Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-16


infict injuries on persons residing in other
States engaged in commerce, such Law would
| be unconstitutional, see motel but whenever
the power Of police shall be fairly exercised
to protect the citizens of any Southern stare
good neighborhood requires that It shall De
| acquiesced in with cbeerfulness. We OF the
North are happily unexposed to the peculiar
| danger which appertains to all the Southern
I States to some extent-an exemption on our
| part which makes it difficult for many to IN
| derstand the necessities which grow out Of Q
different condition. A person accustomed to
smoke his cigar freely at homo and elsewhere,
could scarcely be allowed to continue the
pleasure in buildings in which the manufac-
| ture of gunpowder was progressing, but yet
there are those who are unwilling to concede
any thing to the position Of others, and az ainst
such, proper laws must be aimed Whilst
however We have ever earnestly defended
the principles of the South Carolina Exclu-
sion Act, and have never in all the discussion
TO which it has given rise, seen an article
waich assailed it with any force, we have yet
with others in friendly spirit urged modi-
ncatlSn Of the law, and We are happy to pub
llsh the late act Of the State of South Carolina
modifying the former law in important re.
spects.
:" w hilst such notification was refused to
those who deman it in an unfriendly spirit,
1t is to the credit of South Carolina that so
soon after events in Tennesse, which were cal
culated to produce anxiety, she has shown a
willing to accommodate vessels, with persons
on board likely to promote instruction, to the
full extent that her own safety would permit
We cannot suppose that it will be satisfactory
to those, with types and presses at command,
whose vocation it is to produce disturbance
between the North and South and who have
staked their political existence upon a war
fare against the institution of slavery, but the
fsir minded ard honest citizens Of the North
will doubtless look upon tho notifications re-
Gently made by South Carolina, as satisfac-
tory, and as presenting evidence and in this
respect it is most important-of her willing
ness to make peace Offering to the Union"
NorE. 1t is very probable that any South
err State legislation designed, to promote di-
rect trarsoceanic commerce to encourage
manufacturing Immediately at home, &c. d.,
the tendency CT which might be to discourage
commercial dependence on the North, would
be voted, by ninety-nine in every hundred
persons in that section Of the Confsderacy,
legislation O. to infict injury on persons resid-
ing in other States engaged in commerce"
and would also be denounced by them as un-
constitutional. Such opinions in such quar-
weight whatever in the South. Each State
gOvernn ent is, practically, the judge of the
constitutiOnality of its own legislation That
is to say, the General Government has had
delegated to it no power whatever to enforce
its views Of constitutional questions against
sovereign members of the Confsderscy within
the jurisdiction Of those members thereof
Thus, though the Supreme Court of the nited
States might declare unconstitutional statute
of South Carolina, taxing goods sold within
her limits manufactured elsewhere in the
United States, there exists no power Whatever
in the General Government by the exercise Of
which it could compel South Carolina against
he- will to desist from the collection of such
tax on goods brought within her jurisdiction.
We believe that ere long the principle will
be tried by nors than one Southern State.
Bold simon's Drawn Near The Hon
Simon Cameron, Senator elect from Pennsyl-
yanis, reached Washington last night, and in
his quarters Ut the National was certainly the
lion of the evening. Crowds Of his present
pOitLSdA tAbcHucu SucIE CODRIdLulh-
tons to him, while more or less unever-tem-
pered Democrats CRASHED their teeth at him
He looks as calm and imperturbable as ever.
Il word in your ear, reader. If, in two
months after the opening Of the next Congress,
Simon Cameron ia not found voting with the
Democrats, then, indeed will all Pennsylva-
MA be wonder stricken. We have heard at
least dozen Pennsylvania Democrats, within
the last twenty foar hours, puzzling their
brains to the point Of being truly wretched,
to devise some scheme by which he can be
efectually kept cut Of "the party" Take him
altogether, and he is the most remark able
political riddle of the age. All parties dread
his utilization With them-that is, the leaders
of all-because he is sure to change his party
relations whenever that may be necessary to
get bin the best things going" or to insure
him in keeping possession Of them TIE sc.
cret Of the matter is that he is a very consist
ent Cameron man indeed, and acknowledges
the binding force Of no party affiliations that
might interfere with his duty of unfinching
devotion to the-Cameron party.
The New Eavy Refo, m Law Several dis
tant newspapers are predicting veto of this
bill. We see 20 reason to anticipate any such
action on the part of tie Executive, as incon-
gIuOCs as some Of its provisions are with
others Our belief is that it will be carried
out fully and frmly-including the strict in
vestigaticns which it evidently contemplates
into the truth of the complaints alleged against
the action Of the late Navy Reform Board
Our word on it, every gentleman who brings
his case before O board Of officers under the
provisions of the new law will be accommo.
dated with an examin alton into tho Justice
and propriety of the action of the old board
with reference to himself quite as rigid as he
can possibly desire. This is as 1t should be,
all sensible people will agree.
The Cure for the EVil.-The House of