Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-04-17

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the Baltimore papers. in regard 70 the fuei-
tive slave case ia Boston. It will be
secn that the slave, Sims. has been deliver
cd up to his master. and onSaturday morn
ing, was shipped on board tic Acorn for Sa-
vannah. With the Enquirer, .'wc rejoice
that Boston has atlength cleared her skirts
Of the Infamous schemes and tricks Of he
fanatics and hypocrilical Wilkins, bv sec;pr
that the Constitution has been carried out.
the laws indicated. The most miserable
prctcxis were ,aiscl. 10 defeat the ends Of
.Iusticc--but they were all foiled by the
energy and firmness Of the city authorities
and the Y. $. Judiciary and officers
We have had very little doubt from, the
frat, that Simc, would be delivered up; be.
cause we had TOO much confidence in the
administration, to question It's honest inten-.
ton to carry out the Fugitive Slave Law.
if possible TO be executed and too much
confidence IN Its prudence. to doubt thar
the previous failures there would promp.
tito provide for similar emergencies here.
after And we had begun 10 regain the
confidence too. we had previously lost in
the Conservatism Of the leading men OF
Boston, who were becoming ashamed Of
the disgrace that had already fallen upow
their City. Too much praise cannot he
given, either TO the administration for il
prompt action aud determined purpcsc 4,
vindlcatc the laws, or 10 the city authori,;,s
for their efficient aid ia executing those
laws. But sull Massachusetts lags lar be-
lnnd her duty, as member of the conled
eracy, and owes it to her former Character
tor soberness aud patriotism to repeal her
odious State laws which. if they do no,
practically nulhfy the laws ofthc United
States, are at least IN conflict with the spir
it of the Cons tuition.
But we will not stop now, as rood
start towards reformation has been mad,
to censure her for the past we rather
prefer to indulge in hope for the future,
aud TO cheer her for the good she has done
That the croakcrs and disnnionists. North
and South NJ heart regret the happy de-
movement Of Sims case that thcy would
have rcloiccd To see linn rescued by a mob.
the officers of tho law beaten down. and
The law itself condemned and all this for.
the poor object Of making good their pre-
dietion about its incllicicncy, and of rem
de'ing the Compromise odious in the eyes
OF the people ofthc South, We do NOT en-
terrain the slightest doubt. Indeed there
are too many cvidsrs to admit Of doub,
on this point. Some of the ferecst de.
nounecfs olthc Compromise in the South,
openly declared their want Of confidence,
IN Ms execution and voted iortic Fugitive
Slave Law, hoping and believing that il
would be violated and thus bring the whole
system OF measures nto disrepute. They
would glory III sucha result, since il would
Afford the "Agitators" mech capital. AMI
| give them an excuse 20 rccaut their '.sillcn
acqu'csccnce' andrc-open the whole qucs-
ton, and thus TO evoke the bitterness and
stilie III which agitation" finds its no,r
lshment, and the Union possibly may Gnd
Its grave. As 1t is, they viii ridiculc The
whole proceeding as a small affair at
best, aud only what the North was bound
by the Constitution 10 do. This ma, be- all
true; and yet under the circumstances, !, Il
far. very far, iion being small aiiidr.-
Heretofore slave, who had found his way
into Tree Stltc,was regarded as irrct. icva
hiy lost 10 The owner, and no attempt Ia
recover him, was hardly ever made; but
now we see that even in thcciiy Of Boston,
the very hot bed Of abolition, a fugitive Is
faithfully delivered up 10 bis master Bu,
tins IS far from being the greatest point
gained. The northern people, or large per
lions oi them, have come 20 see the u, COS
! slty of a faithful observance of their con
sti'uiional obligations, and are maniGesti,,g
a disposition to return 10 The path Of du,y
from which they have 50 long and 50 far
wandered; and is there nothing gained in
that We cannot doubt that the extradi-
ton Of Sims viii have the happie.t effect
upon the Country.