Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-22


l. thcrc Is no reason why We should be the - u
l, other hatioS phupers ar either the k.c0Ss ~ "
trainers OF Their i""Hs. These evils can and NJ,
he reihedieu without rcs"rtng to an lid .cri,r .
y onslaught upon all who, by industry cnrern,i
r. merit, may choose To better their c0uGo,f ~
q dOnnS the respective dynGstles OF the old ,, a
= which they lnny have chaiiced 10 have been bor :.
BY uniting their energies with ours NAV :sI - ~
l. Ill advancing the prosperity, development and SH
= gross of common country not much los. - l''
them than TO us. Against those who ,E, =, cor
y come who quit tho misru-d empires Of tL.;- 80;
l. land" whose hearts have been fired with ,h Tile
Is our ideas and our institutions even in di,tr,,
= | would not close the door ut admission H. .'u!r'
= SUCH Us our fathers did NJ first go wnr, Lax 10 a.
r. most free and generously 10 extend w.jro,L
/, We have from such a class nothing 10 fem W. "a
l. battle or in the walks "f civil life did INV Hei
= pSove trhitor or recrcGmt 10 tie IA, or eS Ct
y country! On what occasion have any such . -
proven untrue or disoynl to the Cuus,I,i5" e'rE
l. will not say thar FOREIGNER ha. ry.-t
true 10 the Constitution; bat s class ,ho,. y" Gn-
Is nave not proven themselves 10 BE- luG t"''y
81 "'it one class Of people in the United AIo"
Inn. III ''H' LOOK upon u" dangerous 10 the c us
lhht ci"7' ar" neither foreigners or Cg;hoIir. -
Il are those n0ttr| b1rH t,ait0,s m III. MT ~ NAY
i "sIoya! to the Constitution of that c.rp,, W. aye
L E"'e mem birth, an'! under whose buncfc.p: -. "a
Mons 'hry lnve been reare'i qnd nurtur"d Man.
I"c'i "Fs "hnow- N"ihinGS.' This clas, O. nT:, =.
TIE North o. which III" Massachusetts N m Its" 81
I shire and Connecticut "Kuow Nothing !,.,i,i..%2
; are bat samples, consider Ms our worst en,r,'s'
And to put them down. will join, as pol,,I ~,
no" ana forever MI true patriots at III. Nor,b "
SOUTH whether naive or HGopted, Jews or en-
WAT our Georgia friends, whether Wing. d, H..
nncrats, who have gone into this New o."
really after. or, what they intended to d. !I,r. 1's
gne. Those o! them who know have s.r,! '+"a'
that their object reform, both in or STATE snJ v '
rrn! Admnis;raiInns-tn put better aud ,,u.r , el'
the places ~! those who now wirH A.,ror,,"" !!
no usp
with that class sp"ak nf NJ the Nnr-h-;I,, ,hsv
10: sustaining til" Union platform oi our State oiiS
and that n" MAX of secrecy will soon h.. roma,
when all will be made public. litkrsr be their d.
)ects and Also 10 cheek the Frauds aud GORGE, H.
| ahH"s Intho existing naturalization laws wh,r. ,
have inr!r:iomrt, without the ndiscraiag,c 3,o..~-
Tan u! any cla>S nf citizens Ou account of their -
place or religion, then they viii have my cJ-oprrs,-
| Us have t"it thrn III every proper ana lcpfla,s
| way, 10 effect such reformation. No, ~ IL s-cr,;,
initiated cn-woIkcr N the dark for any I,ruo,. H..
~ Al open and b"l al, Uc.,,, Of truth in the Erh.
day. Eat will they d" as they saw VIII tL.vrbro,
OF the inask That Ii the Question. Is !, rossir.
that they will continue in political party i!.ow.b.
with their 'w0rthy brethren Of Massachusetts, Coz
mrciica.. New Hampshire, and ihr entire North ;
every one "t whom elected 20 the next Conglr..
our deadly foe, Do they intend 20 cou.nu" their AZ
lance with those open cnrmcs 0i oar institutions an
the Constitution of the country under the tOiav MI.
IN ned association ri the american Party the Very
throughout;
True Amcricau;sln, ~ hava learned II, is Ike I'm.
Observation-Disclosures N neither are cuutirel Ia ANY
aiiun, cline. or -OiI whatsoever. Anr-iran,.r, !,
not the product Of the soil; II springs 10, from IN.
land the ground il Is not OF the earth. "r earthly II
eliminates from the head and ihc heart i, look, M.
ward. and onward. and outward liz lie snI soul Ar.
those grand ideas Of government which charsrter;ze
our institutions and d,fin. WsL from all other pco.
pie; aii there features in our sy>i-n whct
a ,il-lIn nil
FREE tJ,y0iOR Of religion ana ihcdoctrine of cLpG:rll
hoa-ih-:I:hi Of II man 20 throw Of h- ulegiauCe;i
my and every other State, Prince Potemta,e Mai.
sO-ver, nni by DG!"tI -ditOG 10 be incorporated {.
citizens I'M" our body polite.
Both there principles are specially provided Ia az!
firmly established III our Constitution. But these
American ideas which were proclaimed III lsSl By
our ''sirrs OF 10, are by their s"ns AT this day &C.
raIizn.om' is 'humbu.;, mud that it is M "impo.
sibility." So did not our fathers link.
