Show want of reverence for law that spirit which is exhibiting its it in all parts of the confederacy and which is evidently fearfully cm orn the ibe increase disregarding the constitution and laws of or the country is one of the most alarming arming I symptoms not only of he degeneracy of the times limes but of approaching I 1 danger to the permanency and safety of the system of government that has been inaugurated by the united states separately tely or united As ion lon long iong as this disregard of law could be located witla witia with a desperate of fanatics in the free State states sr and the south could hold up the constitution and statutes passed under it as unsullied pledges of her fidelity to the compact of union slie she wielded by it a point that rendered ren reu dered her position impregnable nalle naile but when she too wearied with the iha slow progress of truth and apparently alarmed and cha chagrined grinea at the ilia rapid strides of error attempted to retaliate by imitating to some extent that very d disregard ad for law that she had so reviled and arid den denounced ee d 1 in the northern fanatic she parted with much of her moral which necessarily includes ludes material strength the south being in the minority in the union will find her greatest security in the of or the strictest performance of all the obligations of the constitution of the most righteous observe ance of the laws jaws passed in pursuance thereof and that she may 4 do this thu with the utmost efficiency she should be able to make an accusation with a clear conscience and not be herself one of the a adulterers f 11 these observations have been elicited by occurrences in the north familiar to every one and by many we are sorry to sav say say in the tile south particularly of recent date we have bave see seen n a an 11 executive roundly taken to task denounced and abused for endeavoring to carry out his sworn duty to see that the laws be faithfully executed we have seen an eminent judge of the supreme court one of our own cherished and trusted fellow fel fei low citizens citizen ns traduced traducer trad and stigmatized as a jeffries Jeffi ies lbs and a tyrant and even an ill conceived threat of the vengeance of a mob hurled at him for daring to expound the law as he found it upon the statute book we have seen a band of reckless and irresponsible irresponsible adventurers whose designs were open an and above board to invade and plunder a feebie feeble neighboring republic dethrone its government ern ment murder its people and devastate its soil sheltered protected and upheld by a large part of a respectable community including a portion of the press in utter disregard to the plain letter and spirit of the law luw we have just read an account where the governor of alabama amama had delivered up to the proper officers upon requisition of the governor of pennsylvania a man accused of some crime or of flance in that state and aad had fied fled to ours but the citizens of the place rose up in arms and took the accused party parly out of the hands of the officers of the he law and not satisfied with that forced the said officers to leave the he country and while we write we see thata whole jury had beer beet burnt in effigy in kentucky for some verdict that did not happen to meet with the sympathy of the mob these are but a few of the numerous examples that might be adduced of that reckless disregard of law that is spreading with alarming rapidity 1 I 1 in be the t south why but the other day a most respectable re specia le journal in the city of mobile enunciated rated the dangerous daig daug erous heresy that a judge should interpret and expound the law taw ju in obedience to the he principles of a party whither does all aft this tend where will it end we di do not speak of a want of reverence for law as affecting our relations particularly to th the e union but bat as effecting our system of government itself generally we bold that no government can permanently exist without a strict observance of law in our system there is no excuse for its nonobservance non observance as it is the work of our own hands if unjust we can ean either repeal ils ill it or if forced upon us by an unscrupulous majority contrary to the fondaw fundamental antal agreement we can cail dissolve the compact until we do this our greatest security will be found in a strict obedience obed lence to law in w every intelligent mind that will run his memory back over the of the world will recognise recognize the fact that when a nation nailon or people become I 1 thoroughly imbued with a disrespect for and disregard of law they are on on the highway to confusion distraction anarchy lo 10 escape flom horn which a despotism is almost the only refuge lt the southern people hearken to it that they violate not a precept the observance of which is i their greatest safety montgomery alabama confederation r |