New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-07


venture to fear asy great expectations 'br TIE I'd
tore; there grapes hang % far cut Of ito reach e.
to te set down a. hosslessly sour. The people
"of Il. old Bay State" says The Journal Of Com
msro,, "hsve political tas.es-:hat is to cay, the
"rul;De majority Of thtm-which we fear are In
"cu,sbly depraved."
This view Of Massachusetts, politics, and OF the
"incurable deprayify" Of the controlling msjorisy
of tie old Bay State il not By aoy means new nor
original with The Journal Of Co~meree Ii was hrss
started more thal two centuries sso-in fact " thin
four OF Eve years Of the frst plantos Of the Colo
~. Even 60 early as that Q commission was con-
stiiuted with Aretbuhop Laud at its head, for the
express purpose of bringing this 90 un'onsc'onaoe
people" to order They were chsrge@ then, Just as
The Journal Of Commerce charges them now, With
disre gardipg and trsmpng under foot the national
authority ard framing to them,elsss "new laws
ard new conceits, quite Is uDpa!stsb!e to Arch.
bishop Laud ard his commission as tho Personal
Liberty bill is to Tie Journal Of Commerce, and
denour ced 40 violation of al their national duties
in ss coed, round terms The Journal 81 Commerce
now employs in the case Of that bill.
Bat, ir,tt I'D of cutting of tie heads Of the people
Of Massachusetts, Archbishop Lsad soon foard
il more thsn he could Go to take care Of his own.
The Massachusetts men were abandoned at that
moment 70 70 their ozn way, but s;Gi,r charges
of "ipcurable political depra.isy" were, from time
to time, ieIewed against them. II mast indeed,
be confe ssed that the eope Of Massachusetts, have,
& ON first to last, exhibited an uncOnquerable re-
pugp ance to yield up their own ideas Of right and
Justice, at the dctatiOn Of socalled nstionallsU.
1t was 10 this spirit tina! they streDuousy resisted
the extension over them Of the British navigation
avs, aud that they earned aid received from all
the tide alters in the employ Of the colonial Gus
tmhouse, and the political lickspttles Of that day,
reputation for nsrrowness, wrong headedness aud
want of nationality quite the same with that which
The Journal Of Commerce BOW labors so hard 70 fix
upon them.
Nor did they stop even here; for when the Brit
,h Governu ent ed net merely to regulate their
trade, but TO impose taxes upon them, they took
the lead in open rebellion as ainst this pretended na
tional authority. There is . remarkable agreement
between the character given Of the people Of Massa
chu.etts BY the Tories Of the Revolution and tnat
which is now entertained and expressed by TAs
Journal Of Commerce
Nor did this inveterate habit on the part Of the
people Of the old Bay State, Of obstinate and per-
teyerpg resistance to usurpation, die out with the
Revolution. 1t has exhibited itself on many occa-
sions SINCE The present resistance made By that
Stste to the ulurpatops Of the Federal Government
On the question Of Slavery ard its extension, only
proves II present inhabitants Of that State to be
chips Of the old block Al the fathers do rot appear
have suffered essentially frtm the msledictiOns OF
their enemies, 30 we hope that the Children may
,uiviye the i'll wilt AID abuse Of The Journal Of
CommeTcs.
AS to the dislike Of South Carolina, to which The
Jow nal refers predominant sentiment in Mas
sachufetts it is very certain that the quarrel was
not provoked BY Massachusetts. In former days
these two States stotd side by size in tae support
Of the Administration Of Washington. Then there
was very good understanding between them. Alta
later period, Massachusetts, looked to South Caro-
lna for peration and aid in relieving the country
from The fnaccia troubles in which the war with
Great Britain bad involved it, The first decided
antsgonism between South Carolina and Massachu.
sets grew out Of the Notification doctrines set up
by the fol- er. But Massachusetts, had other and
more special grounds Of Dissatisfaction. The Leg.
islatuIe Of South Carolina saw fit to pass . law in
relation to colored seamen, viii n proved great
apnoy al CO TO Massachusetts, vessels equehtDg the
port of Charleston. This subject was repeatedly
brought to the notice Of the Massachusetts, Legis
lature, not merely on the part Of the seamen i'm
pri.oned under this law, but on the part of the
merchants and sbp-owners. 1t was alleged by
the 90 petitioners that this law Of South Carolina
was in conf ct with the Federal Constitution, and
finally Massachusetts appointed an Agent to pro-
Gee to South Caro- il to bring this question before
the Courts. Everybody knowsthe treatment which
this sRent received. He was expelled from the
State, and the Legislature forthwith passed an act
BY which it was made a criminal ftnse for any
person 10 come into il with any similar intent.
This outrage has since been followed up by the 81
ssult UPON Senator Sumner-an assault OF which
the people Of South Carolina, BY their repeated ap-
prevails of it, have taken all the responsibility.
Surely In tbs state of the case it can hardly be
IL ade very serious charge against Massachusetts,
that South Carolina is not in good odor there.
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