The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-06-02
THE BOSTON itiors.


DoUGLAs, TooNes and Company have
no moro seniceablc and effective alios, IN
then base conspiracy agains, the rights
and liberties Of the land, than PABKrE,
PmLrirs and the misguided mob whom
they have stimulated to illegal and murder
Gus violence They could desire nothing
better than such outbreaks. to divert aitcn-
ton from their own unpnuciplcd schems,
and to bring weakness and reproach upon
tina, deep and determined indignation which
honorable men everywhere feel for their
conduct. There is no argument in mob I;
violence and passion convince nobody, but
always disgust and rcpcl the sensible aud
considerato. Nobody will dislike the Flu
gitivc Slave law one viii, the more heartily,
for the riots and lloodshcd which it has
stirred up in Boston, thousands of
lis opponents will shrink from all alliance
with men who take counsel only of their
passions in resisting It's operation. If the
Slavo-owncrs and Slave-drivers, whose in
tcrest this law was intended to promote,
can iasten upon the great mass of the people
Of the Free States the responsibility for
such proceedings, they will have little diff
Guilty in carrying their worst and widest
schemes TO a consumation. For that re-
sponsiblity will be repudiatcd. The mass
Of the people everywhere, in the Free
States, are disposed 10 obey the law and
any attempt TO commit them 10 measures Of
mob-vlolence in its resistance, will tend TO
drive them to the opposite extreme. What
ever may be the tyranny of their rulers,
they are not disposed TO seek relief from II
in the more dangerous tyranny of u mob.
And the effect of such an outbreak as that
IN Boston on the public mind, is decidedly
against the cause 1t is designed to serve.
Nobody in the Free States can any long
er feel under any moral obligation to con
suit the interests or the claims of Savchold-
crs, in connection with this or any other
law. But we owe II 10 ourselves to obey
the law,-or, at all events, not to oppose
mob violence to its execution. We do not
suppose that any man, whose instincts
would not incline him to become a slave
driver on Southern plantation, will volun-
tccr his aid in returning a fugitive slave, or
accept and hold an appointment which
would make it his duty to do so. But re-
sistance of the law is another thing. 1t
strikes at the basis of society lit involves
infinite evils, and can do no good. The
successful rescue Of slave docs nothing
towards repeating the law. II only saves
the money which would buy him, while il
involves deep disgrace and loss OF moral
strength, which will far outweigh the pal
try advantage that may be gained. The
treatment Of Judge IIoAR in South Carroll
ma. whittier he went on perfectly legal
and legitimate Grand, sunk that State into
profound and universal contempt, from
which half century will not redeem her.
Massachusetts cannot afford to initiate her
example, or TO provoke her fate.
1t should never be forgotten that The true
remedy. for all political epiis is The Jaliot-Jor
If Boston hates the Fugitive Slave law, let
her seek It's repeal. If the Free States find
ITS operation onerous, let them send men TO
Congress who will blot ii from the statute
book. If IT trenches upon State Rights, let
State Legislatures apply the remedy. Let
Massachusetts secure the right of juryiyim
10 every person within her borders. Let
her send men To Washington whom threats
cannot teuiiy, nor brides seduce. Until
the Free States can rouse themselves 90 the
effort which alone Is needed to place their
principles IN the ascendant, they have no
night to complain that they arc lisregarded.
While they have the poioer TO protect their
rights, the fault rests with themselves if
they fail to do it. So long as they send
men to Washington whom Executive inau-
enee can turn into supple tools Of Executive
powcr,--so long as they sanction the be-
trapal Of their rights, and the disregard Of
their interests,-so long as they help make
Fugitive Slave laws, aud help repeal Mis-
sour Compromises, and help elect Presi-
dents in the interest Of Slavery, they have
no night to resist the law, or to complain of
It's execulion.--.E Y. Tunes.