Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-15
ALBERT PIKE-THE SOCIH-AND lhE
Nn1.IIlNI, l,nNEENIlON.

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wards Philadelphia to watch and hear the result OF
consultation Of grave and reverend seign"rs called
| kaor- Nothtnss This convention OF distinguished "u
learned delegates, from all parts OF the lhioi mas
been set forth by political newspapers as
qua non for this culvert party, wl" like foxes nave
holes" to hide themselves anu Their uhpl"sh"S e'
routery from the sight OF men. 1t has cohfoheu, "s
| tho only means to bind this Secret Oruer 1"se'nei
have met to discuss the various Diseases inctg III
jures upon the "midnght plottcrs' ana ny ','en
boiserous, denuuciutory and nigh sounding spGeu a
| at last to arrive at q point where lnese u''er J
can all be made to cenlie INV o mInstsrN
then universal balm-a STRENGTHENING plasItetI -
be- applud so rs 10 render nationality the soe u'e Vi
| the Order. When we eHamIno INTO lhe nielioeio
composing this "icarned and aslme asscmoiy' ~. .
well exclalin, that the evils when alnct nuia! a.e
indeed great But is to this feature o inc con-
y.ntio thar W.. wish 10 call atteatio, oul ratneT 10
| Soma of the constituencies of these mon
He who seems to s:und most prominent, 10 aioert
Pike, the Southern poet, the hreea.et; Iue oae,A
| rail road man. he and Wilson OF MASSACHUSETTS,
stand side by side appaudng each Other While work.
ing for different eIds. Let us compare the inen-
| WILSON, n known aud avowed aOolltlonlst-Flke,
fire. eating Southerncr Wilson, the champion Oh iree
dom, of negro frecdom-Pike, the man who advocates
the en-aviHc OF all tree negroes. Wilson, who IN tor the
Nurth-Pike, who "cannut touch Northern man
with u forty-i pole" Wilson, the repudator OF
the fugitive slave law-Pke, the man "who could not
tolerate reporter from IL newspaper whose editors
advocated higher law" Can there be found two
elements more incongruousl Do men suppose that
when these two elements are commingled, that the
compound will be moans between the two-thnt II
will b. even found to contain properties entirely ILL
icrent from either |!
Ara there not now n largo number who roTnemoor
the rantiugs high chivaric Southern sentiments he
glorious doctrines of dsunion, The mouse Uilnh''H
down" epithes OF derision towards lanKeeo''i' .e
srrr,na anxiety TO have Southern rail- roau ~ 'no
Pacific the scouting of the idea that Southern men
rre forced To purchase their goods from lahkees the
severe condennatons which Southern men receifeu
for their entire dependence upon the North the ae-
nnncinriops poured ..hot from Tartarus upon lash
ionables because they spend their time and their
money North of Mason's and ID lIon's line during
the pleasure secondhand all this from whom' Al
bert Pike Of Arkansas when member OF ~ lie
Southern Commercial Convention" held i'll Charles
:nn hc. who now consorts with Wilson, the arch
fond, whom his own party once denied, but nov ca
ress, is the man who denounced the Tribune re-
porter 80 l"ftiy aud with such chirarc Devotion to
the South III that Convention. On m"'e'' u" rem
poroi
If we look at tho Southern members present we
hud that all OF them, with one accord, denounced
Wilson, and Threatened his expulsion from this same
National Council; who would Indignantly refuse seats
there unless Massachusetts Senator was ignomininus
~ shoccd from the door Ia Hiss. The Hon. Ken.
nsth Rayusr Of North Carolina, who, IN the face OF
fucts duned but few days prior 10 the 24th Of May,
before Virginia Know Nothing audience, that Wiz
son was n member of the organizations; who suited
upou tbs most reliable authority that he had b6cn cx
PEELED because OF his antl.savery vlews ia now the
bosom companion of this man, vino take counsel to-
gether for tho good Of the South hcnnelh thou art
not 90 loyal as thy Scotch narnesak"' Docs the
A,ghiy DISTINGUISHED Gm hoaoyHLie gentleman re-
member his speech in Portsmouth, VIXEN he fnamed 30
Indignantly against abolltionsm and poured no small
amount ii small grape into the ranks OF his co.ass-
ciatc, Wilson, Not more, We guess thnt he does hi.
famous Catholic speech in tho Legislature OF North
Cardinal tn consistency, :tOu art ln!tca yecel.
The SourH went 10 Philadelphia for the purpose
Of couu;erac,iuS the action OF Northern fanatics aud
how has she performed tle task Notwithstanding
tho prutettatinns of the Richmond Wing and its uu
merous cumpeers the South, that Wilson was GER
aiuly an expelled member, that he could surely ge;
no further tin the door, find that Senator Wilson
is applauded by Southern is taken by the hand,
while Erginns Boiling, or Lo'isng, fumes ure disrc-
gardad; and L0uisana--au extreme Southern State,
the heart Of negroom, where woolly heads laxnriae
spurned, because other Csthocity. wa Americans
III the South applaud such course rs this Arethesc
political doctors sincere when thcys say 10 the country
that aboitiomism il uu evil OF much less import than
the Catholic religion That ran,ng tanaiiclsm
which robs the purses and takes the lives n nic Is
to be tolerated sooner than religion, whch reaches
morality and justict that God looked with no COM
passion uuon stint Is there Il Southern man who can
agree with such sentiments! Andyet the highly dis
tipui.hed delegates of Southern interests nave pro-
claimed this to the world. We have no farther CON,
n,ent TO make on this Convention. Let men read
the course vi policy pursued with reference 10 ou
siana and then judge orthenselFes. .
We take no delight as do these men, IN INVOKING tue
grant names of the ustrious patriots OF former days,
rho il; n .elfsacrificng devotion IL the homer of the
country, aud driven by wild spirit of dark and bloody
fanuticsm, to Icy on the altar of their country por-
ton Of the rights of their constituency for the sake
Of peace, Of uni"n and for the PURPOSE OF
aloud TO the world the great doctrines Of political and
religious freedom. 1t will do Tor Albert Pike and
his Southern compeers to warn liz hy the shades at
those departed sres Their actions speak LOUDER tua
ri. wnrdR We can well pNclHlm
"Ye powers above; great God. wonderI
Henry Wi son, Pike, and RuYner
The South should ponder well the former and the
present course of her Knor- No.h!ng deleSaiss-the
beautiful consistency of these Southern delegates
protestatons before going to Philadelphia, aud their
action after going into the Council. Times will
changes ,nutability is enatamped upon all human be-
inss. M.