Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-01-26
Sow-NOrHINGISM NORTH AND SOUTH.

KNOW -NOTHINGISM NORTH AND SOUTH.
That Know nottingham in the Northern States Il
MI Abolition movcment-an Abolition movement i'll
its origin purpose organization, tendency and effect
is proposition about which there can be dispute
among candid men. The fact has been established
bv evidence which it is inposribc to cvndc or resist.
In another column insert the proceedings "i IL
caucus of tho Know Nothing members of the Mn'sh-
chusetts Legislature, and we invite attention 10 the
revelations therein presented of the designs ol III"
Order touching the rights and imtcrcsts OF tn" So"'I
From these proceedings discover that tue "Pr"H'
tion to the election Of Wilson io not pro" "keu D! '
freesoil principles, but is the consequence exclusive
~ of his suspected intdelity 10 the Amcricah parry
Nay more, VIC learn from Ill. deliberate dcr'"r"''"'
of the "Iead of the Order" that they are ALL
SuIIERs-a declaration from which there was n" dIs-
sent We have, moreover the distinct ana eihl'ia'''
avowal of various members that know-N"thi's'S"
is essentially antayonistic slavery, and that 'l' sue
cess in the North sis due To the P"'"Sr" me ''"f'
tous Nebraska BtH." In lhi. caucus "i the hno"
Nothing members of the Massachusetts h'I's'"'"'
there was not one patrotnot single inan VINO "'"''
raise his voice in defence Of The constitution anu "
rights of the South This is significant t'c'' ih'
people of the South cannot mistake liz import, III"
will they fail To bc instructed by the solemn lessor
which il conveys.
In the North the journal, in the interest "' th'
Know Nothing party, openly ar"w nna pr"'i"'I'
rher hostility to slavery. Here they are reS'r"'''e'
from such candid confessions by the vengeance /"
public opinion But they assume position hara'.
Iess obnoxious To Southern sentiment, ana hary les
ipimcal TO Southern interests. They assume post
tion ot nsutral.ty touching slavery and the issue
which have sprung from the attempt to break d"w'
its ruarantcs We do not m.-rcprcscnt the p"s.'i"
of the Know Nothing party at the south lho "'
crod,ca month piece of the order, mcam the im'
r,can Organ in Warrington, explicitly and emphat'
cully declare. that Know N"thinSsm has nothing T.
do with slavery. and thu; the know-N"!hins part
,v;ll stand aluof from all sectional struggles. AM
This il the Southern phase Of the Order.
Nav. we venture to affirm that this declaration vii
not satisfy the ppupe.of the South. When the cn,
sttutona rights Of the Sonth are assaulted, aud thc
dearest interests threatened with violence alld spna
tion neutrality is t,r0h,rg The South i'll this crlN
of danger and struggle clrs the active, earnest m
untiring service uf lis sons: and party can stan
ON n platform uf nrairaiHy. He that is not for III
and for us with all hs heart and all his strength,
| against us.
Thus the argument by which the know-N"thIn
papers in the South attempt 10 rehut thr char;"
nboionism, crnricts tho Order of intidriy 10 the il
tercss of tho South. We must not be undcrstood t
assert, that every individual member of the kn""
Nothing party in tho South is iuuncal to the inst
tutons of the South but do say that he contrbr
ting to the .ucc"ss OF party which il essentially ~
| tagonisc TO slavery. and that h. imposes upon hin
self an obligation +" stand oil in t,,'rhyo"s in"'iig
~, while the enemies of the South violating il
rights, and wasing desperate a=ans, IL prcua
| interests.