Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-02-09
ANOTHER TEST OF kNOW-NOTlIlSG ma
TIOSALITY."

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care les. -, - -. :, ~ events, OF .p.nicA oi A:i
r. ia allies.
ANOTHER TEST OF KNow-NoTHlSG MA
TIONALITY."
w. Il. Seward has been triumphautiy re,urne
- IL. C..-u S..:gt 2,c::o by the New York Legis
:..,, in which the Kr,w-Noth;ugs have the com
p.a:o control. We arc anxious 10 know how tn
..i-z-icla Organ" ct Washington, and the Penn,
Pes: here. 81. justify thia second and mon'trou
abolition ;ru:. of 'tho new party" lKnow-No,hinys,
w..ici! IS SO .trcrucusly defended by Buriusanc o
Boston. Or -ooiers, and the whole country, arc q
accGljatcd With ,hV -Hoa-a .u;i-s!arery poslao'
G. ..c.y Wilson, the Know-NothinS United Stat
Ssn,.o- select from Massachusetts. Aware OF III
c.!sa.n: effect Of such n result upon the fortunes .
Nl?y-.Eothinsism here and elsewhere, tho Americas
O.rln ALL. 9" nry Post here sought 10 break th'
i3.cs OF Ibis hesvv b,o,e. Wednesdays Penn,
Poo, admits that ";he election Of Wilson has d:saP
pointed U.s." Bu,it ,ays, "Nilson is no. Q full Know
cEo:tiD5;' and it g,es on {" pai!ia:s Wilson's election
- such language as the following:
Wilson. i i tgue, is auti-:!avery: bu' he h"s son,S
!:..r r2srec' H. 80 c"--;':.:"m. lie VIII no. me
:.gr with sia-e-. IL -, States. |: :: Not pam, 'nch,
:sc, ne Hsou-.% o.Aips , knre Gone much, ecsn h2nca
I,cy hare el.eLei Wilsor' The correspondent oi me
,"::"rnc confirms these views IN Il re'narHan!S man
rc,. Il SAYS the great conservative speech Oh l,anlel
M.bs;er begins TO bear fruit. That Is 10 say, Masea'
cl,se,;. b-,ins 10 grow more conservative, and tho
EDa0..Eo;Ains Organization ia t1e first fruit. Ihe
( IA c: ".Sa:, &C: !Enro violent a5oi!tionls's
-. i. IS, Is ;E1 second. =.
wi, pursue we have the following from the Boston
BE-. ING Organ Of the American party IN Boston, anu
.:-.n.ly conservatives:
me view. o. General Wilson are those Of a State:
Ci.a:s ma.i. Ho is g strict consauctionis' and
whnlA MT NEEDLE or Interfere with the institutions
c: G.o,yil or L0uis,a2a, nay moro than he would
,c:-.iv s-J.2it 10 ia !l;s.fIraues with thcse OF oihssa
C..cSe;.s.'
yas ;ras position of Wilson, as IN unadu,ssrated aboli-
:.,a.s:. viii be found recorded in Yesterdays Enqui:e.
:?A.ora voris-s1d is i, moi rs di.SIs;ing az Il is 'n'
.':in-:o:: ~ SoutI,;oh:l Soa-ieta hno"-No;h'ns
Gran a.:enp: 20 justify thu election OF such a nan
-. :. express lie satisfaction that the hnow-N'th.
i?.. awe done much" by the election OF Wilson,
.s,a Ike abolition development Of The Massachu-
so.s Know.No:aiGgs, Wu. II. Seward hcs becn cho-
seq vai..i ST. - Senator. ny -: "aiI and comfort
o. 10 kaow-Eothinss. That shey are responsible
f. Ia. r?ischievous svsnt. ID tally acknowledged by
,c,S YORK Herald, s.eadius champion Of the Secret
Order. n an article commenting upon the caucus
nomination Of Seward, the Herald ssid'
In this instance the Danger 70 the -Sothins'
~f!r.a!e@, :ser rer1 "'ts't-:t. iho election OF Be-
Wa. - fS 81 gitsLb's ~ '"'
~. and %: .ac:r 2ye,t,st 81 i~nTincible sWerSth.-
II ,~rr.ss deno;gi:cs al Ee;T Northern conscrvn-
Ava ,r;.r: ~. and !iro~s r.s M" lm:rtedH Pfrty
!... ,p7z Virginia and ne So''a as p4,ty" ., re
Sc: - siorery coalition ;Lit.H. Re.r!ect HIM,
o1d III. sectional! organization acd disunion anti.Sn-
10y p-2-ramme coutinuee-,ae apu--!avery ngita-
.io:i rec.:ves a new impulse, which may possibly
overcome The Notwithstanding policy nt the Anow-
:;otnincs in Ill The Northern States, Mnssnchus.t It's
no. cxceptId. There is evidently q
t.... g: Albany upon ScwHd's reelection. aud; under
=. circumstances, it IL .%ignifcan: OF n geH'rdt 6e~o-
-%'-4.o. ssl aisOrga.'sat''. cf ne .eS' F"..Y'
Lei Seward be reelected, and the Northern victo-
::.s =: the Order will be hu. Is Tho empty battles o,
iae Alma AID be inkrrnGaa, With a crushing defeat
M Is :s."pol. A campaign will have been lost The
,rt...overv coalition viii take courage-thty viii
r-r,e-a further 10 demoralize tho huow-So;h'ng ar
iiy - corrupt bargain. tor the plunder-suspicioh
lIa hostility 10 the order will extend IN Inc SCUM
C.. bv The yea- 1856, the present Union ana halloh'
~ -.-.v mil platform OF tho kuow-Sothings may be
allowed up in a sectional d'ssen.ioa contest uFo'
10 slavery GueH.:'r.
