The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-02-22


ane, are members Of the mystic "Order" VIVA
think you of their "bigotry and intolerance I"'
In all the structures | have seen in the Err
and Tribune, upon the American movement,
perceive that great stress is laid upon the do
ings of the Order in New York, and the say
ings of the so-called organ" at Washington.
Why not give sor.e little attention to the de
velopments in Massachusetts, IT Are De Witt
Burlingame, Damrell, Knapp, Trafton, anc
Comins, any the less reliable as friends of Free
dom than they were year ago, before they
had avowed themselves in favor of a change IL
the naturalization laws? / trow not.
And then the Massachusetts, Legislature
Have not large majority of the members re
corded their votes for HENRY WILSON for The
| United States Senate Does that look a:
| though the Americans were determined to ig
more the "Slavery question:" Why will the
Era and the Tribune persist in regarding the
sayings and doings of the Silver Gray Hindoos
| of New York, and their bantling organ, as the
normal developments of Americanism, and
the deliberate action of the party in power in
| Massachusetts and elsewhere, as accidental
No man regards the course of the Conglomer
ate, Adamantine, Silver-Gray, Union-Saving
jew Hindoo Know Nothings of New York
with more aversion and contempt than | do
none rejoiced more heartily at their failure
My friend Hardcase expresses the opinion Of
| the Americans hereabouts, in regard to those
New Workers; he says: They are half knaves
and half fools, and detected in both charac
ters!" l think the remark is original with
Hardcase, but, at all events it is expressive and
| opposition to the Spirit of tho Age, to Liberty
and Progress, deserves to fail, and sciU
1t is understood the Southern members of
| the Order, have been very busy at Boston, pend
ing the Senatorial election, imploring their Bay
State brethren, almost with tears not to send
such pestilent fellow of an Abolitionist to the
United States Senate, as Henry Wilson; but,
alas their elOquence, prayers, entreatles, and
threats, were of no avail. Henry Wilson is
elected on the part of the House, and ,ciU be
by the Senate. The men of Massachusetts (if
they are Know Nothings) had no idea of play
ing " Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark" with the
part of Hamlet omitted even at the "particu-
lar request" of Old Virginia.
The friends of universal Liberty must have
confidence in one another. Though the grand
army OF Freedom may be mustered into differ
ent corps, under different leaders, with differ
ent watchwords, countersigns, and mottos, it
will not fail in the end to re-echo the grand
slogan of " Freedom and Progress" and to
present an undivided front against the common
enemy! No man who has once been imbued
with the principles of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence will ever think of torsakiag them
for any platform such save-catching Ameri-
cans" as Fillmore, Clayton, Ullmann, & Co.,
can contrive.
"For," (if without irreverence may be per-
mitted to use some of the language of the great
Opposite to the Genties,") II am persuaded
that neither death nor life, nor Mings present
nor things TO come, nor principalities nor
powers," nor SAM" nor Popery, nor any
other " critter," "shall be able to separate us
from the love off, universal and impartial Liber-
ty! We are not going over to the decil, even
to fight the Pope! Amen Selah."
'They arc very, very different from many OF their
brethren in other places.-Ed. Era.
tive have held back no,hng.-Ed Era.
Not New York alone What thinks he of the noyninn-
lion OF Cameron in Penns and the letter OF Mr.
Mecalf in New Hampshire Ed Ere.
HENRY WILSON AND ANsON BURIINGAME
WORCESTER, MASS, Feb. IL, 1855.
Awaiting myself of the liberal privilege al.
lowed for the expression of diverse views in
your very valuable and generally true Demo
cratic sheet wish to put in a little criticism
more, upon your course just now in regard to
the position OF the recently elected Senator from
Massachusetts,, &c. You state in your last that
I" Anson Burlngame delivered a Lecture on
Slavery in fremont Temple, in Boston," and
publish Senator Wilson's speech at the close,
endorsing Mr.. Burlngames views; but you
failed to inform your readers whether Mr.. b.
spoke for or against, or how strong upon, the
subject; when justice would have been sub
served only by either publishing Mr.. BIS
speech, las reported with Gen. Wilson's,) or
informing us that it was most severe and un-
compromising in its tenor, and completely up
Al.
it was much more thorough and radical in its
Anti-Slavery tone than anything with which the
public have for long while been favored, from
the tongue or pen of such conscientious oppo.
nents of the late movement in Massachusetts as
Charles Francis Adams, John G.. Palfrev. or
Samuel Hoar, Anti Slavery as they are-not at
all that distrust in the least the Anti-Slavery
character and sincerity of the last three men
toned distinguished gentlemen, for they are
each working in their particular sphere; and l
do not wish to interpose any obstacle to the
honest movements of any friends of Freedom,
whether they are more conservative than myself
or not.
was stating, that if all your readers would
peruse those speeches of Messrs. Burlingame
and Wilson, and take them in connection with
their past uniformly radical AntiSlavery speech
es, either in the Free Soil campaigns or as
they could not resist the feeling of thorough
conviction, that, from the broad limits of the
whole State, two men more completely and de.
cidedly up to the mark, whether as regards
backbone, radicalness of idea and purpose, or
ability to contend against the foes of despotism.
could hardly be named. When they shrink
from those principles, it will be time to distrust
them. Until then, We are bound by the prin-
ciples of common honor to stand by them.
Understand me, l utterly abhor the distinct
i've feature of Nativeism. With Gen. Wilson.
care not where a man was born - IL be-
lieve all men created free and eoualr
With him, L would extend to men born in
other lands the protection of Just and equal
laws, as well as to all people born on Ameri-
can soil, of ecery color. / would have such a
thorough revision of our naturalization laws"
as, while not encroaching upon the privilege,
of honest emigrants from the Old World, will
protect US from the inroad of foreign paupers
| and the depredations of alien criminals"
Whether five or seven years residence are suf
hcient to qualify intelligent emigrants for citi.
zenship, / am willing to leave for wiser heads
to determine. l should be in favor of seven
years as the fairest and best, and this is the
view taken by the New York Tribune. The
great fault now is that the existing laws are
grossly violated; not that the time is too short.
In many States, thus, ignorance votes in vast
hordes, and creates, in my opinion, all the evils
complained of; and they are vast enough. But
| let the States, themselves, look out for this.
Gen. Wilson's views on these points would not
vary materially from yours, or mine, as here
expressed. The above quotations are from
his letter to Hall.
While heartily commend your course in con-
demning whatever diversion may exist, in any of
the free States, of the popular sentiment, from
a warfare upon the real and only danger to the
Republic-the Slave Power-to a windmill