Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-04-04

/ of the Unions; because it is that party which has
allowed itself to be led away by sectional issues,
and has regarded the requirements and guarantees
of the Constitution superior to temporiztng ana
short-sighted compromises. It is this party when
| Know Nothingism is constituted to oppose You
will look in vain for a national Wing organization.
That party which has been reduced RON its FORMER
greatness to being simple exponent of dissatisae-
tion is now clothed in new armour, ana Soomblhes
the heterogeneous forces fabolitionsts maeoatents,
dsunionists, into an unprneipled, aud, as believe
! short-lived party organizations. You can feadiiy
perceive why such an organization should have
sprung up like q mushroom out OF the npehihg aau
purifying mass of Massachusetts, politics. Bat II
should not flourish elsewhere. The very natere OF
this opposition should teach Virginia Democrats
what depth Of disgrace their advcrsarieS nave
reached 1t should teach them that those adveisa-
ries have been obliged resort to the charms OF se'
cret manouvres, in order to give new steng'h 70
their decaying powers. Il ought to confirm them IN
their faith in the truth ofDenecraey, when they look
upon tho disgraccfal weapons which are brought TO
bear against them lfanythihg in this world should
infuSc new life into your party, it is the character
itself of Know Nothingisin. Aud when you con-
slider that the of people in Virginia nave stoo"
for years opposed to all the temptations OF the enc
my, it seems impossible that they should y'e 10
its last and most contemptible OF all Toes Inc same
causes which gave Know Nothingsm success IN
Massachusetts, ought to overwhelm it and route II
beyond redemption in Virginia. Here 1t tiourlshes
because the whole power and all the blandshments
of the State have been eXertcd to their utmost 10
break down the Democracy. There 1t ought 10
wither, because it stands just where the enemies OF
the Democratic party have always stood, with all
their weakness and flllacieS. Here 1t should sue
ceed because fedel alism and abotionism in some
form have always held the power. There 1t should
fail, because Virginia has always been true 10 the
Democratic faith Know-Nothingsm is indigenous
to the soil of Massachusetts but unless the people
of Virginia are struck with judicial blindness 1t can
never take root among your valleys and mountains.
It is entirely unnecessary for me to occupy your
time with deineaton of the practical working OF
Moth
cal designs already, and you can easily conceive OF
the political dcbauchery which goes with It, e1ues-
tionS which were formerly settled by free anu open
discussion are decided by the iron rule OF coun-
Gil Capacity and intelligence which, however much
mistaken, once controlled the acts OF the old Bay
State, banished from an arena which Is occu-
pied by the fruits OF secret intrigue HE pain 10
preferment which formerly led over the submits OF
the everlasting hills acknowledge nov lie among the
low and swampy abodes where nothing noble dwellS
The mass of the people excluded from all par
tcipaton in those matters upon which depend theT
social and civil privileges The voice of the people
is dumb The elect point out the way, and under !
threats of oppression, and prescription and persecu-
ton in every walk in life men who call themselves .
American frecnen, submit to the dictation OF this
last and most ingenious form Of worse than tabled
iesuitisIu. This is the operation of the thing here
If Virginia hopes for honor and prosperity she had
better drive it from her borders with scorn and con-
tempt.
When I remember that Washington, and Jeffcr !
son. and Madison have left the glory Of their great
names as legacy to Virginia and remember too,
that the party which now claims to be the Ameri-
can would have prescribed these heroes had they
not submitted the iron rule of this order, which
every statesman mast depse, a>toni>i@d that it
should have found for moment, toot-ho!d OF pow
err in country, even have threatened your
State AS Vrsinans value the pride OF their State,
ct them reject it. Let the Blue Ridge be the barrier
beyond which no of this political mania can
pass on. And let the present condition of Massa-
:husetts prove warning to that State which was
he first to consolidate the Union and should be the
asst to strike blow at its cxistvncee.
Respectfully, your obcdient servant,
GEO. 3. LORlNG.
TIoS HESARY 4 WISE