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ORDER REIGSS IN BOSTON. a f6s E4gitive
Slave case reached its close in tBsstdn. yester-
day. Commissioner LoriBg decided tHaS the
proof offered sufficiently identified Burns as the
slave of Col. Suttle, and that, under the law of
Congress, he must. therefore, be delivered up.
Placed in the centre Of o hundred men, each
armed with a cutlass and revolver, and all
commanded by the United States Marshal; sur
rounded by thousand troops. hired by the
Federal Government and bearing milskets
loaded with balls; followed by cannon charged
with grape and ready to belch destruction upon
the unarmed mass Of people who gathered
around; gazed at with silent sorrow and sup
pressed Indignation by thousands upon thou
sands Of the freemen Of Massachusetts, this
poor negro was placed on board steamer, in
the harbor which engulphed the tea stained by
a British tax, and sent back to long servi-
tude under the whip of the overseer.
aus probably cur duty to rejoice in this re-
suit as triumph Of LaWaand Order. The Com
stitution has been sustained The supremacy
OF the law has been maintained Some may
dream that the Union has been strengthened by
this result. They will live to see their mistake.
It will take few such victories Of slave. holding
avarice and inhumanity, over inherent justice
and the public conscience, to plant in the pub
lie mind detestation Of the spirit OF Slavery
which will sweep the Constitution and the Union
| from its fiery and destructive track
We are glad that the vast multitude gathered
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! their hands. The country is saved from theex-
| cltement which the shedding of blood would
| nave created The moral influence of the Fang
action will make itself felt on the public mind
We hope the free States may now have rest for
q season, and that we shall hear OF no new at
| tempts to recover fugtiyes from slavery for
| they deepen and make more intense the ex-
/ asperation already far too great for the public
good. New York Times.
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| A man, as much entitled to his freedom as any
/ other man on the soil Of Massachusetts, has
| been seized in that State by other men, mana
1 cled, and consigned to hopeless and perpetual
| bondage. The people Of that great Common
wealth, containing a million Of inhabitants,
| every one Of them knowing the act to be gross
| and unpardonable exercise Of tyraunieal power,
criminal outrage upon the inalienable rights
of man, have suffered it to be done without in
terposing force to prevent it. That there was
| opposition to the act. however, is seen in the
means employed for its contamination. Burns
was not torn from the soil Of freedom and con-
signed to slavery by any ordinary method Of
imprisoning maiefaetors. He was not taken by
q constable. or sheriff, or even whole police
force Of great city All these were INSULT
cient 1t took all the police of Boston, three
companies of United States troops, one company
of cavalry and an entire battalion Of militia,
together with several pieces of artillery, 10 Sc
cure the capture of this citizen and remand
him to slavery. 1t is said that this was an ex-
4 perimentai case of slave catching, lot up espe-
eially for the purpose of showing how readily
the North would acquiesce IN the Nebraska bill,
and succumb to the aggressions of the slave
/ power. We trust the managers Of the perform
ance are satisfied What do they think of the
\ prospect Of performing the same feat over
again
i This cnwardly capture of an innocent man,
md fba nF la
bondage, necessarily provokes some reflections.
We desire to ask the principals in the affair
the leading Nebraska conspirators, and the
Executive Government at Washingtan-what
was the use of the ostentatious display of artit-
lery. charged with grape shot, that we're planted
in Court Square on the occasion? Do they not
know that the discharge OF that cannon upon
the Boston multitude there assembled would
have been the signal for fifty thousand men Of
Massachusetts TO fly to arms: Do they not
know that they did not dare discharge that ar
tillery upon the friends of freedom in that Com
monwealth; Why, then, did they indulge in
this piece of Intimidation Was it for the lux
ury of an unmeaning tauut Do they not
know. toe. that from the hour Of the first dis
charge of q single ruund Of grape, thar the life
t of no United States officer, charged with the
1 duty of slave catching, would have been safe
e for a day in Massachusetts, Or, do they have
no true perception of the real state of public
lSellIE lle lI DltiY ue LDIh Iney can
not see that, all through this Burns trial, the
public peace has been slumbering upon the edge
> Of a volcano. Ii they can not, perhaps they had
better devote themselves TO closer scrutiny OF
{ tine existing state of the popular pulse.
There has been the most imminent danger Of
q violent and armed outbreak during this late
tragedy Aud suppose it had taken place Who
would have quelled it? Who would have re-
stored the public peace when once broken Burns
has been taken away, but let us tell the slave
$ power that nothing has been accomplished by
t that capture but to deepen the resolution that
slaves shall not be taken on the soil of the free
States. Nothing has been accomplished by it,
e but to rouse the Northern mind to a determina-
tlon to resistance to such scenes in the future.
/ This time, men have been unarmed Another
S time ii may be otherwise. We are but ut the
beginning of the resistance to the arrogant dom
nation of the slave power. Things are but in
7 the bud, in the gristle. Nothing has been done
| in this case but to declare against the proceed
ing Not an arrangement to rescue the fugitive
g has been made None at all to forci6ly inter.
rupt or circumyent the man-hunter's plans
f Why, hundred resplnte men could have left
Boston last mig ght on board steamer and over.
taken and captured the revenue cutter and lib
a Grated the fugitive But was any thing done Il
Y carry out even so staple n scheme as that5 "
course not. Nothing which savored Of earnes
resistance has been attempted BUTT will moi
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rescue will yet take place. and when that takes
9 place in Massachusetts, the fugitive will not bt
sent to Canada. He will be he'd upon our soil
and note of defiance sounded to let them com,
and take him who dare.
The future is big with events such as these
n unless something is done to allay the public ex
j, citement produced by the proceedings of tht
: slave power, backed by our rulers. The fugi
e tive slave law, as it now stands, can no Longer
: be enforced without jeopardizing the public
y tranquility to an alarming extent. We agaiI
n call upon Congress to give their earnest and i'm
. mediate attention to this grave subject. If thert
can be repeal of the law at this session, Whicl
We think is quite certain, let at least hav
the trial By jury. A modification of this sort il
a absolutely demanded unless the country is to b
preepitated upon insurreot ton, and perchane
: civil war. IN. Y. Tribune,
! ! CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR.-Wanted, a few
: smart, handsome young gentlemen to dance Al
evening parties, on account of the great draiI
= of officers that the war has carried off to ths
J East. They must converse freely about tht
: weather, the opera, aud all fashionable topics
and be accustomed to good society, They mus
hn well Tractined in thf, pOlka waltz fSlngie a: