Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-02-24
ANOTHER KNow-NoTH1NG TRIUMPH

The progress of Know Nothingism in the North is
a triumphal procession-a rapid and uninterrupted
succession of inroads upon the constitution and
of conquests in the interest of " freedom.
pendent of the New York Tribune describes the
late achievement of Know Nothingsm in this ab-
rupt but impressive style:
REJECTION OF MIR. EDWARD G. LoRING.
Especial Dispatch to the New York TribuneI
BosroN, Friday, Feb. 16, 1855.
At a meeting of the Board of Ovcrseers of Har-
ward College, in the Senate Chamber, yesterday af-
ternoon the nomination, by the Corporation of Ed
WARD GREELY LoRING (of Burns memory as Law
Professor, was rejected acithout discussion, by
vote of twenty NAYS to ten YEAS.
The following named gentlemen voted in favor Of
Mr.. Loring:
R. A Chapman, the Rev. Dr. Gannctt DR.. Wal
ker, President of the College; Mr.. Andrews, Trca
surer; r. c. Winthrop, John Fl: Clifford, S. D.
Bradford, DR.. Blaydcn, Thomas Worcester, Emory
Washburn.
Gov. Gardner voted against Mr.. Loring
Thus Kidnapping has been rcbuked in conserva'
tive Harvard!
There is great rejoicing in the city, and twenty
guns to be fired on the Common tomorrow.
About three bushels of petitions have been pre-
sented the Legislature in favor of Judge Lorings
removal as Judge of Probate.
loft with his head =!
So much for Buckingham
Another dispatch says: This is in consequence
of MIR. Loring s acting as Commissioner IN the rem
ditiOn of the fugitive slave Burns and in the view
of some foreshadows of his removal from his Judge
ship by the Legislature"
Mr.. Edward Loring had been already victimz-
ed by the invective of Theodore Parker: the Know
Nothings have consummated the outrage upon him.
and through him upon the constitution and the con-
sentative sentiment of the country. He is dismiss
ed from a ProfessOrship in Harvard University, and
for the single offence of faithful discharge OF his
duty as judicial officer under the Federal Govern
ment As United States Commissioner he affirmed
the constituonalty of the Fugitive slave law, and
with signal independence and resolution OF charac
ter remanded Anthony Burns to the custody OF his
master, amid the hootings and Renaces of an ntur'
ated mob. This was his only crime but in the Judg
ment of the Know-Nothngs of Massachusetts, 1t was
enough to disquafy him for public employment
and even to degrade him in the confidence OF Soco
ty. Henry j. Gardner, the Know-Nothing Govern
of Massachusetts,, presided at the Board OF Pros
iption and signed the warrant of execution.
The attack on the independence of the Judiciary
implied in this act strikes at the foundation OF gov
eminent, and appeals to the feelings of the whole
country. The outrage on the constitution IN inc
person of an officer who sworn to interpret the
law according to reason and justice, is matter Oh
peculiar concern to the South, whose rights and IN
teress assaulted by act of unparalleled atrOcy
But the persecution is not to stop here. "Ihreo
bushels of petitions have been presented to tne
Legislature for the removal of Mr. LornS irom
the office of Judge of Probate. When we recoIec'
that this Legislature is exclusively know-Nothmg
and that it elected Henry Wilson to the Senate I"
the United States. may confidently predict tnS
Issue of the prosecution against Judge Lorlng. Wv. o
with his head" is the cry, and the know-NotnlaaS
Legislature will display alacrity in the bioOut
work. KnowN othingism will not tolerate an hohcn
Judge in its presence. 1t imposes penalty on Jua.
cia integrity, and attaches the stigma of crime To-
conscientious discharge of public duty. Let no man
in Massachusetts, talk of the rights of the Sou'N
until this reign of terror is at an end
In connection with the dismissal of Judge LII LII
ing, we may mention the fact that James RIsSen
Lowell the Poet-Laureate of Abolitonism, has oes"
appointed to Professorship in Harvard UniVersayd
Thor o.OfC ranfS
of treason; the MUSES. are violated by the foul el,
brace of Know Nothingism! Is there a Virginia.
at Harvard College? Maybe some promising uiSc.p'
of Know Nothingsm. Rich Enquirer