Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-05
TuE ABOLTrIONISM OF KNOW-NOTH1NG-
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We invite tie attention Of tho people OF Virginia
| "a the following article, from tho New York Her
Id OF Thursday last
TI,. Herald has been one Of tho most active as well
a. ablest champions Of the Know-No,hinSs, and Us
revelations are therefore entitled 70 consideration
We appeal to all impartial men, to read the anne1'u
urticio-und then say whether Know NoihnSisn' al
the North, is anything but aboii;ionsm III disguise
ard ,hc caba,isc touch.s.ooe OF the third degree"
ANYTHING but trick to conceal the real character Of
the ..Orler" AMI dupe tho South
THE VIRGINIA ELECTION-THE RESULT
THE Lesson TO THE kNOW-NOTillNGS.
with the d.cn; Of heirfuvnr,c candidate anu their
fine expcc,atiuus in Virginia. tho new American party
will hardly be puzzled IL discover The causes OF the
Disaster They viii readily perceive that the South
are no, prepared 10 coaesce with any party upon any
professions which has SO strongly committed isei III
tho North to tho abolition propaganda us ms lie"
American party. They will perceive that ptres are
Judged in The South BY their acts, and not by their
local professions hY their official conduct, ana not
Inv ;h. csbalislic topch-s,one OF the third degree
This new party entered into the Virginia canvass
full of confidence and enthusiasm. Tie field was lnFi-
ting Dvmoraized and broken up everywhere else
nv faithless and feeble administration II was sup
posed that the democracy were par@yzeI In
n
have revoutouized the Slate had they Doe equai 10
The magnitude and Important bearings OF the contest
nu had they shaped their line OF ACTON IN t'e Norm
,rn States accordingly. But tho order IN Inc N"rl
seem to have ac:ed, from first to last rs II they h"'i
hu, one special object in vlew-thc DESTRUCTION o.
their party in the South. At the outset oil Ills late
Virginia cnnvass, the know-N1;lhSs t'ere nao !he
encouraging ASSISTANCE given them oi the re-eiecton
| of w, ii. Seward to the United States Scnate by
Know No,hro yotos. THIS was followed up by u
series of apti.savsry resolutions IN tho New nrk ana
other Northern Legislatures, more or 1888 hhow.
Nothing in their composition, snlnceht 10 give W AVA
Wise tho alle of his stump speeches throughout Inc
State This mad. the work 0:ihe Virginia lodges all
ppb business; vet they might have overcome these
;n,pediments but for the pediousS disorganzng ana
proceedings Of the Massachusetts Praise
God-Barebones Legieintuft.
Under the circumstances, il is surprising that the
Know Nothings have done 30 well among the sensl-
tive and intelligent aveholding people Of Virginia
That people knew that the Massachusetts, Legislature
was almost unanimously Know NothinS-:hey were
aware TINT the scditious who call
ed for the removal Of Judge Lorog, who were gull
~ Of the Hiss Nunnery Committee, who elected ecl'
Wilson, the abolt"niet, the place IN the Senate once
occupied by Daniel Webster, who passed, over tneii
Governors veto the atrocous nulhcatlonac agains'
the Fugitive Slave laws, were the chosen representa-
,iv,s Of th:s misceed American party OF Massach,,
SETS The people Of Virginia knev, I'll ms, an !
We: they have given larger VOTE We dare 10 'or
the Know Nothing ticket than has ever oech EVEN
10 any ticket opposed TO the democra'iG patE. iney
payo this vote under the belief that THIS new party
UNA progressing to n healthy national organization,
in sptc of the Praise Cod Barebones Legislature OF
Tho Old Bav State. Hu the late New York State
Council boldly repudatcd and cast off their Mas>a'
chuss,,s brethrca, and openly denounced, III con,
servutive proclamation, the seditious doctrines OF
Senator Wison, they might have carried Virginia.
But thew were content TO patch up their constitution
and ritual, their s,gns, and grips, and passwords
whilc the rampant d.sunion speech spoken by theif
brother Senator Wilson, in this city, and the abOmi-
nable doings of their brethren in Massachusetts. were
permitted, without word OF disncnt, I" work our
their natural Consequences in the mcrcess hands OF
Henry A. Niso.
II was somewhat remarkable that, after tho repent
ed friendly admonitions thrown on from various sour
ces including tho columns of this Journal, OF the me-
cessty devolvin5 uponour State Council to mako u
diversion in favor OF Flouruoy, that they should 80
entirely disregard the matter as scarcely 10 give 1t
moments consideration. Now the threat OF Gen.
Wilson, that "any party in the North which shall at.
tempt to ignore the slavery question, shall DO kled
off, starcs our New York "Amorcans and tie
Philadelphia National Council in the face. What Is
10 be done, We understand thnt Sonator wilson
and the Order in Massachusetts viii most prooanly
bo expelled from the American party "a national
organization. This will be good beginning. The
next essential step will be substantial Live OAK ma
tioua platform, not limited TO subscribers ana 1.-The
dark antorn" but published to all the world in the
face of daj, after the good example OF Council No.
IL, of the Fifteenth wGrd OF this city.
There are materials enough, and Issues enough, anu
time enough yc, for the organization Of Sr-a. ma
tional American party The crisis IL favorable tor
tborough-gniuY revolution people urc willing
they have been msving i'll this direction, even III
virginia; but they uf The Sou;h ara not prepared ["
strike in Nh. darl. The P,nlsip hia National Coun-
Gil is called upon from Virginia for something mere
than the modification OF secret rituals and conStti-
fiOus.