Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-06
THE THREATENING STORM.


by us during the late canvass, that k4low- otiugism
had its origin in Exeter Hail. EpaAnd where .cal-
ousy ana hatred Of the growing pqFSr of the United
STATES chgehuefcd aboionism tho most insdious
aid dangerous Instrument for making breach in our
coniedcrary. Every observing man must have been
long sensible of the active cxcrons used by tho aLo
lition societies Of Great Britain, under the snrtion of
the Government for the purpose of operating directly
on the Northern mind nnd that there was nothing in
the politics OF The world deeply interesting to that
country rs dissolution of the Union. As the last
and most mlschlevous machinery Know Nothingism
was steaithliy introduced into our country, and,
through ts agency, aboitonisln was enabled to rear
its head with more fearful potency than ever before
Through It's irsidious influence Massachusetts. ba.
came Thoroughly aboitionized and its dnmpip, iruits
may be seen in the notification law, subyersve o
every right OF the South, which was hagran,lv nossca
hv the massachusetts Legislature, the veto of the
Governor. The monstrous attitude assumed by Mns-
sachuses is all that Great Britain could desire at the
present stage of the game and her newspaper press
adventure now to give her encouragement Mark the
following conclusive evidence:
Inc London Daily News, Of June Eth, contains Il
long leader on the Massachusetts Personal Liberty
BILL, which was vetoed by Governor Gardner and
passed over his head by the Legislature. 1t snys:
III Is nearly year since we had occasion IN uuin;
out that there WAS something going forward in the
Western w"r! which might, and probably would, be-
come rs Interesting any Eastern uursiiun whn.cvr
In the first days uf June, lSji events occurrcj in
Boston, United States which exhibited to the world
the very remarkable spectacle OF collision between
the constitutional laws Of the United Stnle., and
those OF the leading State of the Unium-Mss,acbu.
! Istfts HiI,fIf -
of discussion ut Washington, the State of Mas,nchu.
sctts declared 1t To be radically unconstitutional be.
cause II was Incompatible with the persunal liberty
laws "i some Of the States, and especially of Mas
Sachusets. II c'tdfnf tO all ci,ur-p,,,Ird u,,u
mat ne DIE raS cast for rerOiuit0n Several dan
scrous cases nf collision about Slatc-rgI,s hud oc-
Cured before leading Especially in the South Caro-
lima nullIicatiOn malcrl to the very verge of war
| but never before has there been conflict ON the
"p"rsonnl liberty laws" Of any Statc-on such impor-
tant rights habcas corpus aud trial bv Iurv When
such discrepancy is known To exist, and 10 be be.
yond mcm!Img by any sort of compromise, it does
no; much matter what the occasion of collision is
whence the spark CONES which determines the cxpo-
| sion. That 1t would be some difficulty nbnu;
| iuEIliie slaves, however, nobody had much
| doubt; and VIXEN the demand was made, a wear
ago. for the rendition uI Burns, the fugitive slave
rybody felt that the occasion was come. And 50
il was. though Burns was for the moment rendered
ap. The citizens were not ready. They cuHld not,
III the agitation oi III: moment decide nu the proper
mode ui sustaining I'll" constitution uf Massachusetts,
against the cncruachmcns Of the new federal law
lhcy sent oui pacard by the early trains from Bus
ton Ia every part ut tic State requesting the ycu-
mailry to hasten Ia Boston, 10 witness the ransac-
tons, IN order 10 decide afterwards what :" de- for
! the defence ni tEcIr ancient liberties. IL is
strange Il anybody should imagine that such All ne
lon and demonstration the part of the of the
Pilgrims could be mere show oi di-plcasurr, in
| diligence Of barren sentiment We do not believe
that IN A!nerca anybody has 50 r"sar,sd tar demon
srailon; aud If We have heard li,tr uf in England.
| 1t Is because the Enio of the serious
ness oi the affair, and loo much cngro.scd with Ens,-
crn transactions Ia attend o the niicance III those
| of the West While Europe is thus unconscious ri
! the critical moment for the American Union having
| arrived the most thorough going pro-s!avcry news
papers admitting the fact in the broaG:st annrr.
