The southern press., 1850-11-05
Fyou, a. 49,, S.,


The President yesterday gave orders for the
immediate concentration of the disposable force
OF the United States artillery and infantry in
Boston harbor. There were some few troops at
Fort Independence, and the companies at Fort
Preble, Maine, at Newport, New York harbor,
Fort McHenry, and Fortress Monroe, are ordered
to that station. All the troops that can be
spared from Florida, and some Of those that had
been sent to Texas for the defence Of the from
tier, were also ordered to Boston. The larger
portion of the army is employed in California,
New Mexico and Texas, and probably not more
than ten or twelve companies can be now spared
for service in Boston. Seven or eight companies
will be concentrated at Fort Independence within
two days.
This important movement seems to have been
suddenly determined upon, and in consequence
of information received by the Executive from
the United States Marshal in Boston. To show
that it was not contemplated on Friday, it may
be mentioned that the troops in Florida were on
that day ordered to Texas but, the next day, they
Were ordered to Boston.
The President and more than one member OF
his Cabinet have repeatedly declared their pur-
pose to exercise all constitutional and legal
means to enforce the execution of the Fugitive
law. This demonstration in regard to Boston
will serve to satisfy the public mind, North and
South, that the President is really determined,
as he says he is to enforce the law regardless OF
all consequences.
The movement in regard to the threatened re-
sistance in Boston is, of course, one of precau-
tion against sudden insurrection. The presence
Of a respectable regular force may prevent any
violence, and it will also be useful n aid of the
militia, should the necessity occur for calling
them out, to sustain the law. The Flying Ar
tillery would soon clean out those dirty, narrow,
turbulent streets, where sojourn the negroes,
and the fugitive slaves are fortified and barri-
caded. AS an incipient measure, that Of the
President is undoubtedly very wise. 1t is better
than proclamation, which cannot properly be
issued until some act of resistance, as well as
threat, has occurred. ~
But there is no danger that resort to mill
tary force will in this case be necessary The
people of Boston will see that the laws made in
pursuance of the Constitution are executed, with
out hindrance, in their law-abiding community.
If the community is disposed to maintain the
law, force will be unnecessary; and, ii not so
disposed, force will be useless. The question is
simply one OF union or disunion. E T
The best course for the Bostonians, in the
present crisis, would be to hold meeting, in the
Fitchburg depot, as numerous and not more dis
orderly than the crowd at Jenny Lind's concert,
and take vote upon the above question-union
or disunion-and if the former was preferred,
they could proceed as part of the Marshaps
posse, to enforce the execution of the law, on
the observance of which the continued harmony
and very existence of the Union is believed to
depend Sa31@ea y" a &3A&SS sAe1t@s sy- .& Ion
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The PAST AND THE PREsENT-If five years
ago, prophet had risen up and lifted the veil of
the future and drawn from its arcana the scroll
upon which the history Of these five eventful
years was written; if he had foretold to the
South, you shall 90 into bloody and expensive
war; victory shall perch on your banner on
every field vast territorial cenquests; an Ophir
of gold, boundaries stretching to the Pacific
shore, and a country of every varied soil and eli
mate, shall be the fruits Of that war. Iii it,
your best blood shall be spilled, the svalor of
your sons shall be everywhere signalized, the
cypress shall be freely woven in your chaplets
of victory. Your brethren of the North shall be
the partners of your toils-they too shall send
their regiments, but not SO many as yours by
one-half, they too shall meet with you the shock
of battle, but the graves of your slain shall twice
outnumber theirs. BY and by will come peace
the enemy is chastised, and within his con
quered capital the terms are dictated by you, the
victors. The survivors Of the gallant host that
achieved these wonderful triumphs are marched
back to their native land--the Southern reoi.
ments, to throw off the harness of war and reap
in the soft pleasures of home and country the
rewards OF toll and valor in the field; the North
ern troops to their cheerful freside and bright
winter skies. But 10! out of this war will rise
portentous question of domestic concernment!
The North and the South will be at variance
about the government Of their common con-
quests, and as to the manner of use and DISPOSE
ton of the SOIL yr2A1 4,@+ i
The North will say to the South, "brother!
thou art not as good as I--your customs and in
stitutions are offensive to the prejudces of my
education and the habits of my life; we cannot
live in common on our common domain! I" The
South shall reply in an appeal to the reason Of
the North, and argue that our rights should not
be sacrificed to your prejudices-but, inasmuch
as you have these prejudces, let there be no
strife betwixt thee and me, for are we not breth-
rem? Let us divide our gains--draw line
through them-take even for yourself the
largest share; you 60 to the right hand, we will
go to the left, and so there shall be peace be-
tween u.s." If then, the Prophet should 90 on
to read from this unwritten history the sequel
OF this controversy and should relate how it
was finally adjusted, and should unfold to the
astonished South, that by series of artfal de-
lays, intrigues and frauds, the North had con-
trived to appropriate to itself the whole of this
princely conquest, not leaving one foot to COM
pensate for the 75 millions of treasure and the
ten thousand corpses contributed by the South
to the acquisition, and should then pause and
ask, "men of the South, shall 60 on with this
eventful story; or will your own hearts finish
out the page and tell me what the South did on
the consummation Of this mighty wrong2 Did
you submit to ii, or did you resist?" ''.@T@
We ask, what would have been the answer of
the South? ''' ~ ''@"1" 1"
Would it not have been the answer the Hun
garian Diet gave to Maria Theresa, when with
her infant child in her arms she presented her
self, refugee from her Austrian throne, and
claimed the protection Other noble Magyar sub.
jects Every sword leaped from its scabbard,
and those swords were never sheathed until the
sovereign of their loyal affection was once again
seated OH her Imperial, throne, Such would
have been the answer of the South then-such
is not the answer that the craven voice of sub.
mission proposes to give now,--- Columbus
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