The Fugitive Slave Case
By Editor
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE, which has caused such an immense excitement in Boston and vicinity, is decided, and the fugitive, Anthony Burns, is returned to slavery. In a sermon on this subject, Theodore Parker says:— "You know the rest. The trial lasted five days. Burns never saw a judge or a jury—he was sent back to helpless slavery. You have read the papers, you have seen the streets of Boston; you need not be reminded of the Faneuil Hall meeting, when even the eloquence of Wendell Phillips scarcely restrained the mob. You have seen Court-square surrounded, a man killed. Boston never saw such an anniversary week; the city was in a state of siege; the Court-House and public squares filled with troops, the Courts sitting with bayonets at their backs, and counsel entering the Court-rooms, drunken soldiers charging at their breasts with bayonets. The scenes of Friday you will never forget; ball cartridges were manufactured to oppose the people in Dock-square; cannon were loaded and put under the charge of drunken officers, who were ready to give the command to fire to foreign soldiers." "They carried Burns off with all this preparation over the spot that was stained with the blood of Christopher Attucks, a colored man, the first martyr of the revolution, and order reigns in Boston as in Warsaw." "So much for a history of the week. Here are two forces—Liberty and Slavery—and they will go on until one triumphs. Slavery has advanced since the annexation of Texas. Slavery is obviously the master, and freedom is obviously the servant. It strangles all the prominent men in the country. Fidelity to Slavery is a sine qua non for any man who expects to rise in official station." The Tribune says:—"The future is big with events such as these, unless something is done to allay the public excitement produced by the proceedings of the slave power, backed by our rulers. The fugitive slave law, as it now stands, can no longer be enforced without jeopardizing the public tranquility to an alarming extent. We again call upon Congress to give their earnest and immediate attention to this grave subject. If there can be no repeal of the law at this session, which we think it quite certain, let us at least have the trial by jury. A modification of this sort is absolutely demanded unless the country is to be precipitated upon insurrection and perchance civil war." RIOT AND BLOODSHED IN BROOKLYN, N. Y.—An outbreak occurred between the secret organization of Native Americans, and the Irish, on the 10th inst. Some five or six were shot, and a great many more had their heads, arms and legs broken with clubs. Pistols were also fired from housetops, and stones fell like hail in every direction. At 5 o'clock P. M., the crowd numbered over 6000; but the mob was cleared away and quiet restored about 8 in the evening. Are such scenes the precursors of a temporal millennium ?!