The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-04-09

From the Boston Cou. ier.
PRESIDENT FILLMORE on THE BOSTON
MOB
In the subjn,oed documen, We la, bsEf.
COR readers the sentiments Of President Fin
more respecting the outrage which happened
:" Boston on the 18Th Of February last
II Will be remembered that immediately sf.
Ter that unfortunate occurrence, the Cu,
} Coutcil caused to be transmitted to Wash.
ineton ceriain orders and resolutions enacted
. by them for ihe purpose Of expressing their
condemnation OF the outrage. aud of explain.
ing the circumstances connected with it,
Under the direction of the Pre-. .denr, Mr..
Webster has written to Mayor Bigelow a
reply TO this communication. The senli.
ments expressed in this letter will meet with
the hearty approval of every man who de.
slres the peace and safety of this community.
II IS highly gratifying IL perceive that the
February is such as by no means diminlshes
his confidence in The good sense. integrity,
national spirit, aud loyalty Of The people Of
bhson. The vide circulation of this letter
will DO much good in removing the false m
Ptessloos which have been created respect.
i"g The existence among us of dIsaffeclon to
the federal government and our constitution.
al obligations. 1t is impossible 10 state the
matter in a clearer and more satisfactory
manner than 1t has been done by Mr.. Web
ster. The letter will be read with unoual,
fed approval aud satisfaction BY every Amer.
can citizen:
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1851
Hon. JOHN P. BioELow, Mayor Of Boston.
Sir The President has had the pleas
ure to receive your letter Of the 18Th Frbru
ary, enclosing Official copies Of the order and
resolves lately adopted BY the two branches
ot the government OF the city cf Boston.
1t affords him great satisfaction to per
ceive, that such measures have been taken
by the CITY of Boston, as give assurance tha,
10 other outrage, similar 10 that which was,
he presumes, the immediate cause Of their
adoption, will be permitted to take place in
your city.
From his earliest youth he has been ac
cuslomed 10 regard with the greatest re.
spec', the City OF BosI Ion, and Commonwealth
OF Massachusetts.
lie oas been taught to believe, that their
inhabian's were, almost above all others,
the friends of order and good governmen,-
intelligent enough 10 appreciate the advania
ees OF Tree institutions Of their own choce,
and capable Of understanding and resolving
that great political problem of the comparI
bllity of freedom with order Of liberty dis
ilngulshed from licenliousness, and of self
government the farthest removed from the
dangers OF anarchy hat they are especially
devoted TO the union of the States, and to the
Constitution which established, and sill
MAINTAINS the Union--and that their patriot
ism would never fail to counsel them to Gu I'll /
all their obligations under The Constitution.
justly and fully, and in the spirit in which
auch obligations were entered into by their
renowned ancestors.
Entertaining these sentiments, II was diff
cult for the President 10 credit the accounts
which were received of the outrage on all
law, perpetrated in Boston, on the 18th Feb.
last.
That prisoner, in lawful custody within
the walls of The Court House IN the centre of
the city, and IN full sigh, of the offices of the
municipal an'horiles, had been, a, MONDAY,
iorciby rescued BY mob of one or two
hundred persons. from the officers of The law
carried out of the building, and through the
public streets III q sort of triumph, and ena
bled TO escape altogether, without ATTEMPT
on the part Of the authorizes, or any of the
citizens to preserve order, and maintain the
law, or 10 pursue and retake the fugitive, was
a statement that seemed to him too improba.
BILE 10 be true.
1t was with a feeling of great relief he re.
ceived such explanations of thus strange oc
currence, as showed II 10 have been an en-.
tire surprise upon the ciuz-ns, aud upon the
authorizes; an act of successful ,eme,l,y
on The part ot a very incun>idera5le number
of persons, which only needed to have been
apprehended the shortest time beforehand to
have been prevented.
The President is confident TIM, the great
majority of the clizens OF Boston are entire.
ly loyal to the Constitution; that they view
with just indignation all such outrages, and
all attempts whether by writing or speaking,
TO incie the ignorant and unlhlnkng to such
acts of violence, and that they are ready To
discharge the duties incumbent on them, by
the Constitution and laws OF the United States
faithfully and fearlessy, under all circum
stances, whenever called upon by the proper
authorizes.
The occurrence of the 18th February, is
certa'nl, greatly to be regretted, as II gives
occasion to those not unwilling to selze upon
1t, To QUESTION the disposition OF your fellow
citizens to comply with their constitutional