New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-03-23
A SIGNIFICANT FACE


I If anything could arouse the 3 Unon.atanypric
gentlemen of the South from the fatal mistake under
which they labor recent act blstering all over with
infamy, dsgraceu to its authors as It is pregnant
with future danger to opr section Of country, com
mtted ~ Ire Black Republican Legislature Of Mas
saehnsetts and which hassbeen enforced by Governor
Banks, woqld effect that highly desirable end.
We aluIie, as a matter of course, to the recent
removal ffom office by the Legislature, Of Judge
boring, Of Boston, the details Of which have been
spread ALREADY before our readers. What had Judge
orng dome that he should be addressed out Of oicel
Had he committed any otfense against the laws of
the landi No. Had he been guilty Of misconduct
or malfeasance in officer No. Were there any i'm
putatlons against his character as man, or his abl
iiy and fidelity as a judicial functionary? No. In
every respect as a citizen and as a magistrate, he
stood above and beyond reproach. Even the very
men who Voted for his removal openly acknowledged
in the halls Of the Legislature that be ''had com
mitted no ofensen and could not, therefore, be
moved by impeachment according to the manner and
form pvestrbed by the constitution and laws Of the
once patribtic and glorious old commonwealth
Yet, in the face Of Acknowledgements like these,
which are as credtable to Judge Loring as his warm
est friends could wish he removed from office by
the same baletul Freesoil influence which governs
not only Massachusetts aud all the rest Of the New
England states but in most of the Northern States,
and which now undisguisedy threatens the Southern
portion IL the eonlederaey with debasement and
subjugatipn at no distant day. e.
Now. what caused the removal Of Judge Lorng
What wal the moving, aniufating spirit, operating
beneath the snrfaee through several years Of relent
less persecution that led to the nexcusahle and infa
.f 4h.
disgraced the annals Of American legislationI We
can describe that fell spirit in few brief sentences
1t was hatred to the South and to the nstitation Of
domestic slavery that prompted the act-nothng else
Judge Ldring, acting in his official capacity, had
faithfully met the requirements Of his oath and the
lawsof the land. Without fear, favor or affection,
truly, imRartialy and rigidly he enforced law of
Congress- and caused the return Of fugitive slave to
his right1ul owner. This was his only oiense-his
only crirae--n the eyes Of the constituencies and
lawdefyihg fanatics who, after years of uH,ba
ted labor and malignant persecution, succeeded in
accomplishing his removal,
Does MT such an act as this furnish food for deep
reflection to the Southern people1 We think SO.
What does it mean and what does 1t inIply2 Why,
that the governing leaders at the North not only
determined, in blind and reckless hatred of every.
thing thai is Southern to encourage the masses to
trampe the Consultation and laws Of the Unien IN
der their feet but that there shall be judges
on the bench who will not break their oaths OF office
aud commit perjury, wien such breaking of oaths
and such perjury viii tend to wrong and despo the
Inhabitants OF section oil the country. No other
legitimate Interpretation be drawn from the act
in question And is there man in This State, or in
any othE slayeholding State so inefably stupid as
70 suppose that there is another Judge in Massa.
ehBsetts who will venture 10 execute the laws, when
such execution would vindicate the just rights OF
any Southern man, with the fate of Judge Loring
staring Him in the face?
All abpli;iondom Fejoices over the degrading act
to which we have referred There glee inthe tents
Of fanatcism. There is juuilaron in The ranks Of
the pestilent organs Of freesoism
declare with accord that the removal of an up
right Judge is just judgment upon the South as
well foretaste Of what we may expect hereafter
when their vile plans shall be fully ma.ured and tr
hmph crowns their diabolieaI Vaccinations. Yet, in
spite Of facts like these, With such gloomy past
such an uupromising present, and such fercely
fownng future, if any advocates of Southern safety
rights arid honor, venture to intimate that it Is time
70 begin TO make preparations to meet a rapidly hast
ening, Inevitable contingency, "Unonat-any-p
gentleman rebue them severely and tell them to wait
until thdyare SO completely involved in the meshes
OF the abolition web that they could not help them
selves fthey tried, much less make gallant eight in
defense of their dearest, highest hottest constitu.
tonai pFerogativesl
For odr part as constitutional Union men, but re
garding the safety Of our section OF the first mpor
lance, think it is about time protective measures
should Ito Initiated. "In time of peace prepare for