Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-20
FROM MARION COUNTY.

10 W' LHhO'S " M IHJHFC.
FARMoYr, APEIL l3, isJJ.
Gentlemen We entertain no doubt Of the ru.clcc'
ton of DR.. L, kidwell tn Congress, from this District,
bv u handsome minority over the N0iling-
Wing candidate, Rev. W. X. f"i'.ilctor ri Brooke.
The District is decidedly Democratic, and the past
services Of the Doctor have been 40 efficient aild
faithful. that no one rcproachc, him with un!,neS1 ar
unworthircss. Yet, The Know othings would VIC
timi1c him il they could. Wise will be nobly SUE
famed in the same District.
In this county, we ure acquainted with know-No-
thurism. 1t wa Introduced here very early, under
tho AUSPICES of Whi.a, aud was most earnestly pro-
p%aratc,i. False prefcnccs were employed, u!>crIt-
pulously, to lure innocent and crcdulous men into IN"
order, with some success. Tia" rculiUst converts, and
most Zculous disciples, were rmbittGrcd Wings aud
disappointed Democrats. The visilanc" of orr true
Democracy was prompt to discern the insiI!"u- and
uiiisc!:iryou, enemy. Know othingisIn and Demo-
crucv we're soon arraycd in antaGonisn, and Ike pub
lie mimi was aroused and informed b. the discussions
euI cycrtions elected by the conflict. The result has
been gratifying and fortunate. In this county tn
Democracy are i'll q sound condition, resolved To
nairtnjn the Jciicrsonim ialth Of civil and religious
liberty, in tact RS we'll ~ in theory. They dct"st
theoretical perfectionist. in the persons Of practical!
hyuocriiCs. Very few Democrats remain in the or
lar. The organization If constantly wasting by lie
f.ctions. by election day It's total dissolution i. not
improbable.
Marion county will give the Democratic nominees
,r the S;aunt0n Convention n cordial support. Ma
ItIin lTtlNII'u " h' - ~. '''N'i $500 49, ''''
will attest their appreciation of his character nni ser
vices By maioriry Of not less, in my opinion, than
Dr., Ly1,Lred votes. In the last Gubcrnnt"rial "lec-
zion Summers got here Us and Johnson 10. being n
. Democratic majority Of ioS. Ia 1852. the Presilen-
tinI vote was very large: for Scott 5bO, ior Pierce
1877. being 4 Democratic majority Of G5I.
abroad, this county il represented a. n strong
hold of Knnw-Nothings. Here, other and dininnf
ro,,ntirs. are named rs the s,ronghulds. lii-
! roucy ;sto ;ns2irit md ombuldcn their brethren at II
distance, and to ncutralize and perTert their n%cigtber9
| nj home. They magnify mole h!ils 10 mounia'Tt' but
cyarrcration il n trivial offence among men who are
sworn to sprai; palpablc fslsclloods. In fact. Know
| Noihingi.m is 30 ~inpotent and oiious III this county,
that il has no candidate for the Lesi.inturc. Nor can
il have any in the slightest degree formidable, WIN VIII
express sympathy for il. Some honorable Wings
here scorn the thing, and will cheeriaIIy support
Wise. The only Wing candidate for the House "i
! Delegates is A. +. Raymond, Esq, and lie is opposed
10 the Know Nothings. His opposition to the order
viii. tn.htlcss: please many Democrats, and perhaps
secure his election. The can display their magma.
uimitv towards such n Wiz, wleI! they SnIII Gepci
| a Democrat suspected OF the infection OF know-No-
thingism. a.
What i. here written of the probable" result OF The
| Gubcruatorlal election, il confirmed by the concur
rem: opinion of juiicioas men around me-