The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-03-22
NO. 429.
BosToN, March 5, 1855.

T. Tho thousand letters which you have re-
- commenting upon the course of the Era,
c. ;roneIled to add another, which shall have
,a '-- favor of an origin from this local
- T will promise, as it may give more weight
hot sa7. that do not ike this new Know
T,.b;ng party. or its aims. But l wish to ut
- VOID on the apparent lack OF fairness in
..LL.r.,srt course Of the Era in regard to Mas
-t,sstts. This State is this winter full of the
-sst Anti-Slavery feeling, and the very first
I'm sent forth as her exponent of that feel
p i erected at Washington with tremen-
L.. roadside from the leading Anti-Slayery
;,,rpaI of this country. Is this true Anfa-Std-
r.. action?
The IMPRESSION of the unfairness of such
.,1rse NAV best be illustrated by quoting re-
,,,rk made in my hearing day or two since,
- one who has labored in the Anti-Slavery
osu.e from the beginning, but who is at the
,,-asept moment in the Know Nothing party.
H. had lust been speaking OF the article about
vr Wilson, above referred to. and the gentle
nan said:
Now mark my prophecy about the tendency
&C this course of DR.. Bailey's. Though this
,.,.sept Massachusetts Legislature is Infinitely
i1or. rti,Slayery than any ever before elected,
and their acts will prove it; though Judge Lo-
rms proiessorship is not confirmed; though
=. 1etitions for the removal of Judge Loring
,r,n the Office Of Judge of Probate may be
,-.nsnled to by large majority though a
r.4r,onal liberty bill, strong as anybody could
Lire. NAV be passed; yet will DIR. Bailey say
qtbng. or next to nothing in favor Of these
~.,, because they will be accomplished by
6aow Nothing Legislature"
Now. let this Legislature call itself by what
name il will, it is a strong Anti-Slavery one,
and should be treated as such by those who
profess TO hold Anti-Slayery sentiments.
l., il our main aim to watch the ranks of our
foes and spend our best strength in weaken
I'M. lsi. p5wers. or is it to distract our own
SIDE l0 ,lu .relling as to who belong to us p?
l.w LtIg is on our side who will work on
f: and the working-day is too short for us to
...i. 50 much of it in opposing those who
ar. evidently working for us. The pith of the
vI.,,e matter NAV be compressed in this ques-
l5a: Does not the Era prove, by its present
,s.. that it hates the Know Nothing Party
more than it loves the Anti-Slavery cause?
Ahdy. wishing to avoid publicity, signs only,
THE TRUE AIM"
We do mol claim to be infallible, or exempt
from prejudice; but, We have done no wrong
10 General Wilson. The correspondence, on
which We commented, required comment.
Had our own brother been the writer, we
should not have spared it. Personal likes
ul, mol be suffered to come between man
aul his duty.
As TO the Know Nothing Legislature of Mas
slchusetts, our correspondent would do well to
wait before condemning MS. When that body
shall have done something, we shall have some
hing to say. So far we have said nothing, and
phy should we? What has it done? We have
never kept back the truth, for the purpose of
damaging any party. Whenever guilty Of such
a want of candor, Just tell us of it. Till then,
what right has any one to say that we intend
% deal falsely?
Now for the other side A member of the
Order in Massachusetts,, who, some two or
three weeks ago, wrote us a letter, expressing
Che apprehension that we had not done full
Justice to the Know Nothings of Massachusetts,,
wrote us, so soon as he received the Era, CON
ilining that broadside" against General Will
son, as our fair correspondent terms it, as fol-
bows:
To the Editor of the National Era:
I,nr Article this ireek on General Wilson's
if,. IS inst. anil 10 The point. / am. thankful
lal' Dr. has by his speech since, in the Senate,
Pr. himself all right, in consistency with his
fnntr 0pinions and acts, with the great body
Of Freencn North. Let the shareholders and
eoughiacrs, whether Wings, Democrats, or
hnow Nohings. howl away, for the end of their
rule !, nigh. The North is walked up, Natire-
'"i Is DYING out--that is, National Pro-Slavery
hu'w N5lhingism. The General, hope has
A,,Ari out its last hope of rallying the Free
S'a'r' GA false issue. An organization hav-
mr lr It's issue and test the great, paramount
question of Fice'iom rs. Sarery, unmixed
N..u minor questions, will soon swallow up all
oa-r qu.stions North. w.