Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-04-06
From the Richmond Enquirer.

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Virginia only but throughout the entire South. The
frmness with which in the case of anthony Burns,
he resisted the pressure of fanacal public oplnlon
and upheld the constitution and the laws in the
midst of almost universal disoyalty and revolt, anu
at the hazard of personal penalty, attracted
the attention of the country TO man who thus fear
lesslv maintained the independence of the Judiciary,
an, thus nobly illustrated the devotion of the patriot
In Virginia. especially, the rights of whose citizen
he so faithfully protected, his conduct excited the
greatest admiration. And, when he was stricken by
the vengeance OF abolitionism, and in the loss OF
Office was made to endure the penalty of devotion 10
duty, we were not backward in expressions OF sym
pathy with his sufferings and Indignation at his
wrongs. But his dismissal from protessorshlp IN
arvard University, by a Board over which the
Know Nothing Governor of Massachusetts PRESIDED
did not appease the vengeance of the Aboltlonsts
They resolved to deprive him of the judicial commls-
sion which he holds under the State government
A Legislature, in which the ascendancy of Know
Nothngism is without dispute, eagerly entered on
the work of persecution. petition for his dlsmls
sal was referred to special committee, which has
Just reported in favor of removing him. 1t s already
understood that the Know-Nothing Governor to
whom the power CT removal belongs. will promptly
respond to the request of the Know Nothing Leglsa
ture. Meanwhile, the Know Nothing Abolition press
of Massachusetts is preparing the popular mind Tor
the sacrifice by traducing the character of the in
tended victim Theodore Parker and Wendell Phil
lips are conspicuous among his prosecutors. In the
agony OF this severe trial, Judge Loring bears him
self with the composure of conscious recttude, anu
the dignity of truly heroic nature. he can hay e
no doubt of the issue of the attack but, IN his mis-
fortune, he may be assured of the sympathy anu ap
plause of all good in every quarter OF the coun-
try He will fall victim of the ferocious phrensy
of AboItlonsm, and martyr to his intrepid oeVo-
ton to the Union and the Constitution. In the
South the memory OF his patriotic service VIII be
cherished with grateful admiration.
This is the man who ventured to utter warning
to Virginia in the present perous crises OF It's Tor
tunes. And surely man has better night to speak
word of admoniton to Virginia, and from no man
will Virginians receive words of counsel with more
respect and gratitude His personal character, his
distinguished ability, his well-tred and we'll aested
patots TO say nothing Of his special service In de-
fence Of the rights of the South, combine to open Tor
him ready access to TIE heart and Judgment OF tue
people of this State.
The letter from Judge Loring, in another column OF
this paper will be read, we doubt not by every cltl-
zen of Virginia, with attentive and impartial consid-
Grafton. Apart from the interest which must attach
10 the solemn warning of person SUSTAINING sucn
peculiar relations to the South, touching the grea
issues which at this moment engage the most anXlOut
thoughts of the people of Virginla-apart from the
authority which belongs to the deliberate OPINION OF
| a who gives us the convlotlon OF SOUND JUG
ment and the results of close and accurate obserVa
! ton of the character and tendency OF Know Nom
! ingsm in the quarter whence it originated and
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all these accessory circumstances, there is enough o.
eloquent appeal and irresistible argument IN THIS let
ter from Judge Loring to produce an immense anc
decisive effect on the popular mind OF THIS otale anC
Ct the whole South. No honest man, OF Whatever
party, read it without conviction OF the truth O.
| its representations. No intelligent man will fail tt
admire It's compact logic, and It's manly eloquence--
But to the Democracy of Vrginia--to the old State
rights Republican party which reveres the memory
and cherishes the principles of Jefferson and adlsol
| III III frnr0
Alien and Sedition laws down TO the last and mos
repulsive development of anti-slaVery Federalism
| has stood steadfast by the Constitution and the I'm
ion this letter appeals with fervor and force whcf
it is impossible to resist To the people OF Virgin;
We commend it as supplying unquestonabe and con
elusive evidence of the alliance of Know Nothinglsn
and Abolitionism in the Northern States 1t corrob
the emphatic testimony of Judge Douglas, an'
of every other national man i'll the North. 1t PIC
lures the true nature of Know Nothnglsm, as we Sc
it in its political development.
LETTER FROM JUDGE LORINCf.
SALEM, (Mass) February 25, 1855.
Dear Sir In yours Of the 9th inst you remark
" Strange, strange times these, when such heres
comes from Massachusetts, as is promug gated In tn
Know Nothing address of Governor Gardner. Th
times are, indeed, strange; and considering the pc
siton of Massachusetts,, as State Astounding
wealth and intelligence, it is matter of interest
every patriot to inquire in what way she has reach
, ed her present anomalous political condition. Nor
particularly is it matter of interest 10 every Virgin
ian, whose political lessons have taug him that hi
own State and Massachusetts have always occupie
the opposite poles of the political universe, and VIII
is now invited to follow the lead of his long estat
lshed and natural political opponent Let him loo
well to the political history of Massachusetts betor
he follows her example. Let him remember, that !
the earliest days of our Republic the principl
which received the support Of Jefferson and Madison
met here with their bterest opposition Let him re
member that the peculiar doctrines, whose establish
ment in the Constitution has given tone to urwho
Union started forth from Virginia. and were receive
with bitter hostility the very boundaries OF MAJ
! sachusetts. And, as he surveys the political oond
# ton of this latter State, let him shrink back in no
Tor and disgust at lending his hand to plunge II
e Old Don inion into that /" lower deep which no
furnishes room and verge enough for every sp
cies of Massachusetts fanaticsm, and arrays her
L. gainst the safety and prosperity of our Union.
y 1t cannot be that Virginia and Massachusetts a
destined to travel together the road Of Known
= thingism. Here the way has been prepared
n slow and persistent labor the popular mind OF Mass
chusetts has been cultivated for Just the polite
,e paradox which startles the prudent and patti
Of Otto portions of the community In no State IN tt
Union have there been such pertnacious reslstan
r to the prevailing sentiment of the tmes-such dets
mined devotion TO selfish interests-such disregard
the r4 hts and wants of other sections of the Uni
such bgoted political faith and such shorts ght
Sc political endeavor, have marked the course OF
De dominant party here for years. Massachusetts fed
ralism, however honorable it may have been in
is origin has at last brought forth that very fruit viii
its early rejection of the true intention of our 60
eminent promised. Devoted in its youth to me
t. of such doubtful utility that the nation speed
re repudatei them, il passed on into manhood viii
ma has left not brilliant republican act to adorn
IL history-and it has now found its elimination in t
monstrous political thoughts and deeds, which ma
Massachusetts politics a reproach in the Union.
This is no fiction of the imagination. Hcr devoti
ar to the alien and sedition" laws of John Adams h
opposition to the large, pure, liberal democracy
Jefferson, her declaration in the Missouri debate