The true Democrat., 1857-03-17
Characterization Stopped.

The people Os Louisiana are to be congra- tulated that an end has been put to the eman- cpation of slaves in this State and we hope soon to have the pleasure of announcing the passage of an act which shall altogether pro- hibit the immigration of free negroes under the gravest penalties. Beyond allquestien the ex- istence of race of blacks among us, without those needful restraints upon them which sla- very affords, Is source of evil to slaves, ot disquietude to masters, and of danger to the very institution itself. To remove this hui sance altogether by the expulsion of free ne- groes, would have been an act of great severi- tv, net to be resorted to unless proved to be indispensable. Had any very serious insuwec- ton occurred even that stringent measure would not have been spared and we have no doubt that the first occurrence of that kind will lead the legislature to the adoption of such measurers as will tear the evil out by the roots and remove 1t forever.
 Many, doubtless, will deem 1t hardship that they are not allowed to dispose of their slave property as they please, but when rellcc ton teaches them that such act; of misguided kindness strike at the welfare of the people at large, they will quietly accede to the wishes of the legislature. The whims and caprces of individuals must yield to the public good.
 It is to be hoped that this well-timed enact ment may have good effect upon our free colored population; that the more intelligent among them will use all proper effort to impress upon the rest the reasons why this conserva- tive step has been taken, and that they will warn them of the certain expulsion which awaits them if any canduct on their part shall render them dangerous.
 It would be well if the wholesome exam
 I z l. I l. rv southern State Legislation throughout the south should aim at the rapid dimnution and ultimate removal of this abnormal and mischevious element of our population, which the nsidous abors of northern fanatics and their baser southern confederates would con- vert into a means for working out the wild schemes of abolition. It is the inevitable lot of the negro race to be restrained, guided con- trolled and protected by the white man. In these their natural relative positions, one race is contentet, useful and happy, while the other is secured against the effects of the vices which always horish among the negroes when left to their own control. There is no other condi- tion in which the two races can coexist without | in1icting mutual mischief, and 1t is well that the legislature should interfere to forbid mas ters from manifesting their weakness by with | consistent with the well-being of the public and the best interests of the negroes them- selves.
 This act of prohibition will also have a healthful effect among those northern inter- meddlers, who are gloating with joy over eve " sign which shows the faintest foreshadvwing of the abolition of slavery, and who are for ever seeking the slightest breach into which the point of the wedge of agitation can be en- tered. It will convince them, if biography has not too much blinded them, that the peo-
 ple of the south will hold on to their rights
 with the more tenacity the more they are as sailed It will show them that, instead o
 yielding hairsbreadth to their clamorous de
 mands, we are only made more earnest, more dligent, more careful. and more determined
 in resisting them, and that every movement or
 their part towards emancipation will be prompt
 ly answered on ours by more decisive move | ment in the opposite direction.-Lousiana Coa l ,fer.