Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-05
MORE PATRIOTS SPEAKING OCI fON
R1,CHANAN.

| uluUt Eul lIul u VIM q ' " 70" ,..,
and elsewhere. 1t is a mastery aud thorough ~.
ton ofthe attempted receptions aud irauu' ",,; mar
w might rather say, the baSt"d- v.,,, IN.
ty that is now virtually working "oe''"' ~. w ros
to the hands of the Black Republicans. r,u..
one of the strongest advocates oil II ..,u;na,
t,Ls, nj ,bs Inst State election, ana s'oou p,o
10 h.fors that marty for the nomination y -"'S''
~ OIN,.u.,. !. conclusive that, III spite OF tue pro-
.e.f Know-Nothing demagoGues, the "a
- c.;,, :. stHl the object Of tho grossest injustice
-. .,,,cri,,ieu by the know-Nothing party. we
~" --, ,bs, we have no room for more than the con
cInsion of this patriotic and powerful u
With these facts before YOU can you longer anuo.
y. :, IN. INTERPRETATION to be put on the htth article VI
the Philadelphia platforms Do you not sGe 'nn', ~
an Ear as il admits Of a construction tav"raDle " .ue
enlightened and liberal sehtihehIs
4 fraud and a Swindlei o
Be not deceived, my dear cir Therel'g'o Pr's'i'p,
tive features Of this Blue Book party nave oeen ~"
| high advanced, too soleInnly sanc;iOheu y. ~: =,
aud obligations, too strenuousiy a"u w. pa u.s. ~ sd.
mil of the supuositiou that il has beeii done a"ny ~,
by a resolution in 4 platform, which, "aa' n;oh "a,
of it, is non committal and ambiguous, aaI r.st,r. In.
| mits of two or more constructions. - Oh.
been too long regarded ~ inc n'u"n sri1ation. 1t
great underlying principle OF the orsamAa,. ".t;nh
I,s. he.n made the vital issue in all the contests "".
the party has fought. Il WAS openly auS"t"..a y
| Ulman and Barker OF New York ana ny u ~; ~ "
Pennsylvania; boldly announced IN ~, .ll, In,
ceptance by Mr.. Flournvy, OF Virginia j" oui
frliitlessly defended by Gentry OF lehnessee, n"pH"
upon and irothed over ad ndaStnW oy lhe o'Io
j. X. Clinton, of Mississippi. lou nh,e q "n"pa
opportunity tor knowing what Tie tone o''u u'''' " -
| OF the press attached TO the party have oeenI LOU
knnx that that press, from tho Louisville journal
| down, have been doing little Else but ransacKihS &C.
ol.siaslical records aud Papal history IN order 10 ga.
| Their the material to sustain the Bi!i OF u. ',;i,
drawn up against the Cs;R2.le Churoh. ~ .sns
thing ID done now, ard thM ro'oay me %ar n Eehrnarv
was waysd previous to the meeting OF inns reoiu".s
C,uucii il kept ND uuabated of one Jot oil us en,en,
omed bitterness and pertinacity. In proof = Nv s'
TO your exchanges-I point You to the hu''"'"''"e
cord. .,o.a ,bo oJvo.
And this is tho press, this the creed these 'ne W. E
cafes of the party with which the American P",ur -,
Louisiana has struck hands III sworn a"ye"p' ~
Il union and what u spectacle l., b.com;pp
I deeply regret that Willard Fillmore ny tc"m.n
tbe csn5idats of such u party. places hiIn'ei WneIe
bs cannot receive my support. many VI us -, a.
will well remember with WHAT zea'l risIs and
m. extent of NV ability during the canvass " So "ml
with what eager enthusiasm ! sus'ar"' Ta"I,r' Those
IN which he stood second To LarnaEg i"y'". ,L",
,yb, ku,v me- will bear NE out ESQ wueh l !" sm !"
chile I cordially approve OF mos. OF i"n ;
administration, | have always held I'd h'S" es'' asa
,hn character of Mr.. Fillmore Us n Statesman T." n -"
mn Ruf he has lpt OIlS Hu" pVI""S - -.
