Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-05
VIRGINIA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF TIE
PRESS.
lFroil tic Boston Pot

FROM tic Boston Pot
TIE GLORIOUS RESULT IN VIRGINIA
! The Democrats have made Waterloo aitai
of il in Virginia They have carried their Governor
tbeir other STATE officers, and all their members
! Congress The victory lacks no element oi complete
| ness Never was the Old Dominion more luminous
! An honor to her sons for Sd splendid result ;.
When did Virginia have so hooie Sia'.o ~ ~;
t;rguish hcrsclH In othor States, the Democracy, u
!; 1r,o rs a party, stood by their old co!ors every
where dcuouncing the Secret Order But, however
nobly they Tough; in Connecticut Ill New Hai!siili
md in other States yet the strength Oh inc c"hohc
iucrons arraycd against them proved 100 i'uc "''n
with tho constitutional banner waving above lh:u
tI,ev fell into lninorcs Would the nli-conluerhg
l,-ions Of the Secret Order aided D. lliitoroas Pc
mocratic dcscrtcrs and degenerate W hl-s' nushed
with the SUCCESS of the capture OF the New lamp,
shr, Gibraltar also sweep the board III Virginia ana
nverwhelm her noble Democracy! Or would the oId
Dominion stand us Il barrier TO the flood o iactoi;'
and sav TO the truthy miserable surSe-lhus Ear sn'
thou 90 and III farther. Glorious was me "Ploit,"
ni;y Well for the country vas II thar IL zen 10 'i'
lot OF the land of Madison, Jefferson a''' " "'"
ngtOn. :,L 1to,r,.
Let the manly fight of the Democrats, with Henry
4 Wise for their s.andarL-beGrer, say how "ortnilf
they stood in the imminent deadly breach my
asked quarter-they gave no qiarlelI,t" Wv
black, proscr ptive, dlsgraccu connlnaloh' pu, no
sumed the offensive at the start and all through, III
spceches aud efforts that will live and k!ndle 10 new
effort, long after the poor defenders q" secret mo
nirht proceedings shall be forgotten, they bid den
auce 10 their foes. They knrp, and proved It, TINT
they held in their keeping vita, constitutional prlhci
Dies which were at the basis of our rights aid bcr
lies; and they kacr, asD that 10 take IN oath to pro-
scribe ncn for their birth place and prosecute men for
their religion, mUckery Of the name vi Amerl-
can. By this ign they conquered!
Too much honor cannot he awarded tn Virginia Tor
tL,. noble verdict against the Secret Order she has
riveu. She has dealt on il ilerculean blow; aud
the antirrpubIican thing will stasger aud reel under
its tic;ion Her Democracy, too, have done It SIN
,,lehanlrd; it may be truly said, aEo sInrthandrd;
for in Virginia. in other States there were lesders,
once Democrats. who mircd Themselves nll over by
crawling into tho secret cavers, and, for the sake "f
coveted spuls of office taking the nbnnnnble "n,hs
The Wing party of Virginia. too rolled itself over md
over in this sort of mu1 But, thanks 10 the strong
of no avail. They did it, and got nothing in re-
turn
Patriots may we'll hail this ordinary result
There is 10 use Of covering up the matter. If this
n,u:ry is Ia come under the control OF an Immense
secret midnight councii-ordsring al things IL
berries will have departed. The system il rotten 10
the core Ii deserves Il condemnation 81 thorough
that the plan shall never rear its hated head again III
this free land. Virginia has done her part well md
unbiy in this good work. Her acton VIII be M toe
sin to Summon the people "t other States 10 tie res
enc. Thr honest, the intelligent the urers oi civil
and religious liberty, Of true repubcnnsnl, wilino;
tanely see vital principles tramplcd III the dust.
They will now, as they did of old, rally round Var
.inii; and their hands and heart. will be with those
who plant themselves oil civil and religious liber,y-
the obligations of tho constitution and tho innMte'
nance of tho Union.