The southern press., 1851-04-23

delivered up in Boston. The disunionists at the
South rejoiced at the arrest in Boston of another
fugitive save--it was TO them sweet morsel,
because they hoped it would prove another
Crafts case, 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 Abolitionists for permitting it,
Chronicle d Sentinel.
The delivery of Sims to the agents of his
owner, the Chronicle e. Sentinel calls the faith
full execution Of The Fugitive slare lao.
That paper seems to rejoice that this act of
extreme literally to the South and fidelity to the
law, affords prospect of booming the disunon-
lists, las 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 and Shadrach, and re-
covered Sims.
If getting one ought to doom the Southern
rights party to destruction, what effect should
the loss Of three, have upon the submssionisfs
Some people seem to get drunk on a single droA
of comfort.
A faithful execution Of the ID indeed Its
like some of he other execut of the law.
When costs have been substracSed, we should
like to know how much has been gained. We
shall see after while.
There never was 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,
hundreds of the military had to be kept on guard
to prevent his forcbe rescue! The whole case
looks morelke a successful farce than anything
else. Look at some of the incidents. Mr.. Fletcher
Webster is mprsoned--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 a 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 a 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. II 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.
Itwould be more difficult to recover them in
the interior, than in Boston. The Bostonans
are great people for taking care of the main
chance. We are not 30 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 80 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
woolly head Let him 60. The sacrifice will
be small--the gain great, and we can, in the
course of time, by few compromises clothed
in silper words, demoish the institution Of these
Southern tyrants, and get their money into the
bargain
See how the trick takes Sims is recovered
at great cost, difficulty, and danger, to prevent
a collapse of Boston purse strings, and straight
way the Chronicle, and other submss on pa
pers, with hats off, salute their holders with
"Gentlemen of Boston, your most obedient,
humble, delighted, easily satisfied servants"
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 questior-but Boston has her eye
fixed on the golden fleece.
In Hgyob,yo .