The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-24


Msssscsusete. For many yesrs tce Laws Of Mas
Eschuseste, II regard % pessccL hbsfs asd bsea
precisely tho 6tme IS oor osn. In toe CASE
as IN tbs csse s al Somerset, in g, gland, tsst
every SLAVE, on touching the soil OF che State
became FREE. When the Fogiti % Sieve Lac was IN
the cou Of discussion 81 Weeington, the Sta.e CT
Massachusetts, deoiae0 IL TO be radically unoocstitu
tonal, beosufe It was incompatible With the :" per
scnal liberty laws" Of some Of the States, and ca %
ciav Of hsssac hae.ts. Il was evident 70 all clear
ton. Several dangerous cases Of collision about
State rights bsd occu;ed BEFORE leading (ss ,ecSl-
~ IN the South Can lima notification mstter) to she
very verge Of war; but never before hes there been
Q COZ f.ct ON tie Personal Lbsfty Laws" OF auy
State--oc such important rights as habsss corpus
ard tlisl by jury. When such . discrepancy u
kroxn to exist, ard to be beyond mending by
any sort Of ocmpromise, it does .u nn much
whence the spark comes which determines
the explosion. csat i would DO some DIM
Guilty about fugitive slaves, however, nobody hAd
much doubt: al when the demand was made, q
year ago for the rendition Of Burns, the fugitive
slave every body fels that tie occssi,n was CONS
| And 30 il wss, though Buns wss for the mo
They could NOT. in the agitation of the moment,
decide on the proper MODE of sustaining toe CON.
| stitution Of Msssac ,usetts against tho encroaoh
ments Of the lew federal law; Taey sent cut pla.
cards by the early trains from oston to every part
OF the State, requesting the yeomsHrs to hasten 70
Boston TO witness the TRANSACTION 10 order 70 decide
Afterwards what to do for the defence Of their au
Gent liberties. "Come, then" said the appeal. "by
the early trains On Mordsy and rally In Court
squsIe. Come with courage and resolution in POUR
fesyts; but, this time, with only auch arms o. God
gave You kulttudes obeyed the summons, aNt
th0ss who rem aimed at home solled the church bells
and hure out black flags. mourning fer the LOST
liberties Of their State. On the ensuing Fourth OF
July. the great national holiday was spent in Mas
ways before, since 1776, but with tolnng OF bells,
and other tokens of public mourning. and humilia
ton and prayer for the restoration Of thsr consteu
tional privileges. 1t 10 strsnge II anybody who
knew tSese ttirgs should imagine that such action
81 demonstration On the part of TIE sons Of tho
Pilgrims could be mere show Of displeasure. an
that IN America an!b BODY as so regarded the de-
mopstyaticn; and If we have heard little Of Is In
EBglaI d, il is because the English are unaware Of
the ess OF the affair." aud to- much engrossed
with Eastern transactions to attend to the signi-
canoe of th0ea OF the Wess. While Europe iB thus
unconscious CT the critical moment for thu American
Union hsviLg arrived, the most thorough going pro-
slavery newspapers are admitting the fact In the
bfosGest msnner. Here is, for one, the Richmond
(virgin;s> Examiner ssyng: " There Is no inte'li-
gent mar. Of ary party, or section OF the Uaited
tion Of slavery is the vital question Of the republic
more important In Its bearings n pom the destiGy
ct the American people than all ether questions,
norsl. political and religious combined Politicians
may cry peece but there Is no peace for the slave
holder. Nor, il may be ADDED, for any citizen.
when the liberties Of every white man are gubor
otnAte1 10 the bondage of the black.
The growing Of the storm has never ceased since
that q ant cloud Of last June lowered upon Mas
sachusets, az now the explosion Of tee tempest
seems TO be very near. fer the revolutionary deed is
actually cone. Long ago the women OF Worcester
sent thirty pieces Of silver to the unconstitutional
Judge who decreod tbs rer dt.icn of Burns; aud
msDy another token of the kind reached the man
who had, % the cidzeus thought, sold his bro
the removal Of Juc ge Loring lave elected refusal
from tie GOgernOr Of Massachusetts, the OILY
effect Of which viii be TO Danish tee Governor from
public life to keep company wish the Judge. These
cannot obey the contradi tory laws Of the Union
AID the State: they have to make their choice be-
tween them. They rave preferred the federal laws;
that, to be permitted to told their State offices,
| they are highly unreasonable. They may look to
Washington for employment or recompense; but
| their chance is over la Massachusetts. Well the
next thing was the attempt, which has niscarfied.
10 brT three OF the most eminent and hon0red OF
the citizens of Bcaton to trial on charge of con.
structive treason. II was found that no jury could
never took place The st1em It had, however,
| very serious ccnse quence. The acute examination
Of the Laws, old and new, affecting the personal
rights Of citizens. disclosed the fact that the priv
fges which lad been t1ansplan ed from the field Ct
Rurpymede into the valleys Of Massachusetts,, are
nov actusly uprooted aud cast abroad at the
at Washington This is to be set right immediately,
of course. There cen be no doubt about that 10 q
Gaze where che Liberties Of the Sons of the Pilgrims
are involved. Thus far, it has been done with
| was marched down to the wharf at Boston 10 the
presence Of tens Of thousands assemb ed to witness
che sacrifice, has been sent back again. He was
| fcuLd very burdeasome at the South, because he
could not be allowed to speak to anybody Of his
own race lest he would toll what had been said aud
doIe ct Boston. he was sold tor very small sum,
ehusetts and elsewhere. That sacraces viii have to
| DO made, and very serious sacrifices, and very
scon, there can now be little doubt; and the only
question remaining lie, whether the people Of the
| State viii be sssunch CROUCH to bear ont their
representatives in the prcdigious deed which thsy
| lave done.
That deed -, carrying their dsclara.ory bill on
eets in spite OF the veto Of the Governor Of the State.
The moment of collision has arrived and is paet.
remains to be seen whether the citizens will sup
When the Governors veto was communicated to the
Senate, an earnest debate ensued on the question,
"Shan this bli pass the Governors decision TO the
con.ISy nsty u and "ths biz was
which sent down the bill 10 the Representatives VINO
report -" The Personal Liberty bill came down
with the Governors objections, which were read;
and then the bill was read in concurrence the veto
nosvithitanding-y yea, 229, nays 7e' 49, - 80
Wat the consequences will be, there Is no
saying. We wish there was ground for hope
that the central government woul1 retrsce It's stsps
repeal the Fugitive Slave law so hated by the
great msioIity Of the citizens Of the Union-and
take very good care never again to infringe the
desrsst rights Of the Oldest aud wisest and best oil
the Statee But CT this there to be no hope
yet The slave power is too strong in Congress az
present for any amende Of the sort. What then
Is Massachusetts, reaoy to wlthd from the Union
or to be declared excluded from IL II So she may,
We think, reasonably hope for the com oauouship Of
all tie beet etstes-of all that are peopled BY the
posterity of the Pilgrim Fathers, and probably Sc
veral more. Bet supported or unsupp ,rtsd, accom
panied or lonely in her testimony, che cannot shrink
| q
not corquer 1t is surely irposs BILE that republic.
ans, 6escer from Englishmen should not bs able
to preserve in the nineteenth century, person al
Liberties which we've obtained BY their ancestors in
| the twelfth.
II the citizens give way acd expose their repre-.
eeLtatives to viz dctive retrbution for their daring