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

out of twn corrupt parties, a pure one shall bo genera.
ted byth mere forming the third party; nottavinsp per-
cciyod the corruption Of the old ones, until they found
Il to their interest to do SOL | can readily understand
how good mon, withdrawing from IL bad party, shall
build up, or assist to build up, Il new and II better ono;
nut l cannot comprehend land | think you will o'
puzzled To do ~ upon what @enerativc principle IL H.
that, ont "f the bad PORTIONS Of two bad parties "
good party can be created. Thu, the Know-Nothiis
purity mas originated from tho bad portions I'll ine:c
two parties, which, | have said, were baa parties N
perfectly certain. a. the retrospect | have arehuy gwen
you shows, ard which, for greater certainly, lcl us
briefly take again.
1t has been proclaimed in all the Wing organs OF
the South, thai the Wing party was aeoaucncu anu
abulitiunizcd. They have also saul ana now pro-
claim, that tho Democratic parry III Sn,b; North was
pinat,d in the North, and il, therefore, | concede all
tina, the Wing press and Wing orators affirm and
maintain opeuir,I concodo TINT tho two parties out
of the ruins OH which this know-N othing phoenix
snrnn, we're d,fauchcd aud abolitionized. And the
fsct il pcrfec,lyf certain md notorious TINT thn crent
body of In. Ki%w-Nothing psrty, at tho North, M ut
the South, is 4 tThig iu~tcSuinent; and it is equally
certain, that tho only purity ut tho North that did OBJ
nos, and docs oppose the abOlitiunists, was, and is.
tho Democratic party, and that by the power Of
Know Nottingham, no matter whence derived, the
Know othing pnriy at tho North has been Az nearly
crushed, that in the Congress of the United Stut,.
abnut tire, out ot ~tUrty-live have been left. Then,
is il not strictly and literally true, that Know otlI-
ingi.m al tho North Is Il prurient offspring of what
nrc said 10 be- tw" putrid parties! And then, say again,
| dul't un1erstand how two rotten substnuco. when
amalgamated, can make II sound one-huw two corrupt
parties can make a sound ono simply bv their union
and am%algamattnn. Following, IN this, Know.
Nottingham, Whose origin every body knows. as !
have SAID, was ut the NORTH, wccan easily discover that
the i\now-N "tmhS party OF the South ia the offspring
OF the same party of the North, mud | would be war
rantod III saying, rs the Know Nothing party at the
North Is tho ch'lI Of the two corrupt parties, 50 tho
Know Nothing party at the South is the grand child.
And thus tar no principle hos been proclaimed ut the
North which has not been echoed by the Know Mo-
things OF the South. No principle has been proclaim
ed at the South which differs from the creed proclaim
ed al the N~orth-save only, that i'll the public platform
OF The Southern Know Nothing party-n very omlI'-
Gus and mysterious silence is observed upon the slave
ry question, while at the North, in their councils III
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and
most of the New York lodges, hostility to slavery
and slave owners, has been proclaimed. But | d."
not mean tn say, because dn not believe, that the
Know Nothlngs of the South, or al least q great body
of them, are abolitiunists, though l shall presently
endeavor I" show you il they arc not, they must be-
come 30, or they must rcnounce and denounco know
Nothingism.
My present purpose, As | have said, in this aspect
of the argument, is To show yen that this know-No-
thingisni is nothing III the world but d political Jag
gle, II Wing trick, in which tne sacrrdotal garU has
been put on to hide tho enormitics OF infdclity--the
Ivory Of Heaven thus assumed 10 serve the Dcvil;
that iu truth it is nothing but the same old cat in the
meal tub, that WHY 81 bitterly denounced in 1913. and
who is still trying by the aid of Il Inrnly coat to catch
the hungry rats who may come within It's reach II
this DO not 40. why did the Wing party i'll lSl4 III tins
city, aud GENERALLY throughout the United States, on
ccpt in tie city and county OF Philadelphia,
scout and denoupce acknowledgement Why was
it that Levin, a Wing, and native American
from Pennsylvania, could not retHn his scat
in the Congress of the United States! Were there
not patriots, not American. enough in the land, Of
either party, or of both parties, with sense enough to
see, and sen'ng, with patriotism enough To sustain,
| tbiI fyr.at 4 naripup prIppIDl6. pr. II There were. why
did they moi do II! What horrors have occurred
which may be Justly charged to Catholicism or TO
| reign infuc:Ico since tina. time, that justify now tho
organization Of this party, unless It he the do
feat and the destruction ofthe Wing party 10y thu Dom.
ocratic party. and the defeat aud disappointment of
certain individual hopes and aspirations for those
filthy and corrnpting things, the flesh peg which
the Puritan. drto.Sr? | cannot believe, for one
moment, that you "r any body else really entertain
any doubt that 1t Is anything i'll the world but Il politi-
cal juggle,-in truth, u Wing trick to get into power,
and not being able 10 accomplish this by themselves.
they have bon Obliged to call in the thimble Triggers
OF all parties o aid them aud assist them for there il
not ono CANDY, honest gentleman among thum Of the
Wing party who will tell you, that he expects or de-
sire' the Know Nothing party, when il shall LET into
power, 10 act upon Democratic principles or any OTHER
than professed Wing principles.
