New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-12

Of o,lor, who, On no charge excepting The tne OF hs
skiu was toreiby taken from the We eel and lodged ~
(hsle<fon ssri IL proved thst this proceeding vas N
strietcoucIpiiy 70 the laws Of tie STATE whea 10 or
der rreseDt any possible contsgion Of negro hoey'
enacted fat any free blsek coming upon esen me wa
tiers 81 South Carolina shoud be arrested and locke1 up
forthwith iii the ships departure.
On this law thus exempI6 81, the Governor Of S91ih
Carans 10 hi- recent uessage 20 The Le>s1re % .hc
sate hes ofc ed some remark Of coDssdersoie
spdimpoi upcc 10 appears that the ordinance 10 qat
ton hxS since the case OF Bo~e's, ben sSsih Pa -
force sDd oc'9ston e,pecalJ 1hdef 49, -
stances tf REGULAR not1bty On the 24th Of asrea "a
bs r,-e,e1t GEAR a yessel driven into me port ol
Chaile,t1n "a disres On board the unior'aasN saP
wss eoOred ses1lsn named HlDaei Fersifs' ~, -
vifhcasdilg the involuntary character OF ne VIE ~
,h0res of Carolina immediately seized ana tDiI
utapr.sCn Tli proceeding, a. wei a. anosas' VI
similar KIDD in tie Msy succeeding, PfosoNo' ~
legal measures on the part o. toe brI'sn NAAt- e =
ison general review Of these tTsfSaetns " Gov
Means GsnJs the Ofcisl remarks 70 which we ai1le
In this communication Toe Governor of,-erses tn4'
when upon the case Of Issac bo"ers, .na 80,
sI bad sppheS soLae modification Of me i@% ,al
uiftse, III the Ttste Legislature we're aPPonte 70 eon,
slider the sutiect end that these Committees rSpopi
sdverse 20 any modification. Inc 1oyernor m'hsei',
a. ,n,ears from hs own acknowledgment anxious
TIA, the nod6 stion should BE- made, and be Would
even have recommended such a Inessure ia he hrf
esssge, had not the subject been already taken mo
confederation. Now, however he ayows sech am1rsze
NJ the leea proceeding IeeTed % that be Po1l1Vey
refuses 10 sbsie one jot or tiltle Of the Law"
We should be extremely sorry 70 import INTO W
sefton any az umtsiop injurious 70 e,hor the snN OF
feelings of az ind pendent people. We msy even ven
tnre 70 grant the premises from which Governor hssn
proceeds. There IL dOubt tlIst the lave % oouln
Carolina psiry provide for the cspt1re add De3re
rstiop al nD0geDding mariners being u negro blood
10 equally certsip ay presume, nat me rkius oi
Manuel Peros and Reube Roberts brought tae y IN ler
The penalties OF The s'atlie nor are We eonof ~
that die provision made without visible war
rant Very possibly the question may, 70 nse pne
Governors expression. be one o. "seIipfe,,erYa
tiCp," and certainly cannot mt r'sre 10 e
of atsie rights md federal duties underthe act o Unoo
But N unsoundness OF the Hrgumerif-for ups'u
aslureG!y plies somewhat deeper IL ice IN me ehai
Of slavery iteelf-in the utterly
Of tbose institutions which this particular IA" wa III
rected 10 flantsn. " Il s Absolutely truc-snh We 90
not gainsay ie iactthst large pOrtsOn oil me pCpaia
ton Of soash Carolina q Kept IN sneh coot'on =. "
render tne very sigti on company Of hes negro an
eereuftha, Is the strongest possible evidence sgsin'
the Institutions theinseves. The rights OF sefpreSeI
,stion, spoken Of by the Governor, are o' aa,
flecp< war IN direct rel defense, But any Hoh'aoe
comnnted In this proceeding would be treated as mar
der. ,. a., =.
