The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-03

Our H3chn0Md Goxresp0ndsnos.
RICHMOND Jan. 81, 1885.
7Ae Progress efns Camvass-TAe Adoococy Of HeurvI.
Wise on As stxnsp-TAe StrugolsAuvscs 10 ne North
eyn KnoD SotAings.
is an up hill track that friend Of Accoae 10
travelling Jordan grows rousher and rsugher a. be
proceeds Every step that he takes involves him IN new
troubles content with having declared war sr.ipst
the Know Nothings and then turned and gave . back
handed blow to Plus *, who stood behind him. pattnr
him On the shoulder conAdentaly and sncoursgingly
whispering, $50 t-not content with hitting bis pous
hacker lick in the chops, which has caused Al tho
Popes friends to CRY out"Cal you this backing your
frendsf'not content with raising up enemies BY the
thousand in his party, among the old Jackson men,
the mixed basis and the dsaected Letcher men, this
political Guy Fawkes has just started new mime full OF
all sorts Of explosive materials 10 the very vaults Of the
democratic strongholds Of Virginia This ID aad
magnificent project Of grand state free school system to
which he has volunteered to pledge himself before tho
people, mind heart sonl and body, brains and wits. IT,
there ID thing under the face Of heaven which the
planters Of Eastern Virginia abbminats than any
other is this mammoth free school system, which 10
to tax them for the benefit Of what they consider ot
the greatest humbugs the face Of the EARTH This de-
monsraton of Guy Fawkes has caused the very pillars
Of the democracy here to quake and sgger like the legs
of drunken have heard OF the most ardent
and intelligent democrats In the State declare that after
this free school business he could not and would
not support Henry A. Wise, whom, under other
circumstances, he would have supported And this sem
tmeDt, have doubt, Is that of many others. Tho
best use that DO made Of Henry A. Wise 10 to send
him. carefully secured to the allied armiss in the Cr
mea. If he could not blow up sebastopol they might az
well give it upas a bad job.
The friends WISE and Wise himself make great conn.,
plants that his opponents done some man to
go out and canvass the State with wise and meet h
before the people, Well, what's The use Of that? The
strongest adversary that Wise possibly have is with
him. and that adversary is himself. Wise has never
been able to answer Wise since he rst took the stump
in this campaign. Wise and Wise are continually nut
ting hcks into each others breadbasket pulling each
others pose kicking each others posterors and Crap
ping each others umbiical cord In manner tina. would
disgrace such scientific brusers Tom Hyer and Yam
kee Sullivan. Wise has several times swallowed Wise
whole in the course of this canvass, and a. ona
time nothing but the heels one Wise con be seen
sticking out of the mouth OF the other and 20 rtcs
versa WHAT'S the use, then OF introducing another
adversary Of Wiser Let the two wises fight it out with
each other and when they have settled each others
hash aresh bruiser can be put in the ring.
This beating the air and fgL ny the ghost OF Know
Nothpgisn ism exactly the sort OF Wise
IPeeted when he took the add But opponents are
not Obliged to consult his tastes in this matter II he
finds 1t m uncomfortable thing 10 be fighting ghost to
BE- haunted eyerywhsre BY ghost TO be con.
ars evoked the ghost from its comfortable place in
Hades ne called it all Of hard names and now
that the pale shadow has struck more terror 70 his
soul than hundred candida with flesh and blood ha
ought to submit to his fate without complaining
let the Roman Catholics everywhsrs bear in mind
this declaration Of Henry A Wse-"l hate the Pope,
every inch Of hin no man hates the Pope than
90" mat declaration sits unc0mfortAbly upon the
stomach of the Roman Catholics of this region. They
do no. know what henry A. Wise has 10 do ~ith tho
Pope nor what reason he has for any such slara.cn
The Know Nothings do ray they hate the Pope
They only his Honess mind mis- own business and
not attempt to govern people who are not in his ball.
wick But berss Wise openly declares his haired oc
him, who says that he hates every inch OF nirn who
hates him from the crown OF his head to his big toe and
VINO, when no hated a man. would do him ali manner Of
mischief that AM honorable enemy might. Hating tina
Pope, every inch II Illuminating him worse than tha
pose Plus TX. ut both his temporal and spri.u
al power and put him down mmed atey to level with
al The little Protestant Popes, he calls the Protestant
minsters-taose excellent anu self deny ng men whose
suu orty does not extene beyond parsh aud whose
pinch of snuff Now isn't this pretty declaration Tor
fiercea standard bearer What say the Catholics oE
The United States to this BY OF the
principal lentenants OF the administration What sayn
Archoi hop Hughes TO ito What says PusX7 submit
mat Wise has been placed urely the caen-
dar OF Cathous Saints his name should he inmeda
The Kaos Nothinss are increasing 10 Virginia with
q all the voters II .h9 Common geaih They Wi b
able TO elect their ticket without reference 10 eithe
81 ne other parties expect that the old politicians.
soon be among the Know Nothngs in ocks Bat It's no
use lhe Knoy Nothngs have set their faces, Ike
Mt against all these rayenols old birds Of prey They
well build their obscene nests In some other tree
There is bnt danger 70 the complete and over
v heming triumph Of Know nottingham in Virginia and
the soutb, and should be derect In duty faithful
chroncler Of events failed to ,ntios II. This dam
gu arises from the abolition Developments among thu
Know Nothings Of Aassa shusetts and elsewhere. II
Know nottingham in the North docs not disembarrass
itself OF aboltionm " is dead cock tue Dit In Vir
gnia and the South. Upon its gravestone viii have to
be written this inscription q If Pm done for.
wonder what was gun forf' Wnat is Rnov Nothing
i'm to us in comparison with the rights and tona
guaranteed 10 us by the constitution We hate sbol-
onism good deal more than Wise hates Plus LIZ. Va
would rather thousand times that Wise sh ,uld Ia
elected and that every foreigner should
ment ne lands rom ship than aid In any org
which, instead Of berg American is TO be made
honal Let Know Nothinysn, keep clear Of abohd lion
ISM or else, af'er having gone up Ike rocket IL wil
come Gown lse stick. KNOW SOMETHING.