Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-02-06

dicol .. ~rocrGt,c ~,er:.," in which form II appears
concentrated in substance, end folly ar.hro ,t ~ w.
conflict on H. tiIraire o. The l::ii=a go T.n,.
'Trade:-Cnirn" nrgsnfz stiona-tDe SONS 'te"
perpnce" All, stion.-the "Oid-F-ilows 'ocir,'e'I
The inst,u,ions Of the "Druids"-the brotherhood,
of "R.d Men," the fraternitirs ct Orange
and many other kindred modern associations, IT,
ed a, the North, almost exclusively OF o.proPe,sS
c;tizen,, and having thsir incipiency in many
commemorate motives there as elsewhere, "
thelsss a.;rs:ed tho presence ana hc'l'o
this pervniiHg demon. The Trades'Chlou' -.
tended, in the beginning, by thar nc. pToPe.1J -
laborirg members. to rerist tho diotaiions VI plop.rir !,
ty-hrliers aud capitalists in Industrial pursuits, =, -
ifs influence. and under lis plastic hano ssuunsu
tnaliy the form OF political unions to controi so,e
mental concerns. The application OF Inc SCI r ,,a.
ciple observed in the lodges of the secret $50. 81
and rendered now familiar to the Trades Chlon., :.
once gave birth 10 the Secret political Ha'e,.uJ
known rs know No;hinga." The dissolution y, .hs
"Whig" party furnished the ready occa-i.I' nv -
existence in forces of the Native American pa''!
throughout thu cities, founded originally. IN oppos'
non 70 ,e Inf uence of uaturaliz-d citizens. sup
piled the political nucleus AROUND "nlc" .1
new order gathered, and presented ITS "ahs' Jorrteh
feature. In The Trades. Unions, As well IS IN these
cret ~sncie'ie-, 4 vast majority, It not az, were e.!n",
native born or Protestant. 1na GeepIS ppJU''r ,;a
against Catholics and the Catholic churcn. !nr
arose from the fact that tho Catholic church, arting
on ita enforced policy Of ages, in prohio'!ing us mem
brrs from engaging in assuciatiohs ou!Slue III Pa.
of the church, was antagonistIc ~ the lraues mon
and the secret ~snrieties, and heFein srose inc ana
rathol;,n' Eea,rre Of tbs new order. And whether
i,s members were derived from the native Amer1csns
ths Trad, : Unions, or the secret societies., as Inc
whole together constituted Il dehse, ianaiess; oAy'
laburing, no property mass, whose interest IL oiear,Y
was, To have and To hold property wherever II might
bs had. ;ts Z" Fyy SoP' feature became apparent, look
ine 10 tho territorial possessions OF the Government.
Zach stem In tn. line OF its formation, and each link
in the chain Of its bigotic, exclusive and avariclous
principles, was an easy and natural Hsadatlon' linus
WA ths order of Know othingism, whose advent
startled the world viii its portentous energy, furnish
ed forth organically and politically, and thus we
readily solve is mystery. Though usually supposed
TO have been born in aday, az well as TO have terml'
mated a. briefly it's singular existence, it had been ev'
of ayrari.p;s,r, and constituted a crude development
of tist principle founded inerradicaDy IN tue breast
Of the Northern masses.
All this becomes more apparent, when examining
into the reason why the Know Nothing pHrty &c
quickly parsed away, and came TO DO 80 easily ao'
soroed by Black Republicanism; that reason Is os'
covered in the faor, thar the principles OF the hno"'
Nothing party, derived as they we're, from tns Pre-
judices that controlled the elements out OF uIon :,
vrev, rendered il inadequate 10 the accompNshtheu
Of those arrarian designs. that composed, aiIer MI
the grand and fundamental idea and policy OF no g.
.,i,uent members. lis anti CsthoHc anu anin.,
reign features closed the doors OF ne iooSe' "S"Hn'
nearly one half utthe improperly anu !, =. r. .,hni;S
masses y, c"o 80 on nonaiariun. lis leaders early d.
coyr--d I'M. fatal defect and sought 10 nppS 'nS ro'
n.dy by removing its veil Ut e-crecy. lou VII: re-
member the cues,ion was Inuch in"oten ~ their jour
-. br, n was by this time seer by William h.. Sc
a.rd .hs, thDxgh the veil Of secrecy was removed
and tbs doors oil lis Lodges throw more widely open,
,t had already offended too deeply, Thousands arc
hundreds of thousands who prnp-riy belonged TO IT,
arrarian ranks, eve: TO DO made the oas's vi a iho
rouyb consolidation Of the agrarian sentiment, arG
that the success vf this sentiment, depended entirely
upJp a Co.. crntrated union Ut all the no property
classes, Catholic ard Protestant, native.borna and TO-
reizn born. He Determined, therefore, To divide, dis
tract. and break up the order. sof TINS purpose
aided and assisted by Horace Greeiey sad The Tsi
brus newspaper, h. threw his friends into the !cdges
in all directions. and thus obtained the control OF their
proceedings. al ;ho North. Then came the triumph oil
Henry A Wise at the South. which more clearly Dc
monstrated 10 him his prev'UG'!y conceived Policy "i
u ssctIonal issue. IN the confusinn. aniaGnhI.m and
irr.,ri.veble disasters into which Knnw.Sothtngisn
had now fallen through ties, movements, he unfuried
the banner Of Black Repubican!sm, having inscribed
upon its folds. "1h. si'api' M-Jor'tv pr1neiPte IN Cor
ernmsok! Natural aud political equality un1on2 al
men! Ustv.rsciny Of Suffrage among all "ssn!-
federation in all matters. 10th social and religious =!
and tie dedication Of Ito public lands toJreedom -
Through the columns CT the Irlbune,' he E'ade Dir
jefferson father these artful psrveraions ofthe reaI
principles Of iha: eminent statesman and phiianthro'
pist, and rallied all the Earring and discVrdsnt ele'
merits IF nyrsriaui-m to their standard. Under the
broad display oil this standard, he perceived that al
classes Of day laio:ing aud no.prcperiy cl'lzens IN
the ron sIaveholGing Stn!ss. Noge,her n1h mnnyper
hnpsin the Siorsholding SkaAs/ might stand III nm'
~; Catholics aud Prute.ianrs, americans, Irish and
Germans, Free lovers. Murmnns and Amaigamarinu'
is,s,~ Strong-minded Women ard inhde!s, Free soil
ere, Free negroes and A ooliti' Lists.
