The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-02-13
PRESCRIPTION OF COLORED PEOPLE.

for forming a new Constitution appears just now
to be under his special influence and direction.
1t has adopted the following provisions in relation
to free cOlOred people:
No negro or mulatto shall be permitted to set
tie in the State after the adoption Of the new
Constitution.
Contracts with negroes or mulattoes coming
into the State thereafter, to be void and all per-
sons suffering thai rcz~snooaraging them PIE
main in the State to be fined not less than ten
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars "a
convenient range for magistrates who may dssi,:
to indulge amisble little spites of their own
A colonization fund to be established out Of the
fines under these provisions
These sections to be submitted separately to
the people
The members of the Convention appear to be
laboring under serious apprehension that the
purity of the Anglo-Saxon race in their State
may be contaminated; but if we are to take the
Convention as fair representation of the people
Of Indiana, we are induced to believe that even a
Hottentot infusion might be of some advantage to
the breed.
State, with million of white inhabitants to pro-
nounce an edict of expulsion against some eight
or ten thousand poor colored people, and then
plumber them to obtain the means Of transport
ing them.
We are sorry to see the slavehoding State of
Kentucky in fair way to be spoit by the mean
example Of her sister State. A bill has passed one
branch of its Legislature, providing as follows:
"That in each county the assessors shall annu-
ally ascertain and make report to the clerk of the
county court the name age sex, and color of eve
| ry free negro and mulatto, and that the clerk
shall keep register of all such free negroes and
muattoes and in the month of July Of every year
shall issue summons against all such persons
within certain ages residing in the county CON-
mandiDg their appearance before him at his Office,
there to exhibit their free papers, if they have
any, and in the absence of such papers, to produce
| such evidence as they can or their freedom. The
| bill further provides that the clerk shall make
record Of the name, age, sex, color, height, and
visible marks of such as appear before him, sta
ting when they were emancipated, or whether
they were born free, and if emancipated, by whom.
For his services the clerk is to receive fee to be
charged against the free negro or mulatto. If any
free negro muatto fail to appear, or fail to pay
the fee, or fail to comply with the law in other
respects he is to be informed against ut the next
county court, and to be subject to fine not to
exceed ten dollars If the fine and costs OF prose-
cuton are not Immediately paid, the convict is to
be hired out to any one who will pay the amount
for the shortest period Of service. The money
raised in this way is to be applied to the coloni-
zation of free negroes in Liberia
"Another section of the bill provides that if
any free negro acquires in any way, except by
| IN or auchr eal
estate or slaves shall be forfeited to the Common.
wealth"
SO Kentucky heeces her free colored people
annually, to provide pocket money for the clerks
of her courts, and fund for the Colonization
Society and with view, we suppose, to elevate
this class of people, and qualify them to act the
part of missionaries it resolves to send them forth
like the ancient apostles, without purse or scrip
or any worldly goods, to christianize their IA
ther-land
From these miserable exhibitions of brutal pre-
judice we turn with pleasure to more pleasing
pictures, one of which we find hung up in the
columns of the Southern Press The instincts Of
humanity are sometimes too strong for the soph-
stries of Satanic theory
From the Southern Press.
APLEAsING PICTURE.
| When from Northern paper such picture
can be extracted as this We give below from the
| New Orleans Picayme, the bowling hypocrites at
the North will have some right to lay claim to
honesty in their professions Of philanthropy, and
of affection towards the "poor negro
THIS FREE CoLoREp VETERANS. - Not the
least interesting although the most novel feature
Ioft tho Of
ninety Of the coored veterans who bore q con-
spicuous part in the dangers of the day they were
now for the first time called to assist in celebra
ting, and who by their good conduct in presence
OF the enemy deserved and received the approba-
ton Of their ilustrious commander in-chief Du-
ring the thirty-sx years that have passed away
since they assisted to repel the invaders from our
shores these faithful men have never before par
ticipated in the annual rejocings for the victory
which their valor contributed to gain. Their
good deeds have been conoecrated only in their
own memories or lived but to claim passing no.
tioe on the page Of the historian. Yet who more
than they deserve the thanks of the country and
the gratitude of succeeding generations Who
rallied with more alacrity In response TO the sum-
mons Of dangerl Who endured more cheerfully
the hsrdships of the camp, or faced with greater
courage the peris OF the fght1 IL in that hazard
GUS hour, when our homes were menaced with the
horrors OF war, We dd not disdaln TO call upon
the colored population to assist in repelling the
invading horde, we should not when the danger
is past refuse 10 permit them to unite with us in
celebrating the glorious event which they helped
to make so memorable an epoch in our history
We were not too exalted TO mingle with them in
the fray they are not too humble to join in our
rejoicings.
"Such, we think, is the universal opinion of
our citizens. We conversed with many yesterday,
and without exception they expressed approval of
the invitation which had been extended to the
coored veterans to take part in the ceremonies of
the day, and qualification at seeing them in con-
spcuous place in the procession.
"The respectability Of their appearance and
the modesty Of their demeanor made an impress
sion on every observer, and ELECTED unqualified
appreciation. Indeed, though in saying so we do
not mean disrespect to any one else, we think
that they constituted decidedly the most inter-
esting portion Of the pageant, as they certainly
attracted the most attention We were pleased,
too, to observe that an honorable position was as
signed to them, Immediately in the rear of those
few remaining of our fellow citizens who psrtici-
pated in the battle Of the eighth. As they passed
us, many Of them tottering beneath the weight of
years, on the verge Of that grave into which all
Of us must descend together, we looked with feel
inps akin TO veneration on their aged forms. We
reelected that beneath their dark bosoms were
sheltered faithful hearts, susceptible Of the no.
blest impulses, and we involuntarly asked II
these could be the people whom fabulous ia