Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-26

hdeous aggravated form, stalk in their midst
unchecked; that the untold misery and horror
which their community presents to the eye of
their Creator, must make angels weep-mur.
ders, robberies, thels, drunkenness, and licen-
tiousnesS prevail, and face the MONDAY sun;
that among their brightest lights, black and
innocence; that these are received with honor
in the midst Of their hottest social circle; they
invite these serpents (who have stung to death
the innocence Of unsuspecting youth and con
signed il TO most horrid iniamy and destruc-
tion) to the midst Of their social circles, and
offer their daughters to these yiolators of inno-
cence, and prescribe the victims, az, and with
the budding blossom Of their own daughters at
their side, while still fresh from the blasting Of
another rs fair and as pure as his own; that
to Heaven the odor Of crime which arises
from Massachusetts Is 4 compound 81 more
fearful crimes ana excuseless wickedaess, and is
incomparably more offensive than that which
arises from slavery-restraint upon wickedness
is put upon slaves, bnt crime or sin never re-
CURED Cannot the bfeiigsacel demonstrate
that if every demand OF the South be admitted
the North will lose nothing, whereas, if the
fanatics Of the North prevail to the extent Of
their wishes, the South will lose everything
The South is strictly and wholly on the defen
sive. 1t is willing and ready to cease warfare
iii let alone. The way to stop battle is not
to lay hold Of the party parrying blows, but on
him who is striking. We ask our neighbor if
this be not so
While we give fui credit to the Intelligencer
for the sincerity Of lis expressed ieryor for the
Union and its great advantages, may we not
respectfully suggest means Of accomplishing
its prayer? We have taken that liberty may
it buckle on its armor, and do good service in
striking down the sword perpetually pointed at
the south, and thrust at it with such frequent
vindictiveness.
We are entirely willing to allow that Mas
sachusetts has within her borders many sane
men, not sound in mind alone, but in
heart, who are willing to fulfil faithfully their
duties as citizens under the Constitution, and
who, while they for themselves disavow be-
lief in the advantages or propriety of slavery,
nevertheless feel themselves exempt from any
of its responsibility and therefore NEEDLE not
with il. May the minds and hearts Of all be
restored TO sound thinking and sound feeling.
Avowing an interest for the slave, the whole
proceedings of the Free.soilers is to hamper,
circumscrbe, and aggravate the sufferngs of
the slaves until they become uncomfortable alike
to them and to their masters, or, in the language
Of one of them, to circle the slave states as with
fire, SO to circumscrbe and harass them that
masters and slaves SHALL for the sake of existence,
burst the bonds Of slavery, and let loose from
their borders millions of negroes to scatter
over the land, or to compel an exodus of the
whites. The ruling action of these crazed
men Of Massachusetts is a perpetual mono
maniaism. Scarce recovered from one infatua.
ton, they fall into another, Of which their his.
tory is an unbroken series
The Importance of the subject discussed will
probably excuse rs to our readers for the length
Of this article.