Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-20
RI THE SOUTHERN KSow-NoTHlN6S'

To THE SOUTHERN lISOW-Nol 'iiN"''
= o,;L due ~ truth and to sound p"iicy ~ "s'"
our belief that as party you are IL? ~ -, .,,d
.,. S,,,h End 10 her peculiar institutions w "'.''
! ~ ,,. ,h nboI;iion;sts take the hattrr'hs u'c''o"
>. ,,,; so,,, that there is any difference VI opu'on
| ,,, ~ S,,,tbcrn men. us to our rights or our
,..;. H., ... do differ most widely from you as to
! 49,, IT,, ,,oaus of performing those duties ana OF
~ :..; ,,.,.c RIGHTS Tho most your party pro-
. observe neutrality, It may be an armed
.-.,;. ~, ,,. subioc, of abolition. You nave so
,.,, ,.omm.Ied Yourselves that You are rstoppcd
rom carving offensive war-ailh"uSh tii sh'uiu
:, Itc, is, the only eifecual measure of defence
r, ;,,,.,ru.e i. would hardly be compatible wi'h t''e
:,,, v,u have taken, 10 explore, dssect aud c1'
,,.. ms ne igiraa 10 d'/ the dark, suherreaheu''
:, c.sses Of free society in Western Europe and Anne
,. ~ brin. to light the suffering and The CRIME
with which it teens; 10 follow a Howard or n MIS-
ry 10 lis prisons. It's garrets audi cellars anu u'"s
firth :, view their knsgard inmates. the b''er ''u''
;. vu,rsiSql liberty and prc,rndrd univrrs"' ei"'':
=, attend committees of Parliament ana e"i"'''''
heir deeds, they dive down thousands "' 'ee INV
he bowels OF the earth ~ witness Tile s"'''"2 VI
n,kcd men and women and chiidrrii' h"iu'eu P'o
niscuously together, tho women ana 'he e'''''ci VI
ten harncssrd like horses 10 cars ana creeping u''
day, qulLrupcd fashion, with their heavy lo""s' we
will show ,hat scarce any of them can readi no"
few hnvo heard of Cod umd still fewer believe in HIM.
for an good Cod" saw they, "wuuld not suffer man
Tins 10 trrat his fellow lnall' We will dog the heels
of that committee, ~ it wcnds its way through
gloomy factories, where children of four and SIX
wears OF age work fourteen hours day, ana receive
not enough wages TO recupcrae their strength
when their toll is over. And viii unite with
them the toilins and starving manuamakcrs'
and s'Iirt-makcrs and j"nrneymcn ta'iors' anu
calico printers, and workers in metal ware anu
then we will 60 with them to zee the hlth'
the hovcls, the squaid poverty and gross ignorance
ri the agricultural peasantry, speaking gbber''h 4"
which Topsy would laugh.
We will explore the history Of the English Poor
Laws, aud show that the millions emancatcd IN
order to get their labor cheap aud that they became
at once, sturdy rogucs, robbers and beS.nrS anu
as such were treated by Parliament ho iorthreehun'
lrcd YEAR, made no provision for them eXccptsircs'
branding an the scllows, and who, in the language
If AN English writer OF distinction, punished them i'll
every way except 10y Sc0w"g. We VIII turlher sHo"
that these Poor Laws fixed ana reduced their wages
20 very low standard until increase OF numbers ana
free competition suiccd 10 reduce those wages lower
than even an unprinripled Pariamcn, dared 10 do
And that now, by numbers aid competition the poor
Of England arc reduced to condition compared with
which, whipping, branding, hanging and scalp'hS'
would be Comps dc Grace
We will cross the channel and exhibit the mu!titu'
dnous sans euioes Proctarints OF France, the sue
cessors OF happy serfs, the hldcous ou-Srow'h ol "
berty, Equality and Fraternity" We will depict the
Irish and Sotch anines and France always starving
We will prove that the hundred revolutions III tie last
seventy years in Western Europe were mere scrvllc
MISUNDERSTANDING laborcrs making war against
greedy, unfecng, cxactns capitalists We Will show
tina, the history of free society for seventy years has
been but the horrd attenuation OF famine and revolu-
ton.
This is bu: part of our programme; we mean 70
show up free society, TO show that the little expert
neut made in corner of Western Europe las signal
| " failed. Then we will invade our North, where
similar experiment is making, not nude. We will
point to thousand prcmoni.ory symptoms OF ultl-
mate failure and always udducc the Abolitiunis;s
themselves us our witnesses. In fine, intend from
time - tim" To institute n searching COMPARISON be-
tween slave sJclctS anu Tree bocctE,-aiiu u pl"Ne
tlut the former is the old, almost universal normal
nnd latura! condition y! civilized society. All this
We can do witt, proprirty brcnn,e the Democratic
party has always been directly hostile to Abo.tton-
Blu; YOU are ncrirlls: you nnst not attack them
though tho viii be 20 assilil you. i"u must Az
still on your platform, ana icnd aud ward OF! their
blows in the hest way ycu can. But they will not
permit YOU pbe ueutisIony, ard. sooner or Inter- you
wll kick down your platform and join w. llo 1t at
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