The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-05-12
Senator wllson aud the Kuos-Noth,ne

XIV ~ ARSVII att2 N&AC niiVs
The Foreign Wise party in this State, says
the Richmond (Va) Wing, have made a good
deal of capital out Of the fact that Senator vii
son, of Massachusetts, was a member Of the
Know-Nothing order. This man, Wilson, is
an Abolitionist-one Of the rankest and most
unmitigated of his pernicious and ~fanatieai
stripe; and we have denounced him as such
from the beginning, with as much severity per-
haps as even the En- quirer could desire. The
Wise party have been particularly anxious to
prejudice the Know-Nothing movement in Vir-
ginia by holding up Wilson continually before
the people, and telling them to look at and ex-
anime the first Know-Nothing Senator that
was ever elected. We confess they had some
good ground Of opposition to, and distrust Of,
the American party in Massachusetts,, when
Wilson came out and proclaimed his undying
hostility to slavery and the institutions of the
South. But what will they say now, when we
inform them that Wilson has Dissolved con-
%nection with the Known thing party, denoun-
ces the order, and calls upon the Northern peo-
pie to crush it? And why ?-becausc, in his
own language, he considers the American party
"perdous to the anta-sloveay sentimeatE He
regards it, as do Seward, Greeley, Giddings and
Weed, as the worst foe Abolitionism has, and,
of course, he can no longer cooperate with it.
thus the only prop has been taken from the
Wise party in Virginia. Not an Abolitionist
of any prominence Or influence in the North
now sympathizes with that great American re
%yolution which is sweeping with r~esistless force
over the country. Every one of this p~estiIen'
and despicable sect are now ranged side by side
with Wise and the Enquirer, and their strenu-
Gus and determined effort is-thcir only hope
is-to put down the Known othing party,
because it is "perlous to the antistpuerY sen
timent" and fraught with destruction to ali
their cherished schemes and plans. We give
the ranting and raving Mr.. Wise and his
anxious organ in this city great joy Of their
new ally and friend. Wilson is theirs by every
tie, and is no doubt specially eager to secure the
election of the Accomac renegade. Wonder if
the Junto couldn't prevail upon Wilson to
make a speech in their behalf here in. Rich.
mond.
The Boston Telegraph contains the follow
ing sketch Of q recent lecture delivered BIZ Sena-
tor Wilson in that city, which we append with
out comment. We invoke the people Of Wiz
giiia to reflect that the only Aboiitionist CT
any standing OF influence in all the North. who
has been connected with the Known othinus,
has come out from the order, and denounces it.
like all his compeers and co-laborers, as u pro-
slorcry order! Here is the extract, and let it
be read and weighed attentively:
Gen. Wilson gave the closing lecture of the anti.
slavery course, last evening, at the Temple. He eN.
planned for himself the position with regard to slavery
that he had occupied for twenty years, and called
upon all TO oppose any party that should try tn
smother the antl-s!avery sentiment. He assumed
that this course had been the death of two great par,
ties, AND MUST Be OF THE OTHER NOW FORMING. He
said THIS PARTY WAS rERILoUS TO THE ANTl-sLAyE-
RY SENTIMENT, and called upon the anti-slavery party
to KILL OFF the " AMERICAN doughraces,' as they
had the Others.
We call rpon our neiyhbor of the ENQUIRER
to let us hear from him upon this deeply inter
esting subject at his earliest convenience. We
know this new move of Wilson has taken all
the wind out of his sail but, then, there is
nothing like meeting a knotty point boldly.
So. speak ont. and don't fret.