Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-05-20
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.

May is the month of anniversary celebrations
in New York. LOLA MoNTEz and the 'tGrand
Turk had their day, but from that time pto this
month, q dull quiet reigned, and o foreboding
calm enveloped 'the Metropolitan City" socie-
ties and Clubs, representing every phase OF fanat-
ical nonsense and religious bigotry, hold sessions
daily. Some are in harmonious concord, others
set to by the ears. There is the Woman's Rights
Convention, consisting Of Rev. ASroINErrE BROWN,
white woman; LUCY Stone, woman man; LLOYD
GARRISON, and striker. general ; with
q host of other women, men md children (babies
excluded Of all shades and %colors, from milky
white to sooty black. These philosophers recon-
mend a crusade, at the point of the bayonet, in
favor of the recognition of the 'rights' Of the
gentler sex which is good policy and q practical
idea, if the leaders themselves will take the mi
~tiative, and mmen where charity begins-at
home.
Then there is tbs Abolition Society, made up Of
Bible Rife BEEcaER, FRED DOUGLAS (~ooiored,)
SEWARD, & Co., and ''DRED SooTr" CHEEvER, with
q host Of mingled colors that give to the ~conclave
an aspect, resembling spot Of boiling speckled
and black beans. Fred and daddy CHEEvER
take strong grounds against the Union and Gov
eminent, which, in their views, are founded on
the liberties of o free people, and better than
which they are always prepared to construct at
the earliest warning, without charge. 1t is hard
to say which of the "beloved two" is the most re-
spectable character, Prospect md character comes
In question. The one has elevated himself from
the humble sphere of an. inferior race, but it is
not quite 80 certain that the other has taken either
a step lower in the scale Of life or reflected any
honor on his sable companion. The "nigger" is
the best man Of the two. CHEEvER still screeches
occasionally to o favored few about the peculiar
institution" but the 'institution," like every one
else, is heartily tired Of him; while BEEoHER has,
in the main, subsidized into the ~quietude and SEEM
ine content Of q sstiated sucking calf. In the
great farce Of Abolition, BEEcHER plays the "lion's
part" while his copyist, CHEEvBR, acts the lass"
or "moonshine," according as FRED shakes this
wand or that.
The American Tract Society, an institution well
known in the religious world South, has just
passed through a trying ordeal on the Abolition
question. An attemptw as made by CHEEVsR and
one LEWIS TAppAN, o notorious abolitionists, to
have Incorporated into tracts, under sanction Of
the Tract Society, some wholesome abolition SEN
timents and principles, for distribution In the
"benighted and ungodly land Of slavery" They
were defeated at all points, but the effort made
shows too we'll q triumph for them at no very
distant day.
The whole Church business, North and South,
must exist separately and it is high time the lat
ter was awakening from her lethargy, and assum-
ing that vigilance which looks to self-defence.-
Commercial interests are powerful; and strong,
continued, and irresistible, must be the force that
snaps them. But let it be remembered that our
country will soon, alasl too soon have nothing
else upon which to hang q hope for the Union.
Rev. ROBINSON SCOTT, o Methodist Minister OF
Ireland, who has been canvassing the Northern
States in behalf Of the Irish Of "old Erin" was