Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-25
THE TIMER MERClEs OF MAssACHU-
'' SETTS KNOW W-S0TIUNGISN


Under the head Of "An Infamous Case OF Extradi.
ton," the Boston Advertiser relates eH. 1om.rnenIs
upon the of an Irish vc:.shn from the town OF
Monson, who, ;l uvr infant, was forcibly sent back
&c europe in tho chip Daniel Webster. 1t s shown
as cloar as light Tint the KNOWN Nothrga oi Aassa-
chusetts love the fugitive aosfo more than they do
their white riisIs born in o foreign land, aud ths'
while they would excite Aobs and r0ts Sla cause
vast expense ot public trlas"ss, in order to rob
Southern msh III Lis property, they have H"' she
cc'saon charity to advance few dollars TO save a
poor woman and her child from banishment to Il TO-
reign laud Here nrc the main portions of the Ad-
verser's article:
Among the urow'! oi human DeEgs on bonrd TINT
proud r.Lsei, HGs enc poor woman with an infant
. iarghtet. Her passage and that OF her daughter
were paid by lie rich and powerful Commonwealth
Of Massachusetts She left oar !ree aud happy shores
unwilling and relHctsnt, She went away aSaiust hef
ritiqG o ;he hHto. or cries, she begged not to DC
thus cruelty banishcd, were, We nre told most Ptc.
ous aud such as to the accidental witnesses oi
the scenH to burn with Indignation.
Tho offence OF this unfortunate woman, tar mh;on
she WAS thus violently and isrol.ln."Isiy expelled
from Massachlsetts, was thc ,Gat thai she was Dor
in Ireland and iA.sed pauper Her infant uauah'
ter, WT, Gaacac.nusy shares her mother sou rare
/ is naive oI the Commonwealth OF AiassachuSS!'.'
but che too partakes ui that hard lot OF poverty whlch
| it has bocn reserved for Massachusetts, to naks
crime and crime which Massachusetts pui.:sics us
no other crime Is punished III AMc.!a.--o pafisii'
| Observation-Disclosures from onp's nntlvc land
Tine name Of THE victim to know-NothinS intoe-
rance wa: Mary Williams: her infant, Bridsetis uul
u few wOcks old. About thirty-tve pauperr, perhaps
more, were sen; away at the same time III the same
| vessel at the expense of tho State. These facts we
learn from eye witnesses Of he scene and from otueF
| ia fir lf
The rendition of Anthony Burns from Massachu-
setts to Virginia, under the law OF thu tn! states
designed to give effect to IN express stipulation vi
the Constitution, cuUscd iEI.eiiso eAcitemsnl III
this community. Tbs rendition Of Mary -" iiliahs
and her infant Rridget under our own iaw' ny our
own Gut hcrIt!us, 1oarccly caused remufk. lie WEE
sent back under u law Of the United States, D!hdinS
OH the people Of Massachusetts. whether agreeable
or dsagreeable. She was sent under one ol our own
laws, which the same Legislature that elected Iisnfy
Wilson to the SENATE and voted to remove Judge
Loring from, the bench might repeal i'll day. He
was sent hack to the of MASTER, bound III In"
to feed, clothe and protec, him. She WAS sent L"
be landed foreign shore, where there may NOT 10
single person 10 know or care that she has arrived.
lie sent away, strong man win stou' h!noS
able TO bear misfortune ord hardship, should tney
fall upon bin, NTH some degree OF hrInness. Sue
was sent away, weak woman, with an iniant
few weeks old, demanding oil her care, and wlls
nobody to protect or assist her. The Treasury OF
the United StEtCs bore the eIpunse of the rendition
of Anthony Burns. The Treasury of Massaehn-
sstts paid for tho rendition Of Mary Williams;
But then he WAS negro, n man anu d brotne'
wh;,c she was ONLY white woman q woman and
mother r elan
No vigilance committee rallied at the rumor oi tiie
embsrkation Of Mary Williams. No young and en-
thusasc counsel hurred to proiler her their sersi
Judges were not solicited at unseemly hours ~.
writs Of liabcas CORPUS; and nothing sad aooui
the dc hoafn. reyesiand0 in her Sheritis aud
coroners were not plagued with processes thur .n"s
did not like 70 The quiet OF the city was uos .,a
Gieuoe Of Long Wharf on Monday evoping-the