Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-04-14

officers OF the law,of person under arrest
and awaiting his trial;thc various acts Of law
lessness, and the inAammatory tempera-
ment OF the 'agitators" and theircontinued
exertions to get upanother case ofopen re-
sistancc to the laws Of the United States,
tend to invest the proceedings in the case
Of Sims, the Fugitive Slave. recently ar
rested in Boston, with more than an ordin.
airy degree of interest. This case viii de-
monstrate whether the Fugitive Slave law
is to be nulI6ed by Boston or not.
That there is large proportion OF the
population of Boston-men Of character,
influence, and patrioiism-who are dispos-
ed to see this law executed IN good faith,
there can be no doubt but that there is
aspirit of lawlessncss and mobocracy pre-
vaihng throughout the community is eqnal-
ly obvious. And this would be the less to
be regretted, five could bring ourselves to
believe that, itw was confined to the fanatics,
rowdIes, and ragamufiins; but have we
not just seen MIR. Robert Ranfoul, the Dem
ocratic United States Senator. of nine DAYS
honours, man who occupied front seat
IN the synagogue of his political church
and who was endorsed as one Of .the Ma
tural Allies Of the South"-have we no,
seen him descending from his high position
to mingle in the dirty pool of Free Soiism,
and selling himself, body and soul. to the
miserable fac'ionists 1t is no sufficient
apology to say that he is courting the abo-
lition vote to secure the seat which Sum
uer has failed to get, iorthe necessity OF his
courtlng IT, proves its influence and power.
This man who but few moons ago, was COM
mended tous as firstrate Northern Demo
crat with Southern feelings is now mingling
with fanatics, participating in Free Soil
meetings., coun'enancing resistance to the
laws Of the United States, which he
argues 10 show are unconstitutional and
VOID, and appearing as counsel for the
fugitive slave whose rescue he would
secure by violence, if law failed to serve
his purpose. Nor is this all. The Gov
eminent of the State appears to manifest a
willingness to come to the support Of the
mob, by interposing every fiivolus tech
nicality that can serve its turn, to defeat
the extradi'ion of the fugitive claimed and
proved as the property Of the person en-
titled to his services, under the Constitu
tiona the laws passed in pursuance there
Of All the circumstances of the case
therefore, clothc ii with more than ordina-
ny interest.
1t will be seen from the subjoined des-
patches which we find in the Baltimore
American, that the decision of the Com
missioner was to be given on Friday
Wchavc nodoubt tina, he viii promptly or
der the slave obc delivered upto his mas
'cr,but 1t Is greatly to bcfcarcd that the pop
ulacc will attempt his rescue, as it did in
the case of Shadrach. Should such violence
be attempted, we have every reason to
behcve the Government will do its duty;
and we know Mr.. Potter, the owner ofthe
slave, to be mar who is not likely to
shrink from lis. But the greatest difficulty
which these dispatches give us reason to
fear, Is likely to grow out of the interior.
ence olthetState Government We firmly
believe in the integrity Of Mr.. Fillmore and
have entire confidence that his adrninistra
non will do its whole duty in seeing that
the laws be faithfully executed; and State
nterposition, therei9c, might he attended
with more serious consequences than the
interference of a mob.
At the last accounts from Boston tic ex-
citcment was increasing, but the govern
ment officers seem firm and resolute ia the
discargc of their duties. We subjoin, the
latest accounts referred to above:
TRANSMIT cd for he Bgi in,crc As,erico,,.
Fugitive Slave Casc-Mr. Webster.
BosTos April 9.-Mr. Curtis, the U. s. Com
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