The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-09-10
From the CharL ston Courier.
EXEMPTION OF 8. AVE PBOP, RTY.

We find the following paragraph the che
rac Gazette:
The Commercial )nvention.- This BODY
adopted a resolution in favor of St, te lepisla.
ton, to secure to every slave.owner one slave,
exempt from sale by exc, utioD. Thi, resolution
we consider to be N I'VE in the light direc-
ton. We believe the Institution uld in no
other way be so efectua ly strength ned, as by
such exemption to muck grea er extent.
The pillars that now sut ain the Bri ish Crown
are her laws that prove, the entire alienation
of property. And such would be effect of
similar legislation in 50 tainiag tbs institution
of Slavery. Let the inc astrioas ma who sets
ont in the world to earn q litipg " III his own
labor, be assured that investmer in slave
will be placing his bar earrings yond con.
tingency, and he will soon becoE 3 a slave.
owner" .
There ID much to re md X adoption
OF this proposition of he Colventi n. There
can be no doubt but th 1t, as the G t.ette saws,
the institution would iereb' be ! Try greatly
! strengthened. For the Ugh i may be a very
melancholy commentar upoa the ! eakness of
poor human nature, it il nevethelei the truth,
that the opinions and sntimerts the larger
portion OF mankind are iot tho resu of exsmi-
nation and reflection, b It ratI Ter of terest and
education, not to say pre- hdice, And it is
with the institution of ifricsa Sa, nv. as it ia
/ with everything else, cry si;dly to our disad-
vantage, too; for if 81 tn world" wo, ID but hear
| our explanation and vi dicatFon, or fairly meet
Us IN the argument-it 1t would la aside pre-
| conceptions and prejut ice ard ser mentality.
and accept facts and IL ,ic, or for, of society
would have better CHI nee OF beint recognised
| in its true character
And for that matter If the men the South
would rid themselves ntirelS and t once and
| forever of the prelude is which ha, q come up
from abroad, it would e the better for all con-
| cerned. But it will n It be 80. those of us,
OF course, who exam! ie inso the theory and
practical workings of fricaia Slav ~, are con.
WINGED of its justice ID value. ] at all of us
have neither the time nor She i, ,lination to
make such an examit alton. So lis that the
larger portion, perhaps, of slave olders, are
shareholders from inter- st, or becaC 70 they hap
pen to be. They nevF inquire i to the pro-
| priety OF the matter, b It juss do a others do.
| Their ancestors owne slaves, al d they own
them; they see their ,eigheors b. ging slaves,
and they buy them. hey invest heir money
in this sort of proper, T, jus. as T. ey invest it
in cattle or real estate eaving to ;hers to dis.
cuss the right and jus ice OF the hing 1t is
needless to add, that t,is class Of Shareholders
are likely to give the strongest p actical sup
port to "the CONSTITUTE ~" aid to. earken very
tlIIie W tue nonsehse - the apostt IS OF reform
And = when these thin Is are So" would seem
to be she part of a W Sc legislato to take ad
vantage of them. Es Try new sla sholder is a
positive and certain IL crement in the strength
of African Slavery. Whoever ow IS his negro
servant is going to ts k for him, tote for him
and, if necessary, fgl for him. f the reali-
cation of this proposal of tina Con nercial Con
vention, therefore, vii encouSag the invest
ment of money by tt o middle asses of the
little doubt but that Is would Civ strength t &c
our institutions and fcfm of seci 3, and be Of
lasting benefit, thereto , to the W; ole South.