Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-01-09

John l.. Hale has been admitted into tho secret or
drrin New Hampshire. lie is accompanied! by Fog
and most of those trInnsn-ncs who, ~ lNb2, assaulted
President Pierce Tor being hostil" Ia the Catholics
Hale ami Fuyp urr now the chosen lenders ot M or
yanizarinn pledged 10 hunt down every Catholic by
| means Of the must cruel Acknowledgement AMI Ia shut
ont tina, emigration which has made the SOIL "i New
England tho home uf enterprise ami ot plenty. But
the know nothing lodges nre chiefly hrrcptH3i" I"
Hale, hrrnuso they enable him 10 cnncoct IN secret
those hateful plans for the overthrow Ut the UnI"i, L"
which the bost years nf his life, and all his energies
OF body and of mind, have been unrcinlttihSIy uc-
voted. =.
If this fact is not n sufficiently powerful evidence of
the abolition character of the secret conspiracy "i
know-nothinSs, the circumstance TINT every icgi'ih-
lura which il controlled by them III the free STATES,
and that has recently been organized, has chosen abo-
lituu wings Ia its high offices, should be conclusive
unon every honest mind. In Pennsylvania, the speak
or of the house is n known abolition lender. In lli-
nois, both branches OF the legislature are preside!
over bv the same class of politicians: and IN Maine II
is the same. In Delaware, the State which Mr. Gay
ton represents in lic Senate, both the leading. officers
of the ncwly-clrclcd legislature are bitter ANA lroscril-
tive wings u!hls own school, andihc! WIFI r iuand earn
csiiv cooperating with him AMI his know -IiullInS ;ts-"-
ciatrs, Hale, ThMl.lcus Stevens, uId Henry Gardiner.
No matter how MIR. Clayton may seek 10 disguise the
Opolition tendencies which control thu secret order,
nund this Ia II much greater extent itInn 1t ever con-
trollci the Wing party, now merged mi" nj t!r
fact thai. the avowcd Objects al their organization are
cVuncsccnt and temporary, ana ina, hostility Ia me
institution. OF the South Is IN nndyiug hatred oi the
most implucublc character. cannot be- rcasunrd away.
When the secret lodges HrC broken up-whcn the
present oatls and orgies ARE supcrscded-;hcre Will
remain u solid and compact body vi nb"lItionIstA aud
the ir lupcs, who will nj once proceed /" carry out The
work OF the fanatics that lead them. When anti
Masonry, To which the most of those now 40 cnscr
for secret societies were attacked, passed from the
political stage, the machinery aud the men ut thar or
rnnization I'LL into the hands uI The Wings. When
the great bank party was shattered Ia pieces, most al
the Democrats who went oil on the then prevailing
claInnr remained will the Wings. The factions that
leave the Democracy always 90 /" the next strongest
rartv. Heretofore that has been the Wing party,
but now il is n secret order. pledged Ia The most in
Tuisiinrial prescriptions; aud IN II few months Il VIII
he the abolition party nlnnr. This IL the true p!rlo-o-
ply TINT teaches by example.
What other evidences ui the objects and the dam
ger nj the new partv does the South want VIII the
people Of that section uf the country wait Ia rcaliz"
their peril bv letting Know Nnihimgism take root III
their midst or will they take time by In" inrrlnck,
and project themselves before ii Is too late! Nililcy
see the Democratic party struggling with tins mon
sier prescription, and hold their hands The defeat "t
those who CONTEND against il may continue snr years
but the rrca; glory of wagimg such II war IS reward
enough rna brave and conscientious citizen; md the
South will find TINT the advantages ol present acqHI-
cscrrcc To n dominant fanaiIcism Will never c"lnl'"n-
safe Tor the disgrace and shame that Will PUNISH suci
md r.,u'p