The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-05
VIRGINIA KNow-NorH1NG1sM
A war of rival factions of this piebald o

VIRGINIA STANDARDIZATION
A war of rival factions of this piebald or
ganizetion, has been going on in the old Do
minion for some weeks past. Mr.. Bolts
and the anti-twelfth section-Philadelphia-
platform wing, who desire to ignore the
slavery question altogether, leading off on
one side, and the Richmond Wing and the
advocates of the slavery section of that plat
form filing off on the other! We have in
formed our readers that Mr.. Bolts had been
nominated for the Presidency by the COM
bined Councils of the City Of Richmond,
and that the Wing had pronounced this ac-
ton of this Councils an unmitigated fraud
upon the great majority of Know Nothing
voters in that city aad State. The Wig,
therefore, appealed from the action of the
Councils to the decision of the masses
and Convention was accordingly called to
test the sense of the Know Nothings upon
this important move. That Convention has
been held, and its proceedings are before US.
The IHhig was right-Botts was tOored
instead of ''ignoring' slavery, the Con-
vent7on ''ignored' Bolts! Bolts was there
in person-he offered a series of resolutions
| himself, and supported them in character
| istic speech, but it awaited him nothing
| the wire-pullcrs of the combined Councils"
were routed horse, foot and Dragons
Right in tie teeth of the opposition of Rotts
and his supporters, the Convention adopted
the following resolution
RcsoLred, That this Council do hereby
adopt the entire Platform adopted by the
| National American Council at Philadelphia,
June 10th, 1855.
The effect of all this is, as is usually the
case wherever Bolts is in the melee, n beau
tiful ''rOw in the camp" 4he know-Noth-
! ing papers are hot and furious over the dis
scnsions in their ranks. Some are trium-
| phant-a few mad as sore-headed bears over
! their discontinue, and others detected
| The Bedford (Va.) Sentinel, for example,
staunch Nothing organ, attaches
no sort of consequence to any resolutions or
proceedings of Virginia Known othings,
and clearly foretells the wreck of ''the
American party of the Union through the
instrumentality of ga few impracticable
| politicians The Sentinel of last week
spoke gloomily as follows:
There are some other persons whom we
sho>lld infinitely prefer to see placed in that
! high position (the Presidency rather than
| John Minor Bolts but, at the same time,
we will not conceal the fact that he would
! suit US much better than any Loo OfocO now
| living. Any resolutions passed by the
American party in Virginia, are, to make
the most of them, entirely harmless, and
lengthy dispositions on their part just that
much time misspent; and, as for the angry
| controversy and personal recriminatiOn,
they are simple absurdities. The Wing
| party of Virginia did the tallest kind of bu-
siness in the way of Dragging and passing
resolutions, but, alas when the time for
action came, "they ocere not hdr!n' SO, we
! fear, it will be with the American party in
the State. Just as long as the Tenth Lee
| gion retains its present locality, and the re-
| turn of the school-master from abroad is
delayed, just SO long will Locofocoism be
ETnor1ty party OF thqs attempt
to dictate to the majority in other States, is
sheer presumption, and the fact that we are
unable to manage our party affairs success
| fully in the few counties in which we have
! the preponderance, affords the clearest pre-
sumptive evidence that we have no business
to attempt directing the affairs of those who
have been successful in managing their own
concerns. We have no disposition to see
Virginia "a newer of wood and drawer of
water for others, but we are equally unwil-
to see few impracticable politicians wreck
the American party of the Union. The
Wing says: ''In short, Bolts, and Bolts
hackers, and Bolts views, and Bolts aspi-
rations were all 'foored,'' and there they
will lie with back to the earth, until Bolts
! few friends shall trundle Bolts carcass into
Bolts final resting place"