Tile crOwiing 81 Mc ai0r'- hHS RcrCr ccIS,d
| >McG that pregnant ca. oj hyst jIHI o.rrCd "2JH
| .Nssacb">i'si "RE &0r m" "Eplos'o" oj Re h'1n-
p'S seams In Ia" T1Y HtHr, tDI he '"roI"i'"""'y
d.fi ,s Gc;,1iyy |onc. The proceedings taken
10 procure the Tcinovaluf Judge Lnrin. have elected
II refusal from the Governor OF Massachusetts, the
only effect 81 which will be io Danish tie Governor
from public life 10 keep compGny with the Judge
These i:c:I"naricS rc.i!y very much 10 be p!ticd
1hry c1"n"i 0h'2 Ssy rOtyIt1'y i6wS n Hc I "1oE
and re Ssaic nCy hGrc ~ m0E, M'r ctU|cc m'..I,-
Mym They have preferred the federal laws Hnd "lie
only >ny that il they expect after that tu be per-
nted /" hold their State oiirrs, they are highly un-
reasonable. The only question remaining Is,
whether tae people Of the State will be- s;aunc!i
enough 20 bear out their representatives ~ the prOa!
gi",,s decd which they have doEc. That decd is, car
ryng their Dcclaraury Dill on the Personal liberties
OF the citizens of Massachusetts, i'll spite ot the veto
"f the Governor of the State. The D,"rCw Gt c0it'-
tGs Grrircd and IS nuS!, 1t remains 10 BE- seen
whether the citizens Will support their representatives
under the Consequences. Is Massachusetts
rcaly /" Withdraw from the Union, Or 10 be declared
excluded from it! If 80. she may. think,
bly, hope for the ComrhI"nship o all the best States.
Of all that are peope by the postery Of the Pilgrim
md .pl,l r.,l
or unsupported, accompanied or loreii i'll her c-t-
mony, she cannot shrink from il Enw. Ii is nconcciva-
bic that she should MT @oaNucr 1t Is surely lmp"s
sbc that lrGpEbiican-. descended from EnSIiShncn,
ghoa not be able 10 preserve. IN The nineteenth CEN
iury personal liberties which obtHincd by their
ancestors in the twelfth II the citizens give Esy,
and expose their representatives TO vni2!re rclr-
button for their darng act, they viii be unworthy Of
our interest and sympathy aud will have themselves
pronounced iIeir Republic sihin and their nation
al hesu, exiting uishet. This s trust, more
absurd anticipation than the conversion Of the slave
holders creed of personal rights Bal /. The pco-
pie of Massachusetts arc resolved - hold their ground
they must prepare for ccnsic and be ready TO fight
the battle of independence over agnin. Let them re-
member that one kind of eXcommuncntion the Pa
l.al iaa hcen Lraved and endured till it died out Ia
nii!ct the world no II the thunderi oithe Cap
itol TO rival The thunder; o! tho Nacan they
also may be endured r :ho certainty that such iy
rannv while Infinitely less fearful than the ancient
one may he far more easily witllstood and vamqus!-
ed, No man IN Massachusetts knows what may be
ahead. Every man feels, we trust, that whatever
may be ahead, his duty is clear, Scr The honor Of
his forcfathcrs, for tho sGv.y of his fellow citizens,
and for the bcneit Of his posterity, he must now Il"
all ha.a:,3, miain The rights u hd6cds corpus aaG
Wial by Jury in old Massachusetts.
Iu the words ofthe n. Y. Journs! OF Commerce. the
Argus eyes of England have penetrated the depths OF
danger 10 which Massachusetts Notification has cx
posed the Union. The motive OF the desire that the
people of the Bay State should pcrscve:c II! their fa
tai career and OF the appeal 20 their honor 10 c"n-
tinue recrean tn the principles OF their ioretahers
who fought and bed to establish the I"ftd States Is
.no evident to require comment. "lnternai enemies
the .,irsi:iIng men" against whom George wash
inrton warned us, have half accomplished their task
and the "exteri.a foes of the country already begin
to rejoice. We are glad however, to see such displays
Of triumph, and we trust they will prove the most
ecctual appeal TINT can he made 70 ;he thinking con-
servaiives Of Massachusetts, End of the country 10
recoil from the Tecjpce to whose brink sectional
agitation has brought the Republic.
Every thing around us s we'll calculated to awaken
attention, md it may be that the great danger To our
institutions is already present il our midst. All must
admit that danger threatens the confedcracy and the
exertinns of every Union-ovlng citizen throughout
the land arc required to avert it. DIsinlon prnci-
pes, 1--WE again quote the Journal OF Commerce')
have been already Incorporated into tie platform OF
at least two fanatica parties at the North. No one
State has contributed 50 much to the growth oi this
unfortunate FEELING Massachusetts; and the coiise-
oucnce OF the Abolonism and the other dIscoFuah'
which she has long foseTed, has been to create
dismsy in the hearts af those VINO love our ins'tu
tons and to excite premature hopes OF ther downfall
in the minds of those who have looked with env'ous
eyes upon the increase of our national prosperity In
view of the painful events o! the day the public mind
cannot too strongly be drawn to the contemplation OF
the state OF public affairs. There is one especial