Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-06
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

fCorre-pondrncr OF the Mobile Daily R".i-tnrl
W,sHISGruN, March -, iS."i.-Every observing
man knows that Know o!hin&ism aud Aboliii"nisn
are identical in the North. som" Of the leaders al
the new party dispute this proposition, but they do 81
through interested motives. They seek 10 d"IWic ,hr
Sruth. They know that that section ot ;Lc Union
would have nothing 10 do with this secret organiLG.
ton. Il il thought Aboii,toHIsm favored any part o! IL
creed. Hence, Il systematic effort il being made td
represent ii to III" South as a H1'EOHai party, free from
the tain! OF .ibuiItinmisIG. or nny other "f The drtrstn'
Die sectional isn> which are now rcignimg slpr"!n" ~
the free States.
II the ma,scs Of the Southern people were only
aware Of the deep iail schemes which have been
concoCtci 10 lHrc them into the meshes of kuow-No-
tiiingIsn. the hideous monster would never b" per
United 10 rest amongst them. In tins city, aud IN The
city Of New York. .hcrc is Il rcgulnr organization Of
leaders, who are experimenting the extension ot tile
Order III the slave STATES. Under their direction,
agents are sent 10 all parts of the country. Their
duty IS to make such representations Of the principlc
md purposes OF the Order Il, will make II not only
harmless but very attractive.
Virginia is the field where these political mIs>0na.
:cs are eXpending most Of their labors nj this time.
There is not n voting community i'll that Statc where
there is not one or more %. these Drawing d"iru-
Gocucs. They are, 81 cour-e, worry sly and a!r"!i IN
their movements, and always affect 10 b" upon other
business than that in winch they are really engaged.
They are very cautious whom They approach, though
there ara few locations where they would !ind amy
difficulty IN fading persons who would "d ih,ih'
Though VIRGINIA II The STATE where they Ar, direct
Ing their most active rN"riIonE NJ thIS tiinr. Iri,
presume, these gentry are scattered nI over the
south.
Tia. principal teaching Of these characters IS hos
,iiiiy I" foreigners anAgIc Catholic religion. They
represent that Foreigners are Ill" mann cause 81 III"
corr options which We see stalking abroad III tn"
North. And they particularly reprcscnl that this
'.Amercun' movement has no identity or sympathy
with .ADoiltioni-m Anon. he hGriS they circulate,
isa pamphlet which ~purports I" contain m ~cXp!ani-
ton 81 their principles. IL il decidedly a plnusiblc
document, AMI upon It's face appears ns by nuil"-
ri.y from some Of the New York Councils.
Now, this document, 80 far from coming from the
Northern Know NOthings. il GOTTEN NJ by those dem.
nsogucs Of New York and Washington, whose selfish
purposes depend upon the extension 1T this Or"Gui2n-
ilon in Tia. South. |. Is II part and parcel Of :hr gen
cral plan which has been Adopted, 20 screen from rh'
people Ol the Slave States, The Abolition which has
become thoroughly in,crw"v"n III their party IN III"
Free States. Let the Southern people Io"; 10 ;his
matter. Let them eli see what ihi, "Anlcrl'nn party
lu~ alrralv done ia the North. Let them look nj III"
~tri.hltul state "t thing wrought by III" recent cIcc.
tons. Let them look at the GI#gracriUi mnl:irF ~
which The infamous memory oi a drunken pug..i-'
was recently celebrated in New YORK. Bill Poole
was II k~now-%o;hiu-. His surviving "hr, .lrcn'
manifested their admiration for linn by II public pro-
cc.-ion 1T hs funeral. This WIS more .han was ever
before done lor any of their members. VIII Southern
men join an association which makes them "brrIli.
rem OF those who pay this Alteration 10 Il brutal
prize-ii:htcr who ltll III II drunken brawH
The South should beware of those know.Notl!in@
missionaries who ac ppraInbulitins her borders
They are EVOLVES in sleeps c~lolhinc.' 1t is hoped
that the Democracy, at least, Will shun them us th'y
would Il pcst.lencc. ARGUS.