New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-31
WHO ARE THE REAL CULPRITsi

-i v,fo,aI Era thus replies 10 the allegation OF TIE
f,sr tfs, lie eSesie of Friday night at Boston is to be
,ibu,el 70 Senator Sumner and those who sympa'hire
anl set with him on tic slavery question
"'rae rp.e,in, in Fsaeuil Han wa he'd some twelve
t-s es,sr uce hsa reached the City of Boston of
the passsse ef the Nebrasks bill by which neary one m
cn square niles Of United states territory guarantee oy
solemn ooupsct against Slavery was lana open 70 It's raw
was ti, asgran, Outrage against Freedom and Fres
r.Br ard against the rights - the free States peri
rated by Congress acting under the dotaion Of the saVo
interest and the Administration, ,aat deepcned the agior
ysrce " III which every a;cmp, % enforce the fGyve
slave Act is regarded IN Bosoa al influenced the sPs
Not upon the fcrvent speeches g Senator sumner, in
hehsf Of .ooi faith cf justice, Of liberty, not upon tho
nts Of Aholitionists behalf OF the rights Of
nm -ssts the blame cf this violence, the real cgprits
the men who before God snd pos,ery. viii be- held re-
spons BE for the tumus. lie disorder ts boodhed that
~, M ended the execution Of this infamous act a-o
r,rk lin Pierce and the members Of ConpSs TIE repeal
e-s of the Missouri Compromise AMI hard flhore and
the members Of Congress 81 i-o who ioieei upon thc
peopie an act epugnan 20 th- C"nsuto Suo'esNe u
All ,arrrtes of personal liberty, and abhrent 20 ha-
nnaniv fsc people Boston have seen majority IN
the horse Of REPRESENTATIVE. bcgoien by tNe,nive
corruption riding roughshod OyaS tbs rules OF 'no hoase
over he authority Of their Speaker, over to asot
the minority for the sake of na'htyng sacred Ion
pronisc and giving uubr,ed rein 10 slavery upon ths
continent: aud now whatever may be the Nol nee 10
which such proyocaion may have driven them ;ha ma
ioy and It's organs have no right 9" utter "o o vV
plant. IL i not for Compromise nuhcrs 70 "ne Soou'
the sanc:ity ot Compromise IL Is not Tor anarchists u
depouncc anarchy for awbreakcrs BE- hoTo stricken
NJ uopular resistance To law. Let them take the beam cut
of The own eve before they ruiey attempt to pluck me
ote um the eye of the PIE Let them sot an example
of good faith OF order V love az Justice of rpy 'or
the RIGHTS Of oihers sl there will be less need ~ theo-
retca disqushous the duty Of obedience to the laws
As il h. their sauc noius reverence for orier and Jaw
a. much out of place a jewel IN a swine snou';
Bat aside from ell this what Is Il the bottom Of ths re-
ssarce 10 the Fuci,e slave Ac'f Nota habit oi reNst.
ance to authority for Il vel known that the pe,pm oi
New England are generally q peaceaole' laW,aoNmS
reople Not any peculiar pfooon for the black min;
savehcdcrs do not charge them with ths. Not any Pc
cuar hostility the South for the masses OF then nave
alv manifested exemplary acqhiescence IA Wn
are STYLED the Compromises ot the Constitution Nny'
then this deep end dangerou, popular excitement whom
ever an attempt is made execute the Fugitive slave Yet
among them \ moments reflection must show tho
people Of the South that L has rs root In the nobiest
feehnrs Of the human hcartn regard for the rights oi
man in love Of liberty m a hi N appreciation Of The o.
dinary safeguards and guarantees ct Liberty. People
among whom Slavery exists educated to regard h.
terrible wrong not accustomed 20 the workings OF tho
institution naturally feel excited when man arrested
lescre their eyes with view OF fastening upon hm mo
calling chain Of bondage. Insensbity ON such an occa-
SION would prove their utter Generalization but, when
ty see the unfortunate man dragged before an re'pon-
silie Con missioner from whose decision lies no appeal,
and after brief trial summary handed over ~ slave,
on r pa,e evidence without jury trial without the bone
G If isas corpus in utter disregard of all those forms
and usages carefully rosoed To in othor cases. To pre-
vent IN Justice tlcy less than human thef mdsha-
ton did times overlap conventional arrangemen,s.
The wise Il cafor in such cases, would he apt To lay tho
blame of violence no, upon the instincts OF the human
heart m humanity its love of justice, but upon tho odous
nature of the act attempted to be enforced