Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-06
For Nr EHgnjr,
TIE Gl'BERNATORIAL CANVASS.
WHO HAVE WE TO FIGHT /,

LIE Ut BERNATORIAL CANVASS.
WHO HAVE WE TO rIGHT'
Til" 'Cnos tNcw IInmpshircl D.mncra.' was right
III Saying mat the Democrats. party of Virginia had
us uined the correct attitude in the present canvass,
III lnr"li@ boldly the issue presented IL them by the
old Federal W h'T, Native American Wing still later
Democratic ll"d save the InurkY Whi,. and uuw
Know Nothing party, by nominating Henry \.
Wise.
Til" "rly issue presented is is foreigner entitled
t" any ri i" privileges guaranteed to linn by the
lnws ui The land The ouiy test To- .u,li,;r,trn for
office, is the applicant Roman Catholic? If defeat
ed upon the Issur presented, the Democratic nnrtv
will still have trilITlphed. Defeated, IA IA. Whir
pary has BEEN ." often, i'll this State, in every shape
Il has assGmcd i'll every issue il has presented in all
ts VARYING changes. from Snowy whi;r 10 soo,y ~ il
has nj last sunk into tins; abortion, that hot bed o al
i.ine Know Sothn@ism, and tho name Of Whir shalI
be- known in the land no more forever: or, if Whip
be known Al all, he will be rhmcd rs some grim
monster by Democratic sircs, In fright into obcli.
rncc their truant children
If defeated in n war thus wagcd, the Demo
cratic party will still have triumphcd, for she will
have been found doing b!lc III defence OF truth and
Justice III defence OF the law and the constitution:
and though, !nr q time, the spos nf office, or the
prcjudccs AMI passions, which all are heir to,
may allure from rnnhs some few who have,
rhuuoht,stly listened to the Inducements he! out,
still, when the hour comes that cicnv, cmbndcn-
ri by tramcrni success shall dare meet Us in an
tag"m.sn 10 the principles W" nr" 50 long defended,
then will the Democracy of Virginia, true 10 the
faith taught them BY their fathers come forth i'll
their might 10 rally around their ancient standard,
and Know Nn.hingism hid" its diminished hcad, in
The vile du- from whence it sprung,
tmwcp; unlunTrrd md un=un:
But the Democratic party will not be- defeated, for
prescription, tyranny. oppression, have no charms
lur r people, hnd least U al tor the people "i Nlr-
glnIa. Have they not snll in their Bill Of Rights,
THAT religion, or the duty owe our Creator and
the manner Z" dlSchargng il, can be directed only by
yFdScH and cUAtitOh, not by force or rWh'nr,. and
therefore all incn are equally entitled the free
crcIsc OF religion, according 10 the dictates Ol con-
,cic;cr; and that is tho mutual duty of ALL To pruc
tc" CHRISTIAN nrbcarhIr", love aud charity towards
each u'hrr!' Will Then, the people Of Virginia, hav
ING made this declaration Vi their rghts say that Il
Roman Catholic, because he secs tit tu worship God
after his own pccular fashion, Is not person fiji L.
enjoy all the privileges guaranteed 10 him by the laws
and the constitution Yet zuG l. the modest request
ut the Know Nothing party.
The Bill Of Rights declares that force 0r violence
shall not be used 10 direct the manner OF dScharging
the duty owe to our Creator. Yet the Know No
things would inuce the people ut Virginia to dir
qualify Catholics from holding offices oi honor 0r
,:uuluincnt unless they worship God after other
fashion. The would hnt out to the Catholic
a briba To induce him To rcnouncc the faith of his
fathers and nt hi, own conviction; they would place
manmon between lnun and his Creator; yet if they
were men Of honor and feeling, men Of christian hop,
aud faith, would they not drsplse the renegade they
had purchased by such means! Oh vain and foolish,
know We not that religion, If il be truth, is not
matter Of bargain and sat" but matter of faith and
hope, obtained by The divine mercy alone Know
We not hvpOcr"s that yc are ;hat the veil with which
We would coihc your hyp"crisy is transparent the
ycric-t @auZr B" ya chvistlans an'l teach 4 faith
like this, and Yc will be damned Mahnmmct taught hIs
followers that the bodies Oi the imti,irs they slew
were stepping stones tn Paradise. But you would
seek not place III Heaven, but good round govern
mental pap, by destroying the soul "i the Catholic
whom YOU induce 10 u dc"r!on ot the faith "i hiS
convic;ion By the brih"- with which you tempt him.
