Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-22

..posr.TE MASSACHUSErTS"-
,r11I1 SIIE LAS DONE,

a.posT.TE MASSACHUSErTS"-B
WHAT SHE HAS DONE
Southerncro if You desire more evidence oi thu
ncturi,u. purposes of Nothingism rs concerns
, ,.,;tu,ion of slavery, read the following article
,.bi,b VIC copy from the Boston Post of Friday last
ruv NuIilrIcarIuS BILL PAssED,!-The extra
orjnury Jill intended 10 deny plain constitutional
,'rny ,inu; intended to nulify law vi Congress
intended bring tho authorities Of the common
wealth into n conflict with the authorities Of the nj
trd States: intended to involve tho community III
KNOWN ing llcuse of Representatives. is now,
Or " Io h.!'ie the Governor for his signature
Such II ill rs tlif bias boon again and again brought
before the general ourl since 1850; but there has
been COOL sense enough In branch or the others
defeat this shcd purpose Of Abolition fanatics
But such good sense could be looked for i'll the
present Abolition sct Of legislators. Argument on
such b"uy is lost. The infamous bill pnsscd with
but three r0tcs against it in the Senate and only Is
votes out of about 315 n"mbvrs could be rallied
against il in the house
So both branches have done Nil they can to pm
Massachusetts. out of tho Union to deliberately icl!
the laws uf Congress sustained by the judgments {"
the supreme court, and of every stnte court III 'nc
Cnion--save only one, we believe, IN Wisconsin 10
place ha citizens OF Massachusetts in direct connie.
with the national government. The wh"I" Oh ''u'
part OF tils Infamous, code that does this-lc """'e
of the portion that ucmpts 70 substitute sHe r"cct
ings ns tr fugitive sla ve1 ia. proceedings r an rS
istng lar ~ COnsrr.s-in NrLt. AMI N"p ana wiz
ever Mite Gpts TO act under it will he liable 10 pul"h
Never .fnre was this state 81 deeply disgraceh'-
Shame d the treason, Shame on the TRAITORS !"
America liberty, Is il possible patriotism u r" u"
extinct IN Massachusetts, aud the love Oh 'he ''.t'
grown So cold, that such scaIda!nus business s ''
will not !nuss feeling "t Indignation ana nun "im @
the authors of such law the whitening blast Z" con-
| temptI
The ennctmcn Of this measure will be virtually us
solution "f the Union rs far ~ Massachusetts Is '
rested. 1t s in direct hostility to PLAIN "oIS""'!
undisputcd, constitutional provision 1t r'p""'"'oS al
the compromises upon which the Frdcrni '"''l"''
wns brought into existence! IL nuih"s al "'' vi
| Congress not because If its unconS;u"hRi'y' p"'
becaus. that act was intended more orcctna'! u
pr ,tect tho South in its rights.
The srve.hol,liug States cnn longer, with saiet!
delay to act What course shall they pursue l"''
is grave question. but il must be promptly u''u
soutcly lnrt If the act ci hassachuse''s eoos ''''
efTuct il will be the duty Of the South t" rcs'st she ell
rance of the members of either branch OF Congress
from that State into A. C.pol until it IS expun-cd
from, bcr code book he South remains in its bear
ing TO the North prec AlySher it stood when Wash
inr,on m first sntorcGs Presidential duties. II
! has never o''' e"v'f'V .
any one of the soc{ {"l fi'c States. From this posi-
| ton il must not swnrSt q line.
| The metropolis # the Republic If located "ithir
its limits. That metropolis il must control, and c1
pei thercirom the Goths and Nandas who are under
mining our great political cdire. No member o
either House who comes from State which sets
defuuce q constitutional provision, law ps!pabl!
in conformity with that constitutional provision
! should be permitted 10 take his scat.
The Abolition Know Nothing fanatics Of the Mort!
contemplate, with delight, the abandonment Of III,
Cupol by the Southern members, under tho iniu
encr of their nsurrOItionnry measures. Let ;hcm moi
| he deceived. The South will stand by Washington
as long it has strength to stand any where. II
will permit the site thnt was chosen by its most
illus,rous son to fall into the hands Of lis cnenca i
hal double interest in maintainn. lis jurisdiction
over il. IL is cndeared 10 every Nirgininn. every
Southern heart, by the cousecrnons q! departed pa
trotsm and greatness, and from the fact "f It's brn.
soil yc unpolluted by abolition rule i, shall ncvc.
become under the mschiuatons OF Exeter Hail. Free
Soil or the abode ri Free Soers, the receptacle o
fugitives from inb"r.
II there be any in the South so blind rs no:
now see the danger which It's peace and security
subjected, he is fl; TO bc freeman il there bo any
indifferent not TO resist it, he has not drop
| of patriotism in his veins.