Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-04-24
SkM'S FOOTPRINTS.

FANATIcIsM AND FoLLY.--Roxbury is becoming
famous The Legislative Committee on Nunneries
did much to signalize it. Its town council is de-
termined not to be behind that committee. One
of our exchanges says:
"At Roxbury, Massachusetts, it has been pro-
posed by the councils to exclude adopted citizens
from serving even as fremen. 1t is presumed that
if the house of one of the members was on fire. he
would prefer sooner than let foreigner extin-
guish the flames seeing it burned TO the ground"
BrRGLAR1oUs PROCEEDINGS OF THE MAssAoHu-
sErTs LEGIsLATuRR-The whole evidence has been
published and it now stands confessed to the world
that committee of the Legislature of Massachu-
sets have violated the highest laws ofthe land by
forcing their way into private seminary at Rox-
bury, and tramped under foot the rules of decency
by insulting the harmless defenceless females whom
they found there. The Legislature had no right
to appoint committee to enter any private dwell
ing house, whether used as a school or for any
other purpose. Such an act was beyond their pow
ers; and if the owner of the seminary they entered
had shot them dead on the threshold, the law
would have held him harmless. There was no
danger of anything of the kind, the house being
occupied by ladies', and the committee proceeded
on their task fearlessly.
Having entered the building, they proceeded to
acts of biackguardism and indecency which the
worst mob could hardly have exceeded. Some
scattered and searched the private rooms of the in
stitution leaving but one linen closet which hap
pened to be locked nnsearched. Others followed
the Superior, questioning her in rude indicate
manner, and behaving as they might have done
had the building been an asylum for penitents in
stead Of q private school. One brute forced him.
self into bed room where poor sick girl lay in
bed, and approached her so closely that Hshe felt
his breath on her face" Another actually placed
his handson the person of female teacher Sever
al of the party thrust themselves into the chapel
and by their rude rreverent language frightened
away lady who was in prayer at the time. And
the men who did these things are members of the
Massachusetts Legislaturel-N. Y Herald
AMALGAMATIoN- MASSACHUSETTS AND THE So
CIAL EQUALITY OF WHITES AND BLAcLs-The N.
Y. Herald thus remarks in its issue of the Sth in
inst: "There appears to be some prospect of pas
sage, by the new American party of the Massachu-
sets Legislature, of law providing for the adms
sion into the common schools of children of the
African race, on footing Of equality with the de-
scendants of the original Puritans. This may do
for Massachusetts, perhaps but it strikes that it
is poor expedient of aid and comfort 10 the new
American party in Virginia. 1.-THE know-nothings
of the North choose to admit white, bfck and yell
low children upon the common level o equality
into their public Schools the know-nothings of the
South must secede from them, or be disbanded-
No party in the South can cooperate with any
party in the North which attempts to enforce, So
cally politically, this utra-abotion doctrine Of
amalgamaton. OF late we have been puzzled to
guess, and should like to know, what are the
national principles of this New American party in
Massachusetts? They hold the Legislature with
scarcely an opposing voice against them in either
house. What is the meaning of this new bill,
consulting it in reference to the campaign of 1856?
Is it a sectional or a national movement? meas
ure of peace or agitation? conservative or aboli-
toni We should ike to know"