10 ma he police Tegulnti Of s OWL, but not aso
true that this right qualified BY the i0rbldssneS 70 ~
fict injury upon "thefsf we sIe mo- SI ~
kmeft ans themf elvesfncn VI our own bioo' snn I'M
ase--apd not Preachers AbOiontt merely out ah
the Iiebitin king people al the enion. Ihey hl'e "a
~ deIetcbed an ARMED exPe1nlon 70 1sP,n, ',aai
the sosndest justiteaon Of tnie menactng embassy
kssed upon he uhospisble treatment eXpcrIenced by
oreen sesrneD at he hands OF the Jepanesc NOW, Ia
what does this treatment diier from hai n.etsa UPON
similar vitors In American port ami Justhea ny an
Aere sn Governor The japanese look upon astTanS
~ ~ dangerous 10 their Institutions and tney frame
their own police regulations accofdingy, IN virtue VI
which n shipvrecked mariner Is consigned 70 severe
eestody. A., ,.
views. and adept the ssne precautions Lney aAe
vessel from the Republic oil Liberia were driven
upon Charleston strand, every passenger VINO cscspeo
the fury Of the would be instantly nearceraeah
lhariestnn goal Excepting the probable difference he
tween Oriental and Christian prisOns there literally
NO dNrns,o between these two cases aud We request
Americans consider VIVA, answer they coui retnrn
an African State powerful enough 20 1T out 3oo tun
sausdron should send 20 Carolina exactly such message
10 hey sendlS1to japan
Much has been Iccenlly said and written about thc
pyou,ti,s or advantage Of external Interference IN
rsse Ike this and the example OF Gov heaDs himself,
whose ascent was converted into opposition by provoca
ron from without, - an oppoItune yefncalon u tne ar
1hursdsy On these arguments, however, we cannot
.vod rcmskns that they would tell with greater tore
against preesu re from without more movement could
be ob.c.yed within n tbcse Southern pfcpritiors who
"A siaes' an informs are anxious 10 surrenies
their slaves without penny In exchange, would Det
give some tien OF their resolutions OF lay some visible
foundation Tor negro emancipation al any day however
annt would tea cog,ni TACT egaint'hni unreas"hni
and rrep onsile agitation, which, we freely acs no"l
edge g. ir.ught with incalculablc peril 20 blacks an
whites slke Institutions which have taken root an |
Fsminestou like those of domestic slavery In the south
oTn States cannot he violently destroyed without eh
trcme danger to the whole community ana TOE nSsni
tude Of the hazard !. enormously inere~e cd wheh inc
ACE ne Of the experiment instead OF being R1 hkeoui
swu In distant Colony is among the very hoes ana
dwelling Of the people concerned. But, II mere 80
be no external Interference, and nothing = done W .ne
sate sef what IA 10 be the end Of INSTITUTIONS which
,he univ ersal voice oil mankind hiss consoehe1, -
Much ae ain bfs been said Of British "oomplcY
Of the rcsponsbility which ress upon ourre'Vs
orignsoTs Of the evil, and OF the mmanhes Whcn te
Americans thus derive. But II tins argument, fSauS
either sound OF becoming, Doubles. The Ne"hngiand
Colonsts Carried with hem many OldEnsh.n prneip'
and amone them no, the leat ti'd wac tnM ~ 90
tng wi,chofait by combustion Would ms &c uiOusnt
iustinc.on tor burning old women IN New ORR ~ inc
preseut aAyt De the free and enlightened people on
america really hold that they are bound TO moiei thel
own practices In the nineteenth century on ul"'e VI
England ia the seventeenth DO they hahg ,o' ~
bftipg do they pres death for lns 70 plo
or do thew maintain any other diAaDhines' eA.oP,
those created ly the color OF the can ana
what was thought the force OF TIN. wnoe stgu I
from tradition ON another occGsionf There wa AZ ihsu
tion in America more ancient and more universal ias
thai o( slavery more intimately oOnheet1 WIN s,e
daily business of the pcpulson, and more ihesf"sy
linked With the thoughts and principles OF soeis i.'
was ale glance Great Britain Les than nine'. year,
Ax,- within the recollection, indeed, OF men nov Vns
sead-this institution not only IN existence eut IN
nusnein and governing oil The pros Oh the stare
In pursuance they stated Ia Their Do~1sisiloh :" IN
enendrnrc ,f the right assume the station 10 whsi
the laws OF Nature and Of Natures God entitled then
the Americans destroyed Els institution aiterF and sue
,eeeJ thu ough all the yicsudes oil dangerous stFos
Oh, In seling II by oshers IL the csse OF the ss,e
according to those same lsws OF Nature ana OF Ma
lures God less plain less urgent Than that OF '
eolonsl OF Is the institution IN The ofner Instance
les amenable 20 change than In the latter We DO
think "A s,s,es Man. or any OF his oountymen, wi
venture an affirmative reply
Address 20 MRS. Beeeher stowe.