The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-31
observation-disclosures Of her States
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take. Mr. ITesluent, We eut r., ~ .
encomium upon Mas.achusetts. tot WY ~
i;,r adding perfume to the roseI gliding re-
Gnad cold. carrying Goals to Newcastle, or
Soinr any other superIatively superser7ice-
.ble Thing. But Massachusetts, for all that,
ia a psychological phenomenon; she 10 her
solf her own antithesis. For instance: 90
hack TO the year of grace 1850 and listen TO
that memorable speech Of" Old Dan" which
he dedicated to bis foster. mother with such
an rffusion of fial love, aud with most
onnosite motto from the Latin classics. Mark
what he saws about the insane folly and dia-
bolical wickedness Of the arch.agitators OF
Faneuil Hall and the propagaudists OF
bigber.law" doctrines. Let your mind
dwell q moment on such expressions as
these: "There are men who, in reference
to disputes Of this sort, are of opinion tnat
human duties may be ascertained WIN the
exactness of mathematics. They deal Win
morals as with mathematics, and they tnlok
what is right may be distinguished from
what is wrong with the precision of an age.
braic equation. They have, therefore, none
too much charity towards those Who
differ from them. They are apt to
think that nothing is good but what
or notifications to be made 10 consideration
of difference of opinion or 10 difference 10
other mems judgments. Ii their persplca-
cous vision enables them to detect spot on
the face of the sun they think that good
reason wby the sun should be struck down
from heaven. They prefer the chance OF
running into utter daikne 10 hVloS 10
heavenly light, if that heavenly llghI De not
absolutely without imperfectlon. Iney are
inpatient, even too impatient always to give
heed to the udmonition of s.. Paul, not to
do evil that good may Gomez; too I'm.
patient to wait for the slow progress of moral
causes in the Improvement Of mankind" &c,
&c. There is much plain and pertinent talk
here to the people who dwell south of Ger.
tain eeograp hical line; but on the abolition
societies and the negro philists of the hyper
borean cline be brings the prodiglous mace
Of his grand oratory down with emphatic
reprobatiou. A year or two more and there
is a vacant chair in the Senate chamber; the
corypheJs of American statesmen has been
called away from the scene OF bis earthly
greatness, and bis fame, to employ one OF his
glorious illustrations, realizes the beautiful
description of the ornamental border OF the
shield OF Achilles:
Now the broad shield complete. the artist crowned
with his last hand. and poured the ocean round,
In living silver seemed the waves to roll. :,
And beat The bucKler's verge ana crown the WHOLE
He was succeeded by the Hon. CHARLES
Sum1er, man to whom every word of the
above delineaton applies with felicitous apti.
tude who was in reality the very Anarch
of the fanatical PandemOnium, the iBcarna-
| ton Of that pseudo. philanthropy which, in
| attempting to stretch its arms wide enough
to enfold the universe, never once closes
| them in q natural embrace. Just as Henry
Ward Beecher is the embodiment Of that eff.
fusiye and ebullient Christianity (?) which
teaches that it is good TO love the worlds
wife better than ones own wife. IN. B.-Ap-
plying the rule Of arithmetic IL is eusy to
make plain the Plymouth Church postulate
"Love thy neishbOr as tbyself"-i. G, thy
,ohole self. Thy wife is at best only thy
better half" Argal, to love thy neighbor
| or his wife no better than thou lowest thine
own wife is but half fulfilling the Divine
commaud.-Q. E. d.
Under the leadership Of Charles Sumner
| the good people of the Bay State were
| wrought up into a pbrenzy Of rage against
the "Yile slayeocracy" Of the South, and
they vowed an awful oath that they would
| not rest until the foul reproach Of slavery was
wiped. away from the national escutcheon.
| With what effect they preached the crusade
of abolition need not be told to the living
| generation. IL is engraved on their memo
ries By red battles numbering steel. In the
drama of persecution Wbieh followed the
overthrow of the southern Cause Massachu-
sets pared most conspicuous part. She
was the Torquenada Of the American po-
litcal inquisition-as fercely jealous, as
blindly bigoted, as implacably r. = r.