Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-06-06
From the "Bostor Dahy Advertiser"
IN Infamous tassOf Ertradition.

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Yesterday morning there sailed
from this porta splendid packet ship,
bearing the noble name of Daniel
Webster, which fifty belongs to such
q fine vessel. Yetso many fine ships
sail out of our harbor that the reader
may inquire why weEmake this de-
Partnrc the occasion for conspicuous
notice. vi. Il
Among the crowd of human be-
ings on board that proud vessel was
one poor woman, with an infant
daughter. Her passage and that Of
fher child were paid by the rich and
powerful commonwealth Of Massa-
achusetts She left ourfiee and hap
py shores unwilling and reluctant. =
She went awas against her own free
will, constrained by force Of the civil
authorities of the State. Her cries,
a. she begged not to be thus cruelty
banished, were, we are told, most
Z pitcous, and such as to cause the ac-
cidental Witnesses ofthe scene to burn
with Indignation. a.S: ri
The offence Of this poor woman,
for which she was thus violently and
ANONYMOUSLY expelled from Massa-
chusetts, was the fact that she was
born, in Ireland, and is called a pau
per. Her infant daughter, who un-
consciously shares her mothers sad
fate, is anatiye of the Commonwealth
Of Massachusetts; but she, too, par
takes of that hard lot Of poverty
which it has been reserved for Mas
sac husetts to make al crime, and a
crir ne which Massachusetts Furnishes
as no other crime il punished in
America, by Observation-Disclosures
ment fromione's native land
The. name ofthis victim to Know
Nothing intolerance, was Mary
Williams; and her infant, Bridget, is
but few weeks old. About paupers,
perhaps more, were sent away ait
the same time, IN the same vessel,
at the expense of the State. These
facts we learn from eye-witnesses of
the. scene, and from other scertain
and autistnticsources Conformation.
-, Our readers are aware that there
exists upon our statute book law
which authorizes any Justice of the
Peace upon complaint, by warrant
directed to and to be executed BY
any constable, or any other person
there designed, to cause any pauper
to be removed out ofthe> State, to
any place beyond the sea where. he
belongs, if the Justice thinks proper,
and he may be conviently removed;
and also that, independently Of this
provision of the law, a practice has
arisen by which the commissioner OF
Alien Passengers ndertakcs, even
without the warrant Of a Justice of
the Peace, to send back paupers in
cases in which he sees fit, and pays
the expense for money in his hands
belonging to3the State Treasury. ! Z
Il. On account of the Temporary abb
scencc of the Commissioners of Alien
Passengers, and none of the gentle
men in his Office being possessed Of
the facts, we are unable to state
which Of these two methods was emf
ployed as the Lretext of authority for
.elTecting the rendition of the untor-
tunate creatures who sailed yester-
day in the Daniel Webster; nor can
westatc by what Justice ofthc Peace,
if airy, the warrant was issued. But
the facts that they were sent away,
and that the State paid their passage,
and that the piteou cries Of thispoor
woman with her child were such as
to attract the attention Of the by
as she was led on board the vessel
these facts we have certainly ascer-
tanned. =: f." ~. 4