New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-13
prietors. As for the New Mexican invest

The law OF freedom ~ nut so Cicdf tucIe' Auu
the Judges not so certain, and it may be that
the slaye.driver will succeed in keeping
possession of his creatures. But on the
other hand, there is no possibility Of work.
ng them with profit. We have the highest
authority on this point. Among others, the
Secretary of State has again and again as.
sured the country that Slavery cannot be
profitable in New Mexico. We are sur
prised that any Spectator should think of
going against such positive information and
In the face of certain loss. Besides, there
is another and a more solemn reason. Mr..
Webster has said, not only that Slavery
must be losing business in New Mexico,
but that law of God specially forbids its
introduction there. Are these gentlemen
aware that they are about to transgress
such special law We hope not, and that
as soon as they are reminded oft, they viii
abandon their blasphemous design.
Another branch of the Slave trade was
lately seen in full operation at Galveston,
Texas. Four freemen of Massachusetts,
were there sold into perpetual bondage for
having given another man little aid in the
pursuit Of hsppiness-not great crime,
one would suppose, under the famous Amer
lean Declaration. However, the law of
Texas does not exactly agree with that
Declaration, and they were arrested and
have all been relegated to Slavery. The
Massachusetts men brought from 1926 to
$5O5, the highest price being paid by gen.
tleman whose design, in the terse phrase of
the telegraph, was 8 to resell at Mobile"
We submit that for Massachusetts, men this
price was low, and does not justify the out
Law made at Concord and Bunker Hill. Per-
maps, however, there has been a recent de-
cline in the market price of this article; we
recollect when the quotations were higher.
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A MISTAKE. Tile Nelc- York Courier
and Enquirer, in the course of an editorial ar.
ticle agains; the passage of law to shut up
the rum shops in this State, has the following
paragraph in regard to the celebrated Maine
Liquor Law
"The law we are told, was hastily framed. and
still more hurriedy passed through the General AS:
stmbly of Maine at time when that body was about
TO adjourn. Now, of the thousands that press It's
enactment upon the Legislature OF our own state,
how many have critically examined It's provisions J
The precise number of our people who have
critically examined the provisions Of the Maine
Law we are unable definitely to state at present,
but we can assure The Courier that the number
of New Workers who are earnestly, uncompro-
misingly opposed to the Internal traffic In rum
would form very respectable army. The COu-
rio grossly mistakes the facts in regard to the
passage Of the Maine Law The subject of that
law was discussed before the people Of Maine,
throughout the State, more or less, for two
years, and bill with provisions substantially
the same as those of the law in question was
before the Maine Legislature at three successive
sessions before it finally received the stamp of
public statute. In lS49 it passed both branches
of the Legislature, and was vetoed by the Gov
ernor. The friends of sobriety appealed to the
people, who in turn vetoed the Governor In
1850 the House again passed the bill by large
lndlOflty, Dut III was lOsp tndb tlNc ny TIC NOtc
in the Senate In the meantime the question
of Rum or No Rum was actively discussed in
public meetings and through the press. In 1851
the bill was again introduced into the Legisla-
ture, and passed both Houses by large major
tiles, about two-thrds in either branch, and was
signed by the Governor. Now it is not impos
sible that this excellent law was finally adopted
at the close of the Legislative session but to
assert that the Legislature and people of Maine
did not understand the bearings of this matter
which they had been vigorously discussing for
two years. certainly not paying them a very
high compliment. The simple truth in the case
is that the passage of this law was but the rat
ifcation of the calmly considered and clearly
expressed will of the sovereign people of Maine
and, as far as we can Judge from present indica-
tions, there seems to be fixed and unalterable
determination that the rumsellers shall heed and
abide by that will
CREDIT FoNCIER. Our telegraphic dis
patch from Halifax on Saturday last announc-
ing the arrival of the Europa, stated thai ten
millions of the money taken from the Orleans
family by Louis Napoleon, were 10 go to "creda
fourier" great many honest people supposed
from these words that the French despo, had
adopted the theory taught by the famous So
cisist, and had given him these ten millions
wherewith to set up full-bloom phalanstery
One journal of this City-no, so honest we fear