And l must MENTION, before | leave this branch nf
the subject, another fact, conclusively illustrating,
not merely the utter insinccrity of the Know Nothing
party but its political j~ugglerv.
Now torsoorh they are the great enemies of the
Catholics. Now forsooth. those Is, 000,D0 Of ircemcn
are terrified at tho Pope, and apprchcnsive Of bein.
overcome by a handful Of Catholics They are
afraid that the Pope, who has not arms enolirh nj
home OF his own Ia defend his own Pnpnl palace and
keep him in 4 comfortable staie. should be able 10 !
get up an army. notwithstanding the rigging war in
IN n SGsrimaa, aud the fact that England is calling for
with their D.nocrd,l&H ta4r 1egipns-nnd mnkesomc
with fear before tho Pope, and they fnnr lhSl;oS.
cross of Christ and the flag of liberty will be wrcsted
from their h0ids and ~tramplcd in the dust, by this
little body OF Catholics, under the lead OF the Pope
in Italy, who u content only TO stay at home aud be
protected by other people for want ot power TO pro-
tect himself. And yet that very same party, that Is
TINT party which rouiposcs the grcnt body Of the
Know Nothing party, made war upon Franklin Pierce
in the last Presidential election at the North and in this
city o: Richmond, IN defence of the Catliollc., be-
cause, Us they said, he had voted for II clnuse in the
Constitutions New Hampshire, which denied Cathu-
lies the civil and political rights, which We're accorded
to all Other seats, and that, upon such shnincless aud
miserable trickcry which had not even the merit of u
good ]cromanc who, while he performs his tricks,
yet does It 80 dcxterouSly as not to permit you to see
how it is done. What a miserable ret Of Charlutans!
Fellow citizens, / have All abiding faith and conf
dence in Che good SENSE and integrity and patriotism
of the people ut this country, 10 repel aud to expo!
such al unlloly combination from among them, and,
30 | trust in God, as | believe, it will be.
A fsw remarks upoa ono other aspect of this qucs-
ton, and | viii make to you that return for your kind
ness whr;h | have 80 long withheld, reservlns for
some other time, if the opportunity shall present IT.
SELL, the discussion OF the foreign a!pect-this war up
ON foreigners aud the analysis Of the beautiful basis
or platform of principles containing no principle, in
REALITY, which has been put forth by the celebrated
Winchest pr Convention.
Tina, Remaining view is this-that know-Nothing-
ism had ats origin in Abolitionism, hostility to the
South, aud to ihe rights and safety Of tho South, and,
briefly | will proceed To prove il.
As l have already said to you, and as you know,
there was no hnow-Nothinc pnlty until the passage
of tho Nebraska. Kansas bill, md You know that
party ut tue Nhrth arose openly and III avOwed oppo'i-
ton and hostility to that measure. Let it profess " hat
it Iuay, for the purpose of dccciving you und the Ame-
ricsn people, tho fact il not 10 be denied, that
it did originate, IN | have said, out Of the pa'sngo
of the Nsbrass Il Kansas bill and hostility to slavery,
for the avowed purpose OF Il repeal Of that bill, an.l
the restoration of tho black line of Missouri. It is
not to be denied, also, that on the passage of the Ne
brasEa bill, the South received not one solitary vote
from the Wing party OF the North, while it received
f~orty-hyc votes from the Democratic party Of the
North. 1t is not to he denied, TINT since kmow-No-
thingism came into power ut tho North, and has con-
trolled tho elections, every single man elected to the
Congress Of ths United States, in either branch, with
the exception of about three, who had been elected
IA pure md unadultera!od Democrats, is Il noto-
rious avowed abolitioni.t. Now, | should think, it
would ncod very little skill in numbers to show, that,
absorbed as the Wing party at the Nor,h is, by the
knOw-S!Rhlng party, and constituting as this cumbl-
nation does. a decided nsairity nj the voting power
of the Narth, these Results must be 8scribed necessa-
rily to the Know Nothing party. But suppose
they arc not. how stand the alternatives 7 We
must assume That the know-Nothins party in
the North, is in the ascendant or it is not. III
is in the ascendant, then that which | have said
of the ~slentiOn, is true. If it is not in the ascendant,
what good has it done or attempted to do! Sam ia
said to be every where omnipotent, pervnding the
whole country, aud controlling every election; and
every victory that has taken place since tho bastard
came into existence, has been ascribed by his follow
ers to his mysterious influence. Now, granting
that all that has been said in regard ia hs influence ID
true, the question Is, what has he donel Where ia the
anti .sboliIon, conservative ticket which he hns run
at the Northl Who turned ont the gallant Shields
and nat in TrumbGll! Who elected Wilson, Who
alactad unrianl Who. in met. elcctnd every single