Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-12-03
FROM the National Era Of Norep,ber Is.
THE LATE ELECTIONS.

!
The excellent editorial in the last number of
the Era entitled THE Presidency" wa- pre-
pared by II friend. during onr temporary absence
from the city. Its general positions are Sound,
and ably maintained. but its incidental nssump-
tions in relation to the impoency of Know Moth
ngsm, not in accordance with the views we
have constantly presented in the E,a. Woull
10 Heaven that the miserable ,leusipn had oxplo.
ded!' But oar readers will rccollcct how con
tinunlly we have insisted that He one obstacle
10 an effective union Of The free States .onsthe
Siarery Issue, r0S this bigoiftd otgaaizaiion.-
Twelve months ago took this ground and
made to suffer for it. We called upon An
ii Slavery mcn 10 resist an Order, founded upon
principles, and pursuing an object, direetig at
rrar NTH their mhofe scheme Of policy; aud we in
voked the Anti-Slavery press 10 expose its true
character.
For n fine, we were left almost alone AID un.
supported, and when reaction began to take
{ plucr, were cody told by those who had CON
! trhutrd nothing to this reaction, that we had
! out ourselves to unnecessary iroube-had been
! righteous over much-that Know oihingism
nns mere hnmbug and, they had foreseen
| would explode spon aneoasy, &c, &c. Since
! then, ii w might believe these wise people the
J ri ganiznnn has been constantly exploding, I'M
| Ill nothing is left of it,
II is time to tell the truth md meet its respnn-
AibiIi'ies. When the Know Nothing Convention
| at Philadelphia divided did not antieipate the
! rxtinction of the Order in the Free Suites. We
! sup o,ed that IN States where the Anti Slavery
| se.tlnont was dominant, the Councils would
| c"i de something to it for the sake Of making
| II iunry to their power. and IN States where
! it not they would ret.aia in full association
With The national Order 50 that the result
would ne, schsln. but not extinction. In fact.
we appI ehended that it would he more difficult
than RE. for Anti Slavery men to deal NTH IL.
| ,t,,lt Wb,t b,., hoo, Ia &
the OrGor in the Free States, from the time of
the national schism' 1t may all he summed up
in one se,te nee aunintermitting eB6rt 10 per
petuate itself either BY making the dnh-Sia
pery sentiment tributary, orby breaking il dozen
This has he an its history and in full view of
ihr fact. how any real friend Of Freedom could
for amomsn, tolerate it. or hesitate to denaunce
il as The greet obstacle to an eftctirt Anti
Si0rery uiion. passes our comprehension.
See how utterly it has parnlyz''d the Anti. Me-
braska movement in Indiana and New Jersey,
aud TIE almost inc v,rcahle cmharra ssments in
which it has involved it in Pennsylvania See
| how uncertain it renG'ers the state OF things in
! Iowa Aud what spectacle II has made of the
great States of New York and Massachusetts =
Had the Anti-Nebrsskn Movement, in other
words. the Anti Slavery Movement. been let
alone. Iowa. Indiana, Pennsylvania. New .Jersy
New York, and Massachusetts, would have beer
Republican, in fact and in name. aud there could
have been no doubt as tn III cir position IN 1896
Can any one tell US where they will ther
stand! Yodr Union-savns' Know NoihngSn
has conqured some of them. given the rest t'
Nebraska Democracy. arrayeL them all, nnmi
nally, against the Republican Purity, the only
Party organized to represent and curry out The
sentiment of Freedom. in opposition III the pol
icy Of Slavery. PropagandSm, aye Know
N"thingism has divided and continues To di,id,
the Free States and unless its power be broker
before next November it mi lag them pros
trate ogain at The feet Of the Stare Porer,