Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-16
From the Liberatnr.
THE TORYISM OF 1856.

Since the adoption of the Constitution of Massa-
chusetts. there has never been Legislature SO
thoroughly democratic in the matter Of popular rep
rescntation-in the absence of professional and
scholastic exclusycness-in the presence Of n fair
pfe7artion of mechnnics, farmers, and the abUrng
population gcnorally-as the one which has just
adjourned The arstocratic element com
pleev exercised out Of it the spirit of cottUnoc-
racy was powerless in it; it was emphatlcalIy OF
TIE PEOPLE, without prclencc, unaOphlsiIcaed, III
experienced in regard to the forms of legislation,
but cnbodying an unusual amount OF moral worth
and honesty OF purpose, controlled by 'he progres-
sve sprit of the arc. selt-guided to the proStTO-
ton of al! ambitious leadership, and indicating no
lack uf speaking or working talent Though nom
inally a Know Nothing body, its regard for the
cause of human freedom as against the agSres
sions of the Slave Power, was clearly paramount
to all other considerations. 1t turned n deaf ear
TO all the evil prognosticatons Of lluhkcrlSm
tramuled in the dust the temptations OF pro sln-
very Nationalism, toiled alike the wealth and the
craft of State street, and used with great modcra-
ton the power committed to its hands, with refer
cnce to foreign cmigrants to these shores.
This is simple historical justice, aside from ali
considerations of the Know Nothing movement
generally, against which we have earnestly pro
tested from the beginning and which, organized
into one great national party, we have no doubt
will be as servie to the bchests OF the Slave Power
as ever the Democratic party has been-and even
more malignant, if possible.
The manner in which the Legislature was as
sailed from the first to the last day of its proceed
ings, without mitigation or cessation, by the W Ing
journals of Boston in particular, and OF the Com,
Fmonwealth in general, has revealed Il widespread
Torysm, identical IN spirit and purpose with
that which sought to crush the Revolutionary
struggle for American independence which rldl'
culed and denounced such PLAIN men as sam Al
ans John Adams and Paul Revere, and malntaln
cd that the people were too ignorant to take upon
themselves the responsibilities Of government
which regarded favored few MS the lleayen'a1
pointed rulers OF the many; which saw IN Johi
Hancock q vile traitor and in Gov. Hutchinson q
paragon of loyalty to duty which perversely criec
up 'law and order and cried down freedom o.
speech and the right to protest against parliamen
tary oppression which taught with mock religious
zeal and devotion, that Che powers that be arr
ordained Of Cod even the powers of King Georg
the Third, and his prime minister Lord North-t
resist which was to incur the perils OF damnaton
| which opppsed every effort to remove old abuses
moustrous usurpations, nsupportable burdens un
Justly imposed upon the body polite; which bran
ded reform as lanaticlsm, opposition to tyrannica
laws as treason, free inquiry ms inhdelty, am
non-conformity wicked insubordinatlon whlc
saw nothing stable except in despotism, nothln
praiseworthy except in unquestoning obedience
nothing vrtuous except in the past, nothing deSi:
able except intellectual, moral and Religious STAG
nation "a spirit akin to that which stoned tn
prophets, which crucifed Jesus rs one having
devil, which prosecuted unto death the apostle
as 'pestent and sedi;ious fellows, the tlth OF IN
earth, and the ofscouring Of all things; and whic
in all ages has been at war with every new move
ment to put down established wrong, and to bull
up down trodden right.
The malgnty Of the Boston press, with scarccl
IN exception towards the Legislature has been 0
the intensest kind not because.of its hnow-ho oil
= ing complexion, but account OF ITS oYermas'el
. 'ing love Of freedom-irs determination to secur
, to every man in Massachusetts, claimed as slave
lall the protection which the State has right
give--its regard for the public peace, prosperity
happiness and virtue, in the passage OF the Main
Law-and especially because it was so laIg!ei
= composed of men in the ordinary walks OF lii'
unsophsticated farmers. industrious mechanic
a hard-handed artizaus who are regarded by thes
Q mouthpieces of soulless arstocracy as tit only
i be ruled by gentlemen of eminent gravity an
e men 'of property and standing but never TO maj
age the affairs of the commonwealth. 1t Is the Tor
ism of l775 in t h guise of Conservative cohteml
for the masses, and selfish regard for class legi
A latioa Consult the files of The Adreniser u
Courier, the Post, the Journal and the TrdgsHe
:. Ito sav nothing Of the Herald, Mail, and Time
?, becnuse too low to challenge criticism, for |
V city in the land is cursed with more hunkeris
y mean, cowardly deprayed and hypocriticai pre-
than Boston n--and see how constantly the aotit