The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-08
"Gbe 5hns---Dlsina be Bllom but be Sn"



restoration of tie broker compact" He told the
legislature that ''the o!t-repeated cry OF disunon
herads TO real danger 10 their ears - and he
submitted whether additional legislation is re.
quired" 10 secure The habeaS corpus and the trial
by jury.
In our comments on the governors message
ON the day after j. was deliverrd-we remarked
that, in this suggestion, as TO h06e0S corpus dnd
the Jury trial. the free. soers in the Iegisa lure
and out OF it, will recommendation TO take
a acron against the fugitive slave law-such aclIon
as will array Massachusetts against The general
government Such a purpose cannot be too
strongly deprecated. Let The most complete,
reasonable, outrageously absurd and shameful
measure ever passed by State Legislature tesI-
~ to the truth of our PredctI"n.
And vet such is the man whom Soul heTn hnow-
Mornings are to .'hOn1r''-a man, whose abolition
message suggested and carried through an act
nuIlil, ing the rights of southern slavchoders; and
who IN his auded of SAID aciS tOr tie purpose
If Guping tie S0"h, says he ''sees much 0t gO0d
IN IL (,ho notification acD VERY MANY OF ITS pro-
UiSiOnS haze my hearty 022PT0Uaii being doubt
less aware, at the same time, that his Know No
thing abolition allies Of the Legislature were pre-.
pared to make the bill lac, they did by an
overwhelming majority
We learn from IA friend in Boston. that the re-
suit OF the Virginia election exclies the deepest IN
terest In that quarter amongst The aboItIonsIs who
compo.e the BODY and soul of the Know. Nothing
movement, and control It's organization, and VIII"
would rejoice in the defeat OF Henry A. Wise. Is
this time, then. for NrgInlans to ialter IN thelr
dury and to play into The hands Of Massachusetts
aboIitonIs's The honor and The very safety OF
the institutions nf the Old Commonwealth are In-
voIved in Ihs contest, and we have not the shadow
Of doubt. that the people Of Virginia will 10 day
rise in the majesty OF their strength, and crush
parry whose purposes and practices are dem"ral-
izng and full of danger to institutions. Let
the Democracy of Richmond d. their whole duty
in The present. crisis. They will have the aid o
many honest men, formerly opposed to them IN
puIuics, bat who now, enlisted in the glorious
cause of civil and religious liberty, will strike
powerful blow in prostrating the worst party tina
ever dan kened the annals of lhIs country.
Since wiring the above, gentleman has hahd
ed US the following extract of private letter IRON
| a friend in massachusetts, who is IA Wing and 1
| Native VirginIan, and weO draws tOUely picture
| Of Massachusetts Know. 10 hings, and OF G0UeTno
! Gurolner, al present great pet with S"nihert
| Know -Norhiugs. How is it possible for deceu
! Virginans to continue IN alliance with such mis-
| cradle creatures!
This State of Massachusetts, has originate"
nothing of late TO interest you. Her Know Moth
! inp government has been all the winter, enga ge
| in the most extravagant ab>ur duies conceivable
and have wound up, at last, after visiting all III
| bro,heIs in B .son and neIghboring towns, IN III
| caparity of committees of the General Court
drinking liquors at the expense of the State en-
| aching most foolish laws, such as must renal
dead letters the statute Oook, by arrayIng thel
puny little State against the government an
authority of The United States. but all the tOiIe
Of the Massachusetts Legislature dwlndie INTO tn
mer-st inSignifcance, when compared with tn
great one winch the Wings Of Virginia are abou
To commit under The name OF Know NOlhlngs.- -
How can il be possible that the Richmond VIM
can so deceive itself To believe that the hnn"
Nothing party OF the North have any feeling
common with Southern men, or sympathy VII
Southern institutions II the Wing imagines ih'
the oaths of The " Order" can make national me
of sectional abo!Ionists, its editor ought TO he sci
to Sunday School. testify to that which kno"
when | say that there is not Know Nothing J
Massachusetts who is not violently OPpused to IN
institution of slavery, and who does nor, by h
every act, whether in public or private life, d.
mon,trare his deadly hostility 10 every thing OF
Suu,hern character. 1t is the height OF iolIy-th
extremity OF absnrditv IN the Wing to Instance III
, recenr veto OF Gov. Gar'ner Of the Lor!ng expu
, SION address of the Legislature, To any nntIon
, devorioH of the party OF Know N"ihIngS, oi who
he. Gardner, is the chief in this State. say
YOU sir, that GarcI"er as IN aG0Lttt0"t@ OF
IViIsOu and Sumner school, and his desire to con
pIv with The wishes Of the Legislature to dIsmI
Judge Loring from office, controlled only b
influences which he dared not disregard.
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