This "hunbug' ani "Impns-iby' thcy planted
in the Constitution and vinii"slou OF the SANE
principle wa oue Of the cau-ce of our second warc'
Independence. England held that naturalization
was an impossible thing Size claimed the rglsrce
ri subjects born within her realm, not~ ,;h,r!g..u,
they had become citizens "t this Repuuhc iT our
Constitution and laws. She not only elaine: :sr'r
allegiance. bu, she caimed the rigk. 10 .olrcs OUT
ships upon the high seas, nni take from them d. sIcI
who might be- found in thcY. IL in pur y! IN,
doctrine uf hcrs-of tho right Of sEARcH 10. cl:
naturalization" ci:izcn.-thai the Chesapeake
fired into, which WAS the imncGisc ii the WAY
OF 1872. Let man them barely because he ~,
born III Americn presume 10 he mhurd with 'rG' e.!
ira" " imrrcnni,Iu' who either ignores the d.r-c.
ant positive obligations of the Constitution, or !,
npr- ihis, one 4" rs most s:!Hiug Charac;rrtcs-
As well might any unh"!iovnS -nncr claim 70 b, one
ri the a.;il-onc OF the elect c"eu-bu~ry bcrags.
he born somewhere. within the Limits %: Cht:,-
tendon. And just ns well might the JrcOJiI- g., he
" dccTced God out Of his Universe" Lave dubbed
Their CLUB /" CHRISTIAN Assorat;ou," brynG,c they
were h":! OF Christian SOIL. Tho Genuine tlscy,rs u
- 1ri- tmarI"anisr,' Ike the u.nuiu. follower. d
the Cross. are Hos" Whose hearts are warlna!-a!
rirril urit"t. elevated and ru"aled--by those vrn
rl.r., doctrines aud pi"rrpt5 whc characterize ;rU
respective systems. IL ~ for tlis THAI Kan
scn,:an. u BrItton, jew or n Flirdoo. can be rs
zoo! Christian Ia any one born "CavEry
brow az where the Sermon the Mount" Va.
preached And for the reason an lrshmen
Frrucman, German or Russian, can he rs thorough
Is " American as il he had been born within the !
well- Il the Old Independence Hall Itself. Which wR
the - true American Arnold or Hamilton The Oh.
WAS native and the other was IN adopted son. But
TO return. What do our Georgia friend. intend 20 do
l. i; not time that they had shown their hand DO
they in;end abandon the Georgia Platform mud -
over "horsc, foot and Dragons into political all
anc. with lrumbull, Durkcc, Wilson s. Co Is tho /
tho course marked "u for Themselves by any ci the /
gallant old Wings OF the 9TH and Sth Congressional I
Districts trust not, | hope not. i
But il they do not intend thus TO commit them. 1
selves, Is II not time "a take Il reckoning aud zee
whittier they drifting! When 'thc blind lead The
blind" where is the hope Of safeiyl have been
cited Ia the resolution which, il is -aid, III" ls'c
Know Nothing Convention pa-srd in Macon. IEi., I (
seems il the only thing that the 100 Delegates could
bring forth after two DAYS "sabOr'-and of II
well say, "NDHt'S PGrtH,i"Hf e rid,cGHs rHsH.
.iT. The mountains have been in labor and ri,
cul"ns nous" il born 1t simply atirms, most meek
~ aud subm.-~Ivry what no South Of Mason AMI
DI"n- lin" fhr the last thrty;ive wears would haT
vcnturrd 10 deny, without justly -uhccting hin'r
Ia III. charge ~ ac'rIsmthat IL, that "cungre:'h@
no constitutional power 10 Intervene by "Xcln"R y
new State applying Tor admission INTO nr lnlon u:
IN the ground TINT III" constitution Ui such Sntr T~
cu.nisc. Slavery This If the whole life aur e"ul
il, unless except the secret bhGlS OF Joab wh.c!
i, b-aro towards Kansas and Nebraska, concealed M
der carb.
Ii Il we'll known 10 all who arc informed, thu, I. l
the organic law OF these icyrsO1|s the right 81 N
,ing, while they rcmHn territories, was given 10 !"
who had flied declaration y: intention to btr""'
citizens. This was in strict compliance with tAs L
usunl practice of the Government IN "rsnmAa-
Territories and under this provision that cHs OF ir'
ms ARE nuw ou;i'lri vote knusn-, III two c!''
tions under this law. has shown that an "verwhe!G
ing majority "f her pcopl" are III tnvor Of slave.
tho Executive Influence OF the Free
.nil Governor Rc-il whom Mr. Pierce hes scnt I"
,h,r. To- prevent il. hut whom thu people have late
driven ~ they ought to hav" done, from the count.
Now, then, when Kansas applies Tor adInI-.I"u 8
II slave Stnic, M sine doubtless will, South
"K uuw. Nothing" under thi. resolution. can I'M
With his worthy brethren at the North, III v"'M.
agnIrt il, upon the ground thH' SONG have voted ~
l. Constitution recognizing slavery, VIII" had not h''-
"nnturaiIHrG.' but had only declared their ii"''s III
For this resolution in il. very heart aud core, G"c.'
tina; the right establish Slave Institutions IN -
or.nuS:G'5oH Of the State Governments, belong in a
.G,Irr and n0iDra -"G rii.Xrus.' cAriudu" tT"sr"
have only declared their Intentions. \ uI"r'' go
Ou- HtiGck, wa, never maze upon the prn'S'v' e
the Kansas aud Ecbrns!;a Bill. And j. thl, ~ BE- =. n
plank on which Northern and Southern "kn0TA }
things" nee TO stand in the REJECTION OF Kansas "
L. he other md main objection, why did II stop III
S,nrn on nrcouu: n: slav.ry-p particularly VII "
had opened ia" ,.""r Tor the r'l"r''nn % nan
other grounds by way oi p,'"f' Why a. -.
pinn, i.clf upon the principles n, III" ErcrS
lution- "i lS.ID, aud wha. "rghr tn b" done 80
of the REJECTION Of II State by Congress ys''-' K
= ~ ~ " -n III