The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-04-10
RHETORIC OF THE UNION.
C. W.

The editor of the Union, (Mr. Ritchie,) lately
visited his native State, Virginia. We infer from
the character of the editorials in his paper that he
has not yet returned. Whatever bitterness and
ferceness may at times characterize him, he is
still incapable, we think, of INDUCING in low ruff.
fsnly abuse OF course we acquit him of the
following, which we extract from late editorial
in his paper
"But there is one feature of this abolition con-
test that should not be overlooked. 1t is this-the
whole party in every section and every State of the
Union seems to be actuated by one spirit Of fero-
city Quakers inidels, magdalens, demagogues
and fanatics of all sorts, breathe one wish-it is
for union among all classes Of these fanatical in
cendiares Their resolutions of town meetings,
held in negro churches and State capitols and head
ed by the Smiths and Summers with white faces or
the Dougasses and Shadrachs with black faces
their newspapers of all sorts and creeds from the
smashing hypocrisy of the National Era and Tri.
bune, down to the disgusting vulgarity Of the Lab
orator and Chromotype, all chant the same tune
and all consent to bury every minor consideration
for the glory of God, and the loving, fraternal
embrace of the negro who has violated his mistress
or murdered his master, and been struggled by
Chaplin l. Co. into the full-blown enjoyment OF
his liberty! The free States are literally over
run with lecturers and haranguers of all colors in
favor of aboiition; they are flooded with newspa-
pers and pamphlets; and nearly every village can
boast convention at which black and white vag-
abonds as pennyless as the lazzaroni or Naples,
attend, at great expense, in decent CARDS and
white cravats and contribute money enough to
publish thousands of copies Of theirproceedings
Whence come the funds to sustain their presses,
to print their iucendiary pamphlets, and to pay
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Inns and legous of other nameless apostles Of the
sublime creed of abolition They cannot be
raised in this country they do not fall down
from the clouds. The WORTHLESS, idle, and vicious
vagabonds themselves neither earn nor obtain
them unless they steal them but even this resource
is mpracticable. They must be contributed from
abroad The foreign enemies Of our free institu-
tions furnish the means to assai them in this
dastardy and covert mode. A hundred thousand
dollars judiciously expended in this way will
keep innumerable papers, agents, and other ap-
piances of popular agitation, at work, and produce
the results we see daily passing before our eyes
Put this sum in the hands of Seward, Hale, Chase,
Giddings, and few others Of the like sort, and
they can raise breeze that will look like kind
of universal hurricane, sweeping the whole land
Such men are the aspiring tools Of foreign work
men, who envy and fear our national greatness
and power, and would deem millions well spent If
the expenditure facilitated our disunion and down.
fall Let it not be forgotten that abolition is the
cunning device of foreign adversaries-the very
wedge with which they hope to rive this Union
into fragments--and that those who wish to aid
the unholy enterprise are the willing and corrupt
dupes of crafty monarchists"
The whole article from which this is taken
smells of the Pit, and has just as much truth in
it, as "the Father of Lies"
g.TWe see by more recent editorial that Mr..
Richie has just returnd, and We were right
therefore, in supposing that he did not pen the
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