Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-05-01

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IS Massachusetts, how painful must be the present
t,tnde of that once proud and honOFed common
rooIb Foremost in bidding defiance 10 bi'tiSn
ooCressiop 6Tst to measure her strength WIFI 1hd u
beT nowerful foe, earnest ard active III producing
MON and concert of action among the colonies, ma
,;nnal in her sentiments and feelings, and eItsacr-
e., =, nor umbition she seem- have been inspired
-, LA the vay to freedomand independence. Her
o,Tn Great son. and the able and eloquent defender
n the Declaration of Independence, the floor OF
Congress was the first 10 surrender on the part OF
Now ENGLAND and Massachusetts, all claims to Inc
leadership and for The sake of union and harmony
10 propose General Washington Commander IN
Chief OF the American armies.
throughout the revolution she freely poured out
her blood and treasure in defence OF the lIbe'Ies OF
the country and the vaOr and devotion OF her citl-
zen soldiery were exhibited on almost every battie
field from Maine 10 Georgia Since the period OF the
revolution Massachusetts, seems to have gone mao
Her reope were the first after Inc revolution 10 o'edk
ont in open rebellion (Shay's) against the laws and
Ir,,i,nteJ authorities Of the Stale, and their exam
Ie was so cona giOus that the wsest and rest men
Madison Knox, and Warrington were fearful
that the spirit If INSTRUMENTATION would spread with
direlul effect irto other States. From The defeat OF
the elder Adams and the overthrow of the alien and
spdtion laws, she has arrayeH herself against the
great democratic party and, as matter " conse-
ouence, against her country and the honor and in
tegrity of The national Union. Bold and reasonable
in her oppositon to the late war with England and
the administration of Madison, first in getting u
the Hartford Convention, she On stopped iii her
reasonable designs by the defeat of the British and
the II lrous victory Of New Orleans.
Since the annihilation OF The federal party, brought
about by its opposition to lis own country In time
Of war; Massachusetts, has seized upon new hobby
and that is negro slavery. She seems to have no
howell of compass ION for the white race. All her
sympathy is for the uegTo. he poor white emlgrant,
ordIy Justice of the peace will send from her shores
because he might become a Slight burden to the
State yet at The same tIme she Will spend thou
sands Of dollars and disturb the public peace and
quiet OF the land in endeavOrIng 10 rescue an Antho-
nv Burns from the hands Of the law, and from his
master, TO whom he righfuiIy belongs under The law
ard The Constitution. Her representatives in Con-
gress exercise no influence for the public good be-
cause they have but one idea, and actuated by
but mOtive-and that is hostility to the Interests
and domestic institutions Of nearly onehalt the
States OF the Confederacy. Her Senator (Sumner)
left the county for Europe, breathing hatred and
nifty against the entire South.
Is such the spirit that animated the Hancocks, the
Adamses, and The Warrens of the revolution Is such
The spirit that animated the people of Massachusetts
and Boston when Washington, with a national, not
sectional army, enerd Boston and liberated it from
British rule But, fanaticly wild majority ofth
people Of Massachusetts are, there is still consolation
in the reflection that there within her limits purt
and high. minded men, who love the Union, and who
know no country but the United States of America
men who will support and sustain their country
whether bounded by the Sabine Of Rio del NOrte.-
such men are The Eyereits, the Winthrops, and the
ChOates, and such a was the late Judge Story oil
The Supreme Court OF the United States.
HaShinton Unicn.
The BURDELL DRANA.-Porter's Spirit of the Times
thinks that Mrs. Cunningham will establish the fact
of her marriage with DR. Burdell. 1t says:
1.-The struggle for the dead mans estate in the
above named dreadful drama is still holly going on
between the fearful widow and the eager relatives oil
the deceased and the prospect at the present is thai
the former bold player will succeed. The Misses
Cunningham, to be expected, fully sustain
the assumption of the mother, and Miss Helen
though not able to render testimony direct the
sister who was witness of the nuptiaIs, makes her
self of almost equal value to the case by an identh
cation of the plain wedding ring which made solemn
bondage on her mothers finger on that interesting
occasion. We of opinion, therefore, that Mrs
Cunningham will be adjudged the widow of Harvey
BurdeI, deceased; that her right of dover, and per
haps of administration, will be conceded by the
court tha' the prosecution will fail TO convict hel
at the oyer and terminer of the crime of murder
and finally, that she and her interesting family viii
be reunited, (perhaps in the pleasant mansion at g.
Bond street, from which the doctor failed to ejec
them,) and live abundantly, if not happily, upon TIT
means which he could not take with him in his sud
den, unprepared flight"
The Iowa Election.
According to the telegraphic reports, the black re
loon fho Sfofn hSy lave