Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-02-19
Carrying the War into Africa.

One of the most surprising episodes that we remem-
Der in the issues pertaining to slavery has lately been
exhibited in the lower House of the Massachusetts, Leg
ature In that seething cauldron of Black Republican
ism, nigger philanthropy, Abolition howlers, and all
other elements tending towards national disorder, Mr.
Caleb Cushing who, by some happy accident, elect
ed to seat in that unwholesome body, pitched live
shell into the camp, upon motion giving the petitioners
for the removal of Judge Loring leave to withdraw
Mr. Cushing in fact has absolutely begun the same plan
of attack in Massachusetts, that the of that State
have sedulousy carried out in the capital of the
try for the past five and twenty years. No one may
safely predict what this renewal of agitation within the
enemy nes-upon their most cherished though fragile
principes-may yet achieve but we believe it by no
means improbable that before another quarter of centu
ry goes by there may be an overwhelming majority in
the State of Massachusetts in support of slavery
institution and much larger capital than they have at
present invested in the importation of the coored labor
ers themselves.
To return, however, to the opening of Mr.. Cushing
campaign. He indulged a crowded Legislature, on
Tuesday last with clear, sharp stingng piece of logic,
which must have been in the highest degree dstastefu
to his hearers He told them, that they shrunk, like
whipped spaniels under the lash of Lloyd Garrison, who
drove over them in the of the AntSlavery Society,"
that the Legislature had been ntimdated and buied in
to voting the Hall for negro agitation though the Society
had merely played the game of compulsion and refused
to accept the Hall when it was voted. In word, Mr..
Gushing told his hearers that was question whether
restraint whether they covering under the
naces of Society which openly advocated disunon
in its worst and most reprehensabe aspect
We may mag zine what must have been the effect pro-
duced by these home thrss of late able Attorney
General There he Stood alone in that arena of Niger
DOM goring his enraged audience from tail to brisket
and not man of them all could find words to reply to
him. " The behavior of the House." however, as we
learn by the Daily Advertiser, admirable. When
he closed although at least dozen members, doubtless,
burned to reply to him, with rare but most commen-
dable orbearance member of the majority accepted
his invitation to wander away from the legitimate busi-
ness of the day"
This We can readily understand; but we go further,
and believe that the majority will yet burn in much
hotter place before any ofhem shake the position
taken by the new member from Newburyport.
Of course Mr.. Cushing's proposition voted down.
He need not despair however, of eventually bringing
the Massachusetts Legislature to its senses. In the
meanwhile should time hang heavy on his hands, we
would suggest to him to bring forward another resou
ton to inquire how much money Gov. Banks borrowed
of Messrs Lawrence, Stone Co., to build the lite
back building at Waltham. ."-Wash. States.