Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-22
ANOTHER STARTLING DEVELOPMENT

MONDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1855.
ANOTHER STARTLING DEVELOPMENT
KNOW -NOTIlNGISM IN NEW JERSEY.
As the election in this State approaches, and thore
is no longer necessity for the suppression OF the'
genuine sentiments, tho Know Nolhing Press oil INC
North begin to spsak out boldly i'll dcnunciat"n VI
slavery and the South. Their schemes OF aS''".''"
and aggression, heretofore obviously deTel"lou -
their conduct out of regard for the interests Oh '''
marty in Virginia, are now openly proclaimed ~ 10"
cuars of insolsnt menace and defiance. nu' 'D' A.
,;1.f ..,o. rs ,bs- f,naticiym breaks through '"'
restraints Of discretion. They speak out o0''
necessity of silence is altogether ie" ,..;o 60
n.telv, il is not too late for the PeoP,e0 "
heed the signal OF dnngcr, and to auu'e''
3, .h, work Of self-defenco. The elec.''' 70
houd, but the people may yet take .no ''''.
rep.l the insidious soe from our soi!' A''' tr
roach thousands uf our voters oe'o'' '"0
rhurs,lsv, aud disclose TO thon IN" seet'' ~.
| .,t;-,I.v,rv aggression, which inc hno" -'"'o
norv aro concoc,ing for the destruction VI 'No
VI ,,,r csn read the evidence when "e no" "auU''
:.,;,,,s and fatal hostility Of Know Nothing
49, :. .ho institutions Of the South, and deny tina:
,,, ,,o srccc,s Of the Democracy in this struggle
a.,. ,be only hope Of maintaining the honor anu '"'
! interests Of Virginia.
II tb.r. be q state in the North where one iniSh'
supposs Know Nothing ism would e1h'oH '"ne'ii'.e
,i ,p;r;t of conservatism and moderation II 10 AZ
! Nav Jersey tho most Southern and' HhaeF D'''''
r,t;c domination the most Stcadtast IN its "''aeI
90 m, Constitution of al the free States. Anu
iud,sa the Know Nothing press in Virginia are wont
q, n,o,d the character of the Ordor in New jersey,
;, y,,aca,e il from the reproach Of ab"i'tiomsm'-
w;,b;n tho las, week they have paradcd pretenueu
r,,,t,rrp os the Know Nothing council IN New 1eF-
! - ... IS ,h. national aims and conservative
teuLcncics of the party
The State Ga.t,e is the accreci'eo vi gan - '."'
So,hippism in New Jersey: but is authority win It's
n,rt, is not greater than that OF tho Newark pH'y
u.rc,ry. II was in this paper that Mr. Bolts chose
T., pr,,uulrate hi, views of Know Nottingham III
| ls,tsr upou which we offered some comment at tne
tina. These two journals thus disclose tho spirit
aim. and tendencies of the Know Nothing party
| From the Now Jersey aate Gazette
| The rrost American movement OF the day IA II
s,s,Iilv advanced in power from asympathY ihsepa-
rsble from all that s psriotc and vrtuous encoun-
nr.J in ira career the black stain OF domestic ea'ey'
with the do-mu that slavery s national ana
sectional But il will be found no stunning oIo'A
| ,,, ,fQ
al y,U snint.in the principle Ot L,berty at 'cH'.-
T'.sy cannot shut the,r eyes to the crtfeH'e q "e
,,onstrou. e,tor,aHy " thrOs'hr o2rH 90 ''"I" ~
TERRITORIES long since cohTccr0tsd 70 J'e'o"' "'
,., 90 so,,aE tta! sts repud,dtlon naN Haggr az
Pie. " III ,,,u,s eonpromi.er. They eann0! refuse
., ,,,o,r.k TO act. aRd TO r0fc 6gdihsf me J"''"e "
| erase Of slave States. The dD1er'caH Y0WyY & .M"
Je,,-v are clsar and dccfed onN!s POM u.," W,
-; themselves upon the Constitution concesin% I"
r,swsrv the Ground il now occupies, onc refusing +"
Interfere with it as local institution '"'9W' p'"
hand. IN pro,e,ta,ion Of ,ts bstng carr'e1 mo ." y
terr1tcr.es to be hereafter aG''!''ed 'ts" e ''9"
| rary as iIare Statet' f,o,,ross no; VI. n this
! oo,c,p,;nn h.v,pd doubt. The trIehH' 81 !tme'''
! car,sp, and Freedom have an h"nd'e" """ ;.,
! narmLgrs u. TIE {i0gSe 6irtGdy' mH!hS" - -
t,,, ch1rartyistic-an dbhorrenr'W 81 me .'e" Ns"" "
| -, T;s.,, :, rof q man If them TO "h0m 'h''
n,cniur yi,.ur ,eas net .nditpeniaDe Jv ms e''0"
No muter how loosely their other principies ha upon
them upon this question the people "err
~ wa, rr.ruphcre the test and almost et'ry~heTe Hr
! tr;ynDh That riciory, behap o. JrteGom, Is a
rictory Of the .4,necscIn party anu when ''a' Pu.S
shall elect to abandon the iru.ts "i tt'' c"tiue:
and bow down ike the Democracy, to tue black 'Hoi
~ nm .xtensnu OF the dominion OF slavery, tc party
| viii di. and disappear, with M odium on the hume
| for which all utonement VIII DC iu'iie'
| From tho Newark Mercury
IT,; 20 tho language of our New Jersey press IN re-
| t.,ancs % ,b. conuec,ou Of the American movement
viii m, slavery question: and it faithfully Represents
| ,b, public sentiment of the State -" ere the Amet.'
