Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-03-18

| saxon chur that trcubc ct bis naughty tread III
princes who tired Of Eonish dctation and Jealous 9
Italian policy aud asccudance, Joined il Luthers cru
SADIE against Puperr kiudlcd the fires that must ye
melt the very crown upon their heads
The first great enemies humanity has been comp"ll'i
to overcome, ignorance, superstition, and priest
craft Ignorance and superstition made the priest o
God immaculate The priests anolnted princes halowe'
royalty, and stamped the divinity OF III" right OF kngr
Heaven printing and Martin Luther. through the bin,
| nstrmcntalty of princes, have enabled man to tn
umph and compel priesthood 10 retire behind throne
Our revolutionary fathers fought the battles OF natol
for independence, and the battles Of man against mon
| archy. NOBILITY and hereditary distinction. The enc
mics of mao were yanqui>hcd but not dlsarme'i NJ
had they triump hcd than the war OH mans ri"
is renewed by force for its reign had ended ter'
tcrrors in it, threats but by fraud cozcnag"
sorhisry deceit. Ii has been war OF cons.Tvltisn
endcavorng to check man in his advance to equality
aud Ia control him by the government, Its patronage
and the classes which il could draw to its support b.
favorit.s tn. side, and the struggling masses ~
til. other The friends Of humanity have witnessed the
progress Of thr lat and great struggle Of man to r.
gain the position which Heaven csigned for him, with
deep interest but with throbinss OF the heart, no
single doubt of its result. They have perceived the
| people or these State, intelligent, honest, and
brave and that they know their rights and dare main
| tain them. That every advanced step which they
have taken has steadily increased their momentum and
force They lave witnessed. not without sympathy
and a,miratio the courage genius and devotion OF the
| great men whom ambition, revenge. or misconccpion
and error have ucJ int" the ranks Of the rctrogade
party, and Whose towering hopes and courage, worthy
of 4 better cause have alike withcred before the re-
sstl, = fore { ~, .rss. pi,iIr opinion. they nave
Iistru.ed ZINES. the motives, cesured the means
and Gb orrcI the ends while they hay" been compete"
| to Weld their admiration To the genius subtlety ana
perseverance III their opponents But lngcnnit! ana
genius have been exhausted Ill vain. The democratic
whcclhor-eS have refused to be scotched They have
brttl luN,. lptt
hay. never tired Eternal yiglence has BEEN indeed
the price Of liberties, but the trecn"n "t these
state, have been equal to the achievement In spite ri
the warnings OF the timd and the croaking prophecies
OF the Designing they have pressed their trlumphs
until the almost entire phalanx al the States OF ihi-
mighty Union have ranged themselves under the ban
Of nau determined 10 make the last and fullest
demonstration vi hi- capacities Tor freedom and equality
They have pressed the foe from every fortress and
TINT has coycr. his retreat until they now stand
at bay. il crc. the very hast rampant OF their
hopes brcasting the nvincibc tide OF popular rights
upon the ycry cradle OF liberty and claiming the benefit
oil the sanctuary within the very halls Of Jefferson
At every p.ii-t in this long struggle between III"
few and the MANY III this and mother country. the
di-b,l.vcr. in mans capacities for rc!f.contro have
seemed 10 rest satisfied with their last defeat, and
present conservatives position while they have, by -"w
and almost pcrcc'ble degrees, endavored silently to
wind the old web Of tyranny about the limbs of Inc
people, They have polished up every weapon Of power
ihe have renewed and SET to music every old battle
cry If have hrbcd By fatery and
thr patronage OF wealth. clocnion and history I" d.
