Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-03-11


Swep, with the bosom Of destruction: Was
he one of the third degree members, who
sworc that none but those Of that degree
should hold the highest Offices? Was he one
Of the exclusive nativc-bornS, that must be
educated 10y natives born, and marry none but
natives born: How could worthy member
Of Sans instrious family, so dcnouncc the
tenctS hold by Sam to he essential 10 his hap
pincss and prosperity, H. to rail at the Demo
cracy for occasionally doing that which Sam
and his worthy member, swore To be right and
proper: For such actions, Bolts adds at is
time that such Z party was crushed out, and
lis organization dispersed" How such rap
over the knuckles must Cause his friends TO
vince md writhe.
Mr. Bolts having disposed Of tho foreign 20
icy proceeds 10 Investigate our home relations.
Everything. Of course, is topsy-turvy--evcry-
thing is turning round. except the reeliny man,
who is standing still We find the nation
"rer. with hcresies and hr!stlins with rebel
lion a bnll in china.shop and lion loose
in an amphithcaire Of females and children.
Southern leagues, Mormon wars, Kansas
troubles. sectional strife, Congressional corrup'
ton. purchased legislation. in>ulleiahle cXtriT-
agance, public p!undcr, confidence destroyed.
trade paralyzcd. manufactures closed, vessels
rotting at your wharves, labor d!c, industry
discouraged, IL, people Impoverished, Your
Treasury bankrupt, lawless nobs an: rsiianl
committees ,,surping th- Judgment scat, over
awing the officers Of the law and bidding def
ance to all legal authority. ard this IS what the
Democracy boas,lully cal! 4 state Of unparal-
eled prosperity.
This !, Mr.. Bots catalog'c-and why did
he stop with this list; Why did he 10; add
with equal Abotioti';s nulliiyins the
laws, Black Republicans establishing under
ground railroad>, Bcs;onim. posting slave
cqtchers, free love conventions. womans rights
assemblies, bcgsars abundant, joint worm,
chinch bugs, rust, blight and weevil assrava-
ted Know Nothing, Plug Csli's a"d Thugs at
a premium. sluns shot aud bowie knives over.
awins electors and dclyins order, dccorum and
aw: and then add tho votes .! all these, and
free neyroc, To boot, wc would be proud oi, il
VIC could oyertlmow that part! win" boastfully
stye themselves the Democracy:
Mr. Bots proceeds, That there Is it body OF
men in the South associated together ~
Southern League whose object Is openly
avowcd 10 he to bring about 4 dissolution 0!
the Union, which in legal definition, is con
spiracv 10 levy war against rhc United States,
and of which no notice has heen taken by those
who are entrusted with the sacred charge Of
preserving the integrity of the Union, and that
that body OF men is composed entirely Of Dem
ocrat,, whose eetcs at the polls arc necessary to
the continuance Of Democratic power in this
government arc facts that none, presume,
will be bold enough TO deny.
That these are facts. or an approximation TO
facts, requires . bold man 10 affirm. That
there is a body OF mer, called Southern
League. is the only truth which we can winnow
from Mr.. Botts' chaff of error that they are
associated together with the openly avowed oh
jcct to bring about n dissolution q the onion,
we are bold enough utterly to deny. We deny
it upon the published statement Of their most
influential leaders at the South, vino openly
proclaim, that such charges are out aud out
ISLANDERS; that they not only never avowed such
doctrines, openly or secretly, but that their
highest object aNl ain was to preserve the
Union in its purity as orr fathers designed it,
and to secure the guarantees provided by the
Constitution for the protection Of persons and
property.
Mr.. Bolts says, the object to bring about
dissolution Of the Union is, in legal definition,
conspiracy ts levy war against the United
States Mr.. Bolts has in his mind vague
idea that snch an object as rh; would be trea-
son, and he has = recollection, that in legal or
constitutional definition. treason shall con-
sist in lcvyins war against the United States,
or adhcring to their enemies, giving them aid
and comfort" But in his of hand tumble Of
ideas, reg ,rdess Of consequences, so it pro-
duces its temporary effect, he asserts that the
objcc, in legal definition is a conspiracy tolcvy
war. The book in which such a definition is
found, we venture to AFFIRM no legal research has
vet opened We would refer Mr.. Bolts to the
speech made by his own father in BrrrS trial,
in which he will iinl such constructive ideas
Of treason as nc entcr'ainS, justly held up to
ridcule and contempt. In ridiculing such de-
tinitons, Mr.. Bolts worthy father said that from
the speeches Of the gentlemen for the pro,ccu
ton he had collected The following definition cf
treason: "An asScmblage Of three or more
persons without arms, without treasonahle
thought, unorganized with peace and patriotism
in their hearts, under promise from fourth
person. then three thousand miles oG, that he
will divulge his plan to them after they 60
nine hundred miles on liked route, will with
out any thing more hc an over; act OF war
against the United States, in case 4 wretch can
be picked up to swear that twenty years ago,
that fourth person had said, nc rncant TO seize
by force 4 place TIVE thousand two hundred
miles distant from the asscmblcsc and within
the limits Of the United States And this viii
be WAT, although that fourth person should
have declarcda thousand times since heper'od
referred to by the informer that MS plan was
honorable and lawful, and although civil war
from that party should corfessedy have been
prevented by the seizure Of the leader before
his plan was disclosed And any one wh" may
NJ the distance Of other three thousand miles,
for example. give directions hy Letter 10 the
three assembled as 70 the safest mode of de-
scending the river, would he leyicr> oi war
also"
So it may be gathered from the definition 'f
Mr. Bolts, that if there is body Of men in the
South, associated as Southern League, VINO