Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-06-20

i'll the Electoral Colleges, by devolving the choice of
President upon the present Know Nothing and Black
Republican House. The fusion between the New
York and Philadelphia conventions, now proposed
looks both to the popular election and TO the House
1t ia painful 10 witness the low cunning and vile
ntrgues going TO PROSTATE this nation at the feet of
Benton, Seward, Fremont, Greeley, Weed, Giddngs
Sumner Banks Beecher, and that band consprators
Cntaline conspiracy was not worse in its in
lis design. few fanatics urged on by disappointed
and malignant sposnen, seeking plunder and revenge,
cungregate at Washington and deliberately plan in
the dark base coalition among all the isms of the
day-then set artuly to work, through all of the
corrupt and corrupting agencies they can command
not in the non-saveholding States alone, but in the
border saveholding States likewise, to fas,en upon
the country not only the most fatal measures but a
horde Of public plunderers, worse than the GOths
and Eandas that once prostraed the civilization of
Southern Europe. 1t is time to "warn the commit
tees." 1t is time for every patriot to buckle on
his armor for the conflict. And, above ALL it s time
for every Southern Know. Nothing who under
misguided patriotism entered the lodges of that Or
der, for the purpose Of saving the Union against tie
psstent attacks of Abolition fanaticsm, to cast his
eyes over the country, look at the plottings and
cnunterplotings of the Blars, Stewards, Giddngs
Bentons, Greeleys, Hales aud Summers, aud also to
view the important part which those intriguers are
calculating upon the South Americans play
ing to further the great conspiracy. Nothing but
the most fatal blindness can prevent Southern Know
Nothings from seeing tho dire result TO which they
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rem in Missouri, who, whilst ostensibly adhering to
Fillmore, have put forward a Benton Free Soil State
ticket-whose candidate for Governor is canvassing
the State, cchoin Benton and Blairs denunciations
of the Kansas Nebraska act, and whose organ in ST.
Louis is vocferous in its anahemas against the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise. The coalition in that
State il only one phase of the fusion which is already
consumlnated in Illinois, Indiana and New Hamp.
shire, and soon will be in every non slaveholdlng
State. The New Hampshire Abolition. .know-N No
thing Convention, HALE being present to carry ou
the Washington City plot.) instruc;s for Fremont
The Massachusetts Know Nohings declare for Fire.
mont. Bennett and Greeley say Fremont is their
choice. Ford of Ohio, e1caims for Free Soil, Free
Kansas aud Fremont" Benton, with the low
cunning of his malicious nature, declares IN
favor of the Fusion ticket in Illinois; and,
against his oft repeated assertions, which are
hardly cold upon his lips takes the field in Missouri
az a candidate for Governor, in order to draw oil
enough voters from Buchanan and thus perform the
part he has agreed 10 play. Whilst pretending Tor
his purposes in Missouri to be in favor Of Buchanan
he is grossly msrepresentng Buchanans position on
the Kansas question: so to drive from him. IT he
can, all timid men in the South. In order to make
his real hostility more effective, he is furnishing TO
every opponent ofour nominee in the South all the am
munton they will have. His speeches and the articles
of his organs carefully prepared for the purpose OF
being quoted in the South a. The views of Buchanan .
friends. That was Benton's false and malignant
course in the canvass of 1914, which lost Tennessee,
and endangered our success wherever the annexation
of Texas had possession of the popular heart. Even
now is heralded, that Benton is about to make and
publish great speech in Missouri which, like his an
tannexatiou speeches in 1874, will be distributed by
the Black Republican Know NothngSover the whole
South. ''To be forewarned is to be forearmed."
What kind of support Bentonism i. to give Buc
hanan, We have thus limited ar-the support of tht
political assassin. The following extracts from his re
cent utterances will further indicate the basencss
the design and of the execution:
sThis Administration is most weak aud corrupt, s
corrupt and weak, sir The President don't know
his own mind for one hour, sir--not for ono hour
Look at our Foreign Relations There is more danger
of the peace of the world being dlsturoen than you
are aware, sir more than you are aware OF, sir.
| "The passions Of the people are fearfully aroused
sir-earfully aroused. Mention the name oi Douglas
and every bad passion sroused-every one aroused
sir. He is political flbuster sir. He could not carry
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censed, at his conduct, sir. This thing OF Slavery
agitation oil settled sir, until he broke up lhs
angry feeling Of the North is very just, SIR.
"As for Buchanan-nerer a leading man IN any
high sense, sir-but man of fair talents, and very
pure man in both his public and private liie, sir-
| he is man of peace, sir-enineuty man of peace
The effect of his nomination would be to restore peace
to the country, sir"
His home organ announces his movements as iol
lows:
"Co Benton will make his first speech in the can
vass in Cape Girardeau, on his way To 81. Louis liz
Is well pleased at the irmn-ss Of tho Pennsylvanit
delegation in the support of their candidate. Th'
platform, he says amounts tn nothZ and lodges th'
most disputed point i'll the Nebraska bill.
When the nominations were made in Cincinnati
Col. Benton caused the to be teegraphed 10 81
Louis, adding, in Bentonlan language, "Hurrah 10
Buchanan and d-n the platform" His supporter
have announced meeting in St Louis to repndtat
the PLATFORM and he is be present to make aspeech
All who have read any speech or letter Of his :or TIT
last six years, anticipate very we'll what it will
be, especially when made at meeting called for th'
express purpose of giving him AL opportunity Of de
nouncug the platform of the American Democracy
| His, however, to the meanness and unscrupulou
character of the Know Nothing and Black Republi
can "bargsin aud sale" and the disgraceful ricker
to which the agents Of the coalition are resortnI
throughout the North North West and Missouri, tina
the attention of the Southaye, of honest men every
where-should be aroused. If such a csbal as W
have mentioned can carry out their neiarious de
signs, and that too through the agencies indicated
then are the days of the Constitution and Union, o
self.government and political morality, at an end
Not the days of the Catanes merely, but Of the Pre-
torian cohorts, have returned when the Chief Magis
tracy of the Republic is to be bought and sold at tn
instance and under the direction of as unprincple
and malignant band of conspirators the worl
has ever known.
ONE OF THE CALUMNIES.
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