The republic., 1851-04-12
tn. Turmoil At Boston.

The Turmoil At Boston.
From fhs Boston 1ranscrips n "Wednesday evening
ANrI-LAw BLusrEa.-The agitators, foreign and
native. seem 70 be hattering themselves that they
can really override the laws. and make mob dicta-
ton supreme in this good city Of Boston. At the
Free-soil meeting yestsrday, 1t which MIR. Horace
Mann presided-at which the kev. Mr.. Palfrey,
the Rev. Mr.. Pierpont, Mr.. Stephen C. Phillips,
and others were speakers-at which letters OF CON-
fort and encouragement were communicated from
Senator Seward. of New York. and from Mr. Chas
Francis Adams, of Boston-Mr. Hanscomb, . re-
porter, after describing the mode by which it had
been arranged that the fugitive Sims should be
taken out Of the city, spoke, according to the re-
port in the Journal as follows:
"The Vigilance committee did not wish any per-
son to visit tho square TO resist the law, but II they
wished to go and sec this disgrace to the city, Il
any thing, LET THEM IT! He knsso there wsve men
~ B0st0n Uh0 sp0uid succtsmb 10 that sight un-
til they Uere tied. He knew what he had said to be
true. The fact he had made known to the conycn-
ton, and its members might do what they please
In regard to it,"
The Journal remarks, hereupon, that "this in
hammatory speech created great sensation in the
convention, and it's injudcious introduction was
attested to by loud hisses intermingled with the
applause which followed" We are assured by our
reporter, who was present, that the hisses came
only from very few claw and order men" here
and there, who chanced to be present as lockers
on. The applause almost unanimous. There
was no expression of disapprobation, either from
the chairman of the meeting or any officer or
speaker. In the resolutions introduced an hour or
two afterwards by Mr.. S. c. Phillips. there is not
word in reprobation Of resort to forcs-not
syllable of rebuke for a recommendation offered 70
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drelism Of which is without parallel, and which,
If carried out in the spirit, would lead to such
another "Boston massacre" az no humane citizen
can imagine without horror. Ministers of the gos.
pei. members of Congress, men claiming mono
poly of principle and philanthropy, coolly looked
and lent their plaudits to appeal, the palpa-
BILE object Of which was to bring about sanguin-
ary trial Of sistance to the laws of the United
States.
In another column will be found an advertise
ment signed 8. May, jr., 81 Cornhill, which we
have admitted to our columns for the simple rea-
son that no good end could be answered by exclud-
ing it, 1t will be seen that in this call, which
is addressed To good people of the Common
wealth of Massachusetts," the vigilance Com
mittee'' call upon the people in the country to
"coME BY THOUSANDS" to Boston on Friday morn.
ing. If this is not for the purpose of molesting or
overawing the ministers of the law, what s it fori
From the Boston Journal Of rTsdnssday evening.
ATTEMPT TO cREArx RIoT.-We have received
from the so-called vigilance Committee, through
Samuel May, jr., a prominent member of the COM
mttee, notice to be inserted an advertisement,
calling upon every friend of the slave throughout
the Commonwealth to report himself in Boston on
Friday morning, the 1lth inst, to witness the last
sad of the States disgrace, 1t shall be found
impossible to avert it.'
Not wishing to touch the price of blood, we de-
cline publishing the ADVERTISEMENTS in FULL and only
notice il for the purpose Of drawing attention TO the
designs Of the mad fanatics who give direction
to the movement against the Fugitive Slave law,
and also to warn our country friends against the
danger into which they will bo led if they respond
to the call.
At the meeting Of the fugitive slave convention
last evening, Eixur Wright, one of the editors of
the Commonwealth, advised the people to ego
home, and como back Friday with their neigh
pors by DOZENS armed sDiM muskets and ball cart
ridges." This Wright is a member of the Vigi-
lance committee, and it will be seen that his ad-
vice talIies exactly with the circular from which
we have quoted this, that the object of the Vigi
lance committee cannot be misconceived.
1t is their object, we assert, and il will hardly be
gainsayed, to create riot and to produce boodshsd
and il blood is spilled, upon their heads will rest
tho responsibility. We should fail in our duty in
the relation in which we stand to the public, did
we not warn our country friends against respond
ing to this appeal. The peace Of the city ,piu be
at all hazards! Those who meddle with
the authorities in the execution of the law will find
worsted.
We earnestly appeal to every we'll disposed citi-
zen, and to country friends, to continue quietly
ohC,ff fhosr h.roip onl kx ohcto
and abetting by their presence those who are dis
posed to be riotous. regard for the public veal,
as well as for individual welfare, dictates such
course, and We hope to see It generally adopted,
From the Boston advertiser Of 1hursday morning.
The ABOLITION ExcITEMENr.-The great assem-
bly, Of Aboitionsts of the State, for which the use
Of Faneuil Hall was solicited, and which, ON the
failure of that application, appointed to be held
in fremont Temple, has passed away without hav-
ing apparently produced much impression on the
public sentiment. The violence of the declama-
ton of which twas the theatre, had little tendency
to invite proselytes, or to produce conviction of
the benefcent objects Of the leaders of the assem-
bly,. The call for the meeting, which was address
ed to all the citizens Of Massachusetts opposed to
the Fugitive Slave law and in favor of adopting
measures for its repeal, stated the purpose Of the
W W tHob VI CONSUMING toRctuer buO &C.
vising the best to procure the essential mod
ification or final repeal of that law.
The proceedings of the meeting, instead Of con-
sultation upon any mode of proceeding for obtain
ing modification or repeal Of the law, consisted
of violent denunciations of the law and its authors
assertions of its unconstutionality, and efforts to
excite the odum Of the public against it and those
who support II; and those whose duty il is to carry
it into execution. The resolutions adopted consist
of feeble argument against the constitutionality
of the Law, concluding with tho declaration that, to
aid in the execution of It, s "sinning against
Christian light and against Cod" and that the law
ought to be Immediately and forever repealed.
An effort was made by portion Of the meeting
to render 1t accessory to actual resistance to the
ecution OF the process now pending in the case of
the fugitive Sims. false annunciation was made
at the meeting of an intention to escort him by .
military force IN bon rd n IN he hsr NJ