sc nm odinus and proscrip,ive party-olis wh'rh n"S
,nt hoIJ :, a SINGLE tenet of the faith o! the GU =" niG
uurty-but | feel compelled to declare !" :" 'L"
,.li.vs n. has taken the degrees OF the l>sne pooh 'i'
GLIDING the infamous Il'rd Degree ~ g na y" -,
Inn. been made under circumstances when ''lee up
nm ma the conviction uf its truth. IL has never pee"
denied by Mr.. Fillmore friends, anu you looh !" 'o""
in his late letter of acceptance tf sh! t'"nS ~,
il. But whatever may De sara OF H. ~
mora in relation 10 that matter, the Tact ia hnaoniaoie
-. A. tinp. mud IpIrrtH- oil IhU DUE l'Nh
have bean taken hy the man who has been pihceu up
on the same ticket with him, by Andrew oheN7""
| challenge Il successful CONFIRMATION u
this assertion. And thus II IS mat rue ma" VIZ o"n
,,at oppnsj,lun ITO the bitter end which WAS threat.
and carried out against the ADMINISTRATIONS u
Taylor aud Fillmore, comes recoih'hene'," ~ s"P
port of the Wings. the Catholics, the Americans "i
A politician without d su"H ,Hn,, a . ,,
man without a measure, q Diplomat without a prol'.
he has crowned his achievements by dtrlhlinthS
~ the Bap;is,s among the hills of Tennessee against
the aggressive policy of the Church OF Rome. ie'
him take warning from the rehuke adhi'm,steFeu ~
last wear in tho vote OF Protestant tennessee
uhen SIN, refused TO make her religion subservleht I"
her political Disgrace. ~
iny YOU with these views, to profess any lie" onrn
Zeal in behalf Of Catholicism. II were conlro!eu
by anythin. aside from principle III coming |"
NV conclusions. the instinct OF seH'intertSt "o"'a
me TO the position | have taken. IL - not i'hg
that ~ the midst Of he Catholic parish o! l.er'
vile, a priest Of the Catholic Church united me I"
Catholic wife, and thus Protestant reared though l
be, | COME under the han of prescription proclaimed
from the Blue Book. IA one oil n proscr''"h CLASS,
therefore, it will not liz supposed | could be gul'S ot
IN. folly of assisting Ia elevate IL power me very
,., who mr.. tn read Dat the rliC; 0i NY bnnisliiiIent.
As Il member al tn, American party oi louisiana,
I do not stand alone i'll the views l nave "Uvi'p'e'
in the foregoing pages to present I" YOU ! hnom
personally Of some, and believe there are nunr'ens
= :, :. -. 81, ,.n .E,-u tn fDllpV thn lphu ~ tlt
Baton Rouge Convention. AZ we cannon support
Fillmore and Donelson, you may bc Interested !"
know what course We intend to pursue. Ar" We ~
remain neutral aud inactive during me Approaching
contest Most certainly not. Let others do as they
may, nv path is clearly before Inc. Al Inc Nnrth
the philosophy of "IsIHs" is in the ascendahcy' free
Soilism, Free Loveism, Fanaticisin, aud all ina run,
full family to which By we'll defined geanealnSica' ana
idiosyncratic p.cuLliarlti-s Northern hmrr'cun'>m IL
Us belonging, are having their day: Inc Iay
of political Artful Dodgers anu ls"n'y on'iteS Hn
also come. Now flourish such characters as Horace
Greeley, n. Z. Banks and Kenneth kayh'r. asahs'
such men and the parties with which they aci' Gircct,
Iy Opposite, and as far away rs possible, 1 midi 1
NAV 70 term tiny political polarity. l can a'
hereafter with no party which Is MOI u cohserHau't'
national, Union party. l viii 70 FARMER ana 20 nnN
with you. ! have read the proceedings "i IN" ia'e
Convention; | have studied carefully tie
principles embraced in the platform which it has pup.
iished to the world | feel bound to say to you 'h"'
the meu of that Convention seemed TO nave Deen
bv honest aud patriotic motives, ana that
in the platform which they adopted l see but i'it'e
that even all Old-Line Wing could ohjr~ctt o-'IothinS
which ought not to meet the approval ct every South
ern aud of every Union man III the country ADOPT
therefore, the creed of that Convention accept"
candidates, and il | live til November, | shall cast
my vote Tor james Buchanan of Pennsylvania anu
John Z. breckenridge Of Kentucky.
We have most reliable grounds for believing mat
Louisiana will be found by the side of Virginia by u
majority of not less than five thousand for b"ch"""n
and Breckenridge, in November next. The child OF
the illustrious Jefferson will never r%epudia'e the
teachings of the great Apostle Of Liberty and Of Eir'
uiuia.