Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-10-18
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER is, Is4s
The McaneSt Act Yet.

There is nothing of which State Is usually SO
proud. rs the trophies of past and glorious days.
There is scarcely member of the Coniederacy,
that does not retain some memento OF "the times
that tried mems souls" Old Massachusetts, the
cradle of the revolution, rich she IN rcnown,
was not less in the evidences of her struggles.
4 number of arms, interesting by their associa-
tons, though probably OF not much intrinsic value,
were placed in the various arsenals in different
parts of the State. and have hitherto been regard
with much the same feeling of vcncraton, with
which the Scotchman, $50 years ago, used To re-
/ gard the national iavortc Meas Meg.
There is nothing so sacred rs TO secure it from
the obstructive propcnsitics of Loco Focoism.
1 No sooner had it attained an ascendcncy in Mas
sachuSetts, than of its acts was TO expose TO
sale these ancient relics, though they were 80
much old rusty iron. In doing so, they have done
what Talleyrandth thought much more serious thing
than the commission of crime. namely they
have " committed mistake They have out.
ragged one of the deepest. pureSt, and most holy
feelings of our nature; that very feeling, which in
modified form, leads to respect the burial place
of tho dead, and TO wish that the bones Of our
cestors may repose in peace. These GcStructives
will be regarded in the same light with the viola
tors of the tombs of our fathers. and a blaze has
already been kindled in the old Bay State, which
shall entirely consume them. The popularity OF
Odd Hickory" could not bear him out, in his at
tempt to condemn '' Old lronsides let us see how
the Massachusetts deStructiveS can succeed. The
three articles annexed are from the Boston Atlas,
and the New Bedford Bulletin
SACRIFICE STATE PEorrRry.-Among the articles sold
at the auction sales OF the State munitions of
understand that there several Powder Carts and
Baggage Wagons which sold for less han the the
iron tires upon the wheels respectable gentleman resi-
ding in the vicinity OF the CITY, informs that he
OF the wagons IN the possession Of of his nCighbor
who bought il for = IL of the person who purchased
the Stare sale for considerably less than that lie
the IN good order and could not have been
built for $50. This another specimen OF the in
which the State property sacrificed by the Loco Foco
State managers.
VINO NATIONAL CONFERENCE.-The Wings Of the 10Th
Congressional District this State have chosen the Hon
GEoRGE B. urToy, Of Nantucket their delegate to the
Wing National Convention, be held Baltimore in May
and the Hon. Charles Marston OF Barnsabe, sub
stitute.
THE KING's .4RNS
specimen Of these muskets, which have been for so
years sacredy treasured IN the Arenas of the ON
monweaIih memorials Of the gallant deeds done by
fathers n the brave DAYS Of DID, has been purchased by
our townsman, Captain r. R. Croker, and have had
tho qualification OF taking II IN our hand. IL Is in fine cond
ton, and purchased of Mcss;s Lane & Read for five
dollars they having paid for this sacred ?, lie one dollar and
sixty What than barbnrous what sacrle.
gous this of tho present reckless administrations
in exposing to sale public auction these proud trophies of
the glory of the old Commonwealth, wonwh the best blood
of the best days other history. 1t which the peo
pie if they have drop of the blood o: these revolutionary
slrcs IN their veins, will Indignantly stamp with the seal 0
their reprobaon These old King's Arms" every one of
which the liie.bood Of 4 martyr aud patriot sold Al
public for the patry piance of dollar and sixty
cents And by whom and FOR what end We ask we i'm
pore Of the people read and ponder we'll the history of
this transaction. Is full OF Significance II reveals the
character of'Modern Democracy" in all lie defomity In
s lust power-in mad and reckless dcsgn-t would
rampe in the dust all that j. sacred in the past all that Is
glorious in the promise of the future In ilcir souls they are
tear down and destroy is their
strong and abiding instinct Let Massachusetts cast them
out, and crush them beneath her heel.
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