New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-11
SUPPLEMENT- 10 THE
NrW-YORK TRIBUNE.
AIexaudre Dumas.
r,o.u tho Correspondence Of the Boston Aua'.

ssn-,.s and bis Theatre Histor1que, devoted 20
s.srspcs OF his own plays constitutes the ofsmsue
~. ~ PARA His TRANSLATION OF shAkspeAes ~. -
ersAnd 40 ezr:orcn,,y sss with undated success
EAsrsors,nary man 70 Re the occasion OF con-
ss., sxc,,smsut His popularity may os loogso oy INC
800 80, Nsv. Years day he received o.ovo CARDS IN
isct, 49, ~ the highest names 10 the metropolis
sc,,ou has recently been brought against ni ana
- nov IN process Of nv before one o. tne Coprn ne
,.s, desr sding representation Of his ancestor Ep
s A. s.int Lac 10 his romance Of La Dame de Mont
s..su This parsonage lived 10 the time Of Henry H.
80. three or four hundred years ago. Yet the living
wsrouss deems himself aggeved In the premises and APP
peas TO Judicial tribunal demanding that the novensI
b required impress the offensive passages IL seems
strange that claim 30 preposterous snoula oe ehns
asned BY the learned Court yet II Is Surely the SUB
me and the ridiculous bcdiello~s more frequently
thar the supposes Among bis other chsractersue
Dumas Is great traveller Having visited toe olhe w.
ters OF the globe he Is anxious 10 50 10 America Beng
however nsttc, he Is said 10 be afraid that De wiz DC
taken and sold slave. This has gives rise 70 Ins io
lowing correspondence. Of which give you 'ne
hsh Uansiauen;
t'''" PAIs, April !, 1911.
sn. sbsll ahe spoofy for sddrsssins you The pre-
Dsmoers Of the United STATES cannot but feel s"ored
that he request am about to make will be chsenoy
sufbor Of Monte Christo and other works which have
hsrsd.d nv fame throughout Europe. rank among my
k;rb am the familiar associate Of the leading literary
and scientic characters Of Paris msrnber OF the
nv mother was OF Aricao blood, and not ashamed TO
confess that my person makes open declaration OF my
have travelled in other quarters Of the globe, yet re-
ssmbns my renowned nsDesske who sighed 70 conquer
new worlds anxious 10 visit your TRANSATLANTIC con-
tIpsnI In this am lei. moved by vain curiosity han
desire to breathe the pure atmosphere o. civil merry ano
20 misge my synpshies with those Of free and
bsppy people One thing alone deters from immsdi.
stely resrinr this cherished wish Of my heart am to
that my Afoic,n blood will subject to nconvenenee:
IN h. Inf aud
sold - slave, according to the ex'nng avs Inns oI
hold 10 S sR % n. I'D so
deemed prudent to address you on the SUBJECT ana
sS y0dI o sSs's f.. iss
moved 81 my invested with some diplomatic fune-
pats de- Mon,pensier, would readily obtain for An
early reply to this note will confer upon me lasting obi
CATION AeeePt sir the assurances OF my hsnsst oonsd-
GRAFTON. DUMAS
lMr. C--n to n. D4nas
CHARLEsToS, Aug !, l247
sts-Ihsvs the honor to acknowledge the receipt Of
your letter Of April Your name and fame ere familiar
10 me- have not the 70 aid In tle accomP
men, o. your wishes, Your African blood would suplec.
al other Slave States Of the American Union your gen
si and psss s has sssn TIE Of the higher and
stronger races from time immemOral II you have real
various speeches and letters you mus Dc %
ored By time, sanctioned By tue Gospel and s
yorable TO personal and national heerIy I2sl - IN
pstble with democracy IL evinced by the fsc tn4 n
Slave States the chief seats OF denoc IN WI
and that regard the Democratic Psrty befe ~ ING
buwak OF the Institution That Slavery - iasoraee 10
civilization sdernonstaed BY the fact hst 10 ms
lSouth Csobs where the slaves double the nuinos
Of the whites refinement OF manners s carried 10 the
highest pitch, and Charleston its capital IL the acknow
edsed metropolis OF American chiyary IL would no,
avail you 10 coming here TO be invested With Diplomatic
character. Necessity knows no law sefproscuon Is me
FIRST law Of society Though Slavery is benigusnt ns
tuition and slaves the hspoies creatures IN the
world yet they might be easily stirred up to reeeon
free blacks allowed 10 come here they mgni excite
their fellow Africans TO insuuecton We live, sir In the
idsf OF Dc crisis We preserve our throats
from hatchery homes from connsgrs'ion, at al hsz
ards the time must maintain and perpetusIe
our peculiar institntion" In such state OF things,
should You visit Charleston, you would doubtless expert
ence no insult but you would be politely turned out OF
town by our chysry lately the Gaze in respect TO
public scent sent hther by the State Of Massachusetts
am. respectfully, yours, j. Z. C----N
For the authenticity of these letters cannot voucn,
farther than TO suggest that they may be imagined to suit
the characters and circumstances Of the parties.
l sm. yours truly, ca L.