The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-23

it forth with b0astings and aeclamations, and
babe you prepare the victor's chaplet for its
speedy return. We have spent more money
than it cost to beat Napoleon the Great: we
have lost four times as many men as we're killed
at Waterloo; and in return we have nothing
whatever to show but broken and baiIied army,
and long list OF killed and wounded"
MASSACHUSETTS HUMANIrY--MAssACH
MoRALrTY-A PAIR OF BLUE LIGHT SpECTACLEs.
Under the old blue laws Of Massachusetts it
was penal offence to give shelter 10 house
less Quaker, and witches were devously exc
cuted as burnt offerings to bigotry the most in
tense, and to superstition the most atrocious.
In these latter days, however, after two hun
bred years of active publication and reform,
Massachusetts claims to have risen to the rank
of the most enlightened, moral, religious, and
liberty. loving State liz the Union. Her capital
is the "Athens OF America" she plumes herself
upon her colleges, her common schools, her
churches, her liquor laws, and her benevolent
institutions. Now for the fruits of this boasted
enlightenment and Christian civilization. First
we give specimen of Massachusetts humanity.
We copy from one of our exchanges
Mary Williams and her infant daughter, the latter
born Massachusetts, sent TO Europe on Monday,
from the town OF Monsoon, Mass for the crime OF being
too poor to live in that commonwealth. The woman
had come away from Ireland because she too
poor to live there. According two facts, the
poor creature has no right to live at all Massacnusets
about year ago, was IN terrible Torment tbs
law sent Burns back to Virginia. fhe Boston Advertiser
IS q the United bore The Of
for But
negro man and bIother; while she only white
Can anythiDg be found more revolving to
every feeling of humanity in all the horrid and
disgusting Massachusetts, blue law legislation
of two hundred years ago? If this be Puritan
ism, what is barbarism?-if this be Christianity,
what is Paganism?-if this be liberty, what is
despotism? If this is the hospitality of a re-
fined civilization, the wild Apaches, who
drink the blood Of their enemies, have been
wofully hbelled. They are accounted savages,
yet they are at least true to their own race.
They have neither churches, colleges, nor
schools, yet they are evidently competent to
teach our excessively Puritanical brethren of
Massachusetts, the first principles Of Chris
tianity and civilized society.
The morality Of the Old Bay State has been
pretty fairly exhibited in the official legislative
explorations of Mr.. Joseph Hiss q Co. Of the
Nunnery Committee. Mr.. Hiss says that he
has been made the scapegoat of bis equally
guilty legislative colleagues-that at least one
hundred and eighty members of Legislature
about one-fitsh clergymen. have familiarized
Themselves with the Boston houses Of prostitu-
ton. And New Hampshire editor, who hap
pened lately to be on railroad train contain
ing select committee of our Massachusetts,
law makers, Gays
The Committee behaved in the car great deal like
who had drank large quantities OF wine and brandy
SO enjoyed themselves in attempts to Guido each
other in relating disgusting anecdotes, worthy OF grog
shop house OF nliame: The name OF Mrs. Patterson
familiar to leave little doubt ths minds of the
hearers that she is quite favorite with others than
Joseph Hiss, of the Nunnery COMMITTEES.
These two extracts make pair Of blue light
spectacles through which Massachusetts hui
mainly is discovered as vile imposture, and
Massachusetts, morality and religion, churches,
clergy, negro worship, Maine Liquor law and
all, appear repulsiye humbug. But we cease
to wonder that her authorities should send a
uueiSC AmeliCuH lnluue dCIoc5 euC SOUS AOl VIC
crime of being the child of poor Irishwoman
that negro fugitives should be invested with
the right of suffrage, while foreign born whites
are disfranchised; that negro children should
be placed upon a footing of equality in the
public schools with the wbites-we cease to
wonder at any of these atrocities, on finding
that negro worship, bigotry, and hypocrisy are
the ruling elements of the Massachusetts Legis-
lature.
There must be another revolution in Massa-
chusetts politics at the next popular election,
OF we may next expect some runaway negro to
supersede the comparatively true American
Know Nothing, Governor Gardner Mrs. Pat
terson in the place of Judge Loring; pre-
MUM for fugitive slaves, and general inter-
dict Of expulsion against the poor Irish. The
common schools Of Massachusetts! Fudge.
Liberty loving Massachusetts,! Bah!
THE ENGLISH OPERA IN New YoRK.-Ths celebrated
Pyre and Harrison troupe of performers in English
OPERA which lately met with such brilliant success ut
The Broadway theatre, viii TO play under
new engagement at Niblos theatre this evening. The
series Of entertainments will be inaugurated by the per-
fozmance Of The Daughter of the Regiment in which
fine opera there no doubt but the troupe will sustain
It's high reputation 1t ia probable that the theatre
will be crowded to the utmost.
METROPOLITAN THEATRE--This evening Mr.. Hackett
will appear, for the first time these five years. in the
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