New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-28
VERY SMALL SPITE.

1t is remarkable how a conscious feeling OF
wrong osera tes to be'i:tle degrade and deOase 1t
has a true power of metsmorphosis, converting
wise men into dopkeys, ard gentle men into bears.
OF this the Legislature Of Alabama has just af
forded striking instance Ii Is fair to pre-
sumo that (tte Slavery question aside that body
possesscsa fair share Of intelligence and gentle
manly instincts. But 20 soon as that fatal ques'
tion comes up, both the one aud the other vanish
in sn instant, leaving nothing behind but sn as
sembly of i'll bred niDnies.
There has it seems, been lately published an
official report by state Geologist 90 the minerals
and rocks Of Alabama and joint resolution was
introduced into the Legislature for sending copies
of it to oil the States This very common piece OF
courtesy is not, however, merely cOurtesy-it is
q method of furnishing the State libraries with
the documents and official publications OF other
States at q very moderate expense. THIS re'olu
ton having been intrOduc ed, a nincOmpoop named
J. c. Cochrane, Representative from Barbour
County, moved to except the State of Massachu-
sets. Of course, the common sense and gentle
manly instincts of the Leg stature struggled hard
against this silly proposal. The mater was de-
bated in either branch for whole day But what
chance have common. sense and common ciyllity in
any Slave State, upon any question in which the
sensblties of wOmen-whippers ale Interested
OF course, common. sense and gentlemanly instincts
we've Obliged to fly the track, and the resolution
passed both Houses by decided maOrities. IL was
thought the Governor might veto il; but he must
be a man of uncommon courage to venture to do
that.
We will venture to cay that for every document
ever sent from Alabama to Massachusetts,, Massa
chusetts has returned fifty times the value The
spler did reproduction in print of those very re-
markable and historically important documents,
the Colonial Records of Massachusetts, copies OF
which were cent to all tine other States-was worth
more. either as to cost or value, THAI all the doe
uments ever printed by the State of Alabam., with
The ADDITION of all that will be printed for ten
years TO come. Besides, if Massachusetts, loses
this geological report and therefore may remain
somew hat in the dark as to inducements to invest
money in Alabama railroads and other improve
ments- for which investments Alabama, being
rather short herself and scarcely able to pay the in
terest on her debts, goes a.be2eng throughout the
moneyed world-she still gains sort of informa'
ton, at this particular moment not less valuable.
This pitiful act Of the Alabama Legislature is
tribution toward opening the eyes of Maesachu'
setts end of the entire North to the inherent mean
~ slavery. which is thus shown TO be an in
stitution not hostile merely to republican equality,
snd the production and diffusion of wealth, not
merely fatal to public and private morality, but
inconsistent even with tolerable degree of good
maDrers-almost the only particular in which
hitherto the Shareholders have had any plausi
bic professions 10 compete with the North.