Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-04-11
THE PATTERN STATE.

Massachusetts, has set herself up for the Pattern
State. She is naughty, arrogant concelted' shperc'
,ons and pharsacal. She daily thanks God tlat sue
10 no, like beuighted and wicked Southerners' ana
;nu;.,s on compelling them to follow her example,
Ear this purpose her rich capitalists are nonopoisihs
tho nublic lands, and colonising them with ~hte
ssves in order to exclude black ones She asserls'
vha, s psr.cly true that tree labor is more pr"hta-
~. ~ ,hs amployer than slave labor to the mnster-
She negects to give the reason which 49, 'ha' ha'
tsrs allow or pay, their slaves more tnan e"p'oyefs
do their hired laborers. Capital 10 more cruei anu
exactinp than human mnsters. In lew years '''e
wealthy capitalists Of Boston may charge "h"t rents
tbsv plsase to the d.luded engrants whom lucy are
sending to Kansas. As mere money speculation I"
ia bettt.r whilst it lasts, than sending negroes tiere'
But il will not last long with unlveral outrage
.slayes without masters" like the a6orers OF west
arm Europe should also be without votes, else they
will become very dangerous customers.
| Waving for the present the equal r'ght o' 'ne
South to participate in the unspproprlated domain o'
the Union resulting from the equality of The States
which existed before the constitution and which was
intended to be ratified and confirmed not taken away
Inv that MISUNDERSTANDING, Also the tact That the
Snptb was chiefly instrumental in acquiring all the
n,b,;c territories whilst Massachusetts opposed Inc
scouis;,ion-we propose to attempt to follow the
ns.udo pLilanthropsts Of the North into the regions
of tho Higher Law, and to determine from '"e CEN
sus irrespective OF positive law or CONSTITUTIONS "he
,her Massachusetts should be the Pattern Stale.
~. :ometime since, compared tue agricultural sta-
ts,ics Of North Carolina and Massachusetts ana
showed that according to population the produc's o'
North Carolina we're about times those oil assa'
cb,sstts But, we slso proved from the census thai
,hs od pav State balanced the account, by crop OF
crime aud paupersn fully ten times IS great as 'a'
Of old Rip Van Winkle. Weshould have adueo th"t
the mortality in Massachusetts is nearly d"uo'e '"a'
of North Carolina 1t is quite natural that 'he
ing deficiency Of food 10 the former State shouu IT,
sui, iu An overplus of crime and pauPer's' anu ""'
it sboud shorten human life We should not be sur
prised if Old Rip were to wake up, and dispute Win
Cape Cod, the title of "Pattern State" Suppose she
were 10 say, 1--WE agree that it is the duty OF Govern
neut, f it has the right and the power under the
Constitution to encourage and extend only that form
OF society which is most productive of human happi-
nesa snd well being and, therefore, we insist, there
+ shaIl be 10 moro free States" Besides, she might
add, 'your case and mine not exceptional cases
Tor, you VIII leaVe out the New States Ot the North
West where the lands fertile that grain is al
most spontaneous production of the earth, you will
find that the world over, in civilized society," the free
countries starving, whilst the slave countries pro
duce more than they can consume, and you will also
find greater longevity and infinitely less of crime i'll
slave States If you iusist on rsmpling Oh the Con
stitution, on the experience and history of the past
on the Bible ITSELF and propose to rely solely on the
examples Of the free States Of this Unon az compared
with those of the slave States We are ready aso IL
meet you on this ground"
We do not wish to offend the conservatives OF the
North, because we like thop, and need their aid eu
we can scarcely preserve our temper when we rehee
OH the csuting hypocrisy and dishonesty OF ths par
ty now dominant there, and for fear OF g'vlnt
offence to our friends, will not extend this article iur
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