Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-02-02
LYNCHBURG IIRGINIAN.
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believes, has misruled Virginia. The demo
cratic party Of course. And to put wn this dem
ocratic party the Know Sofhings. says our neigh
Dor, will throw themselves into the opposition
and the wings will take position by the side o.
the Know Nothngs and unite arms against III,
common eRemy-wbich common enemy l. tao de
mocratic party. Here then, is the positive. dis
tinct. aneqnivocal ayowa that the defeat of lhe
democrats is the object of the Know Nothings
no less than of their whig allies. What say the
few democrats in the order TO this programmed
is this the feast TO which they were inyited.-Re.
publican
In ascribing to us any "avowa 10 what
is "the object of the Know Nothings" our neigh
Dor commits the same error to which We called his
attention IN the Nirginian Of Tuesday lat. We
say again that we have no authority 10 speak FIR
that orler-nor any knowledge other than such
as is possessed by the public. Of their objects. II
the Republican will read again the article on
which i; comments, it will discover that the Pc
stions there taken. far they relate To the
probable course of the Know Nothings, are
gumentaiiye. nferential and peisua ise-aud not
in the form Of "ayowals." Ridicued, de rided
and denounccd-scoifed at, kicked and spit mp
on-by Nr. Wise. and the majority # the De
mocratie press in Njreuia.we assume a. scarce
" admitting of doubt that the Known 9TH
ngs, in ihe coming election, will be found in op
position T. the party from whom theY have re-
ceiyed so much abuse aud insult They would
be ess than human, if it were otherwise.
Bat if our ncichbor will look with inerr ottcn-
,iveness II our ar,ica. and Others oflike import,
tina, ha,c preceded it. be will perceive tina, our
inference az to the course If the knoa Nothing
party inpates to them ~ hostility T. the dcmo-
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but hostility to the Riehuond Regency and it.
organized political system throughout thu state
tho; sane Regency and that identical System,
again-t which Our neichbar commended 80 mauiul
ly pr n eand during the session OF the staun-
ton Convention. W. hara NO vibrant fer nttti-
bu,iug T. tie Know Nothing party opposition to
the general tcao! and faith OF the democracy
but IN tie very fact of their tidrawal from 9th
er pariie--their separate and close organization,
aud their proclamation for Reform especially in
the department of offices, nearly all Of which are
held by Democrats We find authority for infer
ring that, IN this election, they viii necessarily
take position against those democratic cmd-
dates. whose tenure of ofiee part Of the E-tuh.
lished System. If on the other aud the whig,
were in power, and the Democrats ia opposition.
the cour~4 Of the Know. Nothing party We sup
pose, would he reversed. and the eff m to intro.
duce Reform would neces-itatc opposition to the
Wings aud bring about cooperation between
themselves and the Democrats. We think the
Republican will see tie reasauailcuess Of these
dedu tom, while it will also see that they ARE
only deductions and that they de- not and can
not in any way bind TIL Know Nothing party, tor
which, we repeat,we have more right 10 ~peok
than the L. publican. Itself.
But. the Republican Is wofuIly disgruutlcd Mt
the probability, which We suggested, HAT ho
Know Nothing party, in pursuance Of the objects
which they seek to accomplish, Will oppose the
reelection Of the present congressional decGu.
ton and here it is, that suspect the shoe
really pinches- morn than in lhor opposition to
Mr. Wise. Bear in mind, we did not say that
the Know Nothings would be compelled 10 vote
for Wings for Congress-on the contrary, we in
sisted only that their power though not ncces
sarily ertrcised in all cases against democratic
men, must. as we have shown, be brought to bear
against the democratic arrangements now exist
ing" How else pray, would the Know Moth
ings succeed in establishing the Reform, which is
alleged to be the fundamental object Of their or
ganizationl Can the Republican tell rs? Fur
thermore, the Know \ othlngs profess to have oh
iects of national character, dcpendenttor their
success on federal legislation. Take an in.
stanoe-a change in the Naturalization Laws, As
a matter of course, they will vote for men who
agree with them in sentiment, aud whe. If cleo
ted would assist in the enactment Of such laws
as they desire VIII Nessrs. Bocoek and Pow
ell pledge themselves to carry out the views OF
the Know Nothngs in Congress and if they
will not so pledge themselves, can the Know
Nothings support iheml The conclusion is 50
obvious. that we wonder that the Republican
should have needed the Nirgnnn'e Grtice. to
open its eyes. Unless these gentlemen coincide
in the sentiments and policy of the Know Moth
ings they cannot expect their support should
they coincide they cannot. we imagine, expect
that of the Republican, In either event they will
encounter an opposition potent. a. TO insure
their defeat.
As we said.in our former article, the reasoning
which applies to the Congressional delegation
applies also to the State Legislature. candidates
for that body who concur with Mr.. Use and the
democratic press in their luminosity to the new
party, cannot expect their support They will
have first. if they are democrats. to come out Of
the old organization, and renounce their allie
glance to the Richmond Regency. 1t is on this
account, that, though do not, as the Repub-
lican seems to, regard Know -nothngsm as wing
gerry in disguise we find no difficulty in co ope-
rating with that party in the coming election,
should they act with the disc. elton which we ex-