The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-06

We extract from the Charleston Epenine
Ne,0s the following communication on the sub
ject o much interest to the Southern States
especially to Louisiana and South Carolina.
France AND South CAROLINA PoLlcR.--H is
said that Frenchman may live IN America all
his life, and never have full appreciation Of our
language. Certain II is that their ablest statesmen
very impsrfectly comprehend our political organ
lzation Of laws.
Il appears that NJ. SchoeIcher addressed seer
tain interpretations to the Minister of Marine, J"
&C., 'treative to the absolute prohibition to intro
duce into the States Of the American Union ne
groes and people OF color, whether free or slave"
This savant proceeds to say, "that a circular re-
commended fresh instructions to the governors Of
the French West India Colonies. to the effect of
informing their captains that the presence board
in any capacity whatever, of people Of color,
subjects them TO the penalty Of imprisonment and
confscaiion ofressei in which they shall have been
brought to the United States" This Solomon
proceeds to compare our laws, as to negro sea-
men, to French law prohibiting ''the introduce
ton into France Of Americans with white or black
hair, and asks if the is ''precisely SINH
lar. This stuff is followed by the assertion that
"France counted magistrate officers, members of
the Institute, and representatives of the nation,
who were people Of color, and his colleague, M
Perrinon, who had been distinguished pupil Of
ed States without exposing himself to imprson-
ment and The gaIisgs'
That any member Of the assembly should in
his place assert such obvious falsehood, is strange
indeed. There is no ruch thing az con6scation Of
vessels, neither have We any gaIleys or places for
compulsory labor in this, the only State that by
her police regulations, assigns the uuaters of ne
gro seamen at the jail until the departure Of their
vessels, and no more. But wonder is in
creased when Admiral Roman, minister of ma
rine, not only does not contradict this TRADE OF
unfounded as ersion, but he too speaks Of negroes
being received with respect and distinction, what
ever might be the coorof their skins. No negro
officer would receive any other distinction here
than escort to the place of safety, until his
sci was ready to sail, when he would be safely
put on board. But Gen. Lahitte displays a still
more profound ignorance of the laws Of nations
when he speaks of the regulations of the slave
States as measures which violate the nerna-
tiona laws, and speaks Of our laws "tarbar-
Gus and savage legislation" There is not one
sentence in the laws of nations that contradcts or
abates the right OF Il State to prescribe who may
or may not enter its borders. Vattel Book, cd c. |
s., fully recognizes this right, and he even says
(Sec. l00,l Given in the countries where every
stranger freely enters, the sovereign is supposed
to allow him access only upon this ,aoit condi-
ton, that he be subject to the laws" and adds,
the public safety, the rights ofihe nation neces-
sary require this condition." There seems to
be in France some negroes or rather mulatioes, so
well educated as to form exceptions to their race
Certain it IS that even the sllurements of Paris
have nat drawn these negroes, in any number,
proving that public opinion will tolerate them
on footing with whites. France has not yet
atoned to humanity for suffering her st. Domingo
subjects to be butchered. The savage rule of the
black Emperor is proof how much that act has
done to elevate kranos to the "head of civiliza.
ton"
England, also, is complaining that South Caro-
lima will no, tolerate her emancipatsd negroes oil
the West Indies to mix with our blacks--and
claims treaty exemption. II so, let the treaty |
be anpulled, l hey never will be admted aud
ii is equality imrelte offensive while sending
incendares to preach abolition at the North, TO |
ask free ngress and egress TO her liberated slaves
1t Will be better to stop all intercourse than re-
lax our police regulations. But the insolence 81
the demand is still more qlaping, when France, at
this hour, keopa every American citizen under |
ctrel watch. lie cannot 60 from place to place
without a passport, and if he attempts it. he is
seized and imprisoned by gensd 'nrmes, with a |
musket and hayonst. Englapd. until lately. only
suffered strangers 70 land at specified ports, and
they did they taken iAto custody. II is the |
undoubted right ofnny and every State 80 TO guard
against the introduction Of dIsturbers of their /
peace. As well might FRANCO ohjec, TO a qunran- |
Zine finer West India Pcaroons, who should
come in here, in dog days, with yellow fever. Or |
England claim to allow her negroes to carry torch |
es on our wharves and set Are 10 our piles of Cot |
ton. Moral pesience is a. ruinuns ne physical
Infection. And South Carolina only imposes 80 |
much restraint on all negroes coming here sail |
ORE, as will prevent their disquiesing our slaves;
and if severance of the Union was the alterna- I
tive, II would be the lesser evil.
~ A CouvsnlLcR.
~ CASES of fine fresh r.raSmery ffom slssl
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