Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-03-02


and here and there is the other The Spanish edition
is full upon the subject Of saues and sarery definitions the
Mexican reprint OF the work lS37) oms the head,
and says, under the head esclaru necessary
occupy couple of columns with slavery and the slave trade
that the trade abolished by treaty with Great Britain,
and slavery itself blythe laws Of the repubcand then speaks
OF Gueeras decree of 1929, and of the conrmatoy act
Of 1887, in these words
GEL decreo de Is de Setiembre de 1922 do bertad los
esclavos que va exsen la epdbca, bso ndemnzacion
sus duenos oposeedoes para que aparecese aacada la
propredad ailmamente Abril de 1887, ha publ
cada nneva ley sobre aboicon de la esclavud."
In English "The decree of the 9Th Of September 1922
gave liberty to the slaves then in the republic with inde
nifty TO their posscssors, that property might
seem to be attacked: and finally, in April 1887, law
has been published on the abolition Of slavery"
This is the historical account Of the abolition of slavery in
Mexico The reprint in the year 1887, and therefore
could not mention the constitutional declaration Of lS43 The
law dictionary Of Escrche, and its reprint with notes and ad
dions BY San Miguel to adapt il to the Mexican urispru
dsnce, are Of as high authority in Spain, and in the American
saes Of Spanish origin, the law dictionary Of Jacob
wih i
quote upon this head. Ithink every one must
that slavery was abolished throughout the Mexican terri
tory before the cesson Of California and New Mexico to the
United States, and that slavery exist there by
virtue of Mexican law This is far as propose to go
upon that point at present. limit myself to showing its
sboshmen by Mexican law, before acquired the coun
tries and that il enough in my opinion, to show the Viii
mot proviso, in relation to these countries, to be thing of
nothingan empty provision-a cloud without rainunless
it be a rain of blood. ID
But there another view Of this point which mean to
touch and that to show that African slavery did
exist in Mexico the form that exists in any State Of
this Union that there differences in the Mexican law
while existed and that to such degree that nearly pre-
vented slavery Mexico and that, if that law now in
full force in Nw Mexico and California, single slave
holder in any State of this Union would carry slave there
except him free. These differences the facilities
and the rgh of manumission, and from the opposite
policy of the Two countries; in the United States dscour-
age emancipation, in Mexico to promote it. To show these
differences ti read from Hunbolds essay New Spain,
and from the law dictionary of Escrche use Humboldt
first and read from the Paris, quarto edition. of ls0s
"D'aileurs les escaves, qui heureusement trouv-
ent en- hetpetit nombre au Mexique, sont CONNIE
dams oues les possessions espagnoes, peu plus pro-
ege par esols que les neges 9u habtent les colonies
des autres nAtons europeenes Ces lois sont ouous in
tepreees en- favour de la lbee. LIE Commencement de-
sire voir augnener e nombre des aaLchs Un esclave
qui par son induse, sest procure queque argent peu
forcer rlatre de Pahranchr lu payan Ia sonme
modque de $500 1900 livres. La iberte no sauro
ee refusee negre petexte quill coute lie triple
Pachetant, gull possede talent pacuier pour exer
Ger meter ucratif Un escave qui ee cruellemen
maaite, acguiert par la meme aanchseent daprss
la o 81 toutesfois lie uge ebras5e 10 de opprme
On concoit que loi benasane dot ere ben solvent
eudee TAI dependant Mexque meme, au mos de
Juliet, 1903, example de deux negresses qu le mags-
tra qu ait les fonctions dacalde de corte, donna la
bere, parceque leur maesse dame native des lies,
es avo de besseures es des cseaux des
/ sepingles ct des canifs. Page 1884
" lie royaume de Ia Nouvee Espagne est, de toutes les
colonies des Europeans Ia torde, cee dams Ia
quele il le mons de negres On peut presque dire
quill ny point desclaves On parcoun toute Ia vile de
Mexico trouver visage no LIE service daucune
maison sly fat des esclaves. Sous point de
surtout le Mexque oe contrasc bien grand avec la
| Havane avec Lima et Caracas. "-Page l3O.
/ In English. Moreover, the slaves who happily find
themselves in very small number n Mexico there, in
all the Spanish possessions, little protected by the
than the who nhab the colonies Of other Euro
pean nations The laws always interpreted in favor
ery The Goyernmentdeses osee the number oenfanchs-
ed augmented slave who, by his industry may have pro-
cured money, compel his master to enfranchise him
by paying him the moderate of l500 1000 ivres.'
Liberty cannot be refused negro under the preeX that he
cost the triple purchasing him. that he possesses spe
cia talent for exercising lucrative trade slave who
has been cruelty malreaed acquires thereby his enan
chisemcn according to the law provided always the judge
embraces the Of the oppressed One conceive that
ths benefcent law is often eluded. saw nevertheless
sin Mexico ITSELF in the month July 1903, the example Of
wo negresses to whom the magistrate, who exercised the
functions Of acalde Of tie COURT gave their liberty be-
cause their Mistress native of the islands, had
covered them with wounds made with scissors pins and
| tknives."-Pagc 1884.
.The kingdom Of New Spain is, of all the colonies Of the
Europeans under the torrd that in which there
the fewest negroes may almost that there
slaves One may all over the city Of Mexico without
injecting black face. No house there served with slaves
Under tn point Of view, above all, Mexico offers great
with Havana with Lima, and Caracas Page $50.
4
more full and precise and shows such multitude Of
in which slave could easily obtain actually force his
freedom that under such laws in country where slaves
were Of any value would could hold them. read
from the dictionary, under the words Esclare Escautud
!" Ell hace suyo TODD cuano ganan adquieren Por
cuaquer tuo sus escavos los pusiere al fene de
tienda cuaquera estabecimiento, queda ob-
gado guardian cump los que hicieren,
Isl e msmo hubese inervenido elos "-Ley7 IT. 81
Part 4.
eel senior que fuere mayor de catorce amos puede dar Ii
bertad escavo estamento el que uere mayer de
veinte puede darsea insumeno, ante uez, bien
amigos asistencia de cnco tesgos Ell minor
de vente mayor de diez puede darla ante ell uez
otorgamiento de curador ho habdo escava,
Ga padre, made, hermano maestro, nodrga, la
persona que hubere crado que hubese crado ell mis-
mo hermano de leche, ervo que lie hubiese brado
de muerte de deshonIa, que qusee hacer administrator
exsajudicia de sendo de diez siete AMOS
la esclava quien iratare de casarse-Ley l, tt
Part. A.
"S dos sehores tuveen esclavo, puele bertao
cuaquera de elos, dando los ell usto preco de Ia
spaIte que cada correspondence puede
prao tercero obeto do darle libertad."-Ley e
| til. %, Part. A.
entes 10 81 delatase al raptor fzador do muger vir
gen:--2o 81 descubrese al que hace moneda falsa :
30 81 descubriess al gefe militar que abandono su
pueso 10 81 al honiciea de seor vengare
muerte, descubere aicion al rey Ell reino.
En- los tres pimeros debe e ey da e preco de
clavo si duefo.--Ley 8, tit %, Part. a.
Isl ell dueo prostituyere pubcamente escava, que
da esta lbre por hecho puede aquel recobar
m teer desecho aguno sobe ella.Lcy 4, t 2s Part a.
Adquiere par fin lbead e esclavo, por e mstrimonio
gee contraeSe persona be po Jas odene sagadas
que recibee, notca oonsentimiento de senior;
como tambien or prescpoions cuando buena e
lhre por dez Ia terra donde
Esainr otrs sin huona do