can party to attompt the task of quiennS or
ing the Anti-Nebraska sentiment OF I'ie -no.''s u
! wnplJ bs broken into fragments by the power 0i
| nublic opinion, which nothing could Withstand .or
ourselves were we convinced that its acton III ne"
Jersey tended tx q pro-sfarery d'recEt0H' OF "THa
Gay further comprom'se 'r'a xxx cr,'' We svu
hesitate for moment in abandoning ali conheeUon
| Win the organization. But zee @nom h"i ms I" Ro'
tte ca,r We kn0r that there are no h3'' "Pl''"eN'
Of N. slars ol,garcky than those Th0 march "rFHr"
10 ertGm rctory under ne 0ann:T ."o ,,.,tIc
o.rI, ~ Ne,r Jeyrv. lie kror that no olhcr p"'''c
f., 'tL,n tb0,c kn0trn for USr derof'oH 10 hRmAh
! irc,5ow could be elected az Or Ieprt'entdre' ~
Congress- and feel confident ts"l r"e" !me e"H
for, are 10 Le ehoIen Mts eoh1iderd''on H" ".o y"
| ,.,,orhr1 az Of prtmarg 'mp"rtdace. Lh"'t 's NO
| ,,ctI, ,,,,,rrG.sm in Ncr Jersey n0r. Inc people
understand that slavery il aggressive and they are
| prepared 10 meetH
This language is 30 plain, uusquvocal ana en-
nbatio as to need no comment. Here Is dises"s"'e
oe tho nurposes OF Know -Nothingism which every
! body may understand, and which no ingenuity Gun
! mystify Hero is frank and bousttul deciar"''""'
from ,u accredited organs. THAT THE TRlUsPAs "
KSow-No1HiScIsa II rRK NORTH WE'RE THY TIKI
uuruS oY ABoLlrIofIsA. Here ID an avo"al lha'
opposition to the Nebraska Bill and to the rights OF
the South, i, the vul principle Of Know Nothinssm
in tho North. Hero is exul,ant declaration that
"!he trieads Of Asereaa,s;s and Of freedoms A0rt
kUkdrsd and sty,ccn SgcHbers ~ tie iiou" d!rt"dy,
marked By dc,tinettrs ckaractoiste-an nbh1rrencf
Of The Nebraska inA9uy" Here is claim that VIc-
TORY, ~ BEHALF or rHEXpoN, is VICTORY OF
THE AMERICAN PARTY" Here IL fall and complete
con1rmutivn in tho confessions of the organs OF tho
party, Of every charge which thcopponents of Know
Nolngism in this State have urged against it's aim
and tendency in the North. These things for the
people Of Virginia 10 ponder
q
| LOOK OUT FOR FALSE KUMORS BY TELE-
GRAPH, AND OTHERWISE.
Richmond, Alexandria, Wheeling, ard majority
of the cities and the telegrapc lincs have
heretofore been Wing, and may be Know-Nothng on
Thursday next. The Know Nohngs in those cities
and towns will commence telc.raphins mt an earl!
hour on the day Of the election, as they did at tho late
municipal election in Petersburg, to animate eHch
other, and TO influence the timid
Regardless Of all dispatches ru,nors, created Tor
the OCCASION let every Democrat press steadily iol
ward 10 tho polls and when the sets upon the S-
.ncsd guns of the enemy, aud we retain possession oil
this proud citadel of Democracy, it will be time
enough TO foot up the result of glorious triumph
md 10 .end on The wings Of lightning "the glad tdngs
| OF great JOY"
Therefore, nav no attention whatever to any Know
Nothing report, yon may hear, on the day OF election
but work steadily und press on the column
The Richmond Whic and the Petersburg lntslli-
sencer deny the statement made in the Enquirer OF
Friday Lost, that T.. H. Coleman, the Clerk OF Amelia
N"uFf' had Withdrawn from the Know-Nothng Order.