The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-11-15
General nfws.
Message of tile Governor Of Georgia.

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del Of Georgia is S2,635472. That the bonds
of That State have been sold in New York for 3
per cent premiums.
That the rate of taxation is lilo Of one per
cent and that this tax raises revenue of $685.
600.
His EXcelicncy recommends attention to the
report of the Superintendent of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, who had been pointed
under an Act passed in 1852, and proposes plan
for the disposal of the road.
The importance Of classifying penitentiary
prisoners is urged. That suitable provision be
made for colored lul.atics Is recommended, and
particular attention directed to the necessities Of
the deaf aud dumb and blind asylums.
The Georgia Military Institute is represented
as cminen;ly successful
Education receives the special notice of His
Excellcncy. The number Of children returned
under tho poor-Sclool Law is set down at thir-
e sy=eight thousand and the money appropriated
For their education at twenty-three thousand dol
ssslars, an average Of 60 cents each.
After touching upon various other subjects,
4 His Excellcncy, (undcr the head of Federal Re-
8 lations) remarks
Since the lust session Of the General Assem-
4 bly, an occurrence has transpred in which Geor-
gia though not directly Il party, is, in my judg-
ment, deeply interested, and to which | deem it
my duty to call your attention. A citizen of
Virginia on his way to Texas with slaves is, by
force of circumstances, compelled to take a tenn
{ porary transit through the city Of New York.
Upon Labeas corpus before Judge Payne Of that
State-the negroes were declared free, and the
citizen deprived of his property. Though in
G,lI I holia h,,
ton, vet the principle involved in the decision is
che Of vast importance and startling tendency,
in which the interest of Mr.. Lennon becomes
Insignificant, and the interest of every slave
holding State paramount and equal Virginia
and Texas have no deeper interest than Georgia
7 and Alabama 1t is understood that an appeal
has been taken from the decision, to the appeal
court of Few-York, and it is probable that the
final adjudication Of the question involved will
made Ly the Supreme Court of the United
! States. The deliberate determination of any
question by that tribunal commands and should
receive the respect of the country, and consti-
tute precedent controlling subsequent cases.
) The principles involved in the decision Of
!. Judge Payne will he better considered in Il court
room than in IL document like the present. 1t
is not my purpose therefore to submit an argu.
ment on the correctness Of that decision If
such is the law, it is the first time that it has
been solemnly thus pronounced in case made
before any tribunal within my knowledge. If
it be true that the citizens of the slave holding
States, who by force of circumstances or for con-
venience, seek passage through the territory Of
! a non-slave-h holding State, with their slaves
are thereby deprived Of their property in them,
and the slaves ipso .tacto become emaDcipated, it
! is time that we know the law as it is. No Court
in Amenea has ever announced this to be law.
1t would be exceedingly strange if it should be.
J by the comfy of Nations, the personal status
] of every man is determined by the law of his
! demicil, and whether he be bond or free, capa-
. Ile, or incapable there, he remains so wherever
a new domici is acquired. This is but the cou--
: tesy Of nation to nation, founded, not upon the
statute, but is absolutely necessary for the peace
and harmony of States, and for the enforcement
! of private justice. A denial of this comfy is
unLeard of among civilized nations, and if de-
fberately and wautonly persisted in, would be
8 Just carise Of war.
Can it be possible that the courtesy yielded
by independent nations to each other can be
/ rislrtfully denied by one of these States to the
Others :? Is the bond of Union an authority or
Z TetSOH lot u COuISC VI unJuSlIldDc Nlil-
out that bond Did the trainers Of the Consti-
tuition, SO wise and so provident as to all other
possible causes of disturbance between the States
permit so pregnant source Of dscord to pass
unheeded and unprovided for! In yielding our
right to make treaties and to declare war; have
we left ourselves remedess in cases Of paIpabe
violation of the law and comfy of nations The
adjudication Of these questions by the tribunal
organized under the constitution, cannot he re-
viewed with indifference 10y us. Every slave,
! holding State should be heard before the tribu-
nal therefore recommend that in the event
Of the Lemmon's case being carried before the
Supreme Court, the Executive be authorised to
employ able counsel, in behalf of the State of
Georgia, to be heard before that court, upon these
: questions.
TnE ADMINISTRATIONS AND THE New YORK
DEMocRAcY-Ion the Washington correspond.
ent of the Baltimore Sun says:
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