The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-16
>,,s.acnusetts-The Civil-Rights Bill

>r.s-,ohueetts-The Civl-Rights blit'
W. ..rro, nu, admire the coolncss OF our
pns,or friert. in their support OF tho e,V"'
.svs,s hin, We noticcda day or TWO Since
49,, The Boston Daily Adrerhser haa &C.
$500 N t,vor OF it. That paper is The or.
gan OF the public sentiment OF the eau0A.eo
and literary people OF A,sachu'et'' 's'
venerable mother Of notification.
Those people should 30 able 10 perceive
a.. effects Of this bill upon the soc's'
md domestic economy Of tho son'ne'"
s,..es and .lso It's direct interference "'.u
that local State authority which wnen .0'. ~
;,..,r according 70 the Constitution 10 'A1
vsrv he., means Of preserving local o'oef
and content u.
This, :hose intelligent citizens OF Asssa'
.bus.,ts would bitterly oppose sucn ia'ef'
,orcnae with the lsc.I authority and peace
., their State they themselves know fuli
well, Need we 20 "a, 70 search fer proofs
that they woulds No. Only two months
since they were almost in arms against I0e
Federal Executive for daring to nominate
citizen of Boston, whose character ana IN
scsrity they questioned, for tho ONES OF
collector OF The port OF Boston. h's
name was SIMMONS, ard tho war that na'
uadc upon bin was notably bitter and active
Th., war was carried 10 Washington, sno
to the White House, and 20 the Senate, ana
became cutie offensive for it's imrerious sno
arrogant character. 1t is strange thasa reo'
ole who carry their presumpiivs right 10
control their local affairs to the extent OF con-
trolling the Federal Government ID ming
its own Offices in Massachusetts should favor
III. rsersnt outrage that will lie committed
.upon the southern people in their local au'
tnority and social economy by the passage Of
The civil.rights bill.
Not less pronounced was tho indignant
spirit OF the higher class OF Massachusetts
people against tho Interference OF feuefa'
officers ia the attempt to put Genera h'f
LER Z. Governor over them. Ihe os''eH
LGrcriissr and its associate Gsw'paps" IN
weighed daily against this Interference a. al
outrage upon tbs spirit Of rspu0l'caaisu
and Of tic Constitution. SO bold and inoe-
nordent were the inves.iyes OF the press
alluded 10 tbs: ibis Dispatch paper was qui'e
ap,buscd By them. 1t quoted them with
varra terms OF appreciation, asd nattered
itself that in the ashe. of republicsnisRl still
lived its ronied hre., and that they would
soo7 bsrss out with their pristise bright
ness.
Wa, this all delusion? VIA, it ell moon
ahinc? /, so seems. 1t Is only when the
posored ehaIice is commended 10 the lips OF
The people of Massachusetts that they yebs- |
nen,ly protest against it. When 1t is OF
fercd to us il is different matter. LET
them drink it" Say they. "it is no affair OF
ours" Yes, so il is. And yet it IS strange
that pse Pile 30 sagaciouS should fail to see
that Ia this Government a constitutional
right Of SLY ore or more States overturned
j. the overtuInipg Of the same right in ell.
However dead their sJmpatLiss for their
white fellow itizcps in the South may be,
hey ought 10 discern the practical results OF
them and denying them their
rights.
This is an enigma. We could hardly sup
pose that our Massachusetts, friends could be
10 Blinded by prejudice IS to sacrifice lLeir
own local independence to intlict misery
upon us, and if it IS not tina. which blinds
hem, What is il? We should like to read
lie explanation from that sspieut Journal the
Boston UGsiu Advertiser.