New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-01

The ycspecfabie destroycrs Of Cassius NJ. Clay's
printing Office in Lexington, ashamed of and alarmed
at the improvement their example made by the
low er ten thousand Of that place held a meeting
on the following evening and passed sundry resolu
tions condcmna,ory Of the same. with the following
cxculpatorv of themselves:
BE 6sr.Aer resolr,d That the citizens here assem-
BLEED sOeny protest against the Outrages OF last night
being In any connected with the open daylight
and orderly proceedings Of the citizens on Monday last
in any manner giving Prctert for them
Why bless your innocent souls how could you
think of such a thing OF course the oaiers.
gamblers grogshop haunters and street rowdies
would nj think oiiusyng their conduct by yours
But then this usiifying yourselves before any one
had chance 20 accuse you-ft0f looks ugly, and
ought TO have been admitted The honest fellow
who runs abou, bawlng 1 have nj stolen any thing
when nobody has accused him. Is apt TO be sus
pec,cd OF conveying unlawioly
The LOp,sr,h Journoi after giving these
gentlemen of property and standing the full bcne
III of their denial frankly and forcibly says;
1T will require more than the solemn protest Of the
people OF Lexington to convince any man that there
was no connection between the proceedings of Monds,
noon and Tuesday night The last direct
qucns o the first and should iucucatc this lesson upon
the orderly and law abiding ofevcry section OF the
try that when unlicensed popular will breaks
the barriers Of law for the attainment Of any purpose
the doc j. the time opened for the admission OF
all those choice spirits whose violence and passions
are held check only by the fear Of the sanctions of
penal code We know OF no such discrimination ms thai
made by The Inquirer if the law has to be ranscendcc
a nttle IL should be done by discreet and responsible
men when discreet and responsible men presume
that ttsy violate the law aud intrude upon private
right and that men in an humble sphere men adder
ed will tread the path 10 the redress Of
s,v imagined grievances they exhibit unparalleled IL
norancc the force Of example and can have drawn hu
lule information from the great volume OF human expe
fence Were discreet and rc.pOnsble men o fire th,
dwelling OF a citizen. without authority. would IT b,
enough for them to protest against all connection will
the drnsgc should an extensive cOnfagrstiOn ensuc
When ihc ncendsry applies his ;orch shall we condemn
and when 'd-cr,et and responsible men choose T.
transcend the law by the application OF little uni
censed 1rc thal We applaud We know OF no such rub
In a land of equal laws aud when a community essays
establish the prc dent. consequences be expecie'
similar those which have followed In the of The
proceedings taken for the suppression of the lru
American
We have heretofore declared our dsapproval o.
every oxeriion Of mOb-power. Though We do not sup
pOse thai IN. meeting wished any such outragcs
the ,arrns and eahering of nufensiye free negroes
the public square Ia follow upon their exerion o.
unauthorized power. yet cannot doubt that had tn
proceedings OF Monday not been taken. the outragcs
Tuesday night would not have occurred and therefore
though the in the two meetings different
persons. they stand connected palpAbly do
aud effect II the C1ocf ceases At the point already
tanned shall he surprised for the tendency of
departure from obedience To the law Is widen
deepen the circle of wrong until its progress is checked
by superior moral physical force directed by organ
lied and systematic public opinion We deeply regret
the necessity Tor these remarks hut we should be un
true 20 the country whose prosperity would promote
and 10 the law under whose egs all should be protected
In lie liberty. and properly. not at once ana
distinctly take post the side of order and good
government
~ VIII the Boston MoraiHg Chronicle oblige
US by stating whether il has found, can find any
article 80 truthful and manly as the above in an,
Loco Foco Journal issued amid slaveholding com
munily Also, while it SO conspicuously erumbes
tina, bu, fec Wing papers denounce the destruction
OF the True American office as il deserves whether
any Loco foco papers do so
The Louisville journal Of Monday las, gives the
following farther sdvices from Lexington:
to We learn that the mob. on Tuesday night AT
Lexington carried their brutality farther than the Lex
ingion Inquirer has stated. We understand tina, th,
choicc spirits consisted Of about hundred aud iiy
men. wearing black masks conceal their features
Ohis modest NJ ali evcnts) and calling themselve.
the black indians'ihat they made loud noise through
the streets Of Lexington marcsted msny negroes and
besides tafing and fcathcrng several in the public
square broke the ribs Of man p hands OF another
ard injured the eve Of third that the poor fellow viii
lose IL What Will the people at large think OF these pro
eeedlngs