The southern press., 1851-04-23
Two Voices from Georgia.

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Two Voices from Georgia.
The submission presses Of this State, belong
ing to the buster and back ont" school-who
keep sliding the scale of ultimatums, and who
were preparing to back down from their "Geor-
gia platform" which mads the rendition of run
Always the sole condition on which they would
consent to preserve the Union--all of these
most "patriotic" presses are rejol1ing Justify
over their narrow escapes in the delivery OF
Sims. We subjoin specimen from one Of
these rejoicings in the Savannah Republican,
whose proprietors and senior editor, like Mr..
FILLMORE and the editor of the Republic, have
been taught to venerate from early youth" the
down East section of our confederacy mailing
originally from the State of Maine
twill be observed that the Republican deems
the aquestion settled" by the delivery of a
single slave! and thinks " the Union men of the
South may now hold up their heads" This is
q frank admission of their attitude before-but
we rather think it will take stronger levers to
elevate the heads referred to.
The assertions and assumptions of the re-
joicing Republican are so preposterous, that we
deem it unnecessary to do more than merely
italcise rome of the most re markabe flights OF
fancy, and drafts on the credulity of its readers
which are to be found in the compass of its
short article. After noticing the delivery OF
Sims, the Republican says:
in an article on the 4th March, in regard to
the Shadrdch case, we took occasion 10 say:
"The truth is, The Fugitive STARE lao must be
executed in Boston. The people of the South
require that il shall be done, not only as an
atonement for past outrages, but in vindication
of the compromise and the supremacy of the
government And we trust that all Southern
men who have runaway slaves in Massachusetts,
and especially in boston, will continue their eff
forts to recover them, until the question is settled
The law should be tested. II should be decided
practically decided-whether the country is
to be governed by Boston mobs or by the ma.
tionsl Congress"
Our wish that the law might be tested" and
executed in Boston" has been fully accom-
plehcd We consider The question nou as prac-
ticaly decided" moi only in Boston, but in all Ne,c
England There was more doubt rs TO the en-.
forcement of the law there than anyphere else in
The free States that being considered the strong
hold of fanaticism. That doubt haring been re-
nored-the law having been executed in open
ddu, and under tho very muse Of the Legislature,
IN spite Of all the efforts and denunciatory meet
ings of the Aboltionists-or people may for The
future dismiss all dpprehenSions upon fhe subject,
and rest confident that their rights ,oH betitlly sus.
tdined.
The thanks Of the whole country are due to
Mr. Potter for the energetic manner in which he
has prosecuted his claim. A man Of large wealth,
he could very easily have afforded to lose the
slave. But resolved TO test the law, he informed
his agents that ten thousand dollars could not
buy the slave-indeed, that he would not part
with him for any consideration. His object was
more the establishment Of the law than the re-
covery Of the negro. His determination has been
fhe means, zoe hope, Of putting The question 10 resi-
foreue,.
The Union men Of the South may noo hold up
heir heads. The result shows that their conf.
dence in The ability and ciiiingness Of The gorern-
mem, 10 enforce erery part Of The compromise has
not been misplaced We feel glad, too, that
Boston has offered This "atonemeni for past our
rdges," and that she has reliered herself Of The
foul blot which she suffered her enemies, ii an
unguarded moment, TO cast upon her ancient re-
nown. Having taken step in the right drec-
ton, we trust she will continue in il until the
laws are successfully indicated, and she restored
10 the confidence of her Southern brethren.
There may be those amongst us who will regret
the result Of the present case, but let them go.
They carry within their bosoms their own pun
ishment.
Now this is one voice. But in a far different
tone and spirit speaks another editor, also a
Wing, but differing in this from his former ally,
that he is a native Georgian, aud to the man
or born. Thus sternly and scornfully speaks
out the editor Of the Augusta Republic, rebuk-
ing these "rejoicings" over the solitary demon
straton which has been made by the merchants
Of Boston, and her authorities, towards the per.
Torrance, not Of favor, but a duty, which they
owe to common honesty and common faith.
His editorial is in response to the Chronicle
d Seminal co-laborer with the Republican !;
THE BosTos FUerTIvE CAsE--It will be seen
by reference to our telegraphic head that Sims,
the fugitive slave from Savannah, has been de-
livered up to the agent of bis owner by the au-
thorities in Boston, and that he is now on his
way to Savannah. This Is certainly an unkind
cut on the part of the Abolitionists and dis
unionists Of Boston, TO their disunion allies In
the South, and which they will not readily for.
give them, thus 70 permit fugitive slave 70 be