Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-10-03
The following article, from the Washington Gloje,
is model of dispassioIatc ard conclusive srgumenta.
THE KNOW-NOTUINGS.

| THE kNOW-NOTlt1NGS.
We publish in the Globe Of to-day the proceedings
Of the Know Nothing mGss meeting, held in iroll q:
the City Hall last evening, taking them from the Va
| tonal 1nteligenccr.
In tho rather long. rambling, and circun,san,:al
resolutions which "wcre adopted with bu; few Ii..
scnting voices we find good deu froa, whif.I W..
dis.cnt, both Oh account Of their spr, and tendency
chiefly, and somewhat on account of their nras..ln.
gy, which might havc h"rn ns iprcbic without being
so dlusr. These resolutions we leave To- the culu
and cnol, and impartial consideration of those who
may read thcin confident that all who are not under
the Influence Ui any 'i"rcgunc CuuCil-iuu Will no:
approve either the langnas" or the splc! of them.
We come next to Mr. Eis's concluding rrsuL-
lions, which, Ike parliamentary rydcr, explain Gud
interpret whG; has rnm" before. Th.>,., iwn in uriI
Der, remind ut what IL said about the postscript L"
iadys letter hnt i'll il is to hc found The pitll and
purpose of the Who'll" cpistlc. These rcsOlutinIs
which "wcre adopted with great unani,ni,y disclose
fully and fairly, which the formal ones do not, the
aim, object and Intentions of the Know Nothing par
y which is I" prescribe politically, all nnturalizc c
tLriiS and all Roman Catholics, and which they Inav
succeed in doing, but not with our cu-upcra!;on u:
consent.
We are Obliged TO snv, too, that we find the names
of persons as participating IN the proceedings of The
mass meeting, who. "" believed, until we srw them
IN print, could not have given any sanction, 5v word
or action, ~ such prnscrptivc and ntocrnm, prinr
pies. But they have don" il. The first uf Mr. Ell!ss
resolutions is against tn" CathOcs and is based upon
papabc error or msapprchcnson. The meaning oi
the resolution L., a. every must that they
the Ca,holics-"hold themselves under allegiance 20
foreign pr!ncc"-thr Pope. lfthcy did this, ws would
20 for this resolution ourselves; but they do NOT aud
do nothing more than acknowledge the Pope a. their
spiritual hcad-thc lead nf Ili" universal Roman Ca
thulic Church-rccUgIZIng towards him, in all tenn
poral and political matters, allegiance or prc,.ln
nrncc whatever, any more than 10 the Muiii OF Con-
stuntinopir or to the Grand Lama o! Ihihct. In
England ihcrO are half ml"n "i Ruinam Catholics ;
and since the heavy mtu.cri ;tmd prosecuting hand
nj, 81,
crown has no better, iuw-Olscrviur or more re-
liable subjects: und yet with them the sr!lijncu; Of
spiritual allegiance towards the Pope is, believe
stronger than il is in the United S;ntes.
Now n word abuu; ireland. IL mnv hr suupo-"i
bv suinc-sume Of the knnw-NulngS-hGtt the dis
affection Of the Irish towards the British Government
is to he found i'll the inct ta; their religion is the R-
man Catholic. We do not believe ;his, because il
Gun be much more naturally accounted for IL s be-
cause the English prcdumnance il founded upon con-
quest and blood, cunfiscaOn and snn-uppr.s.
sion for six or scvcn centuries and because nothing
until within II few years, llas ever been done by the
couqucror TO mitigate his iron rule or TO mcliorair
the condition "i that unappy country. Why wars the
English Catholics such duiiful subjrcts'-tat is the
phrasc-and the Irish much disposed "a b. unduii-
full if there ARE no other cnusrs at the bottom OF Irish
dsalcct0n but their religion! Can any of the Know
Nothing orHClrs or orators inform u.s.
In Catholic France hcr. are three or four millions
Of Prvtentanis and since their political and religion,
rights have been recognized aud placed upon lust
and durable bnsis, there have been more quiet in.
dustriou-, and every way valuable citizens than they.
As long they were prosecuted and hunted down
and hunted out of the country, by the DEGREES md
dragonnadcs 0f Louis the Fourteenth, and the other
oppressors long they rcstive and rccalcrant
but wheu persecution ceased, they ceased give any
sort of trouble. Tho lrsh until recently, have al
ways been treated by the English Government Ike
aliens and outlaws; and, was natural, they gave
back hatred for oppression.
We are obliged 10 believe that any one who pro.
Mr. lie ,hns.,
years before foreigner become citizen Of the l..
States, must be, III fact, opi'uscG la his becoming
citizen al ell. Twenty one years. Why twcuty-unc
Years arc Mr. Ellis knows, more than half IN
average humun life. This beats Laban nil hollow
end he has become the worlds pruvtrb for unrcaso.-
ablcncss and hnrd-hcaiicdrcss. lcdruve hcartlcss
bargain with jacob, but even hu was not con.
sciencelcss TO require twrntyOuc years Of srrvi-
tudc from hs enamr:cd nephew. We should have
liked this climax cappmg resolution more, had it raii
openly, what we believed it cuverty means--;ha,
Foreigners shall not be naturalizcd ALL This would
he the effect OF the very unreasonable term of twen
~ one years Of probation Ii would Prevent many
thousands from coming to this country and but :,w
OF those who would take any iniliatorv steps to-
wards Naturalization seeing that thcv must live n
alters and with hope deferred for the long term oE
thrice seven Years.
THE foregoing wns not written b. the proprietor Of
the Globe, but by in whom he las full confidence
and COMEDIES with him III fur Is he gncs tri thinks
il due both To the community Hii to hir--li To add
that from his personal krow.dsr Of MAJ, of the myu
ka"~n To compose the krow- Nuihi. ;,nriy in this
city, he IS l,,i 20 brlicr. nat but few II ariy OF s
members prncticc, any thing uoout, any rcIi-
siun hut that they make il prcic1: I, Eel sutli.
cicut number OF deiud" followers ootan office for
themsrlves More, and stronger, when uecessar,-
lllashtngton Gto3c.