New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-20

II n, ,eh ty,nssctiou there 10 bat one opfn
ION beyond the bounds Of the State As 70 me %
"her own legislation" the Courts VII sese tos. a..
NOT reconcile her euacfmenu with the obiraions on VI
Federal Government In is foreign reanops ~ 1..a
have to sustain the consequences o. her orescu
Obligations II she claims to control Ioe >, hear
now she VIII have 10 control her own einzen' " '0-
And for WHAT Because her territory 70 crowded
Nth slaves who can be kept down only by ne'o
.eslng q free person Of color. Tue exuavsganeo W
such proceedings those In question, me iony, -.
honelesspess the excessive rashness, are PerpieAns
Trronasns-uerhAps 10 Americans ase-who nsVe not
bsnteped 10 visit Charleston, and become aware wns'
!, il Ia live a whole life Of panic - i've WITHOUT lIee
dem of the press-tofive without liberty OF Opn0n AM
speech-to live the watch for the alarm pei, ana
within sight Of loaded 10 live In sucn dread Oh tuS
spparition of free black man. that the Jud men, OF
the supreme Court the rennonstsnce OF the Eseeuse,
the righteous vigilance Of England and the scorn Oh 'ue
world are less terrifying to the SCUM ,sI In n
sinking ship Hence the extravaganza and
which astoDish all behoders. Hence the hoehons sna
clustering language In which the sense OF lsIglon
breaks out Hence the rancor against tne pTeclou,
cnzens of Massachusetts Hence the overstrslned
air ith which the Charleston men do what tney eau
They can imprison Pereira, and, II me word 'corns
their act they scorn Louisiana Tor having repehleu
of such acts And they do II with an air which Is all
their own. ,.o-.
curious TO observers who have not been accuomeo 70
~ afraid OF ANYTHING In PARTICULAR. SCUM
sill in fellowship of wrath with certain Vrgnians
against the Governor of Virginia whom they have oeen
threatening with condgn punishment Tor sn act Wncn
appears simple enough to u.s. We nay repeat the .se
An overseer was logging slave with great and admitted
severity After many cries for mercy the negro broke
away, and, pursued by the lash, csusht up nue' Oh
wood and struck the overseer The bio" leu on
the temple and the overseer died OF It. to the dsmsy
Of the negro. This sffstr which could not oe
hu,hed up. A Jury Of shareholders found the "hand
they do not call negroes menu guilty of murder, and
he was doomed to be hanged There were some
who, though shareholders, saw that this was a case
of man ghter and, when they applied fer commu
taun Of punishment that ground the Governor saw
II too and ordered imprisonment for Ii 10 be suos-
tuted for the hanging Most violent denuncaiiHns Oh
the Governor for this act were INDUCED IN at an In
dignaton Meeting" called for the purpose Of devisiDg
punishment for him. To watch the issue of the pro-
ceedings will be curious. Meantime, the story Is re-
markable illustration OF the working OF the fear 10
which we have alluded. Here we see what the cuzens
think ii necessary do when the crime of any negro 10
known his neighbors Let US look at II from the OPP
posite point of view slave girl Of Charleston wac had
heard fro m her mistTesss lips the fatal words When
die you shall be free took that her mistress should
begin TO die directly She poisoned her By inniesimal
| doses OF arsenic for months extending TO years
| The discovery was made in time TO prevent
the victim dying Immediately, though she could never
fully recover What was done In this case OF most de-
| iberate and most malignant murderl Tbs affair was
known amO the negroes so the lady sold ne STt
into anOttr State While turning the prisoner TO
fresh opportunities, and pocketng the money from the
slave mart the mistress claimed credit from the passing
stranger for mercy and msgnanmity Seeing thus how
magnanimous South Csrolinians pocket injuries
when public danger does not require severity, aud how
they can clsmor for the gallo when It would be peril
to spare the life of negro who has struck blow,
penetrate some little way into the meaning OF
the port regulations Of Charleston. We have key to
The language well the conduct Of the gallant little
State of South Carolina" her love call her.
| knowing that "fesr hath torment but we must re.
member also that fear Is cruel and take care to look
| after the safety of MANUEL PEREIRA.