Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-22
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ClRlOSIIY IN LOGIC.
The logic u the Know. Nothing new,pan.r ur.ss
has, OF late days, assumed right curious shane ni
which speculative mind may desire record 10 Ice
preserved, as matter "f permanent scientific interest
All the improvements la; are made in the kuuYl,iy~
ot human nature aro very apt to have 10 be ,alrN
IN ths way from the shapes and formso human char
ac,.r' a. II shows itself in earnest and real life
lhc pan ol the Know. Nothing press is this: Talx,
any point IN the Presidential canvass: fidelity To- IN
r4uai rights Of the Southern States for exanpl".->
lhe Democrats point to long public, unb!-nishei,
uneXceItiona record ot the lie of Mr.. Buchanan.
placing him upon the very trues: and uobrs patriotic
ground on that point. This is rs it should be. Tho
evidence Is full, clear, and to the point The man IS
laden with experience years and honors. lis li,i
has not been led IN a corner. The nomination 4,
sucii man, ana The uneulvocal profession Ot prH
GIpes' through good and through evil report lool3
like dealing fairly with the people.
l'ui tiie hnow-Nolngs insist that any one srg.s
act VI tdeIlty 10 the South the part of NJ. Fill
more though It is against the general curren; III s
lie, and The long record Cf his public acts brings
him up fully square and even with Mr.. Buchanan
In fact they do more than this. Comfort in reasoning
has been scarce article with them-a little Is X
ceedlngy refreshing. Their one little crumb oi COM
tor in connection with Fillmore, induces them 10
conclude that he ought to be prcttrrCi 10 Mr. Buc-
hanam, with his hundreds of pledges, his lifetime
guarantees, OF patriotic conservatism and equal jas
tce to the South. And some honest verdGnt oncs
among them appear unable TO see the viciousHcsr uI
this reasolng.
Or take any one thing OF evil md unpopular sig.
nhcancy: such, for example, rs the reception ot anti
slavery votes. If it is ssd that Mr. Buchanan 10
going TO receive one such vote-that Of Martin Van
Buren,, it may be-though Mr.. Fillmore is coin. :"
receive thousands and thousands; yet, according
Know Nothing logic, this that Mr. Buchanan -
going I" receive is worse sign about him am Ilr.p
M0Wsands that Mr.. Fillmore is going Ia receive T.
is all IN vain 10 say hat Mr. Buchanan's party boldly
and iairly adopted Southern Rights platform; wine,
the friends OF Mr. Fillmore rejected the only ari,"
they had Of fidelity to the South 1t Is al in van
that they are told that Mr.. Fillmore NJ,
utonist himself, and is claiue,! to have become
tervative afterwards. Il is all in vain Ia reply gt
the party with which the Van Burens have been :,,
ing III New York. freely adopted conservative srr,l
ments At Cincinnati. 1t is all in vain. Capitai can
be made by the reproach, however empty an. w"rs"
than empty. Thousands of abctouisis mt Sir. FIJI.
more's back in Massachusetts, d"mandin.. tn" r-ir
ration of the Missouri restriction Go not weigh -
much, in Know Nothing logic, rs one free srcr
ling for Buchanan.
Ii they can boast of one single virtue il ho.is il.
up, with tremendous joy and cnngrafularnn, bsr
above the Democrats thnugh tho Democra,- 'ryr
| cung, through good and through aril report, :" =:
hundred patriotic principles, superior IN purity sm!
in Importance 10 their single one.
If they can make il appear By the most "la.ii"
stretch OF probability, that the Democrats hav" one
single dark spot they will spread that one Ia the "'
winds with the most amazing gnsto, and with h"
| most sweet and winning smiles, and with The E". {
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sraton, though they themselves, at the very muInrr
have hundred darker and worse spots wher.wnh
they ara "a over spotted like the leopard and al
though the Democrats have hundred stars n glory
on their banner to that one fictitious dark spot.
One dark spot 10 n hundred bright the H.
! mocratic banner proves dirk things ol wom.i"u.
! mystery aud portent aud ave against The Demvrfrtr
party.
One bright spot to a hundred dark ones an III.
knowNOthing banner, sets the whole culv"rr IN -
most CHEEKY, and hopeful and joyous mood Of v"h"
mcnt patriotism AID confident hrp'.
Mr. Fillmorr's party voted down the only reclio'i
of their proiessed cree which contained %narant="
ior Southern equal rights. Bu, Mr.. FIllmorr's A.bn
ny speech rederms a that, no matter what the doc
| trlnes of ms supporters are
Mr.. Buchanans party came out fairly, fully, brave
y aud nobly Tor Southern rights i'll their grra! Con.
J veuIinn. The overwhelming mainrity al Nj sup
p,,i,tS have published to th" world what they think
what they meant 10 'o wha, their principles nrr Bat
ii Martin Van Buren, is going To bs u SHplJ'trr u
Enrhdn"n, il IL MI over with the Know Noihln; rr.s-
Does the goin. at the Old. l.iLe Wings IF kcuturh '
am, Ohio for Buchanan prove him To be an Old.lin
Whigi Does Col. Benton's going ior Bu,ha!!a
prove Buchanan IN be Bculone!
II tho "Amercans"!' =! can make it out that som,
poor stray Democrat has, in his life, been b.
'rayed into one suc! evil spot as they have been
tualy bedizzened with multitude of, their cheerful
happy, satisfied countenanccs seem radiant with ,
| respect. And If they find cnt by aid Of micr"
scope, and all the aid or rncrnal favor to make .ht
tiicS nave UTlbIE sOiil
where, "ha!t hid beneath stone" snch IA the y
mrcrats bave multitude of, they equally snli
tied that they thereby justified in turning hsts
bucks against t!ae only national conservative party OF
the country.
We commend this new school Of logic to our con.
temporary Professors OF that art in the Colleges Let
us have name for il. They draw contiden, concIu
sions in favor OF their own lnen from recoD,n"l
dutOn, while hundred objections stand rsibly aciu.
them. They draw contden. and sweeping conclusion
against their opponents from one single evil
and that too ottennes, all i'll their eyes, ws.v
hundred signs of fidelity, of patriotism aud o well
earned title to confidence stare them plainly in In,
face.
Let the country look we'll to it, and record ia
I.Inude o reasoning. The time will come WHEN II wil
be perfectly manifest who IRE the inventors OF tn.
school of logic 1t is instrument capable. il il b,
not fully exposed, OF accomplishing the most tnr's
deusons 1t is the very laacy which turks in IL,
bosom Of, and gives all the power to the Bccchr.
Stowe school Of thought OF modern days. Wa i
learned thence q SHARP.