The southern press., 1851-08-08

he trusted that IL the South had gained hes
honor, that she would still preserve Il; butthey
would hive lost their former heart Wien they
licked the hand that sn0te them---and supported
IN infamous compromise when they shQQld as-
seft their position and maintain their sigh@e Zap
plause.) Mr. Webster said In reference TO the
compromise, "the North has Lost just what the
South has gained, viz nothing at ALL" The
North lost nothing, the South gained nothing
Webster and Clay were the leading men OF tbs
great compromise, and taking their opinions as
the sentiments of their party, the South was ad
mitted to have gained literally nothing. Yet
some persons, with great gravity, SAID ought
they not, to be content with the Fugitive slave
law? What WAS such a law worth, and what
concessions were made from the North to have
this law framed? The obligations imposed by
| the Fugitive slave law existed between the
States themselves; for the property found in
one State, belonging to the citizens of another
had right to be delivered to the proper owner
Suppose, for instance, the property Of person
strayed on to the lands of neighbor, would u
spirit of honesty dictate the propriety OF letting
dogs upon the strayed stock that 1t might be
driven into an adjoining cane-brake And yel
such was the miserable position OF the fugitive
slave in the North orked by the philanthropic
Aboliionist, in the first place, and then terrified
onward to Canada, or to some other place
"We must have some higher power" exclaimed
they, I'VE must have court to compel our
neighbors to give up our property" What hon.
est men would require court to compel them to
deliver up properly which they held illegally
But the law was passed, and it at any rate sup.
ported one principle, that if the government had
to pass law to compel the delivery of slaves, il
exhibited the feeling of the abolition States. and
gave convincing proof that the South must de-
pend upon herself for what protection she re-
CURED The Fugitive slave law proved that the
North had refused to deliver up the fugitives
! and consequently the fact showed the Northern
feeling to The South But who voted for the
Fugitive slave bill? Did the North support it
No, for only three Northern senators voted for il
II, therefore, 50 small a number of Northern
men voted for the Fugitive slave bill, how was
it that the compromise measures were passed by
such majorities? The fact was, the South's owr
members neglected, in one solid body, to speak
out manfully and boldly; some deserted theil
ranks and the North reaped the advantage, that
arose from the want Of unity of action. The
three men of the North who voted for the Flu
gitiv slave law, were Mr.. JONES' Mr.. Dodge oil
Iowa, Gan abolition State, but newly formed and
| its senator reared in Missouri, without the ,s-
ticism of the Abolitionists,) and Mr.. Stu
of Pennsylvania, one of the good, old, steady and
Independent sort of German stock, but who had
not l. .rned that it was honesty to steal mans
property, whether that property be in a slave OF
otherwise. (Appause.) Iley could have bu,
little hope that the law would be executed in
the midst of Abolitonists and Freesoilers, and
although they might expect that as before, slaves
would be concealed and privately sent away, Oh
at best that delay and obss cles would be raised
against the delivery of a slave to his master, yei
he cid not expect that the North would 60 into
the extremes they had done; he did not expect
that when master went to lay claim to his slave
the master would be arrested and held to bond
| for a libel, and for damage that might be done
to his slave in business point of view, as had
been the case at aton on a very recent occa.
sion He did not expect that armed mobs would
be permitted to take negroes out Of the hands Of
the State office and steal them off to Canada
as had been done. These things, however, were
all lost sight of by those who told them thcr.
was returning sense of justice rising in tn,
North, and who yet persisted in the Statement
that they had faith in the execution of the Law
in Boston. Where was this justice manifested
or upon what was the faith the submissionist
based Was it upon one delivery of slave t.
: his master! il 30 they would consider how mat
teIs Stood 1t was found that in Boston TIN
late manifestations in favor of abolition cause,
the trade of that city TO decline a sum of abou
three million dollars the non-execution Of th
Fugitive slave law having embttered the Soutl
80 much against Massachusetts. In consequence
a trade Union was called and when the meeting
assembled it was ordered that when the mex
slave was apprehended he should be Delivers
to his master.
Here then was the secret of the delivery o
Sims-but how was Sims delivered? Whe
the trial was in progress the mob assembled, am
the courthouse had to be shrouded in chains
The police of Massachusetts were called ou
but neither the United States navy yard, no
Massachusetts, navy yard, could be made avail
able for the required purposes of suppressny
rioters and law breakers. The trial progresses
slowly, and the Abotionists left undone nothin,
that could be thought of to ibcrate the slave
Eminent counsel was employed to endeavor t.
defeat the law. The verdict was in favor of tn
owner of the slave but when the Judgment wa
delivered, was the mob satisfied, and was n D re
sistance to the law shown! Why the fact wa
that for fear of any outbreak, and under the i'm
preston that the law would be violated, and th
fugitive rescued, a teegraphc despatch wa
sent to New York for an armed force to wal
upon the borders of the State to receive tn,
slave and escort him till he oould be safely sen
on to Georgia, where the master lived. Subse
Quenty this idea was abandoned and anothe
course was adopted, that showed still furthe
the public mind. 1t was ordered that the pris
oner be sent to Georgia on board Of ship, anC
for this purpose before day; when the people
were unaware of the transaction, he was taker
to brig and sent to Savannah. Was all this
then, indicative of returning sense of justice
being manifested in the North, or were the sub
sequent acts of the Massachusetts Legislature
anything in favor of a returning sense Of jus
tice? 2" He judged not, for the first fruits were
the election Of the Aboitionist Sumnerl These
two movements clearly demonstrated the tone
of public sentiment-in one case an Abotionis
was elected senator-in the other case, although
the fugitive was returned to his master, it wa,
contrary to the desire of public feeling and the
arrest and delivery cost something like $4,000
n sum which was 30 enormous as TO preclude
the possibility Of capturing and restoring South
ern property wrongfully retained in the North
The governor of Mississippi, General Quitman
knew at the present time of n slave halono;ns