Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-11-15
TEMPERATE AND WISE coUNsELs.

We have pleasure il transferring to our columns
the following sound and timely suggestions upon
matters OF great interest to every lover of his
try and respecter OF its institutions:
FROM THE PUBLIC ADVERTISER NOVEMBER s.
Last week heard citizen Of one of the extreme South
ern States, very intelligent and member of the Union
party say that much depends in the South upon the results
Of the pending trials the North of the persons engaged
the late Of fugitive slave from the hands of the legal
authorities He said that il the persons indicted fail to be
convicted and punished the feeling The South in favor Of
separation from the North will be greatly deepened and
tended that in fact, the people Of the South will conclude
that the they separated from the North the better
Now, that the persons engaged in the Of
the fugitive slave ought to be convicted and punished and
we most earnestly hope they will be; yet we say without
hesitation that have very little expecta ion Of such
suit The is one of those in which the system Of jury
trial the almost certain escape Of the offenders
with mpuniy. The great mass, probably ve-sixths
or nine -enhs of the na~ri~ as Arh-ss 10 IN
favor Of the conviction Of the Syracuse rioters, If the
testimony should prove their guilt yet there frac-
ton of the population Abotionsls, who would be OPP
posed their convicton what the testimony might
be. Now in the empannelng Of ures, the privilege that
belongs to the defendant Of peemptoy challenging certain
Number Of names gives him great advantages and, if the
charge against him that of aiding id the of fugi
tive slave, he will always at least in nineteen out Of
twenty, be abe in such community that at the North,
to few upon the jury; certainly two that
will permit verdict to be rendered against him. We
have belief whatever that the Syracuse will be
vcted; but if they permitted go free, their escape,
growing will out of the nature of the jury system and
the perverted feelings of very small proportion Of
nifty, should neither desperation susprse the
South.
The people of the South should bear in mind that there
classes of crimes for which convictions take place
Gently made in New Orleans convict Of the leaders
in the getting Of the first Cuba expedition the testimony
against them perfectly conclusive, but there much
pubic and private sentiment and feeling in favor Of them
that they and their counsel had difficulty in securing ues
in whose hands they felt entirely safe from conviction Trial
after trial took place, and in every instance the testimony
strong it could be, yet jury to convict ibustie
length forced to dismiss oil the in despair nine
tenths Of them without any trial at all
Take another class Of offences against law. In every
Southern State it is direct violation Of law lynch
for the Of abolition sentiments yet hardly need
say that there single State Of the whole South in
which men, brought to trial for tang and athering, rid
ing rail- whipping, hanging the utterer Of vo-
If the Syracuse rioters ecspeas presume they uli-
mately will the result will be unfortunate, but will give the
South good about the necessity Of separating
from section of country in which jures honest
enough to perform thair dniee.