The republic., 1851-02-22

We have received our report OF the proceed
ings in the Senate on the presentation Of the
PRESIDENTS message, in reply to the resolu-
tion of Mr.. CLAY, at too late an hour to accom-
pany it with such comments as its nature and
Importance demand. We therefore withhold
any expression of our views in the premises
until we shall have had time for more delibe-
rate consideration The debate in the Senate,
we understand, was one of more than ordinary
interest.
We publish in another column an article
from the Alias, which presents view of the
recent outrage somewhat different from that
which is taken by the other Boston journals.
That the citizens of Boston, generally, are dis
posed to acquiesce in the Compromise measures
of the late SESSION of Congress, and that they
are mortified and chagrined at the recent OUT
rage, we have no doubt whatever. They are
a loyal, respecting community. They are
annoyed at the inefficiency manifested by their
city authorities, and by the deputy marshal.
They feel and lament the disgrace which it has
brought upon the city. This is indicated by
the tone of the respectable and conservative
press of the city, which has condemned the oc-
currence in language as emphatic and severe az
that which has been employed by the journals
of New York or Washington. The extracts
which we have published from the Aducrtiser,
the Courier, the Post, and the Times, furnish
abundant evidence that the citizens Of Boston
do not approve, in this connection, either the
silence Of the Alias, or the insane rawlings of the
Commonwealth.
But while we rejoice to bear our testimony
to the loyal and Union-loving disposition Of the
people of Boston, we cannot deny or conceal
the fact that the recent occurrence is the natu-
raj consequence of the doctrines that have
been openly preached by seditious persons,
and in more subdued and reserved manner ef-
fectively encouraged by portion Of the Boston
press. These men and these journals have
constantly and studiously cultivated the idea
that the Fugitive Slave law was repugnant to
the sentiments Of Massachusetts, and could not
be executed within the limits Of that State.
Mr.. SUMNER and his friends have boldly avow-
ed that opinion, and have stimulated violent
resistance to the law. OF this there can be
no doubt. Other persons, less bold in the ex-
preston of their sentiments, have pursued a
course which was designed to render the law
odious, and to encourage the unrenecting and
reckless in its open infraction.
We cannot but be aware, however, that any
| comments Of our own upon this matter must
carry with them much less weight than those
of a journal published at the place Of the occur
renee and we tharefore rive the preferepce Il,
an able and well-considered article from the
Boston Daily .adpertiser which we commend
to the attention Of our readers:
| The Mon THE Counr-HousE SATURDAY
LAsr.--Somc people are disposed to regard the out
rage of Saturday last, in rcscung prisoner from
the hands Of the marshal Of tho United States, in
| the city courthouse, a mere accident, which
docs not implcate the character Of tho city, and
which cannot occur again. This language is
doubtless satisfactory TO those who told three