Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-15

toUulI Nhih Wv ''S az VI tHP SDuth rNiitl NJ, -
operate with. oh! but. it is said: tho. X 49, ~ w
thing. arc not Hholitlonlsts, because they ALL NO., -.
Seward. Miserable, miserable sell. Observation-Disclosures 10y
convection! fonr snbtcrfuse, by which to misIeaj
Il thlnklnS people. DO yUIl not all rerpilcc. ,hu, VII
the New York elections ,uui; place, the wciki, rn
with shouts Of triumph for Sain, the invinriLlr Sm,'c.
and, Is II not r fact, beyond denial, that thu Know.Nn,
'n!hS' IN The Legislature of New York. BY the cnnfes-
sion ui tier own organ, the Now York ltcrnld, lind
poWcrto defeat the election of Seward. i half q du.
zen "l thsln would vote against linn! l. il no. a fact,
mat Seward WINS elected 10 the Senate of the United
Sta'es, NM * 1t not Il lact thu; the hail 4 dozen
hno",NothinS votes III the Legislature We're not cast
against INN! What, then, il the conclusion! Is it
not that Seward wns elected by The Know Nothinc.!
ana now DO they TINT conclusion! Why, they
'ay NAT they took n great many men to their lodges,
alI swore iheil 10 obey the directions Of The Order:
ana the directions of the Order were 10 vote anainst
Seward; and that their own men bctra we'd Themselves
and committed perjury. Now. assuming for the rre-
sent this excuse 10 bc true, let us see what a spectacle il
exhibits. In the first place, n..m elected publicly and
freely by the people, lrofcs.cd Know Nntbiny. -. M
ritanicai followers OF Sam, who had hound th.,nsclyyes
by nj oath 10 obey his bchcsts, arc required 10 .oy-
crm themselves i'll their conduc, Ms lrri.lntors IN
violation OF their oatiis as Legislators. which WINS 10
cordinS to the Constitution, and tn fulfil rho non.
mands of this socre. organization. And tE,v v;oIo,.
ths oath 10 the Order Us we SOC, and the Order ,,,rr.
upon them and says, they are not RESPONSIBLE for tlis
'ntlS' Iue! n'ss attempt to control the Legislatures
-',- 'N'Sh lItU " GlSNtllJks. HEY
swear Them IN d." wrong, and then whom they urny.
themselves 10 oc i'urcs and traitors. rs their nssoci-
ate' declare, they still say yoI ought to trust and con
NuG ~ '"Ht o'uo'' III TINS system which has produced
such results hut There ls M old maxim, which ia a
very sound one: crceptj, probgi ycruKJ,o-.tbc cycen.
ton proves the rule. And if in New York there wa,
treason TO the Order by u violation Of its commands,
d"cs II not i"i!o"' from the total absence of ,nv SINH
lar charge-charIe against tho KNOWN hiuy rrpra.
sontativcs in this New England Stnt,,-thut ;Lcr,. r was
no treason there, and TINT New York, therefore, fur
ni.lics not the rule, but tho execution to thc rrLr. md
th,ts prove: inc rule which ID the rule Of abolition.
But again: Ii you will look to the debates which
took place IN the Legislature of New Yurk. md riva
tho Know NolLInss credit for the attcmptnd bnstiIitv
TO Seward, you will yet be satisfied that Tim, LostiIIty
dd NOT proceed from objections tn hs abolition .enI.
lhlleNls' ann tilat The men who opposed Seward. w,rc
solI RS OF SarSennt Dalghot;i, fighting for their INV
And a5 the object and design of the new Order wss Ia
get sPo- and plumber Tor men who had no, been nj.
lowed 'otlr'u upon the public crib, under the old Or
der tncir hostility to Seward was nothing more thnn
the hostility OF tho out to tho in; the hostility of the
hungry rt 10 the weH-fcd punclcr in the corn crib;
inc hustiiity OF d lew swarm of flies, 10 m" we'll
fed old ones. They wanted Stewards place for
one "i llcir own men; for Sam not only wanted pro-
vender himself, but he wanted the power To bes;ow |
II ne al incentive and inducolnrnt TO Others IN C,lIov
iIiin' ana me proof il, TINT not one single Know-N 9TH. !
