Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-02-23
Saa Combined Councils Tho Duty OF
National Know NothtDgs.

yas Combined ceunciis-The Duty OF ,
National Know NothtDgs.
The warm and animated contest which
has been for the last two months going on
between the Richmond Wing, a, the or
gan Of the 18th sectionists, and The Ma
siesal American, as the organ Of ,Ae Bolts
ties and the anti. 18th sectionis,s, seems
20 have resulted in the triumph of the
Black Republican feature of the Know
Nothing organization, on last Monday
night. A nAss meeting Of the party, and
these who have heretofore acted with it,
se.nbled IN Cor,pthian Hall, on Mon
day night. for the purpose OF considering
the action Of The combined Councils, 10
nominating John Minor Potts for the Pref
dency, iguolng the 12,h section Of the
Philadelphia Platform, and appointing
Tyre MaUpin the delegate 20 the Conven-
tion on the 22d inst, Of the Know Moth
ing patty OF the Richmond Congressional
District. The Hall was crowded to ovcr-
flowing. H. K. Ell,son was called to
L
tsry. A motion wa. made to the e set
that members of The combined Coun
ellis. aud all Others that are friendly
TO the Know Nothing cause, be allowed TO
participate in the proceedings. r. Ridg
way, OF the Wig. declared his devotion
to the cause, as his arduous labors during
laSf ybpru for al
altesied. The vote was taken on the reso-
luton, and it was Rejected hich VAS
equivalent to voting Mr.. Ridgway ana all
who lad not gone into the culvert, cut Of
the meeting Mr. r., it will be borre in
mind. is the editor of The Richmond Wing
one oil the most influential AID able papers
in the South. Since his connection with
that paper, its course has ~ sisnalized
by a nervouslv eloquent and logical de-
fence Of the. SoutnAad her best interests,
irrespective of party considerations. To
the recent action of the combined councils
OF Richmond, ignoring IL 10Th section of
the Philadelphia Patform-the only ted-
ture which in the least gave encourage
ment to the Southland nominating John
Minor Bolts, with his free-soi heresies
for the Presidency, the Wing earnestly
protested-claimiDg that the party was not
represented fully iu the meeting which |
assumed such an an,i-Souihrrn postiou.-
To test. then, the true sentiment, Of die
members ard supporters of the party, the
meeting on last Monday night, was called
The vote ignoring all who had not taken
the oath was, of course, the precursor to
the defeat OF the resolutions subsequently,
offered by Mr.. Thomas Lambert. Those
resolutions provided, frs, that it WAS in-
expedient to declare III favor of any one Of
the many great men o: the party, as the
ndida,e for the Presidency. Tis was
whack OF Bots. The second resolution
declared that the meeting would support
the nominee of the Philadelphia Conyen-
ton, provided he is placed without dis
guise on the principles declared in the 18th
section, and that his an,ecedrnt. presented
a full and unclouded guarantee that he IS
true national man. The third resou-
lion is reputation of the action of the
eomb,Eed councils, in nominating Bolts
ignoring the 18th section and appointing
Mauyin delegate TO the Philadelphia
Convention. The fourth. is an expression
of the admiration of the meeting for the |
18th section, aud the Southern members of
the Philadelphia Convention which passed
it. The fifth states that the meeting j.
unwilling &c be misIepresented upon the
18th SECTION, in the Philadelphia Conven-
lion, and hence requires OF the delegates
at large from the St'te Messrs. lnboden
and Bolling.-12lh section men) to see to
that III cir G,a.irnents are fully express
cd. This resolution " as u Virtual Ignoring |
of on: friend Maupin. as the delegate from
that District. The whole series were
voted down. and the meeting Adjourned
with three Tremendous cheers Tor Bous.-
So a majority OF the members OF the Know
Nothing party oil Richmond, have declared
in favor Of Bolts for the Presidency. ig-
nored the South and rePudiaiing their
ablest defender, the Richmond Wing -
The future course Of that Journal, we OF
course, are not prepared to anticipate
To act with the Know Nothing party, ii
cannot. The National Council, in Phila-
dslphia. on Monday last, virtually declared
against the 18Th s.ciiop. in the contest be-
tween the Philadelphia factions, by ad-
hitting that delegation WHICH ignored the
18th section; and the rejection, as Sc
auence, of the party which which sup
ported that Southern feature Of the Phi,a-
delphia Platform. The step is equivalent
10 the erasement o! the 18th section from
the Platform, and the adoption of a series
OF resolves. which will be d Reputation
Of the rights OF the South. or at least 81
Ience upon the subjec, of slavery. This
course, the combined councils OF Rich