Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-19

THE TRUE SPIRIT AROUSED WITH
THE PEOPLE OPINION OF AN IN
FLpENTIAL WING ORGAN IN PENN
" sYLyAEIA, CONCERNING KNOw-NO-
THINGIsM.
/ II is with no ordinary feeling of pride and graft
tcation that we are called upon TO record the
many evidences reaching us from all quarters, of
the entire failure on the part Of the Know-nothing
faction to obtain tho countenance and support of
the consistent, true, and most influential mem
beers of the old Wing party The champions
who fought under the banner, and in support Of
the principles erected and maintained by Clay
and Webster, shrink back in disgust from every
/ approach of the I" dark lantern concern, toward
| forming coalition.
We copy the following commentaries upon the
conduct Of the Massachusetts, Legislature from
the Eraa,iner and Herald, published in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania This is one of the oldest, most in
| fuential, and ably conducted Wing journals in
the State. 1t is edited by Edoard c. Darlington,
esq, a prominent, consistent, and popular Wing,
whose ability and influence welded immense
power in Lancaster county, the acknowledged
Gibraltar of the Wing party, in Pennsylvania;
which party he has represented for several years
as Senator in the Pennsylvania Legislature.
When we such men and such journals, with
their old feeling of hostility to the Democratic
party still fresh in their minds, refuse to become
crusaders against their ancient adversary, under
the proscriptive banner of the ne,c Order, it is
easy to ioretel the fate Of the miserable, striped
creature Of shreds and patches" manufactured
from the rotten material or all other parties and
factions.
Another epoch in PARTY history has arrived. In
the years 1924 and 1925, when ANDREW JACKSON,
the knoaon choice Of the people, cheated out of
the Presidency by party tricksters, there was
great revolution in the Wing or Federal and
Democratic ranks. Men who had been recog-.
missed as leaders of the Democratic party, went
over to the new dynasty of JoHN QUINCY ADAMS,
and enrolled themselves under the WING BAN
ner, where those living still remain. On the
other hand, some of the shining lights, the great
men of the old Federal party, joined their former
opponents, and enrolled under the broad banner
Of DEMOCRACY, where they continue to re-
main, firm and true, as the main pillars Of our
glorious Democratic platform. The true Repub-
hcan freemen Of this country have now again to
take sides in the of political parties. There
are but two platforms from which to choose
| The :" Democratic platform of principle is as
! old and enduring as the name of the party that
erected it, and is known to the whole people,
| 1t is never changed, except by the introduction
| of new plank to meet the spirit and progress
of the age. The g Know-nothing' platform,
| Z
party,) is not yet "settled policy" but as far as
known to civilization, ADORE ground, it is built of
such brittle material, of such corruptibe, puver-
zing Jumps of matter, to render it doubtful
whether it can bear the weight Of lis oirn pres
sure" 1t is no wonder, therefore, that the re-
spectacle and high minded of the old Wing party
| upon the ruins of which know-nothingism is
built) should shrink from the touch of the secret
! Order.
| From the Lancaster, C'a Examiner and Herald.
Massachusetts Legislation.
| The late Legislature of Massa chusetts was
remarkable one, and the laws it enacted are as
remarkable as the Legislature. 1t passed law
practically multiplying the act of Congress in refer
ence TO fugitive slaves. This law provides that :
''No justice Of the peace, sheriff. constable, or
Tailor shall arrest or detain or aid in arresting or
| OBTAINING, any person for the reason that he is
detained as fugitive slave, under the penalty of
| imprisonment and fine. Also, that the writ of
hdbeaS corpus may be issued by all courts of re-
i cord, Judges of probate, and, in some cases. JUS
tees Of the peace; and instead of the proceedings
authorized by the act of 1850, substitutes trial
| by jury, and that no confessions, admissions, or
declarations of the alleged fugitive against him.
/ he in nd hat fha
jury shall have the right TO return general ver-
dict. 1t also deprives any attorney OF Massachu-
sets, who shall act for a slave claimant of the
right to practice in Massachusetts, courts of law -
The attempt to enforce such law as the above
| will soon bring the State into collision with the
| United States Government, and it is not difficult
to predict the result The citizens of this country
value the Union too much to allow its stability
TO be impaired by such miserable fanaticism.
| Another statute Of that State makes poverty
crime, and, without trial by jury sezes help
| less women, and transports them out of the coun-
try. This law
Authorizes any Justice of the peace upon
| complaint, by warrant directed TO and TO be
| executed by any constable, or any other person
| here designated, to cause any pauper TO be re-
| Moved out OF the State to any place beyond the
sea where he belongs, if the Justice thinks proper
and he may be conveniently removed; and also
that independently Of this proposition Of law,
prucllce mas arisen Dy winch the commissioner OF
alien passengers undertakes, even without the
warrant of justice Of the peace, to send back
paupers in cases in which he sees fit, and pay the
expenses from money in his hands belonging to
the State treasury"
The operation Of the law is exhibited in the
following paragraph from the Boston Advertiser:
Yesterday morning, there sailed from this
port SPLENDID packet ship, bearing the noble
name of Daniel Webster, which fifty belongs TO
so fine vessel. Among the crowd Of human
beings on board thatproud vessel was one poor
woman, with an infant daughter. Her passage
and that of her child were paid by the rich and
powerful commonwealth Of Massachusetts. She
left our free and happy shores unwilling and re-
luctant. She went away against her own free
WILL constrained by force Of the civil authorities
OF the State. Her cries, she begged not TO be
thus cruelty banishod, were, told, most
pitious, and such as to cause the accidental
witnesses Of the scene to burn with Indignation.
The offence Of this unfortunate woman, for
which she was thus violently and ANONYMOUSLY
expelled from Massachusetts,, was the fact that
she was born in Ireland, and is called a pduper.
Her infant daughter, who unconsciously shares
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