ing, tycs there was onej in the Legislature of New
org "HposGa William II. Seward, because he wns
Ill Aholltionist; and the Herald itself was Obliged 10
confess that the election of Seward was an evidence
that all parties c incurred in his abolition opinions.
fnt this ID no all. The 4h section OF the Consti-
tuition "i The Grand Council of the United States OF
North America, from which I now rpad, il in these
words-"Ihe Grand Council shall be- vested with thr
following powers and privileges: 1t shall be the head
ct the organization for the United States of North
AMERICA ana shall nix md establish all signs, grips,
passwords, and such other secret work "a ,oov srcu
10 II necessary. IL shall have power to decide upnu
AL matters appertainins TO national politics" Now,
no man doubts that the power of the Grand Council
ol hnow.N otn!ngs IL 10 be found at The North, as the
power OF me Wing party has been found at the North,
when II hal power any where, and therefore the
Grand Council will be under that Northern bower,
winch ls the power OF AbOlitionists, except So fur ~
IL Is resisted by the, at present, minority of Demo
Gratis.
And what, then, must be tie condition Of n Virgi.
MA Know Nothing in the Grand Council of the
Nnow-Nothinrs! He must support the man whom
tho Council shall nominate, who will Of necessity b.,
as 1 nave shown, not nj anti-slaycry man merely,
but III nboltiOnist; or he must violate hs oa,b and
rcpudiate bis Order, 10 he denounced throughout In,
land as IL traitor 10 his purity. because he was iuithfu!
to fIs country. l say, therefore, that Southern Know
NOthinSs, who are not abolitionists now, land. thank
God, that, as | believe, is the case with a yast mainri.
~ Ut them. not, / am sorry to believe, with the whole
oi t,icmJ must either become the allies aud assistants
OF the Northern abolitiDnists, or they must rsnounrs
and denOunce the Know Nothing Order. And. [ H.
Is II wise Is II prudent, is it patriotic, in any man, Ia
put himself IN such q condition voluntarily, rs tbnt
he must either violate hs oath to his Order, or his
oath to his country He must either he r traitor to
party "r to his country; he must abandon the
South or denounca his Order.
MY coHntryrncr, III conclusion, lot me once more
c"iJnre you to turn your back upon this Order. if
You would pro'@rve the purity of your religion, the
'anctI'y ol your Constitution, the freedom Of your
and the honor and safety and existence of
,nr beautiful South.
Listen 10 the language Of tho father of his couu-
nv: ~ The last appeal which he made to that country.
= ou"'i"''""| ] >lnll read TO you, and which
and dissertations, u,.oas
sible character. with tine real design Ia h.>lows. NIL
or are the regular dcliLcrntjon ,. ricu-
Of the constituted auihorilic-, is dc,trur n ~
fundamental principle, and of fatal tendo ,ave %il''
They serve 10 organize faction, To give i. "--!Hhciai
extraordinary force; 10 put, in the place oil inc ,
delegated will OF the nation, the will N a party, oitcn
u small but artful and cntcrprihing minority of the
community; and, according to the alternate triumpi!s
OF different parties, to make the public administration
the mirror Of III, ill-conccrted and homogeneous prn-
iccts of faction, rather than the organ OF consistent
and Wholesome IlaIs digestrd by common counscls
and modified by mutual interests.
"~tlowevcr combinations or associations OF the
above description may how and then answer popular
ends, they ARE likely, in the course OF time and things,
to become potcn: engines, by which cunning, ambi-
tious and unprinc pied men will lie enabled TO subvert
the power OF the people, md 10 usurp for themselves
the reips of Governments; destroying afterwards the
very engines wli:h have lifted them 10 unjust domi-
niOn."
1t were worse :han idle in me to attempt 20 add to
the force of these words. 1t were almost pro!ane to
saw any thing intended to give weight and influence
10 the advice Of Washington. The man who will not
hearken 10 tho patornal and patriotic appeals Of TINT
great spirit, would laugh all else to scorn. Int" your
and To yClr verdict, | trust this great issue be-
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