The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-03-07
SOUTH CAROLINA.


ton, s. c., has recently been engagod
indiplomstic spondtnc with Gov
Means, Of that State in regard to the
law Of South Carolina which renders
colored subjects Of Great Britain subject
10 imprisonment in the common jails
until The vessel in which they arrived is
.esdy for departure. Respecting this
correspondence, the New York Courier
and Inquirer rcmarks:--
That ,G;sat Britain has anxiously
watched the progress Of Rebellion in his
country; and that her public men, heI
Press, md her people, have f4;tcred
themselves with the belief ,ha, our dis
solution was cluss a, hand, aud she about
10 reap a rich harvest from 1t, at the same
time that her maratme and naval superi-
oriiy will thereby he perpetua,ed, we
have already proclaimed. II is known.
that in ignorance of our people aud our
institutions, her emissaries have misled
the government of England into the be.
lief tina. dsunion was inevitable; and
,here caa DO no doubt, that the very
Unwise Instructions under which the
Consnt al Charleston is acting, are the
results of such ignorance. But be this
IS it may, the time has arrived to teach
all nations and all people-our own
irclndcd that there is bn, one Soper
cign power 10 this confederacy. The
tine has arrived 10 scatter to tho wind,
the absurdty so frequently and 80 sense.
iessiy repeated by Poli'Icians and Ger.
,sin Presses, tha, the Stale are Sovereign
per Sc. The mischief OF this fallacy is
now being exhibited. l, has led TO
snisapprehension abroad, and it has been
bqsis for insul, 10 our Nationality.
Prominent among tie alhbutes of
Sovereignty, are the power TO levy Wit
and to rake peace; tho right to ireaI
with Foreign powers, to cuin money, and
regulate commerce: and all these rights.
South Carol,na, in common with every
other State, surrendered 10 the General
Government at the time Of its formation;
and together Herewith. every shadow Of
claim To Sovereignty. Tha: surrender
ofSovcreigaty, was absolute and perpe'c
II; and wi,hou, any reservation Of a tigh
10 resume il under any cQntingenc,
whatever; and the attempt to resume ii
now by secession and such farcical
correspondence as that to which we refer.
is absolutely contemplate, as we'll as
DELHI, rate insult to the General Govern.
ment.
That this correspondence was got mp
al the instigatiou Of South Carolina,
is not improbable; but even if i, be SO, ii
ir no way exoaeraies Great Britain for
the course pursued. That The law COM
planned Of, is unconstitutional, there
cannot exist doubt ;and now that Sou'h
Carolina has foolishly brought upon her.
self llIis crisis, we hope Ihatthe Presiden,
will promptly, recall the Erequasur which
MI. Consul Mathew has abused, and at
the same time give orders that the treaty
with Great Britain he carried into effect
in good faith, in the Ports OF South Caro-
Lind and elsewhere, regardless Of all
locsl laws TO the contrary; bccanse all
such laws are clearly unconstitutional.
We cannot better close these remarks,
then by publishing the following extracts
from the Constitution Of the United
States. The first demonstrates, how
entirely South Carolina has divested
herself Of all sovereignty and merged il
into tha, OF the Gencral Governments;
the second, proves concluaively. thai
the law imprisoning free British subject,
on account Of their color and in violation
Of solemn treaty, is plainly unconstitu
sional,, and should be disr earded by the
authorities Of the General Government.
Act !, Sec. 10, rar. 8 Of the Constiid.
ton Of the Uaited State, Is in the fol.
lowing words.
"No State shall, without the consent
Of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage.
keep troops or ships Of war in time Of
peace, enter into any agreement or com
pact with another State or with a Foreign
Posper, unless actually invaded, or in such
imminent danger as will not admit Of
l,Can "