The Arkansas advocate., 1836-10-07
EXPEDIENCY ns. LAW


 he words at the head of this article challenge serious consideration. Nesuvus looked upon as an ex- tln9nlshed volcano. Almost to it's summit covered With farms and vineyards, while around it's base thckly settled towns, magnificent villas, and highly cultivated country. The admonshng symptoms heard eehoing at times in the bosom of the frehl were ln- needed, until 1t burst forth with the concentrated fury of ages o rest and buried the surrounding country city and held forest and vineyard, in flood of molten fire. So it lsWlth ns We sleep voleano--unconscious-drea ing ofilberty-we await in stupid apathy the flood which IS to sweep us. The reign of expedency commen- eed years ago-the reign ofthe law nearly over Over the whole extent of our country popular frenzy and popu lar vengeance have outsfpped the tafdy justice of the laws and enthroned themselves in its stead Let every man think seriously the subject. Look through the United States and observe in how many instances the laws have been trampled Look at the mobs in Charleston, New York, Baltimore, Washington, Vicks burg, St. Louis and Cincinnati. In New Orleans wi dows house demolished herself and her daughters com peed to fly, the house robbed of it's contents and runed Ihs was concerted plan of plunder done in the night and with the cool deberation of regular mob. The burning of the near Boston was of similar cha racterso the mob in Baltmorea got up for the sake of punder-al connived at by the officers of the law and III all the perpetrators escaped punishment Such occurrences these becoming frghtfuy frequent. They do not any part of the Union-bu s- multaneously all 1t. Take some recent examples. At St. Louis negro has been burned by mob-and the Judge has charged the Jury investigate the mat ter The Editor of paper n the city expressed his dis appreciation of the Judges charee-Whereupon q mol,
 
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