The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-13
.Y The following highly important intelli-
gence from the Republic is, we suppose, official

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The FUGITIvEs AND BosroN.-It is stated by
our Boston correspondent that Crafts and his
wife have sailed for England. The newspapers
inform US that there has been no difficulty in the
way of executing the law. Public meetings OF
citizens in large numbers, express the determi-
nation and the ability to enforce the law There
seems to have been no reason why the law
should not have been executed; and yet the war
rants in the marshals office were not served, and
We hear of no attempts having been made to
serve them, and the fugitives have escaped to
England. apr 1a&
1t may well be that two persons who man
aged to escape from plantation in Georgia,
and pass unarrested through the intervening
slave till they reached the free States were able
to elude the vigilance OF the marshal, and to Of
feet their escape in his despite. But the public
have right to expect some more satisfactory
account than has yet appeared of the reasons
which have prevented the execution of the pro-
cess, and which have caused the seeming neg
lect of his duty by the marshal of the district.
Ii we can place any reliance on the most re-
liable journals of Boston, there is determine
ton on the part of her citizens to uphold the
execution of the laws. In our Judgment, the
marshal owes it to the city to which he belongs
to explain the causes, which will doubtless be
satisfactory, that have prevented him from the
discharge of his duty before the final escape of
the fugitives .. w.
80 then the poor marshal is to be made the
scape-goat for Boston resistance, and the rising
war cry OF Southern submission is to be stilled.
The Compromise is carried out in spirit and let
ter by another attempt to insult the common
sense OF the South, after robbing its property.
"There seems to have been no reason why the
law should not have been executed and yet the
warrants in the marshal's office were not served;
and we hear of no attempt to serve them, and
the fugitives have escaped"
1t may ,ceH be that two persons who man.
aged to escape from plantation in Georgia, and
pass unarrested through the intervening slave
till they reached the free States, were able to
eittde the vigilance Of the marshal, and to effect
their escape in his despite. But the public haze
a right 10 erpect some more satisfactory account
than has get appeared of the reasons which have
prevented the execution of the process, and
which have caused the seeming neglect Of his
duty by the marshal of the districtr'
We are beginning to pity our friends, the
Southern sublnissonists. "Their sufferings is
intolerable" to any but such models of patience
as they are. However, let them buster little
once more. Let them demand explanations he
roically, since it is so ultra and reasonable and
foolish and futile to demand even the homo
opathic portion of the Compromise which fell to
their share.
Our great Southern champion, the Union, de-
manded proclamations armies, and navies, to put
down Boston resistance. Do give him an ex-
panation-and save this glorious Union and
he will wait for further aggressions, and strive to
" keep both the National parties alire''