Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-13
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THURSDAY. JANUARY Is, Is5a.
"ReiigiOus Liberty-The American

Wednesdays issue, upon 'Regiou Liberty and the
American Government In that leader, the Egis
recommends government TO ''carry It's flag 10 the
distant recesses of Papal intolerance, and to mplore
for the (regous) liberty there which is granted
here" The Egis recommends this course, in
der that MIR and Mrs Medal, two proselytes from
Romansm, now dungeoned in Tuscany, account
Of becoming Proestants, may be rescued from the
iron claws Of Papal persecution. As inducement
to memoi ialize those who make the laws, and
cute them too, Gin the distant recesses of papaI
intolerance The Egis says says, "Our MORAL
POWER in Europe is beyond all comparison with
that Of any other country
Now, we heartily sympaihize with the Mediai.-
We regard their prosecutors with all the disgust and
horror with which we have ever regarded inquisi-
tors, despos tyrants, kasers popes, kings,
tons, presidents, and caucusses, who have dared to
prescribe what man shall think, and what he shall
say, and who have dared to persecue him when he
scorned to wear their shackles on his soul We are
in favor of protesting against the slow MURDER in a
dungeon, of the amiabe man and woman, whose on.
y crime is the abjurance Of certain theological ten
els, which their enlightened reason taught them are
false. We thing free, so to sympathize and
so to protest, but must confess that are at a
loss 10 how the Egs can consistently do either
The Medal have been condemned according to the
L1w Of Tuscany The wings Of Tuscany, like the
wings of this country, do not acknowledge any high.
er law than the law of the land. How, then, can
bunker wing, a bunker democrat, either, consis-
tenty ask Tuscany substitute the principles of mer
cyand justice, repudaled by himself for the supreme
law of the land! We leave it to the Egis to an
swer.
Another question, we would like solved, is this:
How can the Egis propose to memorabilia the rul.
of s'the distant recesses of PapaI intolerance"
in the face of its own indignant repuision Of the
eMemoria of certain English women about Ameri.
Slavery" The 4Egis characterized that ad-
dress ''a new outbreak of benevoence" and raih-
er sueered at it, as piece of gratutous imperti-
nence. Now, might not the royal whig who perse.
cptes Protestents according 10 the laws of Tuscany,
and who scorus the s'higher laws of right, consider
the memorial of our government new outbreak
of benevolence' also. We afraid he might If
he adopted the political logic Of the 1Egs he would
And might he not ladvise it, as our wings 40 the
Of England, to "ook at home,'' with the
suggestion that there are some few in this country
suffering oppression, who have not even violated
our laws?
The Agis need not pirate about our MORAL Pow
Err with European governments, SO long we
know that the Emperor of Russia and the Grand
Turk have both declared our ''Fustive Slave Law
to be most disgraceful law. When even then ex-
press their disgust for Legislation in superlaves,
it is all nonsense for the Egs to speak of cur Nor
VAL Power abroad. Our cannon are our only
power abroad, unless we consider the sneaking arts.
tocrac toadyism of our Ministers at foreign courts
power. With the former, we compel weaker ma
tions to show US the forms Of respect; the latter
make us the laughing stocks Of Courts and Kings.
Our MORAL POWER abroad, which is so great ac.
colding to the Egis, did not save MI Brace from
insult, Imprisonment, and finally summary expulsion
from the dommions Of Austria. 1t does not protect
our citizens, now, from the insults and annoyances
of the Europesargens d'armerie. The Cuban prison-
ers too mean for Span 10 be at the expense Of
keeping them, and Dr. King was liberated through
the influence OF Great Britain If those Who pretend
to know have spoken the truth. We never can pos.
sess moral power in Europe, unlesss our laws are
more vrluous than those OF the governments Of Eu-
rope. We hear, by every European mail, from
bunker writers that the natio Of Europe, from the
Atlantic to the Woga, alte nately weeping
Uncle Tom, and denouncing our barbarous
laws. How do such statements coincide with the
fiction which the Egis publishes about our unIaral-
leled Moral POWER in Europe?
Before the HGgis can synIpathise consistently with
the Medal, it must learn not to "dscountenance'
but to sympathise with our own countrymen, who
dare not think and speak they please in Free Amer.
lea, upon the pain Of prescription. Before the E2is,
aud the hunkers in general, can consistently memo
rialize the governments Of 'he distant recesses of
Papa intolerance to grant freedom Of speech, and
freedom Of conscious to people in their dominions,
they must learn to respect The "higher law" here,
there land everywhere, forever And, before we can
assume to have Moral Power in Europe, ''beyond all
comparison With that Of any other nation, we must
trampe slavery, aud ali Fugitive Slave Laws, go
deep under our feet, that neither Russ nor Turk
shall ever dare to say knew them. IL the Egis
had only virtue enough to be Free Democrat, how
much more systematic its logic would be.
But there is another view Of the question, which,
it seems to us the EgIs has altogether overlooked,
and that is the ''intervention" view. The Egis
was put into state Of complete old-womanishness
on account Of he Intervention doctrines Of Kossuth.
II uembed at the daring novelty Of those doctrines,
and il pretended to feel the Union trembling at the
voice Of the man who promulgated them Ii called
them incendiary, propaganda doctrines, and all that
sort Of thing; and declared that we could not inter-
veue in words, unless we were prepared to follow
those words up with deeds. The Egis appealed to
the shade Of Washington 10 close the mouth Of the
daring, revolutionary Magyar, aud administered the
weakest Of editorial Cruel 10 its readers for fear they
should feel inspired with strength and courage
enough to give one generous, sympathizng thought
TO the cause Of European liberty. Now, the Egis
comes out, boldly proclaimng the whole doctrine Of
fllibusierism. The Egs, II is true, wants to inter-
vene for ''reigious liberty 1t no doubt supposes
that the pay Of its purpose will justify the courpe il