Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-26

licy proclaimed rs The voice of even the Know No
Things OF the South how they expect to dupe the
South by hollow platforms into an afhliation with 40
de'estable pnry7 Every step taken, to patch up
the dsJonted fragments of "Sam" exposes the dccep-
tion in now and more damninp light The whole
concern is a wrctchod cheat, and the whole South
WALL ko Virginia, repudiate and spit upon it.
| To show that We have dono no Injustice to Mr..
Rayner, one ofthc "big guns" of Know Nothingism,
especially imported to Richmond, to enghten Virgi-
mans Us to their duties, quote the following sketch
OF the proceedings Of the Philadelphia Council Such
concessions made to abolition by Southern men, ure
fra'ight with fearful mischief and should open the
eyes of tho whole South to the mschievous workings
of Know Nohingism:
Inc speech OF Thomas A. Ford, of Ohio, Yesterday
atternooi has been the great effort Of the tlebntc-
hehhelh hayner said he had not heard anything like
II Tor many years Mr.. Ford is Eirginan by birth,
| iree' rrcioie, popular stu Up orutor. He is the
"comlng man of Ohio rely upon it. Those who
heard ns speech of yesterday will not soon forget
hlln or II: The moderate men of tho South hung
tneir hcaus ana the fre-eaters fairly ravcd, at his
olthiG sarcasm and Keen denuncaiions. He put the
rascalty OF their course upon the repeal of Tic Mis-
souri, compromise to them in The most puupent md
enactive style "fnu stole our jack. knife" said he:
we caught you a il, and now you won't give il up
|
gave hs note for it, then sold the animal and pocket
Cd the money, and then turned round and repudiaed
P"ynent III ms note, because given on the Sabbath
II was Illegal. You acknowledge you have had the
conslderation-you admit the repenl To be unjust and
an outrage, and Yet you refuse tn right it," Obiec-
ton wns made by several Southern members to the as
sertion mat they admitted, the righteousness of the
repeal. "Well, them" said Mr.. Ford, 'get up and
cil US what you do think about it, Let us hear your
confessions"
Mr.. Hopkins of Alabama, rose and defondcd the re.
peal rs lhnt OF an unconstitutional act.
Cunningham of South Carolina said ditto and so
one or two others.
$50 ahead" saii Mr.. Ford, "el us hear YOU ull."
kGhheh kayncr.-"ls II expected that Southern
gentlemen generally will give their mental expert
curcI
Ford.-"Yes. yes; let Ia hear You ALL"
kayner-'Well, then, have To say that the rcneal
oi tlie Missouri Compromise was IN uncalcd for and
unnecessary nct an OHrage fUfH, p!0dfOn Of Djyht-
| ca t0dL; and would have seen my right arm withcr
and my tongue palsicd, before | would have voted
ior 1t. lGreat Indignation, kissing, and exclama.
tons from the ultra South
Judge Hopkins, with much feeling, asked if this
remark was intended as M attack upon him.
Rayncr responded-No; he gave every man full
freedom OF opinion this question, without impugn-
| ing his motives but for himself he had 10 hesitation
III declaring his convictions to be what he had assert
ed. "When resolutions were introduced into the last
North Carolina Senate to approve the repeal and en-
dorse Senator BHdgcrs vote for IT, denounced them,
and dared their msver (" press them t" passage. |
told HIM would speak against them for three days,
and that they should not pass except my most
powerful cxertlnns against them. And they lid not
PASS they lot taken from the table by their or-
ginator.'
Several other moderate men of the slave States
agreed with Mr. Rayncr, but not prepared to aid
| III rlglng the wrong, whose iniquity and injustice
they freely admitted. But most OF the Southern
members were indignant at the admissions Of Ray
ner, and denounced him for them.
MIR. Ford after while resumed, and poured forth
torrent OF invective that perfectly overwhelm-
ing. 'Ohio,' he said "had stood up fnr the Com
promises Of lS5'D and had maintained them in good
! faith, but If the South refuse To right this great
wrong, We Will never more be- your ck-spittles and
boot-Lacks and dcmean ourselves TO catch your
runaway niggers. Twothirds of the Ohio delegation
here are Firgnians by birh-therc ia one who did not
leave Virginia until his head white as il is now
but they will rcpudate the land that gave them birth
they will no longer be bound by past Compromises in
tavor Of Southern slavery, unless you maniulIy
forward and return what belongs to us, aud what you
have solen, after having got the pay for giving II to
us,"