Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-08-18
POLITICAL INC0NSlSiEN'i'

The Cincinnati Enquirer makes the following
sweeping and admirable hit II; tie ieu'tts VI " n'"
bigoted and sectional party. Their e"'''' AZ
yic,ed OF the grussest inconsistency h"' " ''u -
no further buck than two years I" ceh'" 'ic P''''"'
Wing managers Of the new party III" 'A""S ~
ciors war upon the foreigners. even 10 'neH u" "s
reimbursement, are running III the tce'h VI 'he.' P0"0
cv ut that time of hattcring in'elSnlHS 'hcSe s'""
foreigners
.Snw ,>n Tury-, POLITICAL CYCLE COMPILE
TEp.-A little more than q quar:'" "i Il rcNtur: "1o.
the opposition 10 the democracy asSHIicu ."e ~
the most violent hostility 10 al. secret snc'r.rs. ~"
was declared, upon their part, a1a'Is' Hr va .n"
snnry, OF which many ut the DIs' i!'cii VI '' ""-1
Ind heeu md thcn were. members. II WAS declared
10 be dangerous u the peace ana ins''tu'l"ns VI nc
country, because, although avowedlF NOT Pon'icH'ih us
aim and objects, they insisted II WIS rea'y so: 'i", iS
members. in secret cuncluvc, unknown 10 tllclt lcllo"
citizens, made and unnadc the high Officials oi the
country. The corruptions and evils of secret socie-
ties were then eloqucntly descanted upon by the olpo,,
| si,ion orators and leBdcrs. and tile people were cane"
anon To frown down and d!scuuntcnnlcc everything
of the kind. Who that has the requisite n-c does mol
remember the nti-Inas"n crusade which was carried
on 50 Violently between the years lS!i and 1881!
The most pruInineu, wing LEADERS now N pubic
If. first attracted nu,o-iC;T and distinction by Their
lcnumcia,iun ui secret societies. particularly such a-
had Il p"liticvl tendency. An;i.Mas"nry having
burned itself "u:, whisgery arose. like PnG'niX from
lis ashes, but il retained The greatest amnesty against
every ,.liticul organization that was at all secret IN
liz character. Time passed on, and The presidential
contest Of lSJ4 arrived. when the old hostility oi wing,
-cry 10 secret political societies again burst out III ai
lis force. One was discovered 10 exist among Demo
Gratis here, and the circumstance, As every one rec"i'
lec:s, was made the cause OF any quantity Of Wig
clamor all over the country. Their anil-MaSohlc III
receives aud diatribes were revived, Wing stuiupcrs
und Wing editors rolled up their eyes IN perfect hor'
ror, and much political capital was made out oi II.
=. Ignf in lSli hpk - II ' lhsst. nnrflsil!S WHO
have bawlCd themselves huarse against secret point
cal societies ARE themselves members ot one which
for its prescription. intolerance. and fearful oa,lIs, has
| 10 parallel in our history. 4 more right-abou;. face
in party tactics never was seen. After having cleo
tiulIecrcd for wears agains; secret political organ!Ia'
tions, We find The Wigs. when they imagine Their m
;crcsts will he subserved, unanimously sustaining
them. Forgetting their charges, that such socictios
were corrupt and dangerous Ia our republican insIiiu'
iiuus, they enroll themselves rs members, even while
their denunciations are fresh il the ears of the public
Did we not say truly, that Il political cycle had beci
completed, aud that Whiggery, tor a quarter OF Il cen
fury the opponent OF secret political soclctlcs, Is 10"
their chief supporter!
We have already witnessed painful proofs Of the
destructive tendencies OF religious bigotry, in the
burning of churches, mobs, &c. The Philadelphia
Ledger thus strongly exposes a recent nischicvou:
result of the action Of the same party, the introduce
ton Of sectariau;sm IN the public schools:
Fifteen or sixteen teachers have been turned "ut
ri the public schools oi the First and Srr"mi Wards
because oi their religious belief, though w"r.hipp:nL
only in Il different form III" sam" living God that he Gr
! :cc;cr, dU-ii the latter worship any.
I'VE can scarcely believe that 4 spirit ui such rari
and bitter Intolerance could exist. in This age, and in /
country wnich posscssrs the ire.st and prrcs; p"htica
Institutions in tins world, We can hardly credit thu
men bOasting American descent, and priiinc them
selves upon their birth, should 90 far descend from
every manly principle, to make war upon II few hon.
est, Industrious aud reputable females, seeking to earn
themselves Il living by the exercise of their talents IN
an honorable profession. Bu.. however lnmcn:ab!c
| this fact may be, the Individual injury inflicted If no.
thin. 70 the great public injury which il done by such
IN act.
What priests, frgr!n, Ike Eight OF knowlcd-",
have emGcnvor"d vaimlv 70 effect, l. i" be accomplish
cl. and II; the hands %. o,r own ci;iLcna! Can it be
u,sslblc