Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-06

il consigns them to the tender percies of some
king of Dahomey," or other slave. trading
chief in Africa, the United States to be the
jailor to land them on the coast of Africa,
where they will probably be taken possession
Of in the end by the strongest, ready at hand,
to seize on them.
We can perceive no possible loop hole by
which the General Government can escape
from the duty Of carrying out the law in this
particular. Could our will regulate the pro-
ceedings in the case, we should send the cap
tain of the slave ship, now in Boston, for trial
to Charleston, where salt would not save him
from the laws uttermost penalties-for South
Carolina courts and juries do their duty as
that is not done by any New England
courts and juries; and we would send the
negroes to Boston, where all are continually
crying aloud, "Lo, the poor African :" We
would thus teach New England q practical
lesson. concerning the status of the race at
home--in Africa-from which many would of
necessity draw lessons Of wisdom with refer
ence to the comparative condition Of the negro
slave in our own South, and the negro freeman
at home in Africa; which would, in turn, put
an end to much of tho abolition political cap
ital Of the times. For the future peace of our
own land, the best thing that could possibly
be done with the Echo's cargo, would be to
quarter them in gangs of twenty, for the next
year, in the midst of the most populous com.
munities of New England, where abolitionism
fourishes most intensely. The disease requires
precisely such remedy-if aught conceivable
can cure it.
The THEORY OF OUR GovERNNENr.-In
these days Of unadulterated demagogism, it is
rare to find public men venturing to tell the
people wholesome truth, the fashion being to
tickle them with the straw Of fattery, only, on
all passing occasions. lie who departs from
this rule is not only bold man, but is i'm
pressed to an extraordinary degree with the
real obligations of his public functions We,
therefore, honor him, as such statesmen should
be honored by all conservative persons. Such
man is Senator c. G. Clay, of Alabama, or he
would not have ventured to address to I" the
dear people" the following views of the theory
Of our Government, which we find in one of his
speeches of the last session we recently had &C.
casion to read:
"Our governments are republics, not demccra.
n
in person at the ballot box, but through agents
delegates, or representatives. Our fathers found.
go republican governments in preference to de-
mocfacles, not SO much because it would be uu-
wise and inexpedent for the people thsmsely YES
TO assemble and adopt laws. They were satisfied
from reading and reflection of the truth of MT
Maaison's observation about pure democr aces,
that they have ever been spectacles Of turbu
lence and contention have ever been found in
compatible with personal security or the rights
OF property, and have in general been as short in
hvRR 4,
deaths " They knew from the examples fur
nish.d by Greece and Italy, that 1t is impossible
In pure democracy to remove the causes or con-
!roi the effects OF faction; that an absolute ma
| Jority Is oftener swayed by passion than by rea.
SON. that its voice is oftener that of demon tina
OF God; that 1t is the most cruel rapacious. in
tolerant and intolerable Of all tyrants
They know that 1t is a wholly Irresponsible
power acknowledging superior for IL is
itself supreme owing no obedience for il is Its
own lnasoe. respecting no authority, for 1t is
raw uh,o itssii subject to no control or restraint
Is TOO often drowned in the tumultuous waves OF
party or OF faction. 1t might sacrifice public
1000 or private tights to any ruling passion or
interest OF the hour with IMMUNITY. Ii had robbed
the rich 10 relieve the poor, and oppressed the
poor TO aggrandise the rich, with equal ardor or
lnainefeace. 1t had voted hemlock to-day and
fered no man to be Judge in his own case lest
he should be BIASED by passion or interest: and
could ma no better reason why large body of
men although majority, should he tue supreme
ana hnai arbiter of its own cause On the con-
trary, they knew that large body of men ia
more liable to be controlled by passion or INV in
terest than single individual, and is more ant
70 the rig hts of the minority because it
can be done with more impunity Hence they
endeavored to impose restraints upon tbemSelves
Hence they committed the making of all their
laws, organic or municipal, to their delegates or
representatives, whose crimes they could 1unish
whose errors they could correct and whose now
ers they could reclaim
The great security Of our rights of life libertv
ana property IS q" the responsibility of those pho
MAKE and OF those IhO execute tAs fatc Estab
nsh as principle that to give sanction to law n
,n mus pe approved oy the majority at the ballot
oox, ana you take away this security and surren-
ger those nights to the most pricious rapacious
ana cruel OF tyraats. I.regret to see rae gyoring
s1trtt IN Congress and throughout the country 10
denioerdttSe oar Government, to submit eyerv
question, whether pertaining to organic or mn
nlclpdl laws, to the vote of the people This is
sheer radicalism. Ii is the Red Republicanism
% revoiutiohaIy France, which appealed to the
sections On all occasions, and not the American
republicanism of our fathers Their Republican,
Ism was staple and conservative; this is mutabJe
ana revolutionary Theirs afforded shield for
Tue minority TINS gives a sword to the ma ority
THEIRS defended the rights Of the weak: this
.urrendeTs them to the power of the strong C;od
iotoid that the demdgogism of this day should
prevail over the philanthropic and phiiosonbic
craftsmanship Of our fdthers.n
the President has issued orders, through the
Navy Department, for the steam -frigate Mia
CARA, now at Now York. under the command
Of Com. Chauncey, to proceed Immediately to
Charleston to carry back the Africans taken in
the SLAYER Echo by the brig of-war Dolphin.
The administration will thus signify its rosolu.
ton to fulfil all treaties and laws relating 10
the slave trade, and everything that can be
done will, no doubt, be done, to facilitate the
return Of these captives to their own homes
They are said to belong to different tribes
which may be separated widely from each
other; and when we consider this circumstance,
in connection with their ignorance of the eeoe
raphy of their native land, the difficulties and
enormous expense with which their return will
Dc attended become more fully appreciate.
The WEArHER.-The following report of tho
weather for this morning is made from the Mors.
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institp tion