The southern press., 1851-04-08
SOUTHERN PRESS.
WASHINGTON CITY.
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1851.
The Iattls nnd Of tho Comprom,se.

on rendering themselves as ridiculous as posi-
bic North and South; aud the pretexts which
they set up TO screen themselves from public
contempt, are 20 petty and frivolous as to excite
commiseration rather than derision. As though
desperately hent on" whiting down to the little
end Of nothing" the cause of which they profess
to be the champions, they have staked it first on
one issue and then upon another, until at last
they have suspended the safety of the Union,
and the success of the Compromise measures on
the delissrs y the runaaoay negro captured last
peck at Boston ~!
With most mel0-dramatic mournfulness and
affecting pathos. the Southern compromisers,
with tears In their eyes, implore their Boston
brethersn to give Mr. Porter his negro back. or
the dissolution Of this confcderacy will be a fixed
fact while with 6rmness and self-devoton
surprising the examples of Roman story, the
Northern Compromise journals declare that the
Union shall be preserved, and the "veneration"
of the Administration be still more exalted-for
MARSHAL TuKEy, like a new Napoleon, shall
dispsrse the rabbe rout, and do that which
WEBSTER, CAss, CLAY & Co, failed to do
give peace to this distracted country" Talk
a. men may of the friends of the Administration
of the signal services of the new holy alli-
ance" that partitioned off the South like another
Poland among the Northern powers--the main
stay-the prop--the buwark--the forlorn hope
ofthis Administration now, is MARSHAL TUKEy.
For if the safety of the Administration-and
the acquiescence of the South in the Compro-
mise, depend upon the success of their new case
| in Boston, who can doubt that TUKEY is the
man to whom that success will be- due.
While that Achilles remained in his tent,
CRAFTS coolly defed the friends of the Admin
istration, and SHADRAcH was triumphantly torn
from the very horns of the altar. Vain were
the struggles of the Commissioner equally i'm
potent the telegraphic messages of the Secre-
tary Of State, in the former case-ludierously
futile the effort of his son. the collector, in the
latter, whose ill-directed demonstrations in IA
vor of law and order, resulted in his own incar-
ceration. The genius and influence of TUKEy
and his constabulary alone could ride and rule
the storm--bis marshal arm alone could curb
the fierce Democracy" Of RAsToUL, or the
frantic q Whiggery" Of CHAs. FRANCIS ADAMS
and the pious exhortations Of Parson PAR
xeR, like new " Peter the Hermit" preaching
new crusade.
Honor then where honor is due. If the Union
is to be saved by the efforts of TUKEY, let the
praise be given where it is justly merited-and
let it not be monopolized by those who did moi
take the responsibility, nor front the danger of
those carving knives, ground and sharpened,'
taken from the persons of those desperate dogs,
the q two colored men," who seemed to consti-
tute the effective force captured by the :" New
England Guards"
The perils that environ the people of Boston,
and the excitement which prevails there, may be
Judged from the following minutes Of the pro-
ceedngs, which we clip from the Boston papers.
They are sufficiently terrific to freeze the blood
of peaceful citizens, and cause their horrent hair
10 stand on end !" like quills upon the fretfuI
porcupne." List! Oh list
ARREST OF ARMED MEx-After the crowd
had dispersed, four or fve negroes, who had
been lettering about the square throughout the
day and evening, continued to remain in the vi.
cnty, and about two o'clock this morning de-
manded admission into the armory Of the New
England Guards, in Franklin Avenue, where
that corps were quartered for the night. They
were told that there was nothing for them to
bee, and, as they had no business there at that
ate hour they had better retire. This the ne
kroes refused to do, and continped to annoy the
company, and caused so much disturbance that
Capt Brndee and Lieut.. Col. Boyd called upon
khe watchnen, who arrested and committed two
pf the number, named Charles s. and Isaac H.
Hnowden, upon whose persons were found pls-
tolls with powder and ball, and large carving
knife, ground sharp on both edges, with an ar
ifcial hilt around the blade next to the handle.
These two colored men were brought before
he police court this morning, for examination,
vhen Messrs. Phillips, Norris and others of the
Figilant Committee, appeared for the defend
knts The examination had not been concluded
i halfpast two o'clock, when our paper went
press.
ARREsTs-Henry d. Gushing and Daniel ].
brcutt we're arrested and taken to the watch
ouse about half-past 8 o'clock last evening, for
efusing to leave Court Square when requested
by Capt. Barry. They were reproved, and
terwards discharged
The feats Of FALsrArr with those "rogues
buckram," were nothing to these arrests Of
rmed men, They must be desperate dogs
b.besure!
The Boston Journal gives a quiet sneer in
pe following, showing that the danger is moi
dreadful an persons mig t imagine:
FRom THE SUBLIME 70 THE RrprcULoUs-At
be fugitive slave rescue meeting yesterday af-
rnoon, Wendell Phillips in a speech full OF
bund and fury, counselled the colored men TO
I'M and resist, and advised the people to assem-
e around the Courthouse and free the fugitive.
ne Rev. Theodore Parker, who followed Mr.
hillips, said he hoped the kidnappers in our
idst would not be mobbed, but would be
atched, and if they smoked cigars or used pro-
Inc language in the streets, that they might be
rested by Marshal Tukcys men, and dealt
th according to our Puritanical laws.