New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-11
is stubborn aihs,.

! the secret OF geS. .Ns0f'
ence to the formula "~os' "'''eo wnstea,'
that true patriotism 4, Persian or Medssn pers-
versrce in what has been done. 10 msstsr ~Aslhsr
i'll or well; that man being bsund to eKaiSit tAs
attributes OF bis Divine origin, Gus ous sorV g.
ure when be acknowledges thst be Sa' made as
.ske; and that what is true Of mere m VI 70. As ~
rspidy ascend in the scale OF being, msY tmss
truer of member Of any State Legislature, an& ~
pecalDy of the Legislature Of New. JerseJ-wheS
We consider sll these thirgs, how Incompatible 10
our gratitude and how immcasurable oar rehsf
to krow, that Providence has ycacAssfel
TO TIE inexperienced law manufacturers Of
the Bsy State guide, philosopher aai
friend. No mere minstrel returned from the
war, when the Bngadier Caleb. preserved BY
Esculapias from the fever and sgle and By Yeaus
from sugocation 10 Ne exicau ditch hung his rsper
boots and cross.bet as votigc offerings II tae
Tempe OF Peace, and marched sturdily, In sPiS
fbis broken leg into the fresh feds and pastures
new of Political labor. Heavens upon that sabls
night when this brave man, casting ASIDE for
time the mpleme ats Of Mars, and, shou'derins his
suitar went forth to achieve the capture ef bosa-
.;ful bur dusky Helen, what dark disecnsation
threatened rs. snS would have overtskeu ~ had
not the Lady Of tse Large ard Laughing EyH,
grown weary of a celestial, smiled upon Aasss-
cbu,s,,s Marsl She csme--shc ssw-she piHsd-
and she fshed him ont. Hence the Americas
Uniou still remains undissolged, and the crack u
doom. which would follow that fearfsl assure. 10
nost,on.d until Caleb Cushing and his noble pot u
Roman Cement are 40 longer numbered among eur
terrestrial treasures.
There is. in Massachusetts,, a childish sad highly
reprehensibie dislike Of our admirable FusIhss
Slave law, based upoo wcmsnss notion OF its IL
Humanity and , silly admiration OF trial oy jay
with much other rubbish, from tho BAR
bsrous Apgle-Ssxons Now, anybody knows, who
knsws anything that this law is "a oermsAcnce'
q settler" among statutes" sscred odair
which no more requires or even admits arnensdnoss
than ,he Ten Commandments Of all saaases
erected by our venerable Congress, this n the sss
which has most sgibly inscribed upon it Ne'' ~e
taroer,.v or Hands OIL" This Is the statsts
which heeys us wound up and going. This is ths
statute BIZ which not lcss than one fugaciouIueerc
has been rendered up" BY Massachusetts 70 tho
salvation Of our beloved Confederacy. BY this
statute. politically speaking, we hive, and move sad
have our tcisg.
What, tien, even in this megrln- ridden ego,
could mislead "Samrel Smith, sed eighty nao
'' others, of Midde6eld, Mass" to petition the
august General Court to nullify this loss of law
10 ask for Sesotted blacks the pdvileses OF
white men-to hint, in spite u the pa
tent excellence of the statute, that, under
its unowy show of equity there were stalas OF
blood-th that whe it preserved property With rigid
ustice, it did 80 at the expense of broken hearts
IF b6ghted hopes, of sundered tcs OF lives
wrecked, of aspirations crushed, Of seNrespect
.pt upon, of marlness vanqaished, Of pity snsered
Or smitten into silence, of State pride in'ulted Of
State sodiery converted into ostch-poios
md kidnsppers, of State ermiae dsobleA
md puddied of public peace broken, OF pm
rate rights violated, of anarchy, confusion.
awlessness and brutality What, pray, woald
Mr.. Samuel Smith and eighty-niae sthers
have Have they duly considered tho desc
alton, anxiety bereavement and despair Of
oue afsetonate, cOufding and ,oft soued patriarch
If Virginia, when be- wakes, attor cheerfd
dreams of hogging aad Of pudding, to the dr~adfa
,onsc business that the dusky Light Of his eyes, his
backest and most beautiful treasure hs latest or
bis fairest possession has absconded from the ines
Unable privileges Of the whippng-post OF perhaps
from asill softer and tenderer franchises--has run
from hs uplifted or csressing arms to the cold
climate the short commons, the barbartiss and the
burdens of New England What can relisye him
then Can the safest tears or the s,vages. swear
ing bEiDg him relief
Nr. Gushing has heart crsmmed fol- of symps
thy and can pity fellow creature in such distrow
He IS sagaciOus too aad he knows of what mischief
to this weak and tottering Republic a'desperats
yirsinsn is capable. When s. s. and 80 ethsrs.
therefore leopard our institutions, Mr.. Gushing
rises and says: Haired TO the COnstisutioa-ssr
90 sila war another st. Dorningo-bsnd Of co.,
4" ,plrators-Willism Lloyd Garrsoa--suSsidzed
~ tool of Eogand aggrossiou-revola-
''tion- n-dam-blood-6re How can We,
aiter this, muster courage to tel our trembling
7 readers that the House referred tho neenaiaryi
petition But they did it, the madmen did it.
And now LET Us put 90 our oyerecats, aAa prepare
for the Second Dsluge!