The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-06

Resolved That While we regret that the confidence sf
the people In the integrity Of those primarily charged
weakened by the recent of events which has in
vitsd oppositsn TO the city authorities We cannot jus
the people, 1t any lime or by any unlawful ssssmbAge
Resolved, That the sheaaing Of blood by the order OF
the Mayor can only be justified IS an at Of extreme ne
which necessity should ba made clear as 70 preclude
the chance OF any sense OF injustice or feeling oil re-
verge on the part Of the friends Of any man summar
Resolved That for the due and proper investigation
renee to the discharge Of the duties OF his oc we
IN regard to the poceedpgs OF Saturday night June
%, 1856, which resulted in the loss Of life, conmtee
Of nine re appoiLtec TO such investigation to Do
made. with authority their part to take such 40 ion
in the premses the peace and good order Of the city
their dscretoD and to aid the officers justice in view
Of this soema and mons ntous crisis in the history Of
10 P.M-Tbe cro-d Ground the City Hall has entirely
dispersed, and every thing 10 quiet
coroDsr's inquest. c,mmenesd, upon the case Of Ro
bnson has az jourDed till morning The jury Is eom-
poseo, 40 UNDERSTAND, principally Of Neal Do~ m.n
Of whom, tps is said to have remarked that
there should have been forty more hiledl"
PUBLIC MEETING
The citizens Of Portland are rqaesed to meet At the
City Hall to Gay (June y at o'clock for the purpose
OF invesiigstpe the cUcuustADcss attending the unelan
eboy transactions which took plscs this city 5atur
day evening last and the f. Sta reqnire to appoint
sbedcps the blood of their fellow citizens aud to adopt
such measures may be best cacaatnd to aliay the
present excitement
Samuel Wells, Nathan Cummings.
j. B. Carroll Charles Ciapp,
ST. John Smith, John Dow,
j. B. Brown, Nathan CT ford,
Committee Of Citizens Of Portland
OPNIOss OF THE PRESS.
From the Boston Atlas. (Ana Maine Law june 81
The statements which have reached oil the outbreak
In Portland, Saturday evening, vry conflicting
and would be Unfair deduos from them particular
State Of Maine and Argus ewspapers denounce the
ton Of the mayor as murdsrous and indefensble the
dmns % s .d. s
opinion Be referred to deficient
GUS ipfor alton on the contrary 1t can more easily b
Rotry, which Maine Law lsgislaton has engendered Ia
Ma ne itself The Advertiser, with unworthy aippsncy,
pretends TO regard the as mere handful Of nsgoif
cant and degraded ishmsn This ad cdpddu appeal to
the eudices hour bad in spirit and suspect
bao IN fact T. may sui. Mr. Dow's purposes very wen
between the lofty and the owlybetween the Irishman
and the Yankee but the Advertiser knows very web that
mesnest citizen is injury to all. II Mr. Neal Dows
militia did but NOW down only the poor and degraded,
bis nice distinctions between respsc liability and rags
But the apology defeats ts own purpose. the whole
moral sentiment Of Portland be With this law aligood
men love IT and only bad hate it-moderAe 0bserv
ers will End It hard to believe that voeys Of balls and
lines OF were necessary to suppress out
stables orawn from the upper classes and in for
the noncs ought surely to have peea sufficient for the
dispersion Of an unarned crowd Of plebeians.
We wish that Mr.. Dow taking counsel of bis human
ity rather than his vanity, had ADOPTED the milder
course We do not like it when citize, soldiers
bora. Government with forbearsnce has reserved
the bullet end the for the last extremity Mill
tary interposit,on is medy only to be employed when
has been tried in va,n-a remedy to be administered
with great caution and strictly within the limits Of the
law Perhaps Mr. Dow Is just the man to have control
ths berties and the lives Of his fellow beings
He may le neither hasty arrogant; neither fond
of power, nor ostentatious in using it Bot the
az A IN atAu af
jegsatoD be has direct personal in It's
tauon and snccess Hailed BY bis admirers the re.