tort and mi,r, present man. his actions his motives a
his advocates They have represented in horrible ear
feature IT,. crimes ot The masses without the castles OF
their commission the accompanying good or The go"
rios results They have d., pictcd in glarng isolation
the horrors of night Of relentless cruelty and revenge
by ignorant and naddered victims Of tyranny IN al
hour OF triumph over ages OF "ppress''n' WIN Vie" :"
throwing degradation and distru-t upon the masses OF
mankind while they i'll pass in snbasnho, 10 II
were OYER t very oceans Of blood and treasure that
FOR ten centuries had been drained from every VEN OF
humanity and cytortcd from the sweat ana ton OF gen
crutio- 10 ,ns!avc themselves and their children or
,a,nucr IN. ri ambition OF revenge Of favotes and
G,wls They torture language itself FOR nnathmns
against ,I:cohincr and nycctiv"s against Red Repub
cans Will. The, forget the infnmy of the throne and
it, allies aud tn" ccascess plots and consDraccs Of thu
arsucracy and !dngosc acting like frc-rand- IN the
midst uf II mag zine They forge. To- see the results ri
this terrible, awakening Of man from centuries oil ser
yilude III the stainless struggles IN Europe They
,oat in rock"ry the blood stained hands Of Con-
tho and ST. Just while their hearts fell To yield 70 es
percnce when tbrv behold twenty thousand
and homeless. boss ireadng their voluntary rounds |
amid the howns winds OF winter and Guarding The |
eumbcrs and tie property Of the Tilloaire- ana hha
rs Of Paris yincatc the honor no.!encss and Faith
u! lnan Their judgments stand nsnch!e to III. slo-
rous progress "f these States. the more hernl the
more glorious Iouug democraces whose noble gcner
osi,y and humanity and immortal actions within thr'"
a,lrr, OF century would alone be sufficient u bc.tid
,h diamonds thousand ,a,icms and ennoblc every
rar. cf king from Nlnrod to Nicholas. repeat they
have looked but side Of man, and that his worst
At every stage of his progress they have croaked ana
;,rophcsIed confusion disorder anarchy. hnd -ecl
ritz to properly. vet has advanced with steady
ana unrrriug strides to the contamination o his rights
and nj every stride has indicated the most sangnine
hopes aud transferred their croakinss to s distant
future and their prophecies 10 overcoming events which
never come
~ Iona Ga, and ~ M
the masses II is fixed fact; reason and philosophy
have given their verdict experience has rendered
Judgment and.t is only left 10 battle with oDsnacy ut
sclfshness.
The cnmitv of the masses property,to the extent
that il has ever existed has been forced enmy pro
ced by the expressions Of the property holders them
selvcs-bv their nsolcn assumption OF superiority ana
the exclusive privileges and political rights winch liey
have demanded and loo often maintained. Mankind |
have been prejudsedpronounccd thieves anu enemies
of government order and property in advance, when
they should have been trusted and enlightened ana nl
that very confidence and responsibility cnnobicd
The boy v no racks his invention tor the ways ara |
mean, TO desroil the guarded orchard, or mellow |
grounds of his miscrly and crabid neghbor w"'liI
guard them with his life if they were entrusted 10 ms
honor The right 10 property justly acquired - the
dictate of a principle law OF our nature, winch -
grounded in the hearts of the very hunbles Of men,
The necessity q well justice OF maintaining The |
r;rLt. II PROPERTY; and il, nvio!abiy from eAaction
j, so apparent that nothing but the most odio'- OF OPP
rp-s
n,riencc has demonstrated that III this man need,
To he tried 10 triumph.
The sixth minor proposition which ! have propc.ed
10 advocate is that there valid objections to
the basis proposed blour opponents, than the one here
in claimed II i, objected 10 this property basis, that
in theory il bases the whole right Of property To such
weigh in the government, Upon the suPposon that !,
is an original cement Of the social compact while i;
is mos, rcsp tiny submitted that thi- -upposton has
already been cutrd II 50, it has failed 10 establish
itself as principle, and must rest upon necessity alone
II i. objected that it makes property equal with men
by making ii weigh directly against them N the legs
ia,ure II is objected that it, in effect, makes property
constituent body when, in truth constituent body
can exist without yoon and intelligence There
can he no reason in a representative oheyng the NJ"
or instructions, giving the voice of that which. from
ts nature, can have will or voice.
Ills objected that it creates odiors and unjust m
equality IN political rights and weight, between the
free white soycreigns of The State, by giving 10 one
section representative Tor every certain number OF
white citizens, while il denies 10 another this same
right BIZ requiring of them much larger number thus
maxim, tho voice Of freeman and voter III
ton inferior TO those Of another. when no such Inc
quality, in fact. exists: and all this Oh account Of
wealth and thus producing the most odlous Of all |
rstocracies-a Goldfish arlsocracv Of wealth. while
this odiou- inequality justified upon the ground
that government connect Itself with property, or