The republic., 1851-03-18
From the Providence Journal.

1t is an excellent evidence of the soundness ofany
policy when it meets with the condemnation of both
extremes of disunionsts upon the slavery question.
What the Abolitonists of the North and the Null
hers Of the South unite in condemning must be
right. These extremes, with entirely different mo-
tives, have common object, and they continually
play into each others hands. Nothing gives the
Nulliers greater pleasure than fugitive slave riot
in Boston; nothing gives the Aboitionists greater
pleasure than disunion meeting in Charleston.
The proclamation of the President in relation to
the disturbance in Boston is of this character The
denunciations with which it was received by the
Abolitionists were echoed back by the Nullifers
The Boston Commonwealth AMI the Charleston Mer-
cury join in declaring it an abuse of power. Mr..
Garrison and Mr.. Rhett hold very similar opinions
in regard to it, and could readily unite in bill to
restrain the President from exercising the military
power to suppress the disturbances from which
both entertain such hopeful expectations of disas
ton, the unpremeditated act of few negroes. was
quite unworthy of the notice taken Of it by the
President; that dozen more conspicuous viola
tions Of the law take place every year, yet call
for no special interpostion Of executive authority.
This may be true, taken Of itself; but the connex-
ion in which it stands gives a very different i'm
portancc to the affair. The Fugitive Slave law
happens to be one of those laws which certain bad
citizens Of both extremes have declared that they
will not support. The President has very fully de-
termined that all the laws shall be maintained and
it proper that he should strike at the very frat
manifestation OF resistance TO authority. We arc
which the President has made, although it is the
6rst open In the case Of Governor Quit
man, there is reason to suppose that the course
which the President would take was very plainly
indicated
In various parts of the land there are serious
threats of resistance to the laws and Of determi
nation to break down even the union of the States
II the President means to crush resistance in ono
quarter, he must meet in another. If he intends
to enforce all the laws, he must meet the very first
show of opposition. The Nulliers of South Carolns
understand this very we'll they very plainly
that the proclamation which is directed against the
rioters of Boston to-day, may be turned agains
themselves tomorrow. They see very plainly
that if the President takes the ground that he viii
put down all violations of law and that il he is sus
tanned in that by the people, there s hop
for their plans. Every violation of law, whereve
it occurs, and whatever be the motive, is 80 mucl
gained by them, and every prompt exercise of tn,
executive power in aid of the laws, is 30 mucl
| against them. Hence il is that the very men VIII,
most clamorous for the faithful execution OF th
| Fugitive Slave law, Join in the Indignation agains
the Presidents proclamation II requires little sa
| gacity for them to that the same means whcl
are efectual against notification a small
scale, will prove OF equal force against notification
| on great scale; and they can readily antici
pate the time when. If they persist in their presen
plans, the same authority may be directed agains
them.
1t is the part of all good citizens to sustain tn
laws. There must be discrimination II will
not do TO say that this law is good, and VIC vii
stand by it that this law is bad, and we will VIC
late it, or suffer it to be violated. We must tax
the laws all together. and sustain them all.