Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-06-28
The Boston MUrder-RigEler LaWism
-stS Results.

|! A clerical correspondent of the Troy Wing, in
"a letter addressed to that journal complains of
the EDITORS structures on the conduct of Theo-
dore Parker and Wendell Phillips in relation to
their infammatory speeches and incendiary con-
duct at the recent riots at Boston, in the case of
Burns, the fugitive ""
I The answer of the editor will be found below,
to which we call the attention of our readers, and
solicit candid perusal Of its contents, and a
careful examination ofthe arguments advanced:
"Whether the language we used in speaking
| of the conduct of Messrs. Parker and Phillips
during the late riots was more severe than the
occasion called for the public must Judge. The
mild and dove-like natures of these men, as evin-
ced not only during the last but during previous
slave riots in Boston, their always temperate,
concliatory and Christian Language, in speaking
of those who differ with them, their charity and
forbearance towards the faults OF both the living
and the dead-should, perhaps, exempt them
from severe censure, be their actswhat they may.
What multitudes of erring men find refuge under
the mantle of their charity! and how invariably
their "soft answers turn away wrath" But we
deny that we have ever thought it "the best way
/ to abuse them without stint We have used to-
wards them no language that can be tortured into
/ abuse. Mr.. Parker is a minister, and Mr. Phil
! lips, we believe is a lawyer and public orator
| generally. Neither gentlemen has rarely receiV-
| ed, in their respective vocatons, any other than
/ the nose respectful notice from this Journal. We
have detested, many of the sayings which we
have met in print, attributed to these men; and
| Parker's hyena performance over the grave oI
/ Webster led US to question whether he was moi
as unsound at heart as we had previously thought
him to be in sentiment & &'
| But we will inform "E. b. that we have nc
quarrel with Messrs. Parker and Philips for any
sentiments they may entertain, or which they
may choose to express except when they leave
t,theiryocations to excite violence, and themselves
become participators in the mob. We care moi
one straw whether they are in issmall minority
4 or majority, what their s'social standing and per
sonal character" may be. We can and do know
them only as the law knows them; as men, respon
sible for their acts. Tho plea of socia position
las exempting the law breaker from responsibility
and censure, may avail in some sections Of the
country, as it did in Matt. Wards case, in Ken
: lucky; but, unless we are greatly mistaken, IA
Boston the law sweeps away such cob-webs, thick
J, and heavy as they may hayebecom in the growth
of an hundred years aristoeracy, and says to thu
guilty, whether he be high or low, "thou art IN
a mani" If social position, intellectual attain
ments and wealthy friends could have availed
1.-THE mysterious disappearance OF DIR. Parkmal
. might vet be puzzling the brains Of the euriou
: and speculative, and "modern Athensn have ha
Q no reason to mourn the aignominioas end of on
of its most learned teachers. }
ri We complain of Messrs. Parker and Phillip
! that, being recognized as public teachers, the
! preach treason and mob-violence, and the use Q
firearms against those whose duty il s to execut
d the laws The murder of Bstchelder was the le
-. Sof he IA