New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-28
FROM BOSTON.
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not merely labyrinth without a cie~ that we
are In, u is chaos, absolute ctaos, with no sign
yet Of any informing spirit moving over the
abyss Speculations and schemes OF all sorts
are rf~, but they come to nothing; sud even
those who make them are hopeless OF any re-
suit. The case stands still as have before de-
scribed It. We have not advanced al inch
tovsrd fusion, which is now the great problem
our politicians are seeking to solve There are
several obstacle in the way any one Of witch
setr,s TO me saaiciert to arrest our progress.
First there is Know NOthinpsm other words,
hatred 10 the Irish and intolerance toward CathO-
lies he great body Of the KnOw-NOthing party
hold TO the native American notions, while the
Wings, ID, mOcrats and Free-SOers reject them
with more or less vehement adherence. Ii is
hardly poss bic to unite men holding such discOrdant
yitws, especially as ihO,e views involve practical
and INN. ediate issues in our State Legislation,
and In the amendment to the Constitution.
Second there is the Personal Liberty Law. The
Wings very stupidly have allowed themselves TO
be deluded by Gov. Gardner and the ignorant
UniOn-sGyers into fierce opposition TO that law, on
the ground that it is unconstitutional and that it is
q nullif ing law. Gardner, much 70 his present
chagrin was led into opposition by the approach
of the Virginia election, which he hoped to save
by throwing himself into the attitude of a Union
saving patriot While the law was in preparation
be was consulted about it. and agreed 10 approve
Il by Bis 81 lnSiure Oh condition that certain sec
tions were stricken out. The obnoxious sections
were accordingly cancelled, but the Governor dld
not keep bis word. lie sacrificed himself i0r VIZ
giDis snd after all did not saye her.
The opposition e the Wings TO the law is chiefly
based on "A idicuOus miscOnceptl0n OF ITS charac-
ter. the offspring OF the dismal ignorance IN which
our respectable people have kept themselves with
regard to the Anti-Slsvery movement. Now
whether or not the Law is unconstitutional will
not pretend to say for | am not Doctor OF Laws
any more than Mr Eliot. But 1 know that the
trainers of the law and the legislators who enacted
il meant il for constitutional and fully supposed II
to be so In all It's stages II was repeatedly sub
mitted to several OF our most cautious and cOnserv
alive LAWYERS, and was modified and hDally framed
in accordance with their advice 1 suppose no
better considered bill ever passed our Legislature
And do not believe that any man in the Legisa-
tuTe voted for it without acUnvictiOn OF les cOnstl
tutiCrality Vermont and Connecticut have had
for years similar laws without any serious detri-
ment to the republic Vr Danger to the Uni N. But
no sooner MAS our Personal Liberty Law passed than
a howl began fIem the Union savers abOut " nulh-
"fcatitn,n which was incautlOusly echoed by seine
who knew bet er in hopes of damaging the Know
Nothings. and by many more from she' rignorance
/ have heard persons Of eminent gravity talk about
the enactment of the law as If Father Millers
catsstrol he had really come upon us; yet on belog
questioned it vas pable that all they knew about
the matter that Mr. thhord ald ihe
DoiIv Advertiser said il was nullhcatIO0,
and so of course it must be 1t is true
the opinions of persons of eminent gravity
have ceased to be of much consequence IN Massa-
chusetts but unfortunately some journalists OF IN
fuence, who ought to have known better were
induced To- Join in the cutlery. Now the great mass
of the people are resolved TO uphold the law until
= u 4. roI a.. ha tlOllUH
after snch proof il would be at once repealed
without opposition On the other hand, the lead
inc Wing journals are more or less committed
against the law, and if by fusion movement any
considerable number of the men they represent
should be elected TO the Legislature, an attempt
at repeal would doubtless be made. The question
therefore. bids fair to be prominent one IN the
snproacbinp canvass and il is one On which II VIII
he hard to combine the Wings and the Know
Notbinos-for the Know NOthings, of course, VIII
support the law, for which they as party are re-
sponsible look upon this Personal Liberty Law
As really the main obstacle to iuslOn though nave
paced il second Oh the list. This source OF trouble
Toul1 have been avoided if the Wing journals had
left the outcry about the law 10 Tee Boston P0Sf
10 which nobody in Massachusetts, pays any atten-
tion aud had cOntented themselves with waiting 70
see what the proper authorities would declde ABOUT
IT, Another bad result of the upr0ar they nave
made H. that the people of the South have become
so that our trade is somewhat affected. We can
not. in this instance, blame the SOutherners they
are only sharing in our own folly, and taking US az
our own word The Massachusetts Journals whch
affect most to represent and uphold the CONNER
cial interests Of the State have done TINS III Is
fhey that have excited and deiuded the Soutn'
Had they kept their nonsense to themselves tnero
xvould have been no excitement about our Fer
soual liberty Law any more than about those OF
Connecticut and Vermont. But they have raved
in style that has set the whole South raylng win
tenfold madness The law is practically oil httie
consequence Ii is not probable that any case
will ever arise under it, and If II should the IDEA
that a serious collision will ensue between the
State and the Federal Government Is SIMPLY
lsurhabe The value of the law Is, that II Is
protest the strongest and most dignhed that Mas
sAchusetts is able to make, against slaVehuntlng
ON her soil In the future its enactment wlll rank
among the most honorable events in the history of
the Commonw ealth Liberty is sure to triumph
in the end and this liberty loving liberty protect
inc law win be glorious in the e!es OF Posterity
The third grea. obstacle in the way OF fusion Is
Cardner. Perhaps / ought not TO call HIM great,
hut LET the word so. lie is great as an oostacie'
II is hard 10 see how his denomination can De
avoided; il is harder 10 see how IL can be endured
nv the Wings who are invited to fuse. There are
men among the Wing leaders who remember Uaruc
ner FIVE. tour nay three years ago as hunAer VI
the Hunkers. as a chief mourner among lne oiuo-
berine Union-sayers. Can they take nun 0! tIe
hand and look him in the face now that he pretends
al,oaps 10 have hated Slavery and the Fugitive
Slave Actl TheYe are men among them too, VINO
have assisted him In emptying innumerable origl-
q" nal packages = men who remember the supper
which celebrated bis election as President OF the
Common Council, and who, therefore, positively
could not know him, could not by any sort OF INTRO