Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-03
HAS ANY STATE BEEN BENEFITED by
TIE ASCENDENCY OF MODERN REPuB-
NIShI

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Modern republicanism has secured, through vari-
Gus nslrunentalities the asccndeney i'll eleven
Statcs. 1t has nowhere trIrmphed "ithout inc aa
of Know uihingism, TO which 1t mas usually auueu
| some other OF the modern isms, origihaiiy lhleHuec'
il NAV be, for some useful or wcll-lntendeh purpose.
In Maine. after combining with Know oihlnsisIn,
il used the "Maiue law" until It destroyed It's ln'eha-
ed usefulness and occasloned its ultimate repeal. III
ak other States, where similar laws nave Deeh pass
ed. they have failed of useful results, because mould
al mud converted TO a political uses. RtpubicaniSIn
has not improved the morals or respect tor tho laws
or religion in any one State, but the tendency result
ing from its sway has been the reverse. In New
HAMPSHIRE il, has engeudered bitter strife and hatred,
and destroyed much of the happiness her citizens
formerly enjoyed. Massachusetts has become disor-
s.auized, her treasury exhausted, and debt accurnu.
lated, aud the people distracted. Rhode Island is a
small field Of unhappy strife and deep seated AM
mosities, growing out Of the republican, creed
Even in Connecticut, republicenism has laid the nest
egg OF debt, 10 add 10 the oiherintlIctions OF It's mys.
FERROUS access 10 power. Vermont, too, has suffered
from the malign influence exerted by the agitaiors,
who allow no one 10 remain quiet, peaceaole ana nap.
py. In her once quiet limits those who refuse to JON
10 the disuuion schemes Of abolition are pursued with
a fury and vengeance that would do credit to Canaan.
ches. Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan have suffered
from republican disregard OF Constitutions and laws
and from those prosecutions which characterize reeds
which are founded upon false instead OF true prIncl
pies. The state of the Ohio treasury and the open
resistance to the execution Of the laws, and their sad
train of consequences, show what rrpubIlcanisin mas
done for the Buckeye State. New York isa perfect
pink of a republican State. Her Constitution has
been violated by the legislature Cling her session
laws with tyraunical enaclnents. Her courts are con-
tinual!y called upon TO declare their statues void Tor
want of Constitutions power To enact them. The
%nine.milion loan bill, passed TO give tat contracts TO
hungry republicans. and her tyrannicsl law, are II
lusira;iona. Her highest court is considering the
New Yorl; city police law, claimed 10 BE- equally in
creased, and her taxes are becoming in:Oierable.-
Her State authorities are arr8yel against ihose
of her commercial city, and the people within
It's limits are in a state little better than actual war
Such is her condition, that many p%eacehble citizens
refuse to visit her great city for lear of dangerous
consequences. Wherever republicanism has secured
q foothold the good order and happiness Of the peo-
pe seem 10 have become blighted. Envy, hatred,
and malice, and all Observation-Disclosures are staple com.
Inodities in practical use. None go high or So low Gs
to escape the assaults of the slavery agiiators il their
dognlas and demands are not complled with. Not
one of the ten States named has, III any one thing,
been improved by the asceudency of republicanism.
On the contrary, each has suffered in some, and
others of them in many ways by it, misruls. II has
created no prosperity, nor added TO the protection or
increased the privileges Of the people. 1t has neither
added to their knowledge nor improved their temper
or manners, nor contributed to their quiet or content
ment. Not one man can truly say that bis happi.
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