vtaer Of papacea for all the dis OF society," he would De
than mortal If be did not sometimes let his
pacepcy get the better Of his judgment. We remember
penalty Of Imprisonment should fail to suppress the OBJ
nox,oue trsfc beaver psnestes must b. resorted
biUnosIins and uppbilosoPbical remrx, unworthy Of
any public man in this enlightened age Bnt while we
do Dot propose specially to DISCUSS Mr. Neal Dow's char
acte that OF bis iavorte statute feel that the
Portland tragedy Is Of Importance to the people o! Mas
facbutets because it may teach them the nscessty OF
prudence Of forbearance Of charity Tho tendency OF
sss and Violence upon the o.ner Constant svsson
followed by increased vgilas Tbs character Of the
ontnc. require. police systsm foreign to our insttu
tons, ard always repulsve to the Anglo Saxon
syttem fer which the ngsh tongue affords no name
a fJstem Of espiondge and surceinancs-a sysNm Of
searches and seizures; Of spies, intormers and de-
,be law interfering with personal habits the gra.is
personal liberty naturally irritates and teases and
Roads The friends Of the law cannot afford to forset
this They ought not TO be offended If they causioa
cd sganst tberaty and arrog against nseslsssy
offensive speeches, and uselessly provoking action.
against mousipg and meapnsss against the peepng Of
the coDsttutioDsy and practicabity of the law can
be tesNd IN liberal and generous way. We believe
That its great principles be tried without lifting the
lda of tin ittef without eizng the horses carriers
without peeppg into cupboards, without listening at
hey hoies without looking In 81 street windows Thsse
PETTY annoyaDces, and ridiculous they are will
soonest drive baegered and impatient 10 acts OF fol-
Iy and violence.
We know the risk run In making these snggestions
we know the stereotyped denuncstoos and the uugvn
erous comments which TOO often follow honest
preston Of opinion but should bs false our duty
and nnwor by Of our position IL failed to the
public against what believe to be q terrible and i'm
pending danger. We would speak FRANKLY and freely
roth TO the friends and the opponents Of the law we
when that DoDparel Of unatc legislation, the fugitive
Slave Law bad stuit6ed class Of minds and crszed
another we would asa for loyalty to and for fds
lily to personal freedom.
From the Boston Herald (Anti Maine Law,) June 81
It's seldom that an occurrence In neghooring state
causes the excitement and feeling that he's mani
Tested In this city by the riot in Portland last Saturday
evening The affair is generally looked upon here
malicious and lc.biooded hatchery BY Neal POW and
his minionsand tos order TO the troops to Gre upon
the crowd as q useless sDd unwarrantable act.
The citizens, many of them we're very lisely not upon
the ground Tor proper purpose bnt from the
we have received does not appear that they has pro-
csedsd to acts of violence that any thing se jus
fcation OF the act Of the soldiers it appear
that the snthores had taken the proper
measures dsperse the multitude. But tbs grsstsr
number OF pereons In that crowd were there for evil
purpose Business called many Of them out; others
were on their way to their homes at the time bu. the
Larger part were there from curiosity.
We glad to know that the aair Is to be properly
investigated and before the end Is seem think ths
yocate Of the Maine Law Will find that although they
may for while outrage the rights Of the people, and
destroy Their property without warrant, by other
Law than the law Of might, there is line be-
yond which they must not pass The lives Of
peaceabe citizens are net to be triAsd with
and destroyed with utter recklessress There Is
q law, even In Maine, against murder, and though
Mayor has right to rife the house OF q citizen he
must not wanton'y and wickedly hin HIM The is q
higher law than the Law OF Neal Dow there are inter
prefers Of lite precepts that not by passion
and although subservent Board OF Aldermen step la
and him from the penalty for violating the liquor
law, they are pc xeress 70 prevent him from suffering
The penalty for this act.
We have no desire to PREJUDICE this case We only
hope that justice may b done-justice to Nea, Dow
Justice to the memory Of the who killed by the
fooiers justice to those who were wounded on that
OCCASION Justice TO the living and the dead We hone
notnipR will done haatilY-lat the mia xfnl acta