Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-28
MORE OF THE BLACK REPUBLICAN Poll
RAISING IN PORTSMOUTH. VA.

The following resolutions were IN "Wednesday ri"H'
last, received with enthusiasm and unanimously
adopted by the Portsmouth Democratic Association.
DIR. Arthur Smith, presiding
Whereas, tho facts In connection with the rh'"nG
of Fremont pole and flag in our chlet thorougiia"
and tie action OF the Mayor aud Counc'I ieia;vc t"
the same have been misrepresented by !h" hn""-
Nothing party aud press for the purpose OF errh,Ins
the well -merited Of nj! good citizens tor -r
recresnt abandonment OF DUTY IN refusing to ai 10
the removal of said hag and for the aid sId 'yml's
thy evinced for those who erected them
/. Resolved, That j, .s our conviction inst the ss"
pole ard flag were erected neither in spirit c' spoii
nor buresque, bu: for the purpoGe If ascersinng G
what extent Black Repubcnnsm would be tolerated
iu our midst and that it is poor evasion OF the
Know. Nothing party ncr TO pronounce that jest
which they tSn declared could 10. be removed, exc"
by authority of law. without oloodsied.
g Resolved, That tn. insinuaion III the resolutions
and speeches of the Fillmore rleeihg-, that The De-
mocracy interfered against the Fremont drnonstIa'
ton for :he pu.yoss Of mEkin,; polrictl CAPITAL ."
without sny foundstiun in truth On the contrary
leading Know Nothinzs were earnestly requ-s'"t t.
unite with US in effort to prove that said Black H-
publican demonstration met w;th the condcn:i'"!-
Df az respectable men O 0H parties, aud III RI arph
cation ~ the Courc Tor its reInor2; but re@nir"sS
of their duty Southern men, OF their respo's!oi'y
AZ influential members of the community, and reckless
OF the interests of Southern town over which 'nlec
an incendiary banner, they refused 10 aid us
3. Resolved That the Know Nothing party con-
niyed at the continuance Of said pole and nG 10 our
midst, either through sympathy with the party ehn7a
insignia they were, or from bastard fear of driving
from the support o. Fillmore the miserable faction
that raised il.
l. Resolved, That as far as We ecu ascertain. there
was not single Democrat ulre. y or indirectly con-
nected with the raising of the Fremont pole bui, on
the contrary the elk persons, who stated IN Their card
of Yesterday that they dlOne rCfpOns'o ioT i!o
raising of the said pole are euch aud al known !" D"
Know -Nothings.
S. Resolved, That the Southern Argus in denonu"-
ing the act of the parties who insulted the Citizens 81
Portsmouth and reflected upon the fair rGne o o'r
town by raising said ncendiary banner in our ln'trt,
and also the part taken by the Fillmore eecIo trn
which he WAS sustained by the leading lnei 81 ha
party in defending the right of those who rai-ed iU
pole merely reflected the sentiments of all g"oi ci-
zens and merits the thanks o. the Democracy -!
Portsmouth, who alone seem determined not To toiG'
rate Black Repubicanism in .Ir community.
6. Resolved, TLst the base insinua.ion ha: ~"
editors of the Argus sought under cover of NJ NJ"
denunciatons Of the Of the Fillmore party ~
this matter to attack the interests or iuure the Pf"S'
pecs Of our town, is only worthy Of tho blaord and
poisoned minds of men who, fOrgetiul ol thrlr any
to their State and town lend 'hs aid Of their synrd-
thy and oouusnance 20 the traitors who have Ghrei
to insult our people and set at defiance our naii"-
tions and our laws.
= Resolved That the noble and decisive stand
taken by,fhe Mayor and Common Council on IL"
NIGHT of the 18th inst, relative to preserving "rd"r
Und cutting down said Fremont Pole is deserving In,
annroba;on Of all true Southern men, and that &c:
endorse their action fully and completely