The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-06-01

We copy the following opporiune ar,i.
Gle from the Boston Post:

81 me mob IN the CITY OF new 1 OH, WITH
out entertaining strong feelings OF hum,lia.
ton and sorrow. When irenzled mob, |
consisting Of several thousand persons can '
be collected together in few hours, BY 1
sppesls Of uuprincipted men TO the prelu. ,
does and passions OF the misses, aud bid. |
ding defilnce 10 the civil authorities clothed
With the psnoply Of law, proceed to the
commission of ou,rsges asains, the persons
aud property OF individuals, We may we'll
uembe for the petpeiuiy of our ins'i;u-
lions. Mobs and riots to pu, down doc
,iines by brute force, or punish individuals
for their conduct or opinions, even adm,
ting them 10 be highly objectionable, are /
anti republican in every sense Of the word .
II, IS tyranny OF the Gosi dangerous kind |
Add such a course, or any movement !
which may lead 10 such q course-should (
be promptly condemned by any per.
son who has any claim to intelligence or
virtue. II mobs are allowed with impu
nifty TO commit their infamous ouirages, no
person advocating The opinion Of any sec,
or party can be safe. Ii will no. be sutfi
Gent that he keeps within the pale Of tie
Law, or even, as In The case Of Macready,
that be has given no IS, of offence, but ne
must stand IN awe of tina, hydra headed
monster, the mob, and act according 10 It's
dictation. under pen,lty Of destruction 10
his property or his life.
Where mob law prevails. there is little
occasion for any kind OF law. PGnishmen,
is inflicted wihou, any inves,ig alton Of the
offence, and the property or life OF good
and exemplary citizen is as likely TO be
sacrificed by mob Of iniutla,ed ruttians,
as the property or lie Of the greatest
scoundse ~ho ever infested society. II is
the boosted advantage of Republican gov
ernmen', that wherever il exists, the priv
leees Of every citizen, Of every individual
shall be protected by the laws-snd If he
is guilty of offences, by the laws only shall
he be punished. But &c NEE are to be re.
stricted in the exercise of their ishis, their
property destroyed. and themselves NAL
treated by ss.emblages OF ieroclous mer
emula,.ng the condac; OF demons, because
their conduc, does no, exactly square viii
their erroneous or even Jns, notions Of pro
prie,y, what becomes of our boosted free
institutions A military depO'ism woulC
be better than such Republican govern
meni
Wbenever symptoms Of mob and I
riot appear, the most promp, and active
measures should be adopted on the part Of
the mlgls,racy 10 qleil i, before IL has
strength and power to perpetra,e lawless
aod mischievous acts. IL should be crush
ed in the bud, q, all hszltds. and al every
cost. Delay and renons,rauces, sUppllca
tons AMI appeals TO reason ouly serve TO
ioii.fy The asseAb'ase ~ their determina
ton 10 comm, outrages, End TO give the N
confidence in their strength. The military
should be called on, al once TO sss.s, IN,
police-and every man, who has due re
gard for Law and order-who is an enemy
10 anarchy. should rally around The consti
,u,el au.hoflties, ready end eager TO aid IN
breaking up and dispensing the mob, and
thus sbos his respect for The Peope-bis
regard for the public good.
10 work published several years ago,
snd write. by that truly good man, Rev.
DR.. Ginning, occurs passage relating 10
mobs, aud the dangerous tendency Of such
sssemolages. which IS highly appropriate at
10 lay IL before our readers:
Let every friend Of freedom, lei every
good man llli up his voice against mobs.
Through these lies our road 10 tyranny. Il
l. these which have spread the OPINION, so
common al the Souih, that the free States
cannot long sustain republican institutions.
No man seems awake 10 their Inconsistent
cy with Ilb.ry. Oar whole phraseology
Is 10 fault. Mobs call themselves, and are
called the People. shen 10 truth they assa
Immediately The sovereignty OF the People
involve The guilt Of usurpation and rebellion
against the People. Ii is The iundlmenia
principle Of our institutions thai The People
10 Sovereign. But by the people we NEAR
not 40 individual here aud there, not kno
Of twenty, or hundred, OF thousand 10
dividua,s 10 this or that spot, but ths com
muniiy formed into a body polite, and ex
pressIn, and executing IFS will through
regularly appointed organs. There is bu
one expression Of the viii Of Sovereignty @
the People, and this is Law. Law ~ ,h
voice, the LIVING act Of the People. Ii ha
no other. When an individual suspend
Ihe operation OF Law, tesis,s lis establish
ed ministers, and fofcibly substitutes for i
his osp vllI. he il an usurper and rebel
The same guilt attaches 10 combination
Of individuals. These, whether many OF
few, in forcibly supersedlng public law ans
establishing their Own, rise up against ib'
People, as truly as single usorper. The
People should assert i,s insulted majesty, Il
men1ced sovereignty, IN one case, as deci
dediy ss Ia the other. The difference be
tween the mob and the individual is, tina
she usurpation oflhe latter has psrmsuenct
DOT easily gwen 20 the iumuiiuary move
ments of the formar. The distinction is
weighiy one. Ll,ile importance is due e
sudden bursts Of the populace, because they
90 soon pass away. Bu, when mobs are
organ zsd, as IN The French Revolution, OF
when they are deliberately resolved on and
systematically rcsoned 10, as the means ol