Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-07-15
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FRIDAY. JULY is. 1893
- Fnr Shame. CharIes sumner lfyou .hink

FRIDAY, JULY Is, 1888
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~ For shame, Charles Sumnerl lfyou think
40 meanly of Boston, out Of It. Do as Dana
s6-eafened TO do at Worcester,-go 10 the country,
which YOU tell us s'God made," although we do not
euppose He made the in the country, more than
He made the men in town. But go there, IT, you
think il is so much better. We can spare you
We are mot anxious to claim, as Of Boston,
as tellow-citIxsn, man who talks here about the
uI,ords of the LASH aud then seeks his bosom
socates among such men as Soule, at Washington"
The above is from that ''SnarIeyow'' of the Bos.
ton press-the Courier. Il is part of editorial IL
rade Of abuse, directed against Hon. Charles Sum.
ner, because he has said that the spir Of trade is
unlike the Spirit of the Lord-where is Liberty
Because he has minated that the spirit OF freedom,
in commercial cities, has less congenia atmosphere
TO live in, than amongst the stout yeomen and arti
of the country.
II is not surprising that the Courier thus unrea-
sonaby its mpotent spite at Mr. Sumner, for it
hates him; and even if it was not ignorant of the
overwhelming historical evidences which sustain
MIR Summers positions, it is spitelu and vicious
enough to bark at him, for the mere love Of showing
its teeth.
When had commerce ever any patriotsm2 When
did it manifest spirit of self-sacri6ce for any
cause? 1t would puzzle both the Courier and the
Journal Of Commerce, to say when. Manly mer-
chants there have Observation-Disclosures, who were
bic, through their virtues, and glorious, from their
charities; but when did commerce. by the majority
OF its representatives, rejoice anything but
profits, or sigh account of anything but its own
losses?- Like the spectre kings in Macbeth, the
great commercial emporiums Of the world rise from
the ashes Of the ancient times, and pass in solemn
procession over the page Of history onthe broken
crown OF each of them, is written the name of their
common deslroyer-"C Commercial Sel6shness."--
Tyre, Sdcn, Carthage, Alexandria, 9yzantum,
Venice, and Antwerp, all tell the same tale. So
long they were convenient and profitable 10 their
masters, the merchants, ''they fourished." They
had splendid stores, great harbors, princely man
sons, ships in their ports, add crowds Of people
their wharyes, and IN their exchange houses But,
as soon trouble took place, no matter though the
issue national independence or freedom, the
broad-winged argosies untured their sails, leaving
them prey to desoalion, and, led by the spirit OF
commerce, found other ports, and their owners 9TH
er countries.
Has not Boston demonstrated that this spirit Of
profit Is her leading principle, it that OF all
her predecessor commercial cities? For the sake
f"trade, she ignored the principles Of the Revou-
tionand endorsed those Of Judge Sharkey of Miss,
transformed the "Crade Of Liberty into political
hog trough, where the sw Of slavery was dispens.
ed to the "Sims Brigade encircled the temple of
poor forIorn Justice with The gnominous chains Of
bondage, and gave God thanks from her puIpits for
the Fugitive Slave Law. This was done, in strict
accordance with the spirit Of Trade. The immola-
tion Of widows result Of Hindoosm,
or the massacre Of men consequence Of Tkugism,
than the sacrifice of every other idea to that Of
making money is the result OF commerce. Individual
exceptions this rule there are, but still il is the
rule. History and philosophy sustain Mr.. Sumner
in this, and he is responsible for the fact
than he is for the low morality and malignant temper
Of the Courier.
The Courier bids Charles Sumner leave Boston.
Il can spare him,it says. informs US that it is not
anxious to claim him as fellow citizen. How ter
lible this is! What shall Mr. Sumner do? Can he
stay in Boston after that? II he should conclude to
60, he would be in good company, we apprehend.-
He would walk with Lot from SodoIn 10 the noun
tains Of Moab He would leave the gates of fac
tious Athens with Arsides the Just, and shake the
dust Of Ephesus from his feet like heroic Paul,whe
the Courier would remain behind TO howl in extatic
measure, Mighty is PIutus, holy is hunkerism, and
great is Diana Of Boston, and Slavery But we
apprehend Mr. Sumner will remain in Boston. He
is not likely to pay any more attention to the canine
cadences OF the Courier than to the lectures Of Peck
sniff on moral philosophy: He loves Boston too well
to abandon her to such political pirates are no
called the ''Whig party Of Massachusetts