Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-09-08
To he Editors of thr Ee9"ircr'

!
GENTLEMEN: Whil. |, in common with the whn!"
Democratic rar." Of Virginia. owr you many rhaEh-
Cor the manly straight forward and decided manner
in which You have hmu,l!c.i the principles OF ~"
ka0,r N1'hiRgS regret that You let oil Mr.. French
5 Evans SO easily when ynu lahlIsed hi Prosp"c-
tus in Your paper "f the 26;h r. IEa: many u III"
Wings nf the whole Cr.on i'll their present collapse!
state should be willing 10 lend themselves 20 any
scheme, however dsrcputabic II may be, 10 break
down the Democratic party, is not to be wondered NJ
hv nnv one like me- who Witnessed their Log Cabin
and Hard Cider campaign 0i lSlU; but when men
like French :. Evans, who have acted with the de-
mvcrat;c party nd;hemsclvcs TO an "rganziI"n me
avowcd objects of which are ~ violate wv" pam pro-
visions uf tn. Constitution Of the United States, they
should in my humble opinion, br handled with 'gIorts
or -....
Nv object, however, in this hasty communication, Is
not 10 ccn,urr but to cheer you on and 10 say tna
in nv humble opinion, the days y! Democratic a7-
ccndanrv in virginia will he e;lslv numbered If the
Democratic PAPERS generally, do not al once lake the
most decided stand against the infamous Know Noi-
inr organization In this county, fear Is now too
late to check their progress hs tea, that the stud
course of our village paper has induced enough oi
thourhess inGuis;ve Young Democrats TO sell tht!r
cous,ncrs and their votes to the Wing leaders OF the
Know No.hngs us will enable the Wings TO carry al!
the future elections in this county lie sllly Editor
who hns now the control of the columns OF the paper
ailrd.d IN some two or three weeks ago apOlugiZtd
10 the Know Nothinss for having published in his pm
nor two articles from the Enquirer which exposed tho
objects and designs of the Know Nothlngs, ana he
acted MS their apnlogist throughout Il whole column I"
the most silly stuff that ever appeared Ill any paper
nrof..sinp Democracy; and, in his next weeks issue
he admitted cdi:oriay, TINT the Know Noihings
were here in force, ready to initiate i'll the mysteries
Of their order, all who called on them thc result "i
which hns been that great many thnuchtlcss, SIM
ple Young Democrats Immediately joined thein' be-
iievin-. no doubt, that the Editor oi Democratic
n,,nr ,vnuld no, become the apOl"rist ni an order
Inn, wos handed together for the purpose ot ros.r
ting the party which they and IL belongeG In hs
Is.t wrr; 3 iss.r he begins To- 'crd~hSh ilc, ana
.rnr...es some fears that il is Wing organization.
Lnr ,Ln mischief hns been done hv previous cdi;uri-
nj. nnd do what lie may he cannot nov stop the cur
rent Of Young Democrats that arc running every night
To tho Know Nothing meetings.
n.rIv crlI yuur attention 10 the state Of affairs
here IN nroyc 10 YOU the absolute necessity which cX-
;.,s fnr. rho Democratic papers everywhere ~ cry
aloud ar,iuat the most dangerous organization that
eyer existed in the Southern States nat one hlt ."
the voter. IN quiet and orderly village like hs. IN
the midst of Democratic county couid DC iouhd 10
,nr,..r;,. connect themselves with luwcss urgnu
,u,;nr ,L Whir leaders ui which bind them by the
mos; solemn oa,hs violate the constitution OF The
-nitcd States bv making religious test Ii the polls
nrI n ,a.t ~, nativity. both OF which are expressly
g., b;iisn IN ,br sad constitution, is iucomprehcnsbi;
bovnnd onytbnr in folly and wrong tlst could here
tnf,ro hal;er. INV Nirginau could be guilty Of.
And what Mcssrs. Editors. is the nvHweu cause
This Io,yl,s. midnight organization NEy, jcar "f
fy-.
for Of ,bes. two classes is not entirely groundes.
I .',,,,.J for the purpose Of frightening thought
Inss n,mncro;s bv the cry Of "Woii, WofH' whcu
there Is no woil' r, 1.;.s c... ,: IA :;
ro,r hnrre me. il appears lhnt the whole Population
nf tho / nited States ll lS9O was -S'Isl,''o
Of ,hc.e there were born III lore'g' co'a- oo.,.,
tries,
Excess Isss.c, OF S,0,.s ha,.seS 2N,9.!,3n
eo more iran 10 natives for every foreigner il
The tn whole whole population q Virginia wo'' in ,,
VI these there "''' '''" 22.9j3
tr.vs, -
E,ccs. Of natives over foreigners in the oo, -o,
State Of Virginia, 1,o.s,L -;
State. - A.. x. -. . .,,.,... ~ ,bo
s," are afraid 10 cope with one foreigner, OF
tho, oy.rv siriv-ktrO ndrtS IN tie proud OIu pouh
ion are afraid OF one J1re's RcT
xn, how is il with the Catholicsl From the same
census find that the whole numoeT oi cnurcms5 ne M III
the United States III le9C' waa "'''oi
Of these, there were Of the Catholic denomina- -,
tiOn
Majority o, Gnu Gia,Su.S ,GnrcbSs 81 ''"|' $3.50
U;nc more than thirty other churches to every "a
,holic church in the United States
The whole number of churches IN Tie state OF AZ,
VIRGINIA in lS5U, was 1900
of ,bs.e there were OF the Catholic denomiua-
ton
o.bs~ denominations 1856
Benr one hundred and forty Other CHURCHES Tor every
Catholic church in the State Of Virginia.