Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-26
Tte New York Time. and the Infldeliiics AHA sh'
pcrstiions OF tho North.

Tte New York Times and the Inldeliiics AHA sh'
perstitious OF tho North.
ills very meet aud appropriate, that the Im''
should advocate the cause OF Religion, Law and Or.
der G. the North. The calm and dgnihcl temper II
which il conducts the defence against our inputa
ticn.is becoming, and worthy Of tile side which ii
maintains This I'VE believe, is not the first occasion
ON which distinguished editor Of the 7fmSs has
found i. necessary to buckle his arnor, and make
hattie "a the champion of conservatism against nn-
,rchv On the occasion to which we aiude the dis
turber of the peace quiet and orde. oil society was
no, only Northern man, but one who then, Gnd pro-
baby now welds greater influence over public opin-
ion through his press than any other man IN America.
Does not the TrJae fairly represent the state ofpub-
Tic opinion, or to speak more accurately tho want "i
Sxed faith and public opinion at the North DID
no. the Tribaa., that occasion endcavor to ncu!-
cate and spread the indc, grossly sensual and anar
ch;ca philosophy of Fuurier Has not the l7ba"e be-
come more popular and more influential since II dis
filled this deadly moral poison into tho social system
of the NORTH IL not the inference irresistible that
scep.icism and in6delity in the ascendant IN So
cie,y, when its most popular and influential man pro-
,nulces and inculcstes philosophy at war with re-
lsion with law with marriage with separate pro
pertv rs now held, and with every other tInc-hon-
ored and sacred institution of society!
"when one links broken ali the chains destroyed
4, Tin. North nuai ~ ar,ass. Es,esea, W dnI nuer-
70 universal limb, element, institution OF society,
you have thrown everything into chaotic contasiaii
In dispensing with domestic slavery, yen have de-
troyed ordcr snd removed tho strongest argument to
prove the existence Of Dety the author of that order
The discord the confusion, the wars the revolutions,
the rvalries, excessive competition and anaSonsm OF
free eociety beget infaely as naturally and nevifa-
bly, as order and subordna.ion produce faith Hobbies
pbilosophy, .'tlat man is iI o state Of continued
war with his fellow man." could oaly have arisen in
free society, where all being theoretically equal,
oil are rivals, competitors and enemies. Hobbies
differs from the political community only III
being more able and honest than they. lie dcplrres,
as an evil, what they recommend RS virtue. They
nculcatc competition the life Of trade and essence
of morality. Tic good order, the peace the protcc-
tion and nectionntc relations OF sncciy ut the South
induce the belief in designer aud author of tis
der and thus "t tho soul from nature up TO Natures
God" The chaotic confusion Of free society lrs the
opposite effect Hence infdely and universal liberty
have been co-extensvc in time and in space There
few or no inEdels in slave countries This newspapers:
the public meoiipgs and discussions, and the books
published in free societies, teen with indecs ana
scepticisns Of every hue.
The vile supersti,ions spr:nging up every day at
the North furnish rs strong evidence of the want OF
fixed faith of any kind as its open inf!elitios Men
raust wear their religion very loosely about tom,
who are ready 10 believe in the sms Of the day.
or to become Shakers, or MiiloritGs, Nor
mons, or Oneida Perftctionists There is little faith
i'll law or government where Higher Law doctrines
prevail AMI Gnti.rantism sometimes rules. There can
but little attachment to that ORDER ar less PATRIOTISM
in country where people are rendy to join Owen,
Fourier or Stephen Pearl Andrews, or Mr.. Greeley,
fu their ouslaushis upon all existing institutions, md
20 rush at their bidding into Phalansterics and New
Uarlaonies. and Trialms, and tue sister viagcs.--
Blu, the success the popularity, md the influence Of
the Tr.jawe is of itself abundant evidence OF the
alarming prevalence Of mornl social, and religious
acepticism at the North.
We wish the Times could satsfy Us that ,hero was
a returning spirit Of faith end conservatism among
the people of the free States; for. then should
confidently expect cessation of hostiiitics ssaust
Southern property aud Southern institutions.
The Times il wholly mistaken il surprising that
Southern men wear arms of any kind In Territories
aud new States, such custom is common and probably
necessary; for men should ever be ready to defend
themselves, in that nascent state OF society," when tie
law and its officers not yet adequate for the pur
pose.
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