Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-12-20
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THE CoNTRAsT.-The city authorizes
have refused to grant the use of FaneulI
Hall to pass resolutions, that were to have
been prepared by DR.. Charming, disap-
proving Of the murder by mob, Of a cit
izen acting in defence of the liberty ofthe
press, and protecting and defending life.
liberty and property. The petition had
no reference to abolition, and most of
those who signed it, are not abolitioois:s.
but the friends Of the fundamental rights
guaranteed in the Constitution. The ill.,
erty Of the press, ana not domestic slave
~, was to have been the sole question. -
The whole aim of the petitioners WAS to
bring the force of moral sentiment to bear
against the spirit Of mobbing that is devas.
tating the land and staining it with blood.
For this, the use of the now n1iscnIcd
"cradie Of liberty" is denied to one hun
drei and ten, as respectable citizens rs
ever applied for it, headed by an inI;vjI-
nal pre-rminpnt in intellect and purity OF
character, and who has no connection
with the party contests of the day.
This is one view Of the picture. Now
look at'the other. By law of Congress,
introduced by D,nieI Webster himself
the Postmaster General was required to
receive no bills of n0n-specie p1vjng
banks for postage. The Postmaster Gen
cral directed Mr. Greene. Postmaster OF
this city, to carry NJ. vebster's law in'o
effect after the ban!.z had suspended A
tumnltuous meeting was held in March-
ants Hail. and resolutions passed to sus-
tain the PoS'm oster in violating MIR. Web
ster's law, and the orders of his supc"ior.
| The meeting voted to adjourn to Faneuil
Hall. A petition was drawn up on III ,
spot signed by one hundred highly excit.
| ed citizens, and in less than one hour the
use of F'aneuil Hall was granted bv the
citv authorities, for what-to proclaim
that the Constitution which guards life,
! libe ty and property means something p
! No, but to pass resolutions, that " peacea:
blv if we can. f0rcitly if we mast, the or
ders of the Postmaster General shall BIT
resisted.'
The citizen who offered these so Il
tons to violate the law made bv Mr.
. Webster, the expcuadcr Of the Consti,u
ton ? was at the head CT the petitioners
! for the use Of the FancuI Hall to proc lain
these mobbing doctrines, the effect O
which would unq1cstionably have hecn
had they passed, the demolishine of th
Post office in twelve hours
For this purpose; to violate the laws
the Hall was granted, and it is now deni
ed to citizens who ask it to EXPRESS tbri
determination to stand by the Constitute,
and the supremacy of the laws p L.
US reflect and see what we are coming te
We are in the minority and can only snt
nit. But the majority have more to fea
from mobs than we have. Let the me
of properly take care that they do nc
countenanre spirit which may one da
be turned in its wrath against themselvt
The citizens of Boston deuied the uxe
Faneuil Hall to proclaim constitution,
rights
I How will this sound as i, goes fort
over the land' Whose turn IS 10 corr
; next for being mobbed and murdered viii
: out even the poor consolation that his f.
. low citizens will dare to say that it was
} lawiess act Of violence ?-Bos. Press