Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-03-16

acquiring civil rights but entitled the privileges and
immunes of free white citizen. II may have been that
Massachusetts would wish him to be regarded such in South
Carolina, and that she sent Mr. Hoar South Carolina
enforce that doctrine.
As something has been said during this debate about the
mission of Mr. Hoar and the conduct Of the people Of South
Carolina towards him, hope may be allowable for me to
make short statement by way Of explanation The gen.
teman South Carolina at a time of high popular
element, and his mission helped to increase il he TO
protect from the operation of the laws of South Carolina the
coored sailing vessele from the ports of Masachu
setts and to contend that they had right shore and
claim the privileges of citizens of Massachusetts, citizens of
the United Staesin other words to question the consu
onay Of the laws OF South Carolina which prohibited such
persons from landing and minging with the black population
Of Charleston He at once told that his mission
Fortunate and that he ought give up the office which be
had assumed and to leave the city, Some of the gentlemen
who were acquainted with Mr. Hoar (and be
dersood that he entitled by his position at home to the
character of genteman) advised him. in the first instance,
to leave the city, As understand, he refused The int
nation made TO him in offensive manner, nor with
any demonstration of violence. A mob in the Southern
States rarely, in the first instance, controlling
form it will yield to intelligence proper suggestions from
the responsible portion Of society but in notion under
such implied sanctions and II may character and
violence easily TO be repressed Well such the state
Of things in Charleston The opinion of society was that
was mpertneni intermeddng with its security for
agent from another State and interfere in the
Of community that could have but opinon-aDd
there but opinion.
Mr. Hoar told more distinctly, and by gentlemen who
opposed any thing like popular violence that he must
leave the city. Under this determination arrangements
made with regard of his family, that he should
leave the city with positive demonstrations Of rudeness
And may be said that he did leave under polite invitation,
with significant determination TO enforce the invitation,
the of his refusal to disregard and may have been
that, in going away, he uolunfe By compulsion.
1t affords pleasure dwell Of this kind.
They exhibit Of things that have been brought about
under feelings alien those which Influenced the trainers of
the constitution The people interests of the North
suffer under the law referred whilst it regarded
of epreservaon by the State that enacted The
section has specnlated in ancul construction of constitutions
maintain rights which never can be seriously invaded,
whilst the other looks to Legislative guards against papable
dangers such experience had disclosed, and such
prudent community could overlook.
One of the terrific instructions had been planned by
coored man coming from abroad Under the horrible sug
gesons Of free colored man. deluded slaves induced
to look for unavailable and under the circumstances,
unenvabe freedom through the ashes of city and the blood
of the male inhabitants To guard against such is in
the opinion OF the gentleman to be guilty OF aggression
the North This the fagn of Southern outrage
on the feelings and privileges of Northern citizens
But, passing from the subject will in very few words,
but plain ones, notice another portion of the gentemans
Speech which particularly directed to myself growing out
OF question which popounded to him in the of his
remarks He had denied that slavery existed in Mexico and
contended that her laws in reference slavery and
could not be affected by the conquest Of the United States and
the treaty Of cesson put this inerogatory to him Sup
pose confederacy consisting exclusively of shareholders had
made the conquest and had become of the territory
acquired by treaty and would they be prohibited from
taking their slaves with them, when they took possession Of
their acquisition And the gentleman conended that the
conquero might have their land but that by the laws of
conquered these slaves could longer be bound to labor
! for their masters.
have always thought such proposition strange one.
Take this case reside neighborpg islands. One
slaves and the other does and sells out TO the
other he be prohibited from taking his slaves to the pur
chased premises because slavery had been prohibited there
before the purchase? Take that may well be put
Suppose Cuba to be Independent State and she
make Hayi. and to bring the inhabitants
to unconditional surrender of that island would the people
of Cuba be prohibited from carrying their slaves to the
quered territory by virtue of any law that had existed there
The conquere might for convenience recognise many OF
the laws would be subsevent and proper for the enjoyment
Of his conquest But he had made the conquest expressly
with view Of removing his slaves for his profit, would
be strange he could not carry his property with him.
think the proposition TO he this the conquerer has right
to 60 upon his territorial conquess hmse with all his pro-
perty Of whatever kind but until they altered, he may
to subject such property to the laws Of the
country for protection and succession, &C. That his
option, founded convenience and necessity The con-
querer and the conquered, is to be the judge Of
what shall be regarded property in the transfer of dominion
Suppose and that that Texas, slave State
had conquered Mexico or California would it have been
competent Mexico California have said the vctor
after the treaty. you shall only bring such property with you
we have chosen to regard property We do not re-
gard slaves property and therefore cannot bring them
among Thus enlarge the proposition Suppose the Uni
ted States, while they all savehodng Saes had made
the conqest of Mexico California and that all the parties
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have had to control their rights and authority OF ownership
They did the less be because they had the
power of conquerers If one with to enforce his rights
be told by those whom he had whipped that they
could stop him by atc from coming among them, would
give law potency approaching ncomprehensibe subimiy
Can make any difference that conquest is effected by the
Joint cooperation Of shareholders and non-savehodeIs One
has slaves work. and the other has money to hire labor
but they equal partners they engaged in enterprise and
conquest equals And who will dare say that, under
the flag of the Unon States and troops did not go
the Mexican equals They equals in the war,
and they equals partners to share its fruits The
under the guarantees of the flag and constitution
of the United States, for the benefit Of all
What is ship sailing the high seas, under the flag Of
the United States Is it not to be regarded being part
of the territory of the country which belonged and TO
carry with it the guarantees Of property board of il, of
whatever kind might be- well slaves any other species
Of property Such the doctrine held by Mr.. WEE
sTER when, impartial trustee he was acting as
Secretary of State for all the interests of his constituents
alike, and in that character would trust him In
the of the Creole, he distinctly maintained the opn
ion that under the guarantees Of the constitution of the
United States slaves be regarded legitimate pro-
pery board Of American vessel and that too, on the
ground that the bottom of the vessel took its character from
the jurisdiction of the country TO which it belonged.
ia STAKEHOLDER to buy plantation OF non slave
holder he would be apt 10 think that he had right to cu
he pleased and if three savehoders and three
shareholders buy domain from non slave
holding owner could be possible that the non Shareholders
could claim all the dominion the government OF the pur
chased premises If they in minority, they would
attempt it if equal they would orbear and Is only
ia the OF arbitrary majority that they would attempt
control the other partners. It is JUSTICE but arbitrary
thatn he from