The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-04-17

.Os Of any effective form OF govern:
Nv the aossnS bs. or any other man, will md
ment lnue's g, acme time TO call into requisi-
enough 70 o., " energies and all his tact, aside from
ton sn D., lions bearing upon the slavery ques-
suy consul enr Secretary need not speak as he
ton. VI vel, known, at least by reputation, by
iss lresuy W, rerson in the States. have not
almost e'e' yst whether Smith intends accepting
elrneo, n,ment. Gov. Calhoun gives us his In
bis aPPOi nIdress on next Monday, but IL will be
'ugu nts for notice this mail.
sor HIGHER LAw-THE LAW Or rhfSi'AL 'E-
.-.;sort nm n small scale, occurred few
An M which will serve to throw some light
days Siue Wsbsterian theory Of physical impossi-
P,. in regard to slavery, and It's introduction
! sur' his Territory. The ex-committee OF the
luV I'D r. A. S. Society of New YORK had sent
4, aI nnmber of copies, in English ana spanish,
" an address to the inhabitants OF new mexico
VI vi California, animadverting upon the aouOn 0,
S1nsress in relation to those Territories, anu
.ort5aying the pernicious influences OF siavery'lh
POrrSy;sv no;nt of view, as well as morally, 80
cislly, and politically, ine "'o'''' wv
doubtess seen and READ c..,.,
,.oc,red the services Of an old Mexican,
SCI, ,vps ACQUAINTED with every person about the
WV " Tho work of tract distributing, and gave
Si'yi 80 If the addresses, with some religious
ut. n.n for distribution, and started him on his
lrao'o, ,;soon The old man had spent part
80 one afternoon very faithfully in his work, and
VI lining 10 nv room the next morning for
49, sunrlv when he was stopped in the street
~ oor,e rnfau. a Mexican Shareholder, as have
bosn s;nce informed and threatened with violence
- be sbould dare to distribute any more. or
norrss sbonld not have thought this Of much
oouseonance IL the man had found no respectable
norsons 10 hack him for the act of single black
rrpard or even a company of them, can only OBJ
ssin consequence in two ways, viz Either by its
own atrocity, or by having respectable endorsers
In this last way the above act OF contemplate
despotism has obtained some respectaoiiity, ana
stirred up good deal Of wrath.
This trifling incident has served at least one
GOOD purpose, and that is to develope the depth
Of pro-savery feeling here, and the determination
TO exclude everything that interferes with its
plans. Do these slavery propagandists, who have
been living here for some years. believe the web
Stsr theory of physcal impossiJilaies? Then why
make suc6 an uproar when any move is made on
the subiect2 This extreme SeasuiUeness, those vi
CLIENT snasms, those quick ebullitions of wrath
whenever that subject is approached, but too
MAINLY foreshadow what the end is to be.
Business is dull here at present, and money
very scarce. Even the gamblers appear TO be
pretty well "arGppcdn The court has been in
session during this week, and will probably be
during the next There is quite number of
criminal Asses an,deekAt Eve Or six Of which are
for murder Now that we have got civil Gov
eminent, | think some of the nuisances which
form prolific source of these criminal cases will
be removed, and we shall be permitted to breathe
in a sOmewhat purer atmosphere.
Yours truly, w. G. X.