The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-17

son should buy such OF color for the space Of dms
during as many days he shall have remained Ter
ri,ory after the two weeks aforesaid"
Such was the legislation which obtained in Lousiana
up 10 1880 The statute had remained dead letter Hun
deds Of those whom il intended il should exclude
from that State had been suffered 10 remain and settle
there and II was not until fresh provocations Of
fered to the sumbeng suspicious Of the legislature tha,
they thought OF revising the existing laws Nor did the
provisions then enacted TO correct evil which had
grown to the most alarming proportions show any want
who had succeeded in introducing themselves into Lou.
siana in violation of the law oil 1907 They were nearly
all allowed full amnesty, as the new provisions
only made to apply TO such had immgated since 1875
Here the provisions of the act OF 1880:
sEc. All free negroes mula,ioes. other free persons
OF Color who have Into this State since the st dny Of
leans passed on the lh d April is07 en,ted IA act 20
pevsa ne inauguration of free Negroes and mAaifos. tnto
ceeed against BY before any judge justice OF the
peace o. mayor ~ hls s'as and npoa due troo o The
sko. Any free negro. mulsio. other free person Of
pussasn 70 the Of the rst secoa Of ,hs act
shall alter tho pefod assigned tor his departure be found
within hi. State 10 Of such an order Of de.
psrture and removal shall be liable to be prose-
any judge, justice Of Tie psssr. Or mayor and upon due
conviction OF having dsobe ed an order oaeparure or
moval provided Tor In the first OF this all such
Zee negroes mua,oes, and other persons Of color,
shall by said court Judge justice Of the peace or mayor
II any free mulato. other person Of color, odsred
depart from THIS State pursuant 70 the provisions Of The fret
such order, and sentenced imprisonment herein pre-
scrbcd all such Tree negroes Gc shall be held and bound
imprisonment; failure depaI, whln said
Thirty days, all such tree negroes DC due proof oil a
BY said con judge justice OF the peace Mayor be
fenced TO Imprisonment at hard labor tor liic.
sons Of color VINO shall come into this State as seamen Al.
ached to any vessel or as COOK steward or Ia any other
vldsd she Is destined or an outward voysss and il not
Is from any cicunsaDee ncapabs OF or not destined for
sas, ali such iee nes1oes &c 80 coming mo this State
and not departing tbecfrom contemplated la this sec
and be procesded against directed by the first and
second sections OF this act.
sc 10 depart from fs Sa,r here are any who hold pop
eIiy 90 they shall on proving the same before the as.ns
the promugalion OF tilis act" &c.
And now, Mr. President what is there in the provs.
ions which have Just read that cannot bear COMPARE
son with the statute passed n l7os by the legislature
of Massachusetts Upon what ground could that STATE
complain that the Legislature OF Louisiana had iran.
scended her cons uiional powers in passing her pro-
hibitory laws Are the grievances stated the letter
introduced here based any tact that can be borne out
under the provisions OF those aws Where IS the least
authority conferred any body 10 take seamen, cooks,
aud seioards ou Of SHIPS iying ary feet from me so,t
cf LOUISIANA? Wny, cir, they are allowed 10 remain
as long the ship on board OF which they came re-
mains in pori il she be bound for outward vo,
and not destined lor such voyage or in any way
prevented from performing H. such colored persons AS
may have been brought on board oil them are allowed
hiy days before they required TO depart, and then
only and in default OF their doing they be sub
ectrd the penalties denounced by the statute Be-
SIDES even when found delinquent they only be
rested and proceeded against by And. in
nexon with this let remark also that II is part
OF the duties OF the babor masters to issue or 10 execute
Ddirdnts Of arrest and that therefore, the statement
that hundreds haze been taken out Of Jtips by Them,
handcyed, and taken tnfe custody is as unorDded as
the oer allegations IN the same paper are malicious
and untrue. I deny them all deny them most en-
phaticaily The letter contains reliable statement;
Tor its author stands convicted Of unmgaed fasehood
as far the facts by him sci forth made to rest on
the actual legislation OF Louisiana, and the manner
in which il Is enforced in New Orleans
II has also been said, upon the authority OF know
what Certificate that twelve hundred colored seamen
were taken out annually from ships arriving at The po
of New Orleans, and thrown into prison. May not be
permitted 10 cast glance over that certihcatei
Mr. WINTHROP. | said nothing about any certificate
had been made 10 some years ago. which had found
among my files Ii was made 10 me BY the keeper oil a
/" Seamen's Home" in New York, who seemed 10 be
very intelligent on the subject, and stated, doubtless,
that which he thought to be true.
Mr. SOULE. And is that the source whence the
honorable senator would expect to find truth and which
he disdains not with the iods OF his senatorial
mantlel There is NOT word Of truth in these state
ments-not a word. | pronounce them absolute un
ifuths The honorable senator must now perceive how
grossly he has been deceived; and, while exoneraie
him fully from all intent TO propagate these abject
calumnies knowing them to be such. he will thank me-
am sure, for redressng his judgment upon them, and
tor relieving his syInpathes from the agony which they
seem 10 have suffered on their account
Sir had not intended TO dwell long on this most
unwelcome topic OF debate and will end whatl have
been introduced here. That Massachusetts should re-
vve at this day. under the circumstances that surround
us, what constitutional scrupes she may have enter
tanned with respect to the matters alluded TO- alter she
had suffered them slumber all the time while seven
States we're coming into the Union with mat
most obnoxious discrimination, and when she might so
appropriately have INDUCED them In procuring the re-
peal Of such oil her own laws as were botled WIN Il,
berays, afraid, tina, there yet latent and sore
energies in the spirit Of hostility long entertained
against the South by certain portions OF the N0rih,
which no hecatonb of rights would moderate, nor
even the passage OF the socaed peace measures en-.
tireIy consume and exhaust.
flIr BERRIEN here addressed the Senate. pub.
'ssa M %iSTsR6p had no, intended to say another
word this morning In regard to this vexed and exciting
question but the course o the senator from Georgia has
compelled me to do Sir, II understand an imputa
ton which made in the opening remarks Of that SEN
ator II was a. ungenerous was unjust. IL under
stood that nIutaiion, s was unworthy OF him, and
OF the Senate chamber. as il was OF myself.
The PRESIDENT. The senator must not make such
remarks The Chair cannot permit H.
Mr. WINTHROP. As may add, sir, that that impu'
aiion understood il correctly. was in direct cosiia.
dcon 10 the statement which that senator himself made
Yesterday on The floor OF the Senate and for which he s
on recotd in the newspapers OF this morning under,
Stood the senator 10 say just now thai had introduced
here statement upon the subject OF the imprisonment OF
Tree negroes the port OF Savannah; and thsi mol
having lnmaed that did credit that statement, or
did moi vouch ior its accuracy, had made II my own