Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-17
HON. AARON V. BROWN.

Tho following cztrect Of a letter from Governor
A. V. Brown, of Tennessee. to Judge Inrpl'y' Of
Mississippi, is published in the MississiPpian' We
trnst il will satisfy the Know NotlIings rs to the POI
si,;op of Gov. Brown. The Democrats needed no
assurance: uo.no,h 1888
All wise and good ReIi should deplore the starting
of new questions and issues to iiistrafl lne attention
If our southern people at the present moment. mere
ia pot NOW, and cannot really he, but one great ana
nbsorbinr question tor the consideration OF the South
the question of Representations. She cannot lose
twelve hundred millions OF slave property ana I'VE
but in poverty and dishOnOr. The very next session
nf Cnr,tr.ss opens the grand attack upon her, aud II
will require the united and HARMONIOUS "o'oP.tra'9n
,f avery mon of every party tn make good hr der
fence. Now, the readiness with which SO many OF
/ our people have run into this know-Nothihs iHo'e-
men, wi,hou, i%nquiring where II was to !ead thcnh.
I frar. i. an Indication that they are not conscious al
,bs hanger. that threaten them. or are Indifferent to
the dreadful results. Sill, We must not despair: u
they heed not the thunder in the distance, perhaps
they may awake when it breaks in awful peals over
their heads.
been endangered by the Catholic or inrclgncr' N"i,,
tber the one nor the other has ever denied Or invaded
o,r rights under the constitutions. Nhcra ie" soli'
tnrv exceptions 10 this remark may De p"in'eu ou''
We can point to hundreds and thousands IN the North
| nntiy,.born Protestants, too, who hsvc, anu are yer
du;Iy uuttinv the constitution aside anu numbering
oar people for no other crime than attempting iaWiui'
| IL 10 reclaim their own property. Al Ids moment
and for wears bnck, the abOlitlon!st and irce'solitr
hates aud abhors his nutive.boril brethren IL Inc
South more than he hates the Catholic or loroigher.-
Put to him the question at any time ~hiCh lie iauI
ther prevent from voting or holding oince-'nc oa'
thoIic and foreigner, or the siareAoiusl " .Ge 2'.,n,
and he will tell you the Shareholder. Indeed, ms
movement against these two prescribed cihssGs ID
only made a. the first step to the final distrarcliise'
| ment of the Shareholder. The great mass una "eigI'
OF Democracy has been i'll the Southern OF sla''noiu'
ing STATES. Il has been 80 from the time parties were
first formed, in the days OF Jefferson and the elder IA,
ans. The fact that foreigners, 10th Protestants ana
Catholics, after becoming naturniizec, haso mos
| commonly mot universally by any means voted WIN
! the Democratic party, has ongendered all this ho?tili,
\ ~ To them. They regard them as having sustained
the institution Of slavery, teGuHse they sustained .e
Democratic party, ~existipg mainly IN ihe GlDve States
To get clear of the foreigner Il, therefore, ~ 'hoii
! view, to get clear of the Democracy, and thus to ge'
clcnr of this accnrsed alaveholder. Such IS inc reo
soning OF the fanatic aad bigot. 49,
Let no man say that these are not the motives
prompting to this neiarious movement oGt t!lat lht
same are to be found in a cominendaOle zcai LOT true
and vital religion in our land. Why, II 10 notorious
that men Of undoubtel picty have had the least to &c
with and prosecutions oil the new ordee
Look around you and see hoT many councils nn's
been founded by grave snd pious indivIdaals. "h'
il. il that has come from distant quarters 10 organize
and i%ni,is,e1 Who are they that arc observed IL
CLOSE aud sly persuasiolis to the inexperienced to CONF
forward and be admitted 7 Not the moral and rell
gious, but tho VIGOROUSLY ~ungodly. who never before
exhibited any respect for true religion, and who IN
deed, know and care nothing about il.
If any one shall think of the name OF this or Inn
minister of the Gospel who has joined the order, INT
exception does not %ovcrturu, hut confirms, the rule
An ministers are not pious, aud some may adminlste
or receive the most horrid voluntary oalhs in stcre
who yet publicly inculcate the S%criptural Injunction
.swear not at all" You know my habitual respec
for the clerical profession, but, so far Us Protcstan
clcrgymep have engaged in Misrepresentation, l consi
der it enc of the most disc-editable incidents OF tn
age. very sincerely ana tfWIy youIr,