The southern press., 1851-10-24
Strange Cause and Effect.

A New York correspondent of the Savannah
Republican has the following unique paragraph
Let but Georgia give good round majority
for the Cobb ticket, and my word for it you will
hear but very little hereafter of su IN outrages as
have recently disgraced Pennsylvania and New
York, at Christiana and Syracuse"
Lucus, non lucendo! We should like some
Philadelphia lawyer to expound to US by what
process of ratiocination, it can be made out that
Georgia majority of $4,000 in favor of submis-
sion to past abolition outrages, can have the ell
feet to put stop to future outrages! But we
make note of this, and let the question be
judged By the facts. The "Cobb ticket" HAS
got a f" good round majority" and now let us
see how soon the Syracuse and Christiana
scenes will be re.enacted. They will hap
pen the first time that another fugiive is arrest
ed in the rural districts of New York or Penn.
sylvania. They are obliged to happen, for the
same reason that powder ignites and explodes
from contact with fire. These communities are
perfect abolition magazines, Apply the torch
of the practical enforcement of the fugitive law
in other words, try TO enforce the Consti,u-
ton of the United States there and an xplosion
Of passion, violence, outrage aud bloodshed is
certain to follow.
Conversing with Northern gentleman not
long since, he remarked TO us that he personally
knew fifty places in Pennsylvania where the
Christiana tragedy would be instantaneously re-
enacted, if an attempt were made to arrest
fugitive. He mentioned one county, where, on
the passage of the Fugitive law, the population
took the matter into serious consideraton--the
church congregations assembled and held pro-
tacted meetings in debate on the subject 1t
was first advised that the fugitives in the CON-
munity be aided to fly to Canada-but the final
advice was to arm themselves, with counsel to
staLd their ground and resist with force every
attempt to enforce the law. The advice was
followed, aud TO this day, every house occupied
by these people is armed and every man loaded
with pistols and knives, in readiness for the
United States civil officers and claimants when
they come to put in execution the law Of the
Constitution and Union. We were struck with
a remark made by this gentleman-says he, 81
can excuse Southern man for voting the sub
mission ticket, because he receives at second.
hand, false information in regard to the state of
things at the Norih-but for a Northern man,
who knows the truth from personal observat n,
| can find no excuse" This is the language of
a real Union man, who, like ourself believes
that the Union can only be preserved by re-
specting the rights of all its members-and that
when any of them are invaded, that duty to
themselves, to their co-States, and to the Union,
demand of them TO resist, and to compel Justice
and a restitution of their lost rights With u.s.
too, he believes that the late submissions of the
South, are the drest blows the Union has vet
received. 1t completes the conviction in the
Northern mind-too strong before that the
South will never dare resist at any point of ag.
gression- Columbus (Gd) Times