The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-07
DAILY DISPATCH,


Massackhsetm Nuilincaeien m Ola ThfnG.
II IL popularity of the straight laced and phar
isaical pries of aboltionism that they never seem
able to ace angle defect In their own character
II these ssints are euty Of the vices Of tho publ
cans, their vices are hallowcd by the sancsisy OF
their professions, and they gently siyie them in-
hrmities" Of the flesh which ought to be overlooked
In them, though deserving dsmna,ton in everybody
else. Thus the State OF Massachusetts, sets her.
self up the model Of American Unoniovirg Pat
riotism. and when South Carolina nulli6ed, the
horror Of Massachusetts, at the iniquity OF nullica
iion exceeded that of all the other States Of the
eonfederacy combined She was impatient for the
Federal government to hurl its thunder bolts ut
the head of South Carolina and annihilate that an
dacious multiplying Commonwealth. There are
people even In the South, who, deceived by the
loud professions Of this pecksnif of the States,
fancy she ia oil she describes herself and are ready
TO admi, the nferori.y of the South In patriotism
and public virtue to Massachusetts,
A single glance at her history is enough to dis
pei this deusion, and reveal the State represented
by Sumner and Wilson Ia her true colora A
notification act stands At this moment upon her
statute book, setting at defiance the Constitution
and the Laws of the general governne Mt, and this
act she has repeatedly refused to repeal. But null
chusetts. On ths contrary whenever exposed to
temptation and trial. her boosted loyalty has uni
form!y given way like ice before the sun. We
shall cite some memorable illustrations of this fact
And the witness upon whose testimony we rely
Is no less a person than John Quincy Adams!
The Embargo Law of 1907 caused great excite
meat in New England. The Patriotism and the
Purse of that section then into collision, and
we shall sec which gave way. A plan was start
cd for New England confederacy and dismem-
berment of the Union! John Quincy Adams
wrote letter to Senator Giles of Virginia, in the
fall Of 1908, urging upon the Administration an
immediate repeal of the Embargo, and the substi.
tuition of q NonIntercourse Act therefor SO con-
WINGED was he of the imminence of the danger
OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT He said:
Their object was, and had been for several
years. The dissolution of The Union, andse establish.
ment off separate Confederation" which he affirmed
that nc knee from uaeguipocat cudence, although
not proveable in a court oflaw; and IN case Of eira
xar the aid of Great Britain to effect that purpose
would be as surely resorted to, as It would DC IN
dispensably necessary to the design!
Mr.. Adams afterwards makes known that STATE
MULTIPLICATION was in full blast and practical
operation at that time in New England, without
even the Sovereign ceremony OF WHIPPING Or.
diaance!-and in the same sentence communicates
unmistaksbis ndicia Of the pmrposed secession. He
ssys:
The people were constantly 1nstlgdteQ 20 re8l0
lance against the Embargo:-Juries acquitted VIC
latious of the ground of its unconsttnisndtiy
assumed in the face Of solemn decision of the Fede
raj C0mr!-A separation of the Union was openly
stimulated in the public prints, and Contention
ofdelesnses Of the Neo England States TO meet Neo
HareB, sds iateRdcd and proposed!'
Here is notification with vengeance A de-
sign TO dissolve the Union, and to set up separate
oopfederacy and cab in British bayonets against
who, when Massachusetts cried for deliver
snee fror, British bayonets, were the first to fly
to her rescue
This testimony of John Quincy Adams that old
foeman of the South, is additionally confirmed by
the fact that Sir James H. Craig, the British Gov.
ernsr General of Canada, despatched spy, John
Henry, from Quebec, in January 1909, through
Vermont and New Hampshire to Boston, for the
purpose of intriguing for the dismemberment Of a
country then at peace with Great Britain. The
following extract from letter of this spy to his
government, is recorded by New England his
torian: :a.=rs
Should Congress venture to declare War the
Legislature of Massachusetts would give the tone
TO the neighboring States, aud invite q Congress
to be composed OF delegates from the Federal
States, and erect Separate Government for their
Common Defence and in a condition TO make or
receive proposals from Great Britain, when scarce
any other aid would be necessary, than q few
sells of " ar from the Halifax station, 70 protect the
maratime tow ms from the little american Nary p
lie vas careful, he said, not to make an i'm
preston analogous TO the enthusiastic confidence of
he opposition nor the hopes and expectations that
npirnae the friends Of an Alliance beUGen the Nor.
fhtrn States and Great Britain
War with Grea. Britain followed the sword
was drawn and Massachusetts, recreant to her
new ally as 10 her old, remained in the Union as
she docs now, but paying no regard to the obliga-
tons OF law. The manner in which the I" higher
law" worked among her juries CHOSE juries whom
she wishes entrusted with the decision of fugitive
slave cascs) is thus described by historian of
that period:
s'Ds1rgani.inS juries the basis of legal admin
is'ration, BUT INDUCING THEM TO VIOLATE THE
ENACrMENTs OF LAW AND THEIR JUDICIAL IN
PERTURBATION, BY VERDICTs ANNULLING both
aas the introduction IF that system eff Ezecutire
Legislative and judicial State rtp0h-sparain9 M.
fioaot rrqairenens-ond encouraging their ind,uid
aat rejection proctaisnins rfpUdidton of Federal
loans and debts, by eminent Statesmen: Akosether it
sos msurrectton by abuse Of personal freedom and
State s0ceTeiSnty!"
According to the same historian, the Puritan
parsons had the same itching then as now for in
Producing politics into the pulpit
state and individual animosity fortified them
selves by the deuunciatons of the hcsntious press
and pulpit cirulencc, all urging violence, till the
whole Eastern atmosphere burned with malignant
d. fance of Federal authority and III riudcaion of
English hosiity''
What notification newspaper in South Carolina
ever preached Disunon more boldly than Dos
ton journal in the following paragraph
ITO the cry of Disunion," says this Boston Pa
per. "the plain and obvious answer is, that tie
States ore ALREADY stparoad. The bond of union is
broken by President Madison. As we are now
going on, we shall certainly be brought to ire
trievable ruin The Conrention cannot do a more
popular act, not only in New England, but through
cut the Atlantic States than to MAKE PEACE FOR
THE GOOD OF THE wHOLEl The Convention
must report TO their constituents on the sub;ect ~
peace aud war. If they find that it is to continue
il is to be hoped that they will recomm nd-THAT
NO MEN OR MONEY SHALL BIZ PERMITTED TO GO
ouT OF NEW ENGLAND" &c.
1T" said another leading Journal ia Boston
ALL THE STATES SOUTH OF THE DELAWARE
WE'RE STRUCK OUT OF BEING, THE NoRrpRRN
STATES WOULD SOON FORGET THE Loss OF
THEN !"
suppose that the State Government should mas,
Alaw, that whoever should attempt, in the mare
Of the United States to class citizens of that State
for The purpose OF selecting one from every TWEEN
ty-Hy 1r a If fn.r