Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-03
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

THE RESCUED AFRICAN NEGROES. We
hear that, in a letter recently received by the
Preside Mt from the United States Marshal at
Charleston, South Carolina, q fear is expressed
that a party in that city will interiors to pre-
vent the due execution of the law of 1919,
wherein that points out the manner in which
the negroes shall be disposed of. This appre-
hension of the Marshal must be nearly alto
gether the result of the publication in Charles
ton journals of various speculative suggestions
relative to tho very obvious fact that these
poor creatures, if returned to Africa, will be
far worse of than if retained at labor in South
being civilized and Christianized, as may be
enjoyed by such utter barbsrians as they are,
while in the condition they would be in, in
South Carolina.
We apprehend that, in his reply, which is
said to have been transmitted yesterday, the
President pointed out to tho Marshal the fact
that he has no discretion whatever In the prem
ises, but must obey the law requiring him to
return the poor creatures to Africa at the ex-
pense of the General Government, to which
end . proper United States agent will be sent
out with them for their protection, rs far as
possible, on arriving there. Formerly, the
Government kept such an agent on the coast;
but of late years the practice has been discon-
tinued, because it was found that there wa.
nothing whatever for him to do. The President
doubtless, also expressed to the Marshal his
confidence in the groundiessness of the latter's
fears, justly founded on the fact that nowhere
else in the United States do the people more
uniformly yield implicit obedience to the majes-
" Of the law, than in South Carolina, wherein
the doctrine of "higher law has NO defenders
who are persons of substance and character.
We have every reason to believe that the ne
groes in question will be kept strongly guarded
and we'll provided for in Fort Moutrie, until
arrangements shall have been made for their
reshipment to Africa.
1t is doubtless true, that they would infn-
itely prefer to remain in South Carolina, in tho
condition of the negroes they see around them,
to returning to Africa and the condition they
were in there. They have at least sense and
information enough to induce them to such a
choice. From what they say on the subject, as
already made known through the interpreter,
it is clear that if any of them can escape being
sent back, by running away, they will do so.
Yet We have no idea that single one of them
will succeed in such an under taking.
As for the notion that any considerable body
of citizens Of South Carolina will combine to de-
feat tho operation, in this case, of what they
know to be the law of the land, it is most pre-
posterous.
A FIRsT-RATE NOTICE The Cincin natl
enquirer concludes that the Republican party
organization is about to undergo an entire
change. That is, that the Republican party
are about to throw overheard their old leaders,
and also much of the ultrasm of their late 20.
sitions on the slavery question. While we arc
satisfied that large wing of that party pro-
pose to support Mr.. Crittenden, Mr.. John Bell
of Tennessee, or some other Southern opposition
aspirant for the Presidency in 1860, We have
seen nothing, as yet, going to satisfy us that
such is the intent Of majority of its managing
politicians or their followers. Nor do we be-
lieve that such an event will take place In
deed, it cannot take place without transferring
to the party of Abolitionism (pure and simple,
as they say in France,) nearly half of those
who up to this time have been members of that
organization only because they regarded its
labOrs as the probable means of soonest bring
ing about the abrogation of slavery in the
Southern States. Of the labors of the Republi-
can party. the Enquirer says with great truth
and force, indeed:
"They have stirred mp strife, discord, ill-will
and bad feeling between the northern and south
ern sections of our COnfedeTacy, and more than
once, to make political capital, they have hted
the flames OF civilwar in Kansas. They have, by
State legislation, sought TO nuify and resist the
laws OF the United States, and thus by prod ucing
d collision between them, destroy the finest and
best political fabric the world ever saw They
have done the most serious harm to the holy
cause OF religion, to temperance and other moral
enterprises, by pfostituting them to their base
purposes and by hypOcriticallya affecting friend
ship that was as insincere as il was pernic ious
They have deDased and demoralized the clergy
converting large portion of them into political
electioneercrs and their pulpits into party ros-
trums, to the very great detriment of the public
morals. They have prescribed In their elevation
to once talent, dignity and tried integrity and
have In all cases given the premium to fandti-
cism, blgOtry, illibeIality and cant. As samples
OF political Integrity, they have given us Mat
teson, Welsh, Edwards and Bashford in that
OF morals, kdllock and a Hiss in statesman.
ship and courage, Lane and Robinson and in
religion, Messrs. Rineman Beecher aud Profess
sor SilsiInan, and the three thousand political
ciergyme With such representative men aud
such principles, such Inconsistency and corrup-
ton, II is no wonder that the Republican organ-
Zation is in such state of decadence that pro-
misses its dissolution
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ABOLITION FABRICArIoNs.-DL. Edttor: 1
clip the following moroccan from the New York
Tribune of July Is:
GAN ExcELLENT MISTRESS AN intelligent
lowing:
Last sunday was an exceedingly hot day-too
not, thought, Tor me TO 90 to church and as 1
stood gazing out Of the window at the motio,
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