Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-05-06


rehned intellectual enjoyment, could have warm
ed 1t into life. The very desire TO spend their
leisure hours IN pursuing the charms of litera-
ture, and embodying their thou ghts in some du-
raole form, speaks volumes in favor of the high,
atives at Lowell
He said it seemed TO him that his friend from
Limerick was warning against the whole progress
OF modern society-aganst civilization itself He
would drive us back to that state of pastoral
simplicity about which the old poets sang with so
much rapture. Every family would have
its work shop, and labor increasingly at the snip.
die and loom, to provide themselves with a scan.
ty covering. Dandies would have to strut in lin
sey-woolsey, and bellies put on airs divine in
" dye pot blue" This may suit the taste of some
reform preachers. or serve as a hobby for aspiring
politicians, but he hardly thought the world pre-
pared for such change nor did he think people
could be made willing to labor for months in the
manufacture of articles that could now be pur-
chased with tie proceeds of few days labor
Mr.. M. thought the great extent to which the di.
vision of labor was carried happy condition of
modern society BY it articles of utility of every
description were rendered cheap and placed with
in the reach of all. Every man could not be his
own halter, shoe maker, householder, cotton
and wooden manufacturer, &c. &c, but must get
along by giving his labor in exchange for the
labor of others.
The gentleman appeared to show much indig-
be compared with that of Maine. He told us with
much apparent pride, that Maine was great
Slate, and Rhode island not IN UGH larger than
one OF our large counties. II is true, said ho
that Rhode Island is small in territory so small
that Representative from Virginia once face-
tlousy remarked, on the floor of the House of
Representatives, that he could almost put her in
his breeches pocket. But her insgnfcancc IS
IN territory only, for she has mighty soul and il
heard and felt where States far greater in extent
OF territory are almost unknown Extent ofboun.
dairy, he thought new and heretofore unknown
| standard, by which to measure the wisdom OF
State policy and that if Maine was driven to rest
her claim to Importance upon the length Of her
boundary Inc, she must be pushed to the utmost
extremity for something TO recommend herself.
If this was all she had to give her standing among
her sister States, he thought it quite time she be-
gan to inquire for some other measure of grea
Ne were told that Massachusetts, as she is, -
not Massachusetts as she in days of old-that
change has come over her sprit--that her glo-
/ ry has departed. We pointed to the decap-
itation of the figure head Of the Constitution and
the burning ofthe Copyent of Charestown as
proofs of this. As to the cutting off the figure
head, that was the act ola single individual, no
doubt an honest sailor, who felt indignant at see
ing landsman, partizan leader, placed on the
bow of the nations favorlte ship, when the he
rocs, who won for her such an imperishablc name
and to one of whom the place belonged, were
sleeping in their graves. But these were not nets
OF the State, nor did he see in them signs of wa
ning glory. Perfection was not stamped on the
men of Massachusetts He knew she had her
loafers and disordcrly spirits, but thought she
ought not to be condemned, cast away, and the
chaplet OF her glory torn from her brow because
her citizens were like other human beings. Dc
casIonal out breaks have always taken place in
! all civilized communities, and tho very fact that
NJ Massachusetts, is rcproached for things that are OF
almost daily occurrence elsewhere, is an acknowl-
edgment of her superiority The acts ola few
desperate spin its not to blast the fair fame of
Massachusetts, nor break down her prosperity
II will take a more mighty convulsion than TIC
burning ola convent to Overthrow her pocy or
: turn her from her course.
The Hartford Convention ext appcale to-
and its weary, worn down ghost again summoned
from lis grave, and made to stalk in grim horror,
tor the tAousandth time, through this Hail.
But 1t can harm no one. 1t has been gazed upon
SO often that it has lost its aspect Of terror. 1t
has been raised so frequently, and been with us
so long, that its power to Ijure alarm, is en-
tlrely over. The time of that Convcn ton was a
time Of peril to the whole countryside was in
arms against the most powerful nation of the.
earth, and most of the New England States con-
sIdered themselves neglected by the General
Government. While New England had her full
share of citizens away, battling with the enemy
ON both sea and land, she was left by the Nution-
al Government with her militia for her defence
to make the best stand she could against foreign
INVASION Under such circumstances Conven-
ton of the New England States was called to
consult together for the common good, and del
egates from oil these States assembled ut Hart
ford, having particular instructions to do nothing
" rrpugnant to their obligations as members of
the Union" The great object of the Conven.
ton was to consult +" the practicubility of de-
vsing means of security and defence"--t to pro-
pare to do what the General Government had
neglected to do-it possible TO prevent their coast
from invasion, their property from pillage, their
homes from the flames, and their families from
massacre. But he said he felt no inclination to
go into defence Of the Hartford Convention 1t
has justly met the dsapprobation of the country,
and he would admit rs participation, Massachu-
sets in error. But was that one error to throw
her into obscurityz-to dim her glory, to make
hera by-word and reproach? By no means
We must remember that at that very moment
she had many gallant son in the defence of the
Republic-thatth the old Constitution and the IIor
net, manned by her fishermen, were winning I'M
perlshable fame for our little navy-that in most
Of our conflicts by sea and land, the citizens of
the old Bay State bore a conspicuous part. Her
breast is always bare to the invader, and she ia
ever ready, with open hand and willing heart, to
fight the battles ofilberty, Look at her in peace
throwing off annually more than one hundred mil.
ions of dollars north of manufactured articles
Her ships bearing the star-spangled banner to the
farthest corners of the earth and enriching her
with the productions of every cline. Is the pol.
lev of such a State to be assaed here where cap
ital is often driven beyond the reach of our laws
for liberty and security? Politicians and pre-
tended political reformers may assail her, and do
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