The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-07

thsssis no norty except that q Nsv Yosk hirslses
in Erie county. me people - mn upoa ths quss
ss ~. ss =: :y . = s sss
State laws give them no proeeon; looa law does Civ
AID to ~ roe ;ns local AZ hey ~ ossi to ~.
Thus far they been suoceuafu The schemss Of tn
New Workers. have bssn dsfsatsd even though 6rsarm
for the state extend the protection 20 justly due to IL
Erie cisizsns BY the enactment Of law suited TO tn
In the abssacs q Aw Of the kind. the psou,s Of r.,
are upjusty oensured No people in the world have
higher respect for the laws than Americans and We BE-
heve mat the Erie people fan behind others in th
respect Bat whom Law Is 20 outrsgeousy abusive o
thsr rights 20 notQriousy fraud this 4 under whiel
the New Workers. pretend to act what people the work
. right for v. would have .Vsry Law ss1s
obsysd until It b repealed But wheE whole people feel
';S i Injured Dy - -
failure Of the single law to command respect and ODE
dsnes the whole system Q. Law. is injured for on
code necessarily 70 o. In dignity. rhs people, unprotected
- the supreme state law, are driven for safety to thu
pety laws Of local corporations, and counties and bo
roushs thus the respect due to the
whose dignity IL BY thus much diminished
We have had former instances In history whore the
just the parallel Of this Of Erie that Of Ktnsngton
some years SINCE where the Trenton Railroad Company
district in opposition 70 the wishes Of the people Pre-.
cisey the same means were adopted to carry out the
plans Of the railroad company have bsen employed st
Erie But the people Of the district would not consent to
IL the very women in sgaint it. and the Shsr
ia of Philadelphia with the whole power OF the county 1t
army Of nih women The law authorship the oonstrue
ton Of the road was found imprsotcsble and the
than
in the abuse Of Il. Erie people, have them
have not sailed themselves mob Only last week they
were prepared to resist city Law, attempted to be
= .sssd ~ jus; such = that en- en-,
down in Broadway threatened, there il quss
ton that It would have been torn the offended ciu
and defend such acton but 1t rendered vAr
the law making power having discovered In time that Il
0 70 70 out 70.
lions Of last week had been realized and the people had
torn up railway in Breadway, would those vir:uous
Erie have denounced the people mob and declared
the outrageous law procured BY corruption to DO do.
serving Of implicit obsdiencss Most certainly they
1t has thus clearly demonstrated that while the
American people surpass all others In respect for right
cous they cannot be driven to submission to upright
laws The rigat wrong OF this fact We do not
bring In quenion here It Ia enough thst it is 80, and
tempting t, fastsn Injurious enactmens upon the peo
PIE Law dfgraded BY corrupt legislators but st
more degraded by ttB inability to command obedience
American people, ard their regard for the rights Of II
bsry and property there is dagger Of their objscting
to proper legal rssrant but 1t is waste Of laoor to
pass injurious laws by fraud and attempt to enforce them
BY violence
OPINIONS IN PIrTsBURd.
From the Pittsburg Post, Jan 5.
The Ohio Stdtsman speaks Of the backguardsm OF the
editors very much ~ We have DONE It says
dents and directors and might have added hired and
bought up editors
Erians The vIle Of the Buffalo and Glove
Lar editors Is rapdy srousing public sentiment In favor
that this hired abuse o. the people Of Erie and Of Penn
syIyania generally, is rsceiviDg rebuks.
We justify NO ono In violating law. But when mani
bursts forth openly, viii throw hberaHty, Ike
phy,ic. ITO the dogs and stand By Psnns, lvana We
let the FfsSkMn csnaIcompany know how much rail-
road, built without charter ID worth
). Is r9osd o s .Ss" - .
fghtep and al Pepnsylvania into that
suit Ohio and New YORK railroad presidents then say
More Hes have been told about that Erie quarrel within
the last six than we're sver told duriog prssdsn
a election and the few EDITORS who have TOLD the false
The PsDnsylvana Central road d likely to ussup" the
Lake Shore road and the whole West to be flooded with
fAbehocos to event It.
PROG EEDNos AGAINST THE FRANKLIN COMPANY.
u VIII be recollected that the principal riots tbs
Lahe shore have occurred the road lsacfng from Erie
wet acro,s Harbor Creek to the Ohio State line which
belongs the Franz Canal Co., psrnisson having been
given TO that company ~ the Psnnsylvapa Lsgslaturs
lay dom rails to connect the cleveland rad With the
We by telegraph that ,ist resolution was yes
tsTday introduced In the Psnnsylv Legislature d.car
Ing the oharsr Of the FrAnkln Company forfeited and
directing the Canal Commissioner to take possession Of
the psms.
vana has prepared suggestion upon which to base
qso pdrronto agsnss the Frankn Canal Com pany for
msappcstos Of their funds and abuse Of their fran.
o ises, which viii DO filed next week In the Supreme
CITATIONS SERVED uroN -FOUR PERSONS AT HARB0R
cRKEK-rHB RIOT ABArUG.
from the CeveIapd Plat adeAler, Jan. A
The United States Marshal visited the seat OF war on
Friday last with the design Of rvng paprs upon four
persons At Hsrbor Greek Viz Gen JOha KilPat.iet,
and Dr.. Shsrwin TIE documents were catcns com
mandiDg the within named to appear at P,ttsburg
contempt should not issue On his arrival ct Eis how.
prominent riotsr got wind Of the fact ssnt 70
Harbor Creek and notified the persons dssnAtsd-sup
posing the process to be . criminal When the Mar
shall reached that place his victims myssrously
absent with their families, and their doors securely
10 % ing The
door Of the houses - sample and rstcrnsd to ce
On the following day all four ranaw.y: learning that
Cd to the Marshal and wsrs duly served upon
There Il no doubt the attachment for costsmpt will
made no It'll: stir y ri. y. sst1ssS many inauirs:
into the pr gress of riot and hoped they nsd
tanscsnded their legal rights-advisng thsn for the
positive aggiessions.
Several leading citizens who have hitherto PARTED
paed actively in the lopious proceedings against the
csion oths courts. Tho general feeling far tanned
down that friends OF the railroad permitted to express
their sentin ents without . check.
We REQUISITES BY Mr. Thsysr, the Attorney OF the
Railroad Company wio has resided In Erie duripg the
whole difficulty to say that the papers of this city have
dona IN 70 Mr. Shar8 NJ
Mr. says that great edit u due to him In taking pos
session Of the track Harbor Creek after the riot there
Ills other serious
which medtAtsd upon portions Of the road else.
where We think, However Mr. v. wouli have done bet
ter yet had he acted little moro promptly.
The Cleveland Psdindealr OF the 4th Instant says:-
Among the locomotives piled mp beyond the break ct
Erie several built for Peansy railroads The
directors Of said roads repaired to Erie yesterday and
ssAed permien TO lay down traot temporarily for the
purpose Of bringing said engines the Mayor aud
Lowre tn chief consprator consented to let the Penn
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