p. ,isct Seward, and lis programme is endorsed
-" -=" Sia:e U: New York in he name OF It's people
lie ~pUr;izuns resuInc the field on the ofteAsiVe, ono
=. contingency OF n disastrous sectional ean'p"iSt
won -. slavery Gu,:S"u becomes q NHinS q"est'"u
il yas view Of the subject, tie h"o1--SofHtHSs o. on
i,.9rr, and the conservatives there Of gu patU'
y.Ai .Y..ccia,e tho heary responsibility 'rh,ch o'!Iche
q ..;r 0c!.9n on thi$ 'eafyrts:t 1854" ~ Se"drG re
t..:.~1. Tho danger is iihMiasni. tuesday IS IN N
~. SsNNrU Is tN ioSu"' Nuhii az"
Sc Tor the action Of tho Assembly.
TIA Assembly hus acted and VIM. II. Seward l
tn ~han,ly elected L. S. Senator. Arc we not
therefore, fully Justified in holding the
i, 80 Ibis heavy responsibility ~ Wilthe Ame'i
a.. Ora, md the Penny Post attompt also 20 paIiat
e!.o:iaa Of Seward VII! they claim that her,
-. lie E.2S-N o;hinGs have done nuush1' BY n
sh,y..s OF il Own friends, acknowledgement is =
~. :, l. :, -, N;r1;,;o aud TIA South w aftp
- Bitter abolition fruits in Massachusetts and Nov
York. Listen 10 tho following prophetic words OF
Richmond Koow-S Nothing oorretroudcn, ri the Se'
York Herald:
T,.re is bu, ooo dsnser to the c~"n?iete .nl owe,
y; .imin, :-iYrpn CT ow-Eo;biEg.sm IN Eirgini
an NJ South, d.. I should be ierelict in du;y. a.
F,i.a.ui caronicler Of events if / failed to mention i
1.ia l.. % 10Y sriaos from tho abolition de~ve:oPmeni
.,.,u, tho Kuv~-Nofhiucs If Massachusetts aud elss
80 n klo;--. N0tk: as.Srl IL he North does M
c.:cmhqs,rss ,issf ct ahoht,Or,'m. 49, de'd e"e
- me ,.::a II-r,s;a ard Tie South. Llea rs cret'
~ .i.Y hare IL he rr-tey ttts tnscrtptt0n' ~
,.,. I'm done J., ~cnder ,chct I SGs te2"nJ "r?'-
Whc.:s Know o.hingism 10 us 10 comparison vii
SIC r,:h.s and institutions guaranteed 10 US by II
cnas.,tutioai We hate ai'olltionisIn a good deal moi
ih-l VS. hates Plus *. We would rather q iHn'
sc.i times that Wise should 20 elected. and In
cvn.r I,r,;-ner should vote the moment he lan'
f.,1i r s5ip, than uid in any organization which,
See! oi asus American. Is 10 TO MADE sec,onaI,
- AlC"-. lDlUAc "
,,=r, nf:sr h"D,,S gone mp IKE q T'cSsf, II u'' con
Gc>r: h:c . sack.
=. S.-Tas above wss prepared for yesterdays y
Per. We have s:nce sssn the Penny Post, which b
- i. the election Of Seward, tho srch-aSisctor' Il
( ~o..t:oa;s,, tho uadisgu;sed zoe Of tho Cnlon.'
..,.ibcs the resui: 10 the 'uru,,ernble scoundrSlis
&; Cave-cc- Clark" and to the tanning trcache
y: ,if,v" Enow- No:nins members elected under
r,cd-e 70 vote against Seward /; is not for US
~ how this may be-but we 30 know, tie he \.
w.. .e:c'i .d2::s. III. the Acknowledging, nc r
syD,,.bie fr l. resu., tha, twill strike nj NirSMiu
with 10, lees horror than disgust" W. II. Sewa
received. il both branches Ct the LsS!s.ctu
c;-.ty-.evcn votes, eSa'rs; s.A:y-bve cast
Dickinson, Seymour, W. Hunt, J. l.. Dix, '
y. Allen and scattering. Tho veto OF 9e'
E.cw.E ,.iinss cocli have prevented tho rcs'
ia, ,b:s small baad Of .Na:io.a! "Amcrcans" col
~: Dc found, and tho foul deed was accomplish
y. N.as.Eo:hing., &, . party bad the eo"P'
con.-ol Of the Legislature they could oasuy nave
t,M& S.wari, as come OF the organs OF the sec
ODE held out hopes to tho South-but their party
s. s:eeaa3 IN G.al::o.l, t.e; they could not do :"
,;an.:" &c, and save the UnitsL States Senate from
1sgrace OF Stewards presence. The knov-Nothin
rs : rarty, are. therefore, responsible for the 'uce
?: Sewarj-and the Penny Pos: caDuot, BY aous'
.~'.rrnov g ":rai: -" wipe nwhy the foul itGin
.L.;r history. BY tho way, What o parry j; must
", ea ,iis T.Iny Pest is forced to acknowledge Il
,oenrre runter ct f1y Knou-Sc.hlns member
,Lec:s.oiure, have been guilty. OF "danning trea'
e-v." II is vita a purity. composed 81 fieh msfesl'
t.c. K,ow-No.bi3g organs iarbs the people Of V