The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-22


delivered up In Boston. The disunionists 1t the
South re1oiced at the arrest In Boston OF another
fugitive sIaye--it was TO them sweet morsel,
because they hoped it would prove another
Giants ense, out of which they might make capt.
tai. What disappointment They feel that
the faithful execution OF the law in New Eng
land dooms them--they see the hand writing on
the wall, and they will heap deep and bitter
curses on the Aboitionists for permitting it.
Chronicle d Sentinel
The delivery of Sims to the agents OF his
owner, the Chronicle & Sentinel calls the tailh
full esscution of the Fugitive slave lap'
That paper seems TO rejoice that this act Of
erlrem,e liberalau to the South and fidelity to the
law, affords prospect Of booming the dsunion-
ists. (as' it terms the Southern rights men, to
humiliation. Massachusetts, owes to the South,
the fugitive slaves within her limits. Efforts
have been made to get several of them back
We lost the two Crafts aud Shadrach, and re-
covered Sims.
II getting one ought to doom the Southern
rights party to destruction, what effect should
the loss Of three have upon the submssionists
Some people seem to get drunk on single drop
Of comfort
A faithful execution of the law indeed Its
like some Of The other executions OF the law.
When costs have been substracted, we should
like to know how much has been gained We
shall see after while. I55{
There never was n palmer case in the world
Sims was the fugitive slave Of Mr.. Potter be-
yond dispute, yet the case was kept in court and
before the commissioner whole week. 1t was
necessary to guard him with heavy police in
the third story Of the courthouse. The build
ing was surrounded with barricade Of chains,
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to prevent his forcible rescued The whole case
looks more like successful farce than anything
else. Look atsome of the incidents. Mr.. Fletcher
Webster is mprisoned-Marshal Turkey is held
to bail in the sum Of thousand dollars--Mr
Bacon and Mr. DeLyon, the agents of Mr.. Pot
ter, were arrested on charge of conspiracy to
kidnap, and had to give bail to the amount Of
ten thousand dollars-one of the agents narrow
ly escaped being struck upon the head by negro
named Randolph. If his arm had not been
caught by an officer, the life Of Southern man
would have been sacrificed in an effort to re-
cover fugitive slave under law of the coun-
try. This is the faithful execution of the law ?
1t is the military execution Of it. 1t was an ex-
ecution Of it at great cost and imminent hazard.
1t was such an execution of it as will prevent
nineteen persons in twenty, from attempting to
reco er their slaves at ALL
Itwoud be more difficult to recover them in
the interior, than in Boston. The Bostonians
are great people for taking care of the main
chance. We are not so certain but that Sims
would have been rescued after all, if that million
of dollars, which Boston has lost in Southern
trade because Of the other slave cases, had not
looked so awfully big, piled up in other cities.
Money is great sauce in some peoples patri-
otism.
The squads Of people, who were grouped
together all about in Boston, talked the matter
over in gold and silver "pint of light" Their
love for the slaves was cooled down some at
the rate of million of dollars for two or three.
Some of them said, give him up. 1t is true
there is great merit in the love of the negro,
but there is more perfection in money than a
woolly head! Let him 60. The sacrifice will
be suall-the gain great, and we can, in the
course of time, by few compromises clothed
in siluer tcords, demolish the institution of these
Southern tyrants, and get their money into the
bargain!
See how the trick takes Sims is recovered
a collapse of Boston purse strings, and straight
way the Chronicle and other submission pa
pers, with hats off, salute their holders with
"Gentlemen of Boston, your most obedient,
humble delighted, easily satisfied servants. y
They first make their bow to Boston, and then
scowl upon the true Southern rights men at
home.
Great cry and little wool, this, on the part Of
the Submissionists. Whether she can succeed,
or not is the question-but Boston has her eye
fixed on the golden fleece.
Wire la Humbug,