Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-03-20
The Hope of the South

tendency of the American movement has aroused
the aboltionsts of the North to a more detcrmin.
ed opposition See how Greedy vents his venom
against it. We quote from the New York Tri-
bune:
The Know. Nothing leaders of this State some
time ago took OCCASION in letters addressed 10
their Virginia bretllrento declare their innocence
of all sympathy with the Ants slavery feeling of
the North, especially exhibited in the re cleo
tion of Senator Seward. In this they only said
Thdt ieaS aoiorioHsty true; and they might hare
added, fcih equal ueracitg Tint thy ircre resoir
ed 10 deeofe their humble abilities 10 putting the
Order throughout the country on The same Pro
.Sidre RI platform irih Themselves How their
services in this direction and how the general
tendencies Of the Order are appreciated hy South
ern statesmen may he seen from the following
extract froma recent speech by Gov. Smith Of
Virginia:
Il will never Interfere with foreigner. now in
the country bat know foreigners who approve
the policy of arresting the importation of foreign.
ers. The origin 0 Lht Il. rs isa struggi, for
brtad-d .frighJm and angry question at the
North. At he South il is a political question
Of high importance. The North has - more
Representatives. than The Soah aiready The
natural increase ofthe South is one hird greater
than that ofthe North, because there a,e grtafer
checks on population there. but The dttifcim cir
ment Of forejgnism brings 100000 irho seffle an
nudity IN the frte states, NTH instincts against
Sidrerg making 80 Representatives. IA 10 years
10 streH The opposition 10 the South 70 stop
this enormous diSproportion tehai Is onr poiiryl
hat IS the .frightfM prospect before u.s. Tn
effect If hnom Nothmgism is 10 turn hack The
tide Of immigration and our highest duty 10 he
South IS 10 discourage immigration. ! deprecatt
II as grodt caiumifyn
IN OTHER WORDS, TIE kNoW NoTmNG MOVE.
MENT is THE BEST nrrENel WHICH THE BtArk
POWER cas- DESIRE, ron II Will. ARREST TIE
GROWTH or rHE NoEfn, AND MtFE FREEDOM As
WEAK As SLAVERY. tAN 4 SLAVE DRIVER pEz
SIRE ANY BETTER REASON roR REGARDING the
MN PARTY WITH APPROPRIATIONS II 1t rms
BACK THE INDUSTRIOUS THOUSANDS "HTrH ~
sTINCrs AGAINST SLAVERY" WHO WOULD OTHER
WISE COME TO INCREASE rHE POPULATION or THE
FREE STATES AND RENDER THE CONTRAST Hlt.
TWEEN THEIR PROSPERITY ANp FREEDOM AND
THE DECAY OF THE SLAVE STATES STILL Molu
GLARING."
What more do Southern men need to convince
them that the American movement is not only
worthy of their support, because it is free from
the faint OF abotioaisn. but denaud- T. becausoit
afford, the very best means ofinlemnf,ing them
for the past, aud securing them f,r the flfur,.
that could possibly b, devised Presidential
platforms aai executive yetoes the quack pre-
soriptions Of Ioeofoeoi,5n- caanot ourc the fever
of fanaticism With which tho Nu,ion i. infected
Men who tranple GA the constitution will not re
gard compromises aud need no longer look
to them for tranquility Tho lonbti1I Felie, 90,
annexation, even if it were ui ,la,cao.lng terrl.
tory only. can Civ bat Temporary rrHcf Tho
sole lasting aud ample ,.t .... .,..s IN tia, "a.
pacity Of he south To equal tho North Ia p5pu.
lation and political power. 4 maIorlty II yot..
IN Congress will giyo Us seymty#uglh,a, ol,a
will GOV Smith and the rr.oune show us how
tins majority may be acquired We have only
to arrest this influx Of foreigner INTO the North.
and urge ON the development Of the natoinl re-.
sources of the south aud the con.ummation will
be attained. The North, excepting such men as
Seward and Greedy, stands ready IA MD u in
this. In the Objectionable character Of the for
eign population-in the crime and corruption it
brings with 1t, in the beggary and taxation which
accompany IT. IN the competition in labor il intro
duces the masses of the North find sufficient
reason for the desire to rid themselves of il.
Gov Smith has properly said thai il i, thcre "a
question OF bread" VIII the south be So nfnt
uated hot Ia avail itself of this best aud easi-
est relief ever ofieredit Will it refuse the silp-
pie, honorable and perfect protection which Anne
rcanism affords VIII il refuse to take shelter
in this ark, from the dcluge oj nEatiel-t and
treason with which the ahpGtimi~l- have sought
to overwhelm ii II So, it viii descr,, To 20
down beneath the trafo.f, ucyrf o ri.ea,,n
TIN GrraT CONSPIRACY" of which The Eu-
quirer told o- ha, conn 10 hca}. We did not
clearly see how il ei-, 81 wly, the rooplc were
about = epJ~airt aranst themselves: hut we had
great faith in the Enquirer ard kept constant
ly on the look out Our vigilance is at length
rewarded, and the fog lifts away from before our
vision. Americanism stands revealed conspi-
raey great conspiracy = lthas nominated
Stanhope Flournoy for Governor Of the dear Old
Dominion, and is he not Just the man to head
conspiracy! Does not every man woman and
child in Halifax, and the whole Southside know
that he has been, all his life Hunting for soft
place between the ribs If the commonwealth that
he might thrust his dagger in Don't they know
that he is just the man to tear up the constitution,
burn the capitol, rob the treasury pllage the land,
and murder the people The revolution had lis
Arnold, France its Charles IN, Rome her Nero
and Cataine the Twelve Disciples Judas,and the
Garden Of Eden its crawling Devil but what were
oil these I" the huge and raging Cyclopean con.
spirator Of Halifax moRstr um, horrendum in for
me, ingenS, Which way shall we fly from this de.
vouring Ogre, oh good Mr.. Enquirer Where
shall we be safe from the crushing tread of his
seven-league boots In mercy tell us-te as
quickly
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