Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-23
MOS 1.aw :.

Mob Law.
There can hardly be a state Of facis which win
justify the application Of what is termed mob law.
In the present state Of human advancement, no
nal wrong is without It's remedy, ana though there
ale frequently and insults 10 the feel
ings Of communities which II is difficult 10 bear,
which come from quarters whence we can folexate
bu. lilleyet is far better bear. il moi 81
fence al least without Iesortto physical force such
gIievancesj conscious that Tie opposite course is
lfaught with danger and may ultimately lead us
into the very excuses which Neie the cause of
our own injured feelings. Iathe present age there
are two leading remedies Tor most of the evils 10
which societies are incident namely, the courts OF
the country and ihe ballot-boxi the one for the
correction Of the abuses 10 which individuals are
incidsht and the other for the cleansing I'D puri-
lying OF the body politic and for the promoton of
what may be an improvement upon what is. 1t is
perhaps too much the case of late, that resort is
had 70 popular e. ciement and popular impulse for
the correction of what is deemed an evil or even
an Outrage. and il is The duly Of all lovers Of law
and order TO lend theiI aid and countenanee 10
those VINO are opposed 10 such action. and who,
while fteemen, claim II as the highes. privilege and
duty of freenien to live in obedience to the laws
and iestitutions, hch in their sovereign capaeie
tys they themselves have made. So long MS we ex-
pect 10 continue ree 90 long as we expect 10 stand
forth rs tie republic Of the Mederns, asthe one
and only Instance of people capaciiated for self
government, SO long must We show obedience 10
law and 10 bow with proper respect to the powers
that be. for we Tnsy rest assured that, Drive can
form any judgment from the sxpsrience Of lie
past.1 the rock on which The, ancient republics
split and were SO wrecked as into HE most
abject oigafchys was in the licenfionsness of
the people Free at first, they 50 abused their trst
thai that freedom 6egeneraled into
then into an utter Disregard OF law and oder then
into anarchy then iatooliga and tyranny There
ara many eIemenis in our institutions which were
waning TO theirs, but may none The less note
theirdownfaIls scan the causes which produced ii,
and endeasor to pro d their errors Such IS the
course of The tIne pairint and such the elfott Of
the good ciliEsn Law and oder are the bifthIight
Of the american citizen. With them aud undeE
them he can continue fleemans without HEM he
destroys his institutions and Ultimately MS liberty
with them.
We have had ON refiections turned into this
channel By an occurrence ii our wharf, ON SatuT-
day. evening, caused by the insulting ana petty
conduct oil he captain OF Inc steamer Pennsyi-
yania, ia lowering his chimnies v hen approaching
the wleck u the bldg and blowing the whistle
of the steamer, IN derixion the casually which
has swept the Z. pride Of art = from her span
across the Ohio. The boys assembled in great
numbers and We regret TO say were guilty of the
indscreson Of throwing stones st the boat, which
would seriously have Injured her had it not been
forthe interpretations of one Of our boats between
the Pitsdnrgh steamer and the landing which hap
pil prevented serious injury 10 the boat. While