The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-02
The Jerry Rescue Case

The friends Of the constitution and laws will be sad
to see the following announcement from leading wing
journal OF New York We trust that fanaiicsm will
not again disturb the public peace The excuses Of
tratorous zeaots have produced very different effects
from those which the aboonlsts intended to produce
They have aroused popular Indignation by exhibiting III.
Infamous passions that prompted them, and the pels
they would have brought upon the country The ri.
umph of Sewardism at Baltimore alarmed the country
and the election Of General Pierce in November was
blow 10 fanaiicsm from which it will not soon recover
Now we see that Syracuse jury is sustained by the
whole community in bringing in a verdict of guilty
against the first person who has been proved par,ic
pant in the outrage peperaed the laws by the orci
bic rescue OF fugitive from labor 1t will be remsm
bered how MIR Seward gave coun,enance and encourage
ment those who had SET the laws at defiance at Sy,
cuse. Had an organization Of which he was the head
been victorious last November none OF the Syracuse
rioters could have been convicted The moral eHc. of
such victory would have made sach conviction in.
possible The triumph of democracy, open, manly.
honest platform, has been followed by noticeable i'm.
provemen. IN public opinion, even ia those quarters
where fanatcism was most powerful
We are sorry to that the Courier and Enquirer, in
announcing the result OF the Syracuse trial. casts re-
preach Pennsylvania. That it should be gratifsd a,
the evdeace OF return OF better feelings in its own
State is but natural yet the in which speaks
of Pennsy lvana is uncalIed for. While that State was
in the hands of Governor Johnstons party, faaacsm
strong, and the Chrisana massacre was an evidence
OF its strength and OF its fendsh spirit The crimins
negligence and Indifference OF the wing governor cannot
be forgotten. II he had manifested due energy the per-
petratos OF the might have been arrested and
identified. and punshed-uness indeed, the federal exec
utive had taken them from the State authorities and per-
mtted them to 90 free BY Of ridiculous and imbe
Gle prosecution 1t should be remembered tina, gr,u
change has been going on in public opinion since lhs
Chrstiana treason trial and although do not wish
to delrac, in any manner from the credit due New
York because of the result Of the Syracuse rescue trial.
and The manner in which that result has been ved
we think it is not fair to compare New York now with
Pennsylvania. while VIM Johnston was her chief magic
'rate and the whig party was in the ascendant Siao
the defeat OF that worthy disciple of Mr. Seward, The OBJ
struction law has been repealed, and have nsic.t
several instances in which fugves have been reclaimed
in Pennsylvania without difficulty or delay. We hus
that fanaticsm, now the in the northern States
may be exiinguished tina, the rendition OF JUS
tee and the maintenance of the constitution and laws
will not excite even passing remik. unless indeed,
be 10 recall with wonder and aslonshmept the madness
we have witnessed within the last few yeas
From the New York Courier and Enquirer u
New York has done what Massachusetts and Penns
wanna have failed to dot has vindcated The outraeh
fugilive-slave law. Not one of the reckless men who
burst into Boston courthouse and rescued prisoDs
from the very grasp OF the officers OF Justice has ever
convicted OF HIS offence. MOI oil the numbering
mics OF the law al Chnstana has ever suffered the pena
y OF his crime. But The defiance OF the law al Syracus
lar less aggravated than either OF the other two will
escape It's mered punishment. The first man who b
been tried has been promptly found guilty BY a iury
true men, and 10 now awaiting The sentence OF The fed
court The same justice viii doubtless be visited upp
all who can be proved 10 have been his companions
crime The verdict is the be respected becauv
is the voice OF calm dispassona,c respec, for truth
constitutional obligations More than year has elarss
since the commission OF the offence All of the nda
nant excitement Il stirred through the country has h
since subsidized. The necessity OF making a severe exam
pie, in order TO prevent the OF such scs
passed. Notwithstanding all the efforts OF the most
abotIonst who conducted the defence of the aragne
the question OF slavery no. allowed the least ehe
on the bearings OF the The jury discharged ihs
SIMPLE duty with no more mssiving or hesitation hi
there would have been in any other instance Of viola
law, and their verdict, too, is received with the
sfed composure by the public at large This fac, evind
sound beautiful state of public opinion mos, auspie
OF good.