Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-05-23

e pleased to see your name figuring as a
., electoral speaker in the canvass now goin
n on in Virginia, and also to perceive Tia
you are on the right side. We feel an in
l. tense interest here in Louisiana as TO tn
!, result ofthis contest, as the seal Of Virgin
: las condemnation OH the Know Nothin
:. Order would tend TO kill it off very rapid,
: throusho the South, while il she sustain
: it,, every fIiend OF the Constitution. Of lib
erty, of conseieuee and Progress. will hav'
cause for serious dread az TO the fu,ur,
/ of this country, whose past has been a
Z once so glorious and wonderful.
n In this State he Whig party has beer
: almost entirely broken up, its members
having rushed into the embraces Of tht
Know Nothings. Unfortunately, too, a
considerable number of Democrats have
: been so far deluded as to have also joined
but we indulge strong ho.es that in the
canvass which will soon open for GU State
eleciioGs in November we shall succeed
in bringing back most OF them san!o the
old fold. - e. s.
] The Know Nothings made agfeai fuss
sIabout the result Of the municipal elections
1 in this city bit nee elected to tell the whole
truth. They did not let the people broad
know TINT there had been no organization
of the Democracy and that there was no
EDemociatic ticket endorsed BY the party
before the peopie. In addition to this, many
Iofsthe leading men among us. and those
who influence in great degree the action
Of the party. were strongly opposed to the
policy of tuning a ticket; as It would be
better 10 permit our foes 10 obtain full con.
troll in the city government, and afterwards
exhibit. a. they felt confident would be
THE case, their spirit Of intolera nee. We
will fight with determination III the State
canvass and with the advantage Of a
Thorough system Of organization undcrwich
| we conceive il is ne xt to impossible foi US TO
be beaten. - 1870 z ~
see YOU have the anti Catholic clause
IN the obligations of your Virginia Know
Nothines. and that thrir candidate and
pre sses openly make the question Of the
exclusion Of Catholics from efiiee,. one Of
| the eading tenets. Here the Know Moth
1ings who could not make even a show
against the Democrats, without the aid
Of the Creoles, who are nine -tenths of
Cath oiic origin, have adopted the poll
cY QISDeIl SHY WIFI THAI RdIt VI Tic ODtt"
aa,ion which is required wherever Pro-
testantism is the prevailing creed, end
/ am strongly inclined TO- bslie7e of the
members in the northern part Of this State,
where there are few Catholics. In short,
sl,rewd Know Nothing, is what ST. Paul
advised one Of his disciples to be, all things
TO all men" A Calyanistlc bipot ready
| 10 proscribe Catholics in Puritan New En-
gland, and throughout the Northern, Mid
die, aud Western States; but in lower Loui-
siana, where the old population is mostly
Catholic, TO professor utter horraw of re-
iigious prescription Of any kind.
bave written to Mr.. Hughes Of the
Eraminef, as to the absence OF this clause,
prescribing Catholics IN the Know Moth
in order in Louisiana, and you may see
the letter or extracts iIom it in that jour-
aal AS editor and part proprietor Of the
Louisiana Cduricr l am doing what can
against the unrepublican and despotic or
derin this State. d. sa7 s.s ~
see that a remote kinsmsn Of ours. Il
! wish he was much farther lemoved} in
Bedford, has turned traitor and gone over
TO the Know Nothings. You may be sure
\ L ASi'oh tuC CheotiahvHS NAlNA ~ ~
frequently gets in ihs columns Of the Ex-
Iaminer. the Enquirer and South-Side Dem
oerat, all OF which, by the BY, are doing
noble service in the cause OF political and
religious truth aud liberty ~ ~ m
Let me hear your views about your can
vass. Kindest regards TO all the elan n
your region. Your friend and knsman,
JOHN CLAIBORNE.
ID. a. CLAIBORNE. Esq, Beliield. Va. {.
i REJECTION OF THE RELIGIOUS Test by
THE CALIFORNIA Know NoTHINas.-On
this subject the Placer Times saws: We
understand that the recent general Ccnyen
tion Of Know Nothings, held in Saeramen.
to last week rejected from. their platform
the religious test directed against aCatho-
lict. Whilst we dsprectdc the purposes
of tina. order-whilst arrayed against the
Democracy, we can see in it much ofgood,
but on the contrary, much Of eyi---whiist
we caution our Demccraiic rIiends against
being led astray BY the novelty and secre-
sy and my stery which attach to the order
.e cannot but congratulate our citizens at
the utter repudiation which has thus been
made of that religious intolerance which,
Lin The Northern and Eastern States, con-