The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-06-08


words as TO the authority of the general goYTn-
ment: s'ReSpect for It's authority, comptinee
aoith its tGloS, dcquiescence an ais meaSugeSaFe
duties enioined BY the fundamental maxis Of
true liberty. The constitution which atlnv
time exists, ill changed by an explicitpnd
authentic act Of the whole people, is sacrily
obligatory on all. The very idea ofthe pasr
and the right Of the people to establish govfn-
mrnt presupposps he duty Of every ndIvIna
10 obey the established government" sch
Were the just, true, wholesome words ohhe
Father fhis Country and he held up 'ALH
DISTRACTIONS TO THE EXECUTION or THE LAFaF
as destructive to the fundamental prlnClpl@W3
our pelty and of fatal tendency.
With these principles in view, let us ast
/ what have our kuow-nothiHgs done n harmony
with them How have they discharged thT
constitutional duties! How do they stand By
fore the country as to fulfilling the obligaiiok
of that work of the fathers which was desgna
to secure "a more perfect union" and the be4
lngS OF liberty regulated by law 10 the future
American generations! Have they shown ther+
selves party OF patriots, with basis OF actiq
country-wide-W th feelings national in thet
stampt Cr have they proved that they al
but a sectional party, looking only to sectiond
objects, and pandrring only to the views ar4
purposes of local faction?
For the answer we present the statute book.-
/ There is the record Of the law designed 10 npf
ify measure of the general government d;
signed to resist the authority of the genpra
government designed 10 obStruci The executed
Of laws made IN pursuance OF the constitution
designed, therefore, to uproot ''fundamenfa
maxims of true liberty" "There stands Nasal
chusrtts,' at The close Of the first know-nohing
/ legislature. There she Is, boldly anayed III
CaiiIine robe.
For this piece of political treason to the hes
government man ever tramed--to which The
/ eyes of struggling nations are turned-thr knew
nothingS, a party, are responsible. They Gid
the deed. In dong il, they tell the country
who they are aud what th4y mran TO do. Their
platform is embodied in the practices and laws
of their first legislature. They prescribe men
for their birth and they prrsecute mrn for them
religion. Their secret, oath-bouhd lodges stamp
them as Protp<taulS Jtsuis. TO these enorn-
tes-monstrouS in this free Amerca-they add
the paramount euormity OF RESISTANCE TO THE
Laws ASD CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY.
M.ss.ctu-srras.- - blue laws of Massachu-
MoEALi1l l,., penal offence TO givf shelter 10 a
bonsel.Ss Quaker. and witches were drvoutIY
.,vscrtrd as burnt offerings TO bgotry the most
intense. and to superstition the most a'u"ci-
ons In these latter DAYS, howrvef' ahtr TWO
hundred years Of active purlfcatoU ana re-
f,r, Massachusetts, claims to have risen 10 the
~ or tn. most enlightened, moiai, FIIEious,
and hbertv-loving State in the Chidl. Ter
oa,;,oI i the .Athens Of America :" Sc PInmeS
bsrssIr mon her colleges. Der comm" schools,
her churches, her liquor laws, and ne oTheEo-
-, ;,et;,reious. Now for the irda el this
boasted enlightenment and Christa clTI'Iza-
,;,n First we give specimen OF HaS$achn-
setts humanity. we copy HUN 0''S'
changes
; ..Narv Williams and her infant fghter, the
latter born ~ Massachusetts,, werfrht 10 Eu-
rome ON Monday, from The to"Fl NirnSoh'
: Mass. for the crime Of beng too pr 10 ave ~
:. that commonwealth. The woH' hao come
:, away from Ireland becaoSe she 'S 'o" poor
to liye there. According to tt' Two iactS,
the poor creature has no right pNe At all
Massachusetts, about year agohS III 'rFti-
bic f+fment because thu law srP"''S oacN 10
y, Virginia. The Boston AdyeF''F Fa!A'
!, aTbr treasury of the UntrdatrS bore the
ID expense of the rendition OF A['y nu'nS'-
on The treasury Of Massachusetts, p'9' '''e FF'"i-
i tion of Mary Williams. But ~ was " ne
~ -. ood /. brother - u she was on
r;s ly white woman, woman I ',o.'
ro- Can anything 0e found NOR o,'''E 20 eN-
tu- ery feeling of humanity IN az ".',": ""'l
,us disgusting Massachusetts oinf S'''a''on oi
az. two hundred years ago ll'V -, '.''aH's"'
,ir, what is harbarism ?-it N I''' '.''a",'F'
rht what is Pagapism Iii TINS n,''f "a' Is
ac despoiism If THIS IS the hc"9 " a 'Fu"e"
~ civilizations the wild Apa'" ~ I,'"N tue
vel blood Of their enemies, hav' "o''uy ''o''i-
,lr led. They are accounted 81 ~ 'ney are
hat at least true TO their OWE NY "@Ne
: or neither churches, colleges 'oo'S' te' tiieE
,es'' are evidently competent tq on, FA'FSsNF-
;sn- lv Puritanical breEren iSSae'"SettS the
can first principles OF CnFls''a
lest ciptv. tc,o,o - -
'oeh "' IT. b;,;tpd ;nficiaI legislative
00' l'l,''s '!a';ans If Mr. JosisS < Co. Of the
'"s' -. Co,,,rittee ass says that he
O., w. ,,u'i" hasa radp the soap his equally gull
' "a' 10 ,,~;.Iot;vs collearuesat least one hun
done dred and eighty membf S.s'a'u'r' aoou'
~. Rostonof Prostitution
oo, NJ Ta,, Hampshirt, who happened {
FlFS' CIV 10 On railai containing Sc :
10 oe ,a'.'s y o;,t.a of our husetts law max
true lect commlitee ol ou'
cends ers, says: .ba oor oo4
sider ''The committee large onan,;,;ss of !,
rights deal like men VINO Ned swor- and hal :
- rr,,aly and topr or so enjoyed e
VI 't - .,. ;, otter lido each other in /
',i, discussing worthy ofa grog Ii
'al'''' ho,,ss of III The name of Mrs. I
! pui Dr., ,t,s.on uas freolok by the legis-
''r's a''' - .srrl Jar as to leave little y