Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-06-06
NOT SATISFIED YRT.

We invite the attention Of the plant and
supple tools of the South, whose homes are at
the North, to the following remarks by the
editor of the Richmond tya) Enquirer. They
will here learn that though they have orawled
in the dust at the feet of the Slave Power, the
measure Of their scryility is not yet complete );
the exactions of the slave owner are not only
not relaxed, but have grown more extravagant
and unbearable. The people of Boston, with
bleeding hearts, behold a poor, inoffensive,
crippled man taken from their midst, and car.
ried into bondage. Submission to this was re-
quired Of them resistance to law was their
only alternative. They submitted. But this
bear the expenses Of the man-hunters by whom
the sanctity Of their homes was outraged: and
without this the South cannot be appeascd
Its victory is but partial or indeed regarded by
them ~ no victory ut ALL They have not
crushed out" tho spirit of Freedom; and,
while there is life In it, there is no peace for the
Slave Power Mordccai ia still ut the gate
The Enquirer says:
rejoice over victory which d only not 30 bad
az the most disastrous defeat In so far IA tho
interests of the South are involved, the slave
might as we'll have been allowed to escape.
With whatever success the supremacy Of or.
der was INDICATED by the surrender Of Burns,
as regards the efficiency Of the law for tho re-
captnre of fugitive slaves, the issue was de-
tcrmined adversely to the interests of the South.
If some Representative from the North were to
suggest the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law,
and were to propose instead that the Govern
ment shonld compensate the owner for the loes
Of his property, would the South accept the
offer Certainly not and why? Because, the
proposition would substantially amount to
this that the South should be Unidentified for
the violation Of is rights out Of it's own funds
Yet this Compromise would be far better for
the South than submission to such nm execu-
ton OF the law as was achieved in the case &C
Burns. The expense of the recapture Of BURNS
cannot fall short Of fifty thousand dolare and
as the Government assumes the responsibility
Of this debt the South pays for the recovery Of
It's stolen property in the proportion that it,
contribution TO tho Federal Treasury exceeds
that Of the North. Better would it have been
for the interests of the South il the Govern
ment had abstained from all endeavor to oxe-
cute tho law had suffered Burns TO 90 his way
in peace, and had repaid Mr.. Suttle the full
value Of his slave.
"Such instances Of the violent repression Of
the popular passions by military force as we
have just seen in Roston, are terrible necessities
in republican Government. Despotism exc
outes its purposes with the bayonet, but in free
Governments the supremacy of tho law is de.
pendent on the voluntary submission Of public
opinion. The institutions of liberty cannot co
exist with military violence, and when free
Government il driven to invoke the aid of the
soldery to carry out its lawp, the day Of it,
overthrow is not remote. lts decay has already
begun, tho contagion Of insubordination will
rapidly spread, and tho exercise of military
power in the repression OF popular outbreaks
will be no longer remedy in great cmergen-
cies, but an expedient Of everyday and famil-
iar resort. In such contingency, whatever
may BIO tho forms Of Government n military
despotism dominates, and the people are no
longer free. We rejoice at the rccapturo Of
Burns but few more such victories, and tho
South is undone
at becomes the imperative duty Of the people
Of the South, in view Of the extraordinary and
portentous circumstances Of tho crisis, to o0n-
cert measures for their safety and for the pre-
lection of those guarantees of liberty, which
Northern violence exposes TO such imminent
hazard We know that the public mind Of the
South is anxiousy engaged in working out
the problem Of Southern duty and destiny, and
that some of the most conservative and moder
ate mon amongst US sec no way OF escape and
no career Of glory in the Confedcraoy. Hut it
is for tho North 70 say il the Union shall lastn
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