thing soon 10 forget-to what alarming an
inequality aud diSproportiou her representation IN
Congress was reduced. and that Of the North
augmented, lay the last census Already COM
manding a majority of votes in TINT body, the
new apporiioument of representatives placed ~
entirely at tho mercy Of the ami slavery section.
With every accession of strength the North has
become more and more arrogant and aggressive
more and more regardless of the constitutional
rights of The South. Ii has not been ten days
since the Lower House refused "a pass bill Ne
cessary to the protection of government officers
engaged in enforcing the Fugitive Slave Law.
The eyerSla owing asoendcncy Of the North has
rendered our section powcrless and helpless, cx-
oept by means outside Of the constitution and
apart from the ordinary touus of legislation.
Long since besottcd by bgotry aud fanaticsm,
CONSCIOUSNESS Of strength that cannot be re-
sisted is fast making the North mtolerant, de4-
potic and aggressive. Power i rendering the
free states deaf to all thu demands Of right and
wanton la the inliciiou oi wrong. Should the
present condition Of things eantinuc -hanld the
prepon9oranoe OF the North go on increasing,
and the relative strength oi tho Sauth continue
to diminish should the fanatcism Of fools and
factonists lind ing 10 cure ar curb it, who's
there s.eredulou- and weak 49, ~ suppose that
the union of these states cnu be preserved and
h., Il,
man nature as 10 imagine that this lnon can be
severed without bloody aud blasting strife
Coy. smith, III the few sentences we have quo
ted above has pointed 10 the cause and cure of IA
condition OF affairs So deplorpbe in what il has
produced so dircful and disastrous in what it
threatens. His language should he ,rayon on
every Intel, and posted over AN the highways
and streets of the South. Our people should
have i, ever before their eyes and IA their minds
that "IMMlGRArIoN' Is the fruitful source, from
which the great and numberlcss wrongs which
have been done section have como. nud the
still greater caami;ies which threaten ii lre he
ing bred They should be made 10 bear con
stanty in their thoughts the conviction that the
only reliable and lasting remedy, for the Ills we
have borne, and those toresoe, is To unrest this
reinforcing and swelling the hostile forces Of the
North. Checks and compromises cannot be de
pended on. They are already laughed at and
disregarded. Legislation can no more bind the
North than rotten wi-p. Of straw can lind n
maddened giant. Ann; 4atinn of southern r,srto-
ry is but Temporary Npedcnt The ,ser pour.
ing tide Of ijnfu. f3uiug Aid A. surely atertake
and surw-- te.r--i"n 1T slrrRLth thus OBJ
tanned, As tim that hcvar reefs vii! move on
toward, aud roll by, iyed aud future date.
Here then. i, point al which the whole
South may NJ last unite We rejoice that the
cry of abolition by southern dcmocrats is.
after all, about To produce good result Peo-
pie have listened 10 il and looked. and though
they have not found the monster wlere Demncra-
oy has So Justify bawed out il was. they hare
found there the means of throttling H. In the
American movement within the easy reach of
legislation, they discover the mode by which the
Fictitious and mis-used power Of the North may
be reduced, and the extraneous source that sup
pliedit may be INSTRUCTED. In the more rapid
natire increase of the South, they are assured of
the ability soon to avertake the North in popu.
lation and the political power that population
gives. There, they behold offered Them gain the
sceptre e dominion, torn from them by foreign
hands There, gltters within view lie diadem,
of which the South has been despoiled. Let ma
tive citizenship be the basis of political represent
taton, and the South will re assert her suprema-
ey. Let "Amcricau, rule America" and the de
grading and dangerou, infcriority of the slavery
section viii be removed. and the l'nion rescued
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