Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-02-16
FRIDAY MORNING, FEEszeUARY 49, 1855.

Know. Nothing movement. We appeal from the
drunk kayncr oi to-day. the sober ais. seI''e
Rayncr "i lS3I. Said rh. hermit Peter o! Know
Nnlhing.m:
Il do rIn conceive that yro have anything 10 do
with the teur,S Of any particular creed. We hay"
r"' I" decide between tho merits nt c"Htcndrg s.cis
We have not 10 inqnir" whether tie Pope ni Eone j.
the legal custodian %! the KEYS ~ thrs's Kin cIom,
whether, tacr"riinc !" i! opinion oi some, L." j.
tie 'n"ny-Ncadc'! monster nCntionuI IN the .tT"cG-
lypse.
BAT 1t is faid if the Catholic is excluded from oi-
cc I'm! Will not deprive HIM "i tie right nj Worship
pm Goa according In The dictates of h!r own con-
-ccnc" Sir me !ich; .; wnr.hilT'ng G"d free from
ni personal rainh ana penalties, Is right which
how DC enjoyed III any country in thrstcnIUm. Al!
exclusion lrnm the honors the profits and the c,n",-
nrn:: ui the STATE. Is the highest persecution which
pubic opinion VIII Tolerate III any Christian country
III this enlightened age. So lha il yuu sanction the
principle recognized in .e :!d Article, You the
rod I" persecution with unSpariny n hand II il
used i'll SpnIn on the Sraics uf the Church. And il
ron exclude ono sect, why not another and Ance..
! and finally all, except nnel
"RctH!n that article and ! assert il, The Catholic
and jew will he placed under the ban 81 prescription,
no mater iiuw great T.ny DC his merit; although nr
may love his country w!ih patriotism is pure The
first love ct w"i!!an; although ic may pour ont his
blood like water in rr dcirnc. vet, Tor daring To
worship God HcroriIu2, I" the dictate, o.; is
pr,crmcnt. and from all stimulus TO ambition. Like
the lsrae!iies in Egypt, he will he opprcss"d by the
land i'll which he lives, the soil on which hc trraGs,
and Ike them, he will have left other resource. hut
to turn back upon tic graves n lis fathers, and take
up his march 20 Il morc tolerant cline. Sir, the cX.
cuson from otlcco for opinion sake III this cnlishtcn.
ed age, proceeds iron! the spirit n biG"ry and
superstition which has preycd upon mankind from ;lir
building U! Babe! 10 he present time.
Mr. Eayncr concludes his defence of the Catholics
in the following manner:
'Sr, is this convention ready 70 incorporate rto our
fundamental law the doctrine thai honesty, capGhi-
itv, and faiuncsS 10 the Constitution /, NOT II
-uilicrn, qualification for office, but that he who 3D.
tains il mus, ALLURE certain particular ta.;l SIR,
who constituted us Judges Of the hearts, ana co.-
sciences Of men! What right have We tu ;npugn
the motives Of our fellow men 1t j. asserting one
ot the attributes OF the Deity himself, iOr il Is the
Lord alone that pon!cTcth the heart SiT, you may
carry IN tins system oI persecution bUt there one
| point beyond which y"a cannot 20. i"U may sub.
jcci III" body 10 rrIvUton ana tortGle but you cali
not tc,hcr the mind-riicrs cannot bind it-tyrnnts
cHnnot cGci.ain it-dUngcon- cannotroutinc iii; w!
rice supcIprto the powers Of futo and aspire 10 Him
who gave il.
! For the correctness OF the quotations isays tho
Fayetteville Carolinian refer the render to tie
Debates Of the Convention OF 's3j, pages 262-3-4.