In many shapes and under many pretcncrS haV"
the Wing party sought iU obtain III" aacrndhncy III
our GOOD old Commemorative but,dccdted III all, they
NJ la,t ..iur IL mantle broad and large, have wrapt
them i'll rcigiOn, anl under tins their last resort oi
NIL hope tu draw 10 their All all influences anlagonis-
li,: to Catholicism. But how know We, who are not
Catholics that when by your means Catholicism If
rooted out uf the land, that Epl.cupaliansm Freshly
,,ri.ui-m Meihodism, all the other isms OF the
Church of Christ will not one by one, be rooted OH
by Latter-day Suinti-n, Sprtual-rapperisn, llighr
Lavish, Ab"liti"n.In, or some other Of the many
is,us ui which Know Noihingsm is composed thai
NAV chance To be- in the ascendant. Ii the pHst his
torv of the Wing, uliasknow- Nothing party Il guar
nntcr of the future then indeed can wc have no ssu
rance that the SO called principles ol to-day vii
be the principles of tomorrow. Their motto has been
trv oil thngr; hold fast 10 none. \ leaf from th'
chronicles ot Mnrli,' will be found somewhat app
Nothing) party at the present day. 1t reads thus
Many moons ago. the Tapparian- OF certain
cluster ot islands, seeing themselves hOpel"s,y con-
founded with the Pcbrnn race of uortals; such a. ar
ircr-. honest m"n, hrrr-ruIt baker,, and III" like
seeing in short that nature hll denied lcin every in
born mark of distinctions and furthermore, that THEN
External assumptions were desired 10y many in Mhr!l
these Tapparans, poor devils resolved TO scccic IRON
the rnbhl-. form themselves into community Of thclr
own and cuvCnfiOnuy pay that homage Ia each other
yl,i al hp led
render thcm Jointly they purchased island called
Pilumncc toward the extreme wGSt Of the lagoon
aud ,hiihcr they went; and framing code Of laws
amazngi yarbrary, considering .acy were
the irumrr--Sncmnly took the oath Of ailrSianc. I"
the Commonwealth thus established. Regarded sec
tum bv section this code at laws seemed exceedingly
irivial; but, taken together, nude Il somewhat I'm
posing aggregation of particles.
Bv this code III" mmutcSt things i'll life were all
ordered after q specific fashion. More especially one
dress was Iryislatcl upun to the last warp and woOf
All girlcs must be 80 many inches III length, ana
with sich number "i taoe'.s III 'front.' f"r vl"t
ton uf this ordinance, before th" thc" I" h Mhl'I
the most luiiul oi would cut the most affection
ate oi fathers.
Now though ike all lIardi, Kings and slaves inciu-
drL fine peopln "i Iimmin.c hal dead dust for grand.
Sircs they seldom reverted to IN" thct i"r' IKE II"
founders of families. they had no family vaults; nor
were they much encountered ny iiNihS cHh'''c'i"h''
Connections some Of them appeared IN have none.
Like pnor Logan the lat nj his tribe, they seemed
10 have monnpolizcd the blood "f their race, having
never n cousin to own. Wherefore il was. that many
ignorant Marans, VIII" hnd not pushed their lnVcsf'
cations into the srrncc Of physiology, sagely OWNED
thot thc Tanrarans must have puddcd INTO lite like
pra. instead OF being otherwise Indebted for their
Wi Won not be like those same Tapparinns, oh,
Whic. OF many sms, when you have gained IN" As
ceudnurv under this guise Of Know -Nothngis
VIII YOU moi. like them cut your best ri"nds-hosc
who brought YOU into existence, yon have already
done the German accent and "lrsh brOguc, and
di-ciam all connections, not having even cousin tn
own Indeed you are like them now, having
Iisownrd all connection with Your dcpd slres,
who although they did happen to be born, did also
whip their good old srcs thar you might be tree to do
as YOU pcascd but you would not now even disown
your cousins in TINT snmc father land, did they per
chance possess many broad acres, aud certificates OF
stock, and Ynu their next uf kin. But truce to bnd-
image, and word in earnest. The canvass Is nor q
gloomy one. The Democratic party II not dead !'nt
serpeth. But whilst she sleeps, the ontposts are Dc-
iur Guarded and her general j. IN the field pressing
oil against thc foes and bidding the sIumherers arse
The valleys of the East have awakened TO his voice,
and the hilltos of the West will rc-echo with ms war
notes. Once amongst the people, m- voice nttcrlnS
the truths with which his heart and Democratic prin:
cipcs are filled, wavering Democrats Will be recalled
To- the faith which they so loved and IN which fhcy
have so long and hnnornbly trimmphed. and Know
Nothingsm with its and deccits, VIII be c1.
posed and laid hare and Virginia, the keystone "i
Democracy, will be- found, as ever true to the consti.
tutinn and the laws. The eyes Of the Democracy oi
tL. Cuou nre upon her and they will not be disap-
pointed. The position taken 10y the Stauhton Con-
yenton correct and let the Democratic party come
no to the work IT. they have in days gone by, and
Northern fanaticsm will be taught III language NOT ot
be misunderstood, that Nrglnla Sol chiiln, huolu 10
them single iouthod JAChSoN'
DISTRICT CANvASSER APPOINTED.