Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-12
KNow-NoTHINdIsM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
We discover from the inaugural message OF the
Know Nothing Governor OF New Hampshire, thatthe
principle, of the party in that State, accord eSsctS
with the intolerant byosry and anti Slavery fanat
ci,m which distinguish its policy throughout the North
This Governor begins his programme CT reform win
recommendinsa more severe law even than Zeal
Bows famous statute. 70. the suppression of the trafc
in ardent spirits, which he denouuces rs worse o'
fence than .arccny, forgery counterfeng aud their
kindred crimes" He next eSpatlstes on tue e'' "
immigration and the necessity of curblng the lnso-
lence of the Catholic hierarchy. To this end no pro-
poses the extension of the term OF Naturalization u
tusufyoae years. and the exclusion Of members OF the
Catholic communion from civil trust and political DIS
tinclion.
But the evils OF drunkenness dwindc into Insignia
canoe ia contemplating the en'r'n'lies OF negro Save
ry and the power Of the Papacy Is but harmless nc
zion in comparison with the alarming a2gressions Of
Southern in.oence. This is the declaration of the
Know Nothing Governor Of New Hnmpshirs, and az.
to the "encroaelraeats of slavery Tho kn"w-N"-
thing legislature will doubtless respond to the follow
ng appeal By some such 'oa1blc enactment as tho
John p. Hale to the United States ben
ate: 80,
.,s one Of the sovereign States o. tho Union. New
un.h;r. bns A common interest, with others, III the
dmps,rntion OF the affairs of the genera! govern
,nnmt However loc; its Legislation may be or may
be- designed to bs, every portion OF inc country mus
s.I y. inAnencs Not long prior to the last session
IF ,h ,,isnture the Congress OF the United STATES
n,s.ed an act establishing two new territories, kansas
and Nebraska. A provision was incorporated IN tne
Act repeaI;uc what has long been known as the Mis-
.,nr; Cpmprou,se By which slavery i'll the territories
,Ss. iimitr5 10 a certain LATITUDE. In this compromise
tha re States had awayH in g"c9 9Th. acGuiesced,
though ut the time it va: agreed ppGu, i - Jar
from being acceptable for the reason that the ndvan-
,nges Vi the compact were upduly favorable TO the
slave states. Still, they felt morally aud politically
hound 10 adhere 10 it, and they did SD without amy
nttempt TO annul or evade it. But the earcholding
power, retarded i'll it's advances ~ the Ihgbtins
effects of its peculiar institution, and iesin2 tbs Joss
of poitical influence by the broad extension OF the
area of tYesdon, became dissatisfied with the compact
and demanded liz repeal. The demand was acceded
TO- many laeIbers OF Congress doubtless voting Tor
the concession. with full belief that lis practical
operation would not be injurious TO the cause OF tree-
dom as il VIVA generally said and believed Mt tho time
that those territories not adapted to the inter
ests vi slavery. - .,..
deem violation of faith and the infection OF great
wrong upon themselves. They find that the agrees
siy. demands Of the Slave Power are insatla0le.-
Even the repeal of al laws prohibiting the foreign
slave trade is already agtated, far more openly ana
.nrnes ty than were the frat faint and hnii whispers
uttered ofa design to repeal the Missouri Ionpr"'
mise. Kansas is evidently already doomed BY vio-
lice to the OF slavery and oil our vast territory
IS now open TO lis conquess. Acqulescence III these
aygryssons is not virtue and hrn resolve I" re-
stat by all lega and constitutional means the further
extension Of slavery, aud To insist upon the rcstura
ZION of the Missouri Compromise is not only the
right but the imperative duty "i the Free States"