Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-20

| popdcr Il we'll. What Is II NotiiiiS more tihn n
f,,,r culory upon the most dangerous Class of pop
,I,,;or TINT infcst the hnuns "f vice and crowded
,,,,,r,,,b,nrcs of our cities. The here held NJ
10 o,ublie appreciation and applause, arc the men who
,r;,iuated and conducted The Macrcady riots, u few
v.als SINCE in New York, trnnplc upon the law, de-
fled the public authorities, destroyed the public peace
and were put down at last, at the point of the
bayonct and the muzzlc Of the cannom.-
They men who live upon their wits, while homes,
men, who live upon their labor nrc condemned as
"phlcgmac PATRIOTS Without labor and without
means, ''they manage to keep up n respectable ap'
pearancc, have all tho neccssarcs of life and enjoy
it's minor luxurirs: and 'rahcr Jrcfr,ing the puGi-
lisc exercise OF their game and MUSCLE, they are
prepared for any outbreak any outrage. Under tc
cacll-words Of "A,nercans ruling America they
will to-day tralnpc down the unotfending and INDUS
trious adopted citizen, and Tomorrow, under the
more dangerous but to them congcnin! o'crT "i
"tho poor against the rich" they will lead the on
saught upon the vested rights OF property, and tear
down the luxurious habaionS Of industrious "r
more fortunate men.
But we need not enlarge The article speaks lor IT,
self, and it speaks in words of ominouS warning
We do not attribute to the Know Noihln@s oi 'r-
ginia sympathy with such sentiments. lhey are
higher and noblcr race of men than their Northern
allies God forbid that we should suspect men IN our
own midst, of character und reputation, OF p"ndti'he
to such class but in spite OF their adherence "i inc
efficient allies herein laudcd they are lending ''c'
their aid and countcuancc now.
The dcient OF Henry \. Wise will send THRILL "'
cxultution amid the Wide Awake ranks that VIII make
the wekin ring. Shall Virginia Whisgcry play Sc
cund fiddl. to New York rowdy,m! That Is the
issue OF the canvass in nutshell.
THE "WlDE-AWAKES.'
There are, in the great metropolis many in""iS
Americans who appear 10 have Ii" regular cai'hSs'
no legitimate avocatons but nrc kind OF loose ihi-
teria honting about the city, amid the streams "i
life. permenting every nook aud corner o me ''SS
ari.tocratic regions. BY means pi some mysterious
method, unknown to any but their owh hr"thcrhooh'
these young patriots manage n"t on; M !" w.
respectable appearance, aud have all tue neGessres
of life but frequently, TO enjoy the minor luNurics
apperaining to peanuts, the pits {" theatres ana nut
ton pies Not only ready to fight III GOOD cnn'e'
"san,r" and muscle they may be called the demo
cratic Mercutos, who not how many OF The Zap
ulets are abroad. God bless the "Widc-AwokeS!- -
hrir p,crcurial teInpcramcmts living reproaces
ON the "cool Evers" of the ph!csmatic patriots ~
who 81, comfortably by the grateful fire, and, folding
their arms, stlessly, dcplorc the "onwnrd march OF
forcguisn,," and the "encroachncnts oi the PaPa
hierarchy" For all practical purposes, we would
rather have the political friendship and pussiic pro
penstcs OF ten OF these embryo heroes ION our sidc
than to have the "sympaihir." and good wishes o
forty of the "cnrrc knights" who sit and sigh over
the 'evils Of society," political corruption and Roman
Catholicism. The Widc.twakes arc the cnb"'ii.
men,s of such spirits the Boston Tea Party c"U!d
boast, and il the Popc's 'Blnrncy-stone" WAS not
| shvcrcd by select few ui the New York Wide
| hwakes, sent a. special dcpuaton 10 the seat OF
misyovcrnncnt-it was not because they lacked the
rin to do il. but because the dCa did not occur 10
their minds. God bless the "Widc. Awakes! They
are all Young Crumwes, who would like TO clear the
American Parliament OF all foreign influence ''a one
| fell swoop'-ihcv are youthful Jeiiersons. who
| .wish" with Silas Dcanc, "thnt there were
| OF fire between this ard the Old World; because,
rher the competition "f foreign ''wurkcs would not
| drive them from their culp!oyncnts-thcy are all
| types OF Andrew Jackson, ana think III is time we
| should become little more .imcricanizc!'
are rising Wchstcrs and pledge themselves 10 "go
far the farthcSt in the Native American cause
although they have Funeu Hall audience 10 listen
TO their earnest of patriotism. God bless III"
Wide-Awakcs. for they not only love 1.-The liberty Of
speech" but ready to main,an il on priHc'pr-
in the person OF the vcrcst vn.nbond on curththcy
not only wait the Bible in their public schools, but,
on prtnc,pic if they want the Arabian Nights
school book in thcr schools they prH hare II
there. Wisdom may shake his h"ury head-the owl
OF Minerva may lOu.. rs sage Us "his aspect and his
! eyes" will allow; und the great statesmen may
irgslac; but the hHmnn h.art, wh"n n IS younr, is
| better, wiser, nol;cr ham them all. God bless the
| WideAwakcs. for they honest, pure, unscli!sh
| patruts-thcy ''knOw not StCms'-it rs, with them.
The patriot blood is mounting TO their clIccks their
sparkling eyes full of tears and their honest hearts
are loudly beating in their manly breasts the intel
igencc reaches them, that traitors have betrayed their
cause. God blcss the 'WIpE-AwhkESn