Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-03-01

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the pers who ought be brought condgn punishment
and tn there be any incompeiency in existing laws to
punish bee who advised, and stimulated, and insigaled
those u0unste blacks TO these deeds Of awess enormty
that the iecs will be supplied and the really guilty party
who lurl behind, putting forward these miserable wretches
will be ought justice beleve-at least hope-the
existing will be found competent to reach their
Mr. Psdent in the message which has just been read,
the Present has suggested two three doubts defects IN
ersngws. The act Of 1895 presupposes the existence
and conued action Of instruction, and, consequently
the exce and combination Of insurgents who carry on
that nsrcton The act therefore, requires that before
there sh be any application Of force to que the nsurec
on the shall be proclamation announced and read to the
commun and insurgents, commanding them to dispense,
and the if they fail to dispense, the application Of force
shall coDe that be done which the parties would not do
without But it is manifest that in such that
which hreceny occurred in Boston this act cannot be
ried there is preexistng resurrection. There
are no hwn insurgents The first evidence Of opposition
and obstcton the law arises from the fact that party
suddenyurst into the courthouse, dispersed the officers,
violated sanctuary Of justice, and committed those enor
mites ofhich have recently heard To make procla-
nation hrehand is therefore impossible The President
suggests,mopg the legal remedies which these cases may
call for at Of dispensing with the prociams,lon 10 sucn
cases 1ere is some doubt under the act Of March, 1857
whether army and navy authorized to be employed to en-
force the ws Of the United States, be employed without
prior prosmaon, is required in case OF an insurrecon
That alsos subject worthy Of consideration MY motion
then ia M this message and accompanying documents be
referred the Committee the Judiciary, and that that
committepe instructed report with all convenient dis
patch, up the recommendations contained in the message
will asmove, at proper time, for its printing, and me
i printing oan extra number Of copies
NJ. HE am not disposed to allow this to pass
without biting be understood by all who feel any interest
IN KNOWING, how stand upon this question am glad that
the document which mas ese read has bean sent 10 US for
one rason and but one Il satisfies .anclusivey
that ne President thinks and feels pretty that he
dering his administration ridiculous and that his proclamation
has done and he sent long abored essay as under
sard it. to vndcate the propey Of what cannot be vindi
Gated The idea of the President of the United States issu
ing formal proclamation, calling upon all the naval and
military the Government to hold themselves in readi-
ness and all officers and good citizens where to defend
this great republic against handful Of negroes in Boston,
do not know how strikes Others but to my mind is rldl-
culous in the extreme and am determined far as am
concerned, will have part lot in it. Any body that
wants to magnify this into great affair has my full consent
Why sir the President has waited till he has got
information upon the subject but he tells that he sends
thshe in such hot haseupon newspaper account OF
statement of Of the officers, which he sends also, but
which account is conradcted by Others and by Geographic
information. The President then, in such hot haste, or
those who advise him are put this thing before the
try and to have the republic prepared to resist those negroes
who scouting in the blind alleys Boston, to keep out
Of the way Of the consabes there such hot haste to put
this Government in proper attitude of deencealthough
there in the population Of half million within the sound
Of the bell the old State House perhaps thousand poor
negroeshat all this array, this sounding of umpets this
issuing of proclamation has taken place. There has been
all this formidable preparation put down this handful OF
groes, who have been skulkng out Of sight long ago.
The constituted authorities Of Boston going in their
quiet and ordinary in prosecuting and bringing to
justice every body implicated in this matter 1t may be done
possibly but should think it Of the greatest efforts Of
genius magnify this into something tremendous something
worthy of the rhetorical Of the first patriots OF the
and but think it must be such effort Of genius has
been in modern times that possibly magnify
into such affair We bringing discedt and contempt
upon whole system of Government by undertaking to do
If To in m
of body that the laws of the land cannot be executed in
Massachusetts, If there they quiet these fears
by any such proceedings these But looking upon the
whole subject entirely misplaced msconceived i'll Judged
impoic, improper, inudicious, and weak, shall be op
posed to thing except the most quiet mode in which
possibly be got rid Of What that Isl do not pretend to
Mr. CLAY. The course Of the Senator from New Hamp
shire MR. HALE) does not surprise it is perfectly in
keeping and congenal with his general upon subjects
this kind He pronounces deliberate act Of the Exc
cuive Of the country. Chief Magistrate, di
cuou Now, s that matter Of opinion, and being mat
ter Of opinion depends upon the opinion others may enter
tain of the person who expresses it. But the Senator will
allow to say that upon subject Of that kind and upor
rhetorical subjects which he has alluded, there
standards Of opinion prevailing; one, that Of the member
himse and the other, that Of body Of which hes
ber And if he will allow to tell him. the appreciation
made by member of his capacity for debate and ead
in it may be much higher than will be shared in by ohe
, members Of this body.
Mr.. HALE. That is matter opinion.
must take occasion to say that scarcely occasion
risen to speak in this body when that Senator has
followed me- as his great to compete with thu
palm Of elocuion. yield to the Senator know the sci
:omplacency with which he generally rises, and hope h
will receive this surrender my part Of any ambition be
him and to contend for the palm Of oratoy, will
he compacency with which he usually rises in this body
presents himself before daughter.
Now, what is the aim of this Senator To consider hi
mob this negro mob isolated affair, affair Of tn,
three hundred negroes only, who assembled tina
OCCASION and violated and outraged the laws Of their country
there any other in the Senate who believes that
originated among these negroes Do we not all know tn
ramed which employed by the abotionsts openly
by word and by print every where to stimulate these
to acts of violence recommending them to themselves
and to say MURDER and kill any body in pursuit them
order and call them back the duty and servc
, from which they had escaped
The proclamation is not aimed solely at the miserable ne
groes stimulated, doubt, by those outside Of the court
who laid all the plans and some Of whom, one at least
at the door reckoning to the negroes TO come nl be-
pardon, white negro standing the door reckoning to tn
negroes to in Does not every body know that nc
the work of those miserable wreches who are without tn
knowledge and without perfect consciousness Of what be
came them what their duty They urged on an
stimulated ~ speeches. of which made on this foo
the House Of Representatives. and by prints which ar
scattered broadcast throughout the whole country The
clamaon, them has higher and greater aims II aims at h
maintenance Of the law it aims at putting down all thos
who would put down the law and the constitution, be the
black white
Sir, look the manner In which foreign hireng ha
introduced into this country in order to propagate hi
opinions and doctrines with regard the subveron Of
q the institutions of this country. alude who
said to be member Of the British Parliament by the
thompson He has been received not in place Only