Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-24
CHEERING INDICATIONS.

seems I, be commenced. The recent u'SSr"''."
| scene in Massachusetts, enacted under '"'''''
lativc authority, has Disguised every 'o''
he disrusted with gross departure from puo".
,,.;.,v Evan in that State, tiut "apoSt"te e'a'e'
A.. ~. -, ,,o,,J ne doomed if il were not that II war
n.,,.,;,od ~ consummate abolition purposes. lha'
| may sustain il for u time i'll all the Ne"
r,ol.,d States, with the exception Of New Tramp
shire and Maine. Its, however certain thai even !"
III, so.caed Gland of steady habits" it Will DC r'p"'
dated by every Democrat of the Jeiers"'la'' anu
Iack soniau schools. The Durkcs alone ol TIC P'''
! tho ono-idea men, who ac,uacd e1cnSI'e'! "
the contents of The "fesh pos, will "dhere 10 "'
| long a. it promises pecunlary rcw"ra' we P'''
nounce an everlasting political separation oe'"e'"
| knaves Of this ik and the Democratic p"r'y' i.c'
| the names which they have d'sl'"n'red' iron" NV
| mean.st of passions that vi inordna'e DESIRE ''
pIace-be bye-words and rcproaches upon Tie
| ,f unHinclng Democrats. Let their eAainpio 10 "
or,;pp hereafter to such us make principles subser-
Went 10 lust for office.
I, v;r,;a ,bcrc il not q county that we hear from
,ot M, intelligence is not fav orobe to the triumphant
success OF our ticket BY the itii lhufSua5 II, ""'
there will be nothing more than the mere VI
Know. Nothingisln left within her limits. gave anu
except the impcntent portion OF the mieh OLD wing
party, there will be 'n"ne 30 poor Us Il" IL re'er
.prc." Nor oSE SINCERE DEMOCRAT VIII be tound
cnalesci n.y. when the time for action arrives: Win
auch an iniouitous concern. What bond of union Gun
,ho-. he betwcen IN out -uud-out know-Nohng of the
Henry Wilson stamp and Il son of the Old Dominion
who was rearedup TO manhood in the doctrines which
constituted the creed of the late sage oi Monticello!
About the same that OF Concha for Pinto who was
prodiga of his splendid Inequalities to him at the
time he was preparing the g"'Ote for his neck This
Known othinCism of ExeterlIall conception and
Boston HIGHER LAW crp'aitaiion was intended as a
political sarote for the South and will serve us such,
unless the Democracy in their indignant might
crush it out or reduce it TO such harmless dimensions
that it will only embrace the old line federasts.
Never was there party in any country so apt IN
expediens 80 INSCRIPTIONS i'll employing them as that
of alien and sedition law nuorety. 1t exists now rs
respects its immortality precisely MS it did at the be-
ginning Of this century. When utterly discounted
and dslnembered, far as mortal eye can penetrate
its future it suddenly springs into existence under an
entire new torin but upon close examination oil lis
parts there you behold again that very sold COON i'll
formidable array, rendered 50 by the new recruits
which it had mustered into its service Secrecy has
been the agency which it ever employed for the al
tuinment of its object and it has not been actuacd
by any better motive than that OF making the end
Justify the means 1t has succeeded four times in pn
chg itself IN yOrcr, hut such was the discordan ma
tcral of which it was composed such its want OF no
righteousness that it has succeeded once III
MAINTAINING its poacrr. a house may be built upon
sand but house will not stand upon sand when it is
subjected to the severity Of the elements.
Youth is generally confding, and hence young
Democrats are frequently the dupes Of old Federal
knaves Suspecting no political guile IN those whom
they should consider their national advcrsarIrsn aud
who are always coaxing them into the belief that this
is the era of good political feelings they are often led
astray BY plausible schemes as the tabled rats were
with the notion Of beling the eat. In the Presidential
struggle of 1900 there was, perhaps, as much excite
ment in Virginia aa there il in the present canvass
It was then that the lines for the first time were dis
tinctly drawn between Fcdcralists aud Democrats
Tn. former sustained defeat from which they have
never recovered. No strategy TO which they have re-
sorted since has ayaed themany thing. The Denocra-
cy still occupies the proud emnence which enjoyed
when il contributed 80 essentially in carrying Mr.
Jefferson to the Executive Mansion OF the ma
ton. Can it ever 30 far degenerate As to abandon
hat eminence Let tho Oath of May give
30 emphatic an answer that the Vaccinations OF Fed
erasts will cease forever in this commonwealth
Their articles in 1900, Just such rs they now resort
to, under Know Nothing hoodwinkcry, may be read
lily inferred from anccdote which occurred at TINT
time An old negro seen in one OF the proml-
ent streets of Richmond with basket his arm con-
tanning half dozen young bull terriers species Of
the canine family which at that time was in much re-
quest. A person who wished to purchase one, in
auired what their politics were. Five Democrats,
n.ussa, and ono Federalist." "Why, how can YOU
tcll the dnerenceH o. Because, mnssa, the five De-
mocrats blind yet! The Fedoralist got him eyes
open" And thus it is in political life. The Demo-
Gratis have their eyes too often closed, while the Fed
cralists are always open, md upon the qmt rc for
some ism, or some 2'cjct, that will steal power
from the many for the benefit Of the few.
In Alexandria, one Of the strungholds of the kEow-
Notlngs. the Lodge was almost as good NJ dcmosll-
cd few evenings since. In Winchester, Wheeling,
Henrico county, and elsewhere, similar results are
transpring. Tho "old tenth legion" is ar"usng in
it's accustomed majesty. In the Northwestern coun-
ties the sky is steadily Frightening Little Tennes-
see" ID prepared to do its whole duty. The 'Souh.
Side" impatiouly awaits the day when it can practi-
cay express its indignation at tho attempts to be-
tray its b. Interests. Ii there be Democrats still IN
communion with the arch manTuvrers who have
been INCREASINGLY engaged in seducag them To "rsake
their cherished principles hcre il yet time for them to
dissolve the unnatural and unrighteous connexon We
conurc them ~ brothers, devoted ~ the preservation
OF the institutions bequeathcd us by an honorcd and
patriotic ancestry, TO forever association
predicatcd upon Federalism and combining all the
,lernoralizing inns which traitors have cnscndcrcd
for the ruin Of the South, and to return TO the fold
from which they have thoughtlcssy etrnyei. If they
remain longer members Of il, their nhstlnacy, moi
their Judgment, will influence them. In the face %
all thut so palpably explains TO them that they M.
acting wrongiuly they must either quit the DtNS ~
render themselves tho tools Of the DEN conrivers-
They cannot serve Democracy and know-NothlnSstT
at the same time no more thnn they can serve God and
| Mummon! They must abiurc tho latter or oonspirt
AGAINST the turuur. With the issue before them, thus
explicitly rwucrd to Il point, is there one who will moi
dissolve the spell by which he has been bound, anu
leap to re.enlst under That banner which has never
failed to lead him 10 glorious victory! No, no, no
we trust not one. Mock Democrats of the Nespasla'
Ellis stripe, who arc "ovsry thing by turns and no
thing long" we do not want-and we cannot be sup
posed or understood to include theul in the appeal w'
make to those of the "truc fire Of the flint who hav
| been dcludcd.
HYPROCISY OF KNOW-NOrIIlNGISM.
In Virginia and other States, where there ar
few Catholics and where their religion is unpopular
they are cried down by Know.Nothing presses an
speakers Us real monsters that would ruin the coun
! try. But in Louisiana, where the Catholic religion
| popular and where there would be danger from III