Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-21
IRE SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONVEX,

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Of S.aih C,r".in.; pf-siien; Tsiimade7 o!
| DR.. Lacey Of North Caro.ia,; Asho=il on'"' 49,,
~; President. Lony=:rect Of Mississippi u. "' a.
Of Alabama, Charles Gayarre Of LouIsiaan' -
Richard Fu.e. OF Maryland; and Df.Aionzo n.
o; Georgia, he REQUESTED by THE Convention 10 .'Ns
thi. matter tof Southern school.oooh''' -,
auspices and select aud prepare such "
! books. IN every department Of study ITO" ~
l,.s, primer =, The hi.'re.t grade al i'''"'"'' ~
science, rs snesl seem 10 tha'a best guam : CIV
vale aud purify the education OF 'ho 'o"''' .u
And ! have been requested, ss Presieeh' Vi u
Convention. 10 invite The members OF '"e
10 meet a., Columbia, in the State OF Spun '''
on the 18Th dsy OF May next. Accordingly ! ~
hereby r.speriiaIy request the members oil tue CUM
,,;,,ss 70 naat At Columbia on :Le 18Th day OF Mas
r.,, for ,ba n,,-,o.s o. performing the duty a's'she"
imam hv IN. Convention l clso respectfully 'e
ores, all Editors OF Newspapers, WHO are H'e"'i! "
the cause. to inert thi. call, twice at least' IN 'ie"
papers. - Cn,,.r,ion.
Richy1ond, Ap,i! II, !.,..
THE DRIED SCOTTCAsE-LETILRof0I
STORY.
1ba R,;T,,o Commercial Advertiser relatea that 10
.bo on;o;o, delivered by Ius.ics Nelson, Of y. York.
a,no,.l q verv remarkable letter written by Judge
s,,rv in 1888. relating 70 a case analogous 10 'na1 o'
Dred Scott. II seeuls that Judge Story wss seeus'
TONED TO wife Ct leas: once " year to Lofd o'o"en'
sending bin . copy of his Judicial decisions ""''"
,ha latter duly recip.ocstcd. At length Il case nsose
in ,be Fu,li.h Court Iuf which Lord Sto"eii WAS
chief Jusrlc-) where an Antigua "s'sve' was carried
by his master TO England Tor temporary re'idchce'
and We. subsequently, taken h7ch 10 An''qaa. ~
brought sun cor bis "ireldOm,' and iae ln~ieF'of.cu:'
decided sc,:ns, hia RICH; to ''frcedca.." Ia tie Appel
,e,a Corr Lord Stowe.i, in bena.f Of d mHloiiiY "i
m. court, affirmed The jadsmsni below. Lord Dow
II san, hi. decision to Judge Story, VINO Delayed re-
,lvi,g spIon. tia; Lord 5. ngnia wrote 20 hin eS'
,-es.iay regret at nc. receiving a reply, and a hope
! inst their pleasant Cul'etFoH''"SS' ~ SN ""'J 'N
standing, would not ceass. To these letter. Judge
Story replied as follows:
SALEM, near Boston, Sept. y. 1888.
tn F.. Hon, Hiu. Lord StoTeu:
Nv L,-d-l have the honor 10 acknowledge tie
rec,i3; OF your letters 0; January and May last, the
f.,cr- Of which rear!.rti ne ia ih. le'i"r pHr' ui the
spring. nnG the latter qait1 recently.
buve read. with sf-t.t attention. ""ur Judgment Ia
me slave c4-- from tho vice Admiralty Court in An
tigas. Upon the !Gi!sst considerations yniah | have
been al G % give ,!a ~-u5i-y'. | eI:iTc!y CONCUR IN
Won views. ii ! had b-ei. called "prn - p'oncaIc"
a iudg rent IN a Ike case, | sh"a.; certainty have ar
r;vri Al The ssM, r"eGi. thnG.:! | might n"t iHV'
b-ca allie 10 present tho ressnIs which led 10 Il in s!ch
a striking and convincing manner. lthPpesra 10 ns
that tue decision is i'm .,r-gnah!e.
In my native Slate tNas..,) the state OF slavery u
! NJ. recognized as !eg.'; aud yet, II q slave snoG!d
! com, hilh.r and afterwards ra,a-n 10 his hwH home,
we sno;.i rsr;ainly think ;hs. The local Law wou;d
r..aii en- up,n him and. tina, has scrvi!e character
would he Refrigerated. / have had occasion IL
| aoow that your judgment ha. been extensively read
/ IN America, where questions Of ihie nature are not Oi
uutreouent discu.siogl and | never have heard any
other opinion but that ot appreciation o: !tr~pre.s-G
al:a:g the profession al The law. i cannot bat thiik
that. anon questions of this sorI. es wei. Is genera!
maritime law, II were well # the common "a Syer- h'h
.,uLleG a .iti. lnuvr aa.za-,Teiy lie principles u. pub
.c and civil !.y, aud had looked beyond Their own
municipal Jurisprudence.
Irzmaiu. with the highest respect,
Your most obsdient s"-veat,
Jo:EPH Story.