Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-04-27
Sjartlfnr sDisclOhnres.

RepIbllcaniSln, lis now understood alId lIra+
ticed by those who control the '.pnlnHnt party
in Massachusetts. is but an"thrr ""'.l for rc'
bclion. Eepublcani>m is ,iisorYcni*atl,'n. II
strikes at the basis uf rules and c"ri,pr"n>e,
upon which all rights rest. DiSoI;chenc,. 81
the Federal Government, is, with these lnei',
obedience to the laws Of the Republican PARTY
Occurrences in the North, every hnur. attest
what we say. An instance is now before MS
| In the Traveller of last evening, corrc<pun-
dent, writing from Washington, .ivrS ntorlna.
ton about Sanborn, I;cdpa,h and young
Brown, and among other things, says
81 have just finished reading your accollI:
Of the close of the SanbOrn case, and find that
can add = little to it, as / hare irS' met ""G
| Of the aciors IL Mcscc"c.
"When Mr.. Sanborn was cited BY ilabcaS cor.
pus to appear before the Supreme Court oI
Massachusetts, it was determined BY hsFrien1>,
whatever may have becll his own ideas, that he
should not be taken again by the officers, G'
matter what tie decision might m 10 guard
against this, thirty determined an,l rcii-arhtrt
men attended Court, and were constantly be.
| tween Sanborn and the officers, AIT, il wciild
have taken considerable force to have broken
| through their ranks, so neNhnl they mate MtiT
arrangements.
"Mr. ReIpath attended the trial, and was no
tced by the Marshal, and it was expected that
an attempt would be made TO arrest him when
Sanborn's arrest should be attempted Hence,
some half dozen carriages were in readiness,
with fresh horses and competent drivers, each
Of which would have taken separate route,
and though bat two OF them could contain the
persons sought, all would have appeared 10;
| onI ,p,ItlI h,vn oil Dbil,l,l,.ii lr,t-
yer, let alone a Boston tidc.watcr. to have told
which was the man hc wanted"
| This statement bears, OH lis face, evidence
that the writer knew accurately the facts u!
which he wrote. lie relates what ali ''actor in
| the scene" told him. lie fixes the fact that
there WAS sci on foot, and actually present in
the courthouse, an ayme.{ organization Of 30
determined mcn 10 resist the law; to resist Tic
extradition Of the wcak-braincd Sanborn, even
If the Supreme Court Of Massachusetts pro,
nounced that he should be delivered up to the
select committee OF the Senate. How absurd,
how idle it is for Republicans TO say that re-
sistancc was made in Sanborn'S case because o;
imperfect delegation Of power to Mr.. Carlton
by the Senate! The manner of SanLorn's ~.
rest, the procurement Of a writ h"bh"s coly'"s.
the arguments upon it, the opinion o! the Court,
arc all but the mcrcst incidents OF the great
fact which looms up and starcs us in tic face.
The dominant party in Mas$achusetts-thc
party which controls all our legislation, which
Influences the passions and inllames the prci'l.
dices of the men who make up our iudicial tribu'
nals-the dominant party here intend to nullify
the federal law, and TO defy it, come what may!
Sanborn--poor man, who seems to be writing
letters everywhere to glorify himsclf-is but
the weathcr-cock which indicates which way
the currents of false doctrines are driving us.
DO men Of property, mcn Of substance, men
of character, care nothing for all this: i
there is no danger Tor anybody, then let us all
sleep on and take our rest. But if there be
peril for anybody, it must aSsuredly ic iol
those who have, by industry and economy, lait
up something for themselves in the hour orasc
and for the dear ones who are 10 come attc,
them. The danger is nearer than is convent
ent when thirty ormesl men stand in our court
houses to tread down justice and slaughter
her ministers with pistols and bowie.knivcs.. -
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