Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-25

terLay morning the vessel sacd with her living and
unwilling freight"
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MEN IN BUCKRAM.
1t grcnt pity that the Know -Nothnga differ 80
essentially ms tn the actual amount of 'the outrage,
perpe'r"tod at the Gospor, Navy Yard. From an nr-
ticlc in yesterdays Whig we extract the following
choice bits:
The foRTsMuoTH OrrRAGE.--IIc referred yes
rrday Ia The outrage which the Pierce and FDrncy
administration ARE perpetrang upon the mechanics
and inburng men in the Portsmouth, Navy Yard. We
stated, upon the authority of reliable gentlemen that
fifty woikmen had been notified by the agents of the
Department ut Washington that they would be dis
chnrged the moment they cast their vote for the
American ticket. And there can be no doubt that
such IL lie iact We learn that many of the work
men themselves snte that they have been warned
TO the effect mentioned And this is confirmed by
the further fact, which is published in the Norfolk
and portsmouth papers of Monday, that tOar boss
workmen were dismissed from employment ON Friday
or Saturday Inst.
Goto thr polls on Thursday next and rcbukc this
attempt OF the Federal Government to drngoon and
ntiidate the voters ot Virginia into voting against
their Judgment and their will. The ATTEMPT is IN uil-
just and Infamous one, and ought to meet with the in.
dGnati"h an, resistance OF every manly heart in the
Commonwealth
p. s. Since writing the above, we learn that three
or four OF tho wOrkmcn discharged ut Portsmouth
are now i'll Richmond. They state Mm sGrlv-tour
r0rHmea Terr discharged on Saturday night 6sc0use
they 'ntcnd'd I" rote Mc -dmcr'c0n AcIh.
This beats Fnlstaff all hollow! The Know Moth
ing Norfolk Beacon of NOndoy says that only t0Vr
bosses were removed, while tho Richmond Wlig as
serts thnt sitiy-fo"r rorking msn ~ere discharged
on Sntwdny night" Now is it not probable that,
had this been true, the Know Nothing organs OF Nor
folk would have published the occurrence and goat.
I'd over it ~ most excellent political capital until after
the election 7 Tie Wings p. S. information is
evidently all fudge, without shadow of foundation.
But the other Know Nothing Organ OF Rchnlond
not only holds The Administration Liable for the out
rage" but makes Mr.. Wiso himself the worker Of the
government wires. On Tuesday, it said that the tout
rage WAS effected by the Administration, acting no
doubt, under the dictutou Of Mr. Wisc'
| Again: ave are II. well convinced tha; he i. at
the bottom of the whole proceeding - we are that he
is the most insolen, unprincpled and yindciivc OF
American demagogues.'
| The following tclesrnphc dcslatch received ycs.
;erlay. utterly d-pvovcs the assertion that ibo Ad
ninisstion or Mr.. Wise hsG anything to do with the
removal:
| .WAsRIsGToN, MAY g. 1855.
I To II. !. klrcHIY:
The hn.dbiii about the orders .ent to the Gospori
Navy Yard is false. ii. a. WISE"
But admit the removal by the Administration OF the
tour hossrs for their attc:nps to control the opinions
and consciences Of tho worlmen under them, why
should Wig w-Nothinss make s"c :. ,.lpesl
in teapot over it Haze ct to Wings done the
ssno thing w;:noa; exciting a storm throughout the
| wlcla commonwealth Read the following from the
| Portsmouth tNu.) Globe
! There mas been very recently four removals at the
! Gosport Navy Yard il is herndrd from corner to
corner vituperatinu prescriptions reasonable rcu-
lous, pnfu and shameful. All is i; possible t"t The
"dr'ra',rs Of the present Administrator Fave come
! 10 this conclusion
Februury, lS5llIiiiii;ara A. Graham, Secretary ol
tho Navr. Frances Herbert, master nrrn"rcr. Old
NJ Copeland, master mac!Iimlst, Col VI. y. Moore
muster yum carriage and b!ockmGkcr. Patrick Henry
Cook clerk, all stricken from The books in the
Yard without the lcHst notice charge, ms I'M &c 'e+
known and generally believed. fer ~. ifh"r cnnSt
thnn their long cherished neI,uera;c prhc'p'es tl''
there was shout ct ~ wight by the now c"mrin'h
ants OF TO geN order of Knox yc-ti'nt-we-src-the
Gn.eriaRn Know Nothing -"stracizHg party.
Aud whatdd the then master cau!ker. Mr. Duh
ham, do on the very day of the ln-t PreTIdcnl'"' rcc
ton He discharged many caulkcrs. Democrats be
couse they dared ~ 30 Ia the ccu,t rocrG and record
their votes rs snrh ,i."acafe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
TRUTHS
, The whole affair il n contemplate political ric Sc
| To dupe VOTERS into the Know-N CtE.nG msrhes.-
| True and loyal men ". .oon 10 se hrmbuSCed oE
such trGrernrct devices and WILL to-day, vote the:
hcneer and manly sentiments in behs!i q >i' an"
religious liberty. threatened ;Y :, H,GnE:e! party
o. INTOLERANCE ;'erayr ,,ti1E Ord biaofy.
! 1t Is u:oE.ircas taal the telegraph shond be mnd:
,hc vehicle vi such cecolcering tricks especially aS
,se received the Union itself sa,no hours in advance
No such eiHorG! appeared in the Union, in regard &c
the Navy Yard removals, reported by :eisTraph
The following is to b. found in tho ga. column. o
that paper of yesterday
REM"v.' We iesIn irdm an attentive cores
r:fGert ;;;dI thc following removals have been made
at the Norfolk nsyy-yard l.. W. Williams, foreman
/ OF shin,ininers james W. Matthews, quarcrman =
boi..drivers and Joseph Anderson and Moses TH:ies
oyerseers Of sborrrs Our corresuOEfent statcs thai
| these persons were removed .rcli oilce III conse
oucncc Of their bs .eding spirits IL the secret po
litcal "-es :! knaw-nothings. While We are not 80
e cI, siy Z il; our ideas To hold practising be-
liz; shat nolr but democrats should hold office under
democratic administration. are free To- @:,.a:tGa
tbs removals in question, tor the ceae .taed, meet
our entire and cordial a2n-"G,. kUssuth conteided
with great prrscvcrI.Jg ard considerable coqncnce
fnr the r-;.Ci.le OF Intervention for non-inteTvep
In. We say III common with every friend OF the
! Cnon the constitution and the ,aws "let pToscrp
! ton be prescribed" ! lean that coverty seeks
IN deprive his roilnbcc Of his sucIn!sy guaranteed
constitutional rights because af the accident o
birth or the choice Of religion is not merely un"or'
thy of holding office under the federal government
but i. would 10 unsafe to trust him With the smallest
share ;.t official power; for that power i'll the end
would be prostuted 10 promote Il cause which rSi
only triumph by the downfall Of civil aud Ee'e4ous
Freedom;