Thus was ths political stnr..:'d OF the "Radie"'
Democracy :" the KID Republican" standnrd! the
standard at The ..Sans Quotes of The French revo'
luton Of 1890, beneath which ~as perpetrsIed the
blood curdiing massacre uf San Darni"go, and tS'
general robbery ri properly holders In Frame! the
standard Of n, Grseriii. 1T Marius aad Cesar a.
Rome, ,ha., encrirnsrn-d in tbs er:erial tide OF s!augh
te. sw-pr triumphaniiy over the pr0srTste liberties
and only p-rlshet in the iWiere! pyTe Of tbs Rcpub
lie! hi, standard, in Zach end all. one and the same
the principles the sane. the drsigns The same! the
snd The same! tins .7as tie AaRARIAg standard IN.
fvrlsd in orr l1ndi
Seward, always willy and wary, as we'll a. sag.rlous
knowing the difficulty Of producing a suftcier
blending If HE mareriHls 10 Insure success in q h-s
struggle for The Presidency, you will remember. de
f-rrId his claims until 1860, but 4 substitute in Jo!!,
C. Fremont was selected, who embodied 10 himsel
every idsa os the staadarG AID thu leading septimsn
Of each ism or the party. AD.lgamationisfs, fres
lovers, ann Mormons found in him a man OF ques
fionable birth, and uncertain origin; free.snilers tounr
in I'm one who Heerningly erasped hs full share q
the pdhlic domains, and speculnted upon the Govern
m.rt; fr, s.nrgr ,es found In him en- abol!tionist TO ,hei
hs.ris' cnit-nr; Catholics found in him a Catholic il
orig and birihi Prutestanis found in him a Protestant
through hs alliance with Bepton's daughteri strong
minded women. and in1deIs found in him a man WHIT
nsj,hsr ~re.pec;ed dumesiic ties. 20. things holy, VII Is
all of thu advoca'e, Of ,he majority principle &c ap
piled 10 government, found in him a repr-eentativ,
Alike iRrar.nt and careless Of constitutional restraints
and The ob!ig ,tioas of justice. In the election tina
followed, ngrarianisn through him WIS made 10 swal
lug Knnw.N othingism forever, end nothing prevent
ed his election bur the want nt that thorough fu.or
of party elements which Seward had !urraeen Tnulc
require G sor1ewh hal longer time to enY-nder, becausi
nf The miscnicvous blunders previously COMMITTEE
by Know N"thirgisn, operating unfavorably in tht
direction Of the Irish and German vote.
The reason why The standard of Biack Republican.
ism ~insario,d with the principles Of Radical Demo
crazy has been accepted M readily by the North il
no less plnin and obvicu. than the reason OF their re
irction Of Know Nottingham. In accepting Blscl
Republcansn The no property masses g: the Nnrtf
North .rce pit tn ,ures' means Of striking down III,
l,rgp.. body Of pr>pssty holders in the country. with
regard both 10 real and personal estate, as Is the fac
with ihs slave owners Of ths South; and by so dong
they. at the ss,ne time, not only secure TO thenselvr'
and their children, in The most certain manner, tn,
territorial posses-i ma Of the Government, but also ul
,imat.ly reduce the value of Southern lands go low a
to fall within their grasp. The whole OF this view /
taken by them. They clearly understand that witt
every decrease In the value Of Southern slaves
Southern lands decrease in value, and this constitutes
with them one OF the motives for urging the abolition
of the inter State slave tra1e. and the prohibition o.
the use OF slaves in the navy yards aud arsenals.-
They see beyond this, that, with total emancipation
Southern lands would be "a drug in the market" 10 b.
had for the asking, or the pnsss: sion OF which wonId
never be disputed. Na folly 10 snpposrt that Mrabo
luton dtrrc'tor of III. ngror.aH movement of tn
North riu cease tektis The Uaion continues. Already
under Frem nj, n mere political adventure, with bu,
little private virtue, with no public merit, and moi
even pretension TO ,tatcsmsnship. through The inhe
rent force of its own principles independently of the
man, in ia irs' general struggle, it has swept away
from the Constitution every non.slaveholdirg S'aie
With the exception of Pennsylvania, New Jersoy, In.
diana, Illinois and California. This result has no,
only taught them tn know ths!, strength, hut how to
Increase il. IL 1856. John G. Fremont was taken up
inr trial. In 1851, Wi lem H.. Seward will he select-
"a far victory. Seward has ~ mnny qualification, ns
FIR mont hid deir lenci.s. II. Ia. been always an
a.vora'e Of th- oppressed nationali;i-. AMI p-'pi=s
Of Europa, t"ls-nn' IN religion and politics. ard fore
mos, among thor- in Congress most rors:icuous for
yor;n. away The pnhlir isnds fo the laudInss multi
tpds F., many y-ar- he ha- been q favurit- among