Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-27
WE DEMAND AND DEFY The PROOF.

In the Raleigh (N. c. Register, the Wing Know.
Nothing organ, OF the 2lst, we find the following ar
tcle
ave nre authorized to state that the Hon. d. NJ.
Barrinecr has written letter, which will be forth
coming in day or twu re-asserting and confirming
his statement relative TO the conversation which took
vIace between himself and tho Pupe's Nuncio, IN
Madrid, and the truth of which the Washington
.Unon,' with knuwlcd &c vi tho facts, hus though;
proper to deny
The gist OF the statement denied by the Washing
ton Union is, tha pending the last presidential cleo
ton, an arrangement was made between the demo-
cratic candidate his friends. and leading Catholics
in this country, that. in tho event Of the success OF
the Democratic party, n gentleman protesting the
Catholic faith in rcll ION should hold place III tho
President cabinet; ahd that that gclItionan was the
Hon. lanes Ca!npocl OF Pennsylvania; and finally,
thu. This was secured I" the Catholic her
archv before the Catholic vote was cast for The pre-
sent incunbept.' This statement We pronounced To
be "fase in form. false III substance, false III general,
la!ss in dr:ul;" and REPEAT the sumo emphatic
denial. We said then, and We say now, that every
ma. in the country, not II member oi hnow-Nnih
ng lodge, and thus not t""l or knave, Knows that
in the nu,ure of things there never was AMI never
could be, particle vi foundation in truth for 70 ab'
surd Il statement.
r. now appears from the North Carolina Register
that the p,rsun upon whose authority at lras por.
finn of this Accusation nude is tho Hon. David
W. Barrnsur Of that State, late American minister
nj MnLrl and that he proposes to stats cunvGrsa-
non between hnSrlt nnd the Pupv's Nunci", At Ma.
h,,d in whr! the latter male the dor.ura,I"h atri-
nutr.i 10 hin IN tho extract from tho Know Nothing
oueech which "" have rccrrut To.
IL is wholly IN material IA liz upon whose test m"ny
-uch charge il milie usGins. President PIarcc Hud
MS Democratic licIs; ai !; matters Ill!i" WHAT con
, v,r,atIun tuuK place Oh Ii!.s subject between Mr.
R,rrin,,r and tho Nuuciu, or between Mr.. Barrn-
yer ami any other person. or between any n.hor TWO
,.-s,.is because mo,hlus u tho KIND Gun chnnge the
r.u,iuu Of uni irresistible Inference from, u:tcsted
Iur,s MI OF waich preclude the possibility ui any
foundation: il truth for tho a!.ment oI the Know
Nothing orator ueiiied sohe u"y" 5''e Il" our CUT
uinns. ,
! n bnwaver Mr. Barrn.er shall presume to enter
upon The very dciirnte aud 10y no means enviaole
lr.h. vi attempting To report conversation ocl"euh
himself and The Nunco, which TRANSFERRED more Than
two years since, for the purpose OF proving the truth
of tint portion of the chunny wiicir hhs as II no"
appears, been circulated by his SANCTION We nope he
II be explicit aud distinct in respect To the dhiG nf
The conversatin: the circumstances unGcr whirh II
was introduced, the ia ne ut tno Nnnri" WIKI whom
il was holden, the i1"raa"c IN nchich At ~6s cafrfd
on the words used, un tie names OF the persons PIE
sent il aay beside himself ard the ambassador OF the
| POPE II Id not tuo much TO ask, in addition, OF VT.
b.. that no stae why il is that al authentic accom-.
OF this u1hear conversation has peGn Witiine"i
Tor 80 long ,ime and why It was found convenient
TO herald it to tho world i'll 70 imposing FORM al
time when il impossible to relute and deny inc
correctness of the inirrnces drawn therefrom before
| the day Of the North Carolina election.
! Ii there he any shadow OF foundation for the pre-,
| tcnre that Mr.. Ceupbss nnino was ever mentioned
in Madrid anywhere else in Europe in connexoll
with tho cabinet il cannot hive been before the cleo
ton, IN ;hr Know NothinSs falsely ae5c, but sub
seuuI:u;ly when, amid the gossip Of tho day. isto O
persons were talked Of or suggested in the newspn-
pcrs Of tho United States, including the n,mo of al
Canpbeli, and it is thus barely pns,lolc that his
| name mas have been spoken u: in Madrid.
But We d., not believe that any such statement as
| 81 nd,t IN
wo believe that Mr.. Barringcr will Disgrace himself
by undertaking ~ vuuch Tor any such miserable
caluinny on tho President Of the United States
| Whether hu do 40 or not, however, repeat wha
pee know. that the inputation which attributes Il
Gen. Pierce, either directly or Indirectly, or in an,
form Of statement speech the alleged arrangement
or understanding with the "Eoman hierarchy o
Anybody else. ior the appointment ut Mr. C1mphe'i
s,erv grossly saneessy false in all lis substance
f,:in and spirit aid out another specimen of the in
famous system Of baae personal contamination ct mo
tvrs and Of actions which constitute The staple of h
eiyStioneeriny articles and addresses OF the Know
Mornings
II is remarkable fact, as Indicative of the prohga
cy Of slnndcr with which the President has beef
assniicd that while during the presidential election
he sought the support o!nether Protestant nor latho
lie "a slci-whI!r no appeal was nnde, with his mp
prohntiun to prpiudces arising from religion, racU
ar bir,l-wbiie he thus maintained the dignity Of thu
position in which he had been placed by the unsough
action OF the Democratic party-his opponents, ol
the other hand not cuneut with counting the "rici
!, Irish broyue" and .swcet German accent, wen
further and nssacd him with harsh vitupcrHt"n ant
mean misrepresentation because Of certain provision
in the constitution OF this State, which they bull
false impuiati"ss of being himself mbued with Senti
mcnts of buu.ry Gg0iRSt CH;ini.clsln Now, ~hel
that stupid ialsuhoud has had It's day, and has fnle,
To accomplish the purposes Of its malignant inventors
they turn round and calumnnusy allege thut at tina
very time hc mbued with sentiments OF blgoir
IN furor of Catholicism. so cnntrudictory false an
mean il the wretcled rush which, in connexion wit
elections seriously dshonors political controversy II
the United States.-I Washington Union.