New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-28

knows well that ice have never propounied
this view of the influence Of the White and
Black Races, when commingled IN n.
same community with each other; bo,
there are those who hold II, and il is with
tier views and acts that he is dealing. Il
strikes US that his assumption of reces-
SGry, sell-evident moral wrong in then
course ard vote is unsuSta.ned.
He speaks OF the recent meliora,ion OF
the Black Laws of Ohio as 4 sign in the op-
posite direction from that OF the Indiana
Vote. We think It amounts TO very hule.
fox these reasons l. twas not effected b,
popular vote. and we think could not have
been , 1t was palpably the result Of Do
litica accident, such as may not again hao-
pen in century. The nomination of Gen
Taylor at Philadelphia had deeply exasper-
ated portion ithe Wings of that State. 50
that they reyolted aud uniting with the AbO.
litionists and few Loco-focos, formed tAa
Free Soil party. That party held the bal.
ance OF power in the Legislature next cAo-
sen. which had L. ;. Senator and severL
important State officers to elect. beside set
ting the vital question of the Hamilton Co.
Contested Election. The Free Soilers in
the Legislature compelled large portion of
the Democracy to vote for the Abolition Of
tic Black Laws under the penalty OF gen.
eral and disastrous defeat in all those elec.
tlons and that contest. There was not one
third of the Legislature which repealed
those Black Laws heartily in favor OF such
repeal.
As to New England we know ao State
but Rhode Island In which the African Race
have gained anything In that State, they
were early, unanimously and zealousy GA
the side of Law and Order against the Dorr
Rebellion. and the Law aud Order party
when triumphant, conceded them the Right
of Suffrage had there been no Dor
troubles in the State, we apprehend the
concession would not have been made
And Connecticut, which has Since voted on
the Suffrage question, refused the Right to
the Blacks by a large majority.
AS to Indiana, her contiguity to Slave
State is undoubted but so is that of Ohio,
and nearly half the Free States of the
Union. Her anti.Alrlcan prejudice is none
the less formidable for being inveterate, but
we think the Exclusion clause just adopted
is harsher than it would have been made at
any former time The fact that the States
which have most African residents are most
prone to such enactmcnts, while those
which have few or none such are mos. toll
Grant toward that Race, leads US to coacu-
sions with regard to the future directly ad-
verse TO IL. J.'s lnferences. But Tune
will tell.
The following queries appear to have
been called forth by our article on the To-
diana Vote:
To he Editors of The n Y. Tr,6uae
1 have a few queries, which, If you viii permit
me, would like 10 suOmt tor your consideration,
VIZ
Can man be a citizen OF state, and no. ot
the United States
3 Has any State IN the Union. IN adopting Ne"
Constitution, right 10 adopt any article or se 'son
II which IS contrary 10 any article or section OF
the Consultation of the United states That ts has
such State right to adopt an instrument that shah
take away aHy night which the constitution OF ne
United States guarantees, or grant any right when
II
passed
3 Does the Constitution of the United states
make Color The basis II Right
Have not colOred men-ffeomen born m TINS
country-as good rght, according 20 the Consttu
ton and laws OF the United Stae,, 10 remain IN H.
and enjoy the prste ton ol ~ laws an the g'oa o
It's institutions, as White men, inasmuch c0orci
men participated with white men ia the struggle for
American Independence
3. Would the expatriaion of the COlorcd Racobc
august g2d, ls5l ; V. Brurr
Remarts.
Leaving those who may advocate .he
compulsory expatriatlon # the Black I"
answer the above queries, We will jus. isk
Mr.. Berry one IN return, VIZ
Suppose three-fourths OF the Nhites OF
the Free States should conclude that the
intermingiDg Of Whites and Blacks IN the
same community was denoralizlog and per
nicious, and, acting upon that conviction,
should decree the compulsory colonization
of the Blacks, does he believe that sach
action could be effectively, permanently fe-
sisted
Mr. Berry cannot well DO ignorant that
we consider the present exclusion OF Blacks
from the Right Of Suffrage and other Po-
litica Franchises. in this and most other
Free States. as at war at least with the
splrit aud general drift OF cur Free Instl-