Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-29
NATIONAL INTELLIG ENCER.
A ISLANDER REFUTEy,.

havana, on charge WHICH,, as Will be seen IN the
equel, consists of an entire Misrepresentation of
acts ss eeoLv tal@.3
FROM THE "FRIrSD," rHrLaDELrH1A 9TH MONTH, Is.
1t is sometimes said by those who rank themselves
40 decided opponeD t. Of slavery that it is not fair
onest 70 select iso od cases which OF an aggravated
haracter either cruelty injustice to the bondman
nd hold them up to pablo view for the purpose Of
ting confirm ng opposition slavery shareholders
ut all sucn CO ses out of the system which recog
Uses one MAJ ss having rgkt Of property In his ielow
nd in q muaunity composed Of the great variety OF
haracter which Truman nature presents such cases
rme however revolving to the ordinary sense OF right
re insparaby stached TO that system and are expo
tents Of its inherent evils cannot be otherwise where
ner are odscated from their earliest years in belief
bat the white color of tker skin gives them superiority
over the dakcr colored which circumstances
DELIBERATE change aad that the construction OF society
readers it necessary keep the coored portion Of it
prived of oil the inaienabe rghtsof man and in the de-
graduation Of ignorance but that in the many the sense
ustice must become less vtiaed and tho feelings
of mercy and Kindness stunted perverted The golden
precept Of the Saviour Of man. Do unto others as ye
would others do unto you cannot be SO universally
dsregarded without the moral tone of the whole commu
nifty being contaminated How constantly do we see this
illustrated by the occurrences in what are called the
higher classes Of society in the slave States as recorded
in the daily papers published there as for example, the
dues the street fights the reckless disregard for human
private interest," ali which are almost uniformly allowed
to escape unwhpped Of justice tits no marvel there
fore that this state of decentralization shows itself occa
sonay the BENCH and that when strict justice would
demand that the rights and claims of the poor black
should recognised and protected the ermne is found
far from being unsoiled.
The following case, which we take from late paper is
case in point The Judge Sharkey who gave the de-
cson was appointed recently United States Consul at Ha
yaa and the appears to have made some noise
at the time Of its occurrence and had been reported In
print it could hardly have escaped the knowledge OF those
at Washington who bestowed his present Office on him.
and thus in became abettors OF his crime
ga man of the of Elisha Brazeale planter in JEFF
county Mississippi attacked with loathsome dis
ease During his Illness he faithfully nursed by mulato
save whose assduous attentions he felt that he owed his
He duly impressed by her DEVOTION and soon after
his recovery took her Ohio and had her educated She was
very intelligent and Improved her advantages rapidly that
when he visited her again he determined to marry her. He
executed deed her emancipation and had it recorded
both the States of Ohio and Mississippi pursuant to the
laws Of Mississippi at that timehe infamous prohbitory
statute to which have referred not having yet
made her his wife,
cess time they had After few years he sickene1
and died. leaving will in which, after rectng the deed Of
emancipation he declared his intention to raty it, and de-
yised all his property to this lad
Some poor and distant relations in North Carolina whom
he did not know and for whom he did not hearing Of
his DEATH Mississippi and claimed the property
thus devised They instituted suit for its recovery and the
lit is reported in Towards Mississippi Reports, VOL
1917 before Judge Sharkey Consul at Havana
He decided it, and that decision declared the act Of
cpaton offence against morality and penicious and dees
table example; he set aside ae ''iu GAGE @e prop,
Of Brazeae his distant relations, condemned Brazedis
aud his io4s, that sons mother, again to bondage,
and made them the slaves of these North Carolina knsan
as part Of the assets Of the estate. t n
1--WE quote the following extracts the Judges opinion
The of the sconclusye that the contract
had its origin in an offence against and de-
testable example But, above ALL it to have been
planned and executed with fixed evade the rgor
Of the laws Of this State.
"sThe of the party going Ohio with the slaves
and there executing the deed and his immediate with
them to this State, point with unerng certainty to his
pose and object The laws Of this State cannot be thus de-
frnude ed of q o
consequence s that tho Brazeaes and his
mother still slaves and part of the estate Of Elisha
Brazeale The son. being slave cannot take the property
devised: and apprehend that is equally clear that 1T
cannot be held in trust for him."
Whatever opinion may be entertained respecting the
proprety expedency of intermarriage between the
races it certainly does not involve any violation of the
moral law while such decision is here given is
outrage upon every feeling Of justice and humanity and
betrays willingness to sacrifice the dearest rights and
tenderest ties Of the vous but helpless victim in order
to pander to the deesabe cupdity Of the white claim
ants and to deter others who might wish TO emancpate
their slaves from following the dictates Of their better
feelings in this respect This poor ruthlessly
consigned to unconditional bondage among those whom
she had known to be treated according TO their
option, as human being with immortal soul to be lost
saved the beast that perisheth had shown the
strength of her principles and the depth Of her feelings
the in which she had watched and nursed
him who then her MASTER when perhaps he may have
been deserted by all Others and had evnced her mental
superiority by the rapidly with which she responded to
the genial influence Of literary cultivation much so,
that the pride Of station and the preudces Of education
had been thereby and she became the welded
wife Of him who according TO the laws of the State OF
which he citizen, already possessed absolute
troll over her Her husband had taken every precauon
to her freedom and that Of their child probably
foreseeng the passage Of law such has since been
actedn Mississippi forbidding andin the full
assurance that ali was straight and clear that his inten
tons could not be misunderstood had, his deahbed
bequeahsd his property to his offspring What wicked
there that cannot be said to be connected with
system which, under such circumstances, would allow
Judge only strip the widow and orphan Of all their
property but TO give them chattes TO their unprine
Piled relatives TO be by them kept to labor sold, as
might seem most likely to swell their unrghteous ganss
And what denominations connected with slavery will not
General Government countenance when it selects
such Judge TO represent il in foreign country
The preceding article was placed in our hands by
a gentleman of this city, to whom it had probably
been forwarded for the purpose of infcting injury
upon the character Of the United States Consul at
Havana. His absence from the country in the dis
charge of important official functions, even had his
excellent personal character not interposed shield
should have protected Judge SHARKEY from such
ungenerous treatment We avail ourselves with
pleasure of the opportunity afforded us to give pub
Lefty to the following Letter from honorable
Senator from Mississippi, addressed to the gentle
man who had brought the Friends" publication to
his notice, concusiyely indicating the Judges cha
racter from the reproach attempted to be cast
upon III +. ~ t 4e g1 +.