New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-22
E0BaHGEsAT TO AGUA-eIUDIcIALa
INTERFERENCE.


walkers expedition, under the auspiciea of the
Southern Emigration Society, would have been of to
Nicaragua by this time. Probably such would have
been tie case but for the interference of the Govern
pept i'll refusing clearance TO the vessel engaged in
Mobile. whether clearance has been granted or
not or whether the expedition has sailed not, we
are unable to say at the present writing. Bat we
freely and heartily express the hope that all things
have been made straight or may be made straight at
al early day and that we shall never hear again of
| our Government playing second fiddle to that of
i Great Britain, or Of any nation on earth.
/ The Mobile Register-that staunch old standby of
the Democracy Of Alabamain its issues Of the 10th
and Goth November, uses language calculated to dis
courage u.s. and to induce us to believe that the Gov
eminent has determined executively and judicially
to break up the expedition If possible The Register
of the 18th thus opens a long and able article
It has been stated for some days past that appfca
ton has been made to the Collector Of this port for
the clearance of vessel with passengers from Tins
Il place to San Juan del Norte The public has BEEN
also informed that this application has under orders
previously received been referred to the Department
at Washington, but we are not yet advised that the
Secretary Of the Treasury has sent definite reply to
the formal application OF the agents OF the vessel.
We are also told by the New Orleans papers that the
Collector of that port has been ordered not to clear
any vessel for ports of Nicaragua before communities
ting with the head of his Department So much for
the restrictions sought to be placed on trade and
travel between the Southern States of this Union and
the ports of Central America.
The above is rather suggestive as well as sharp.
Then the Register goes on to say On the other
hand we find that, some ten or twelve days ago, the
steamer Washington was, without any delay or sus
picion, cleared from New York for San Juan del
Eorte with more than $50 passengers We are fur
thermore assured that the Of the Washington
have positive pledges that their passengers will not
only be protected in their landing at San juan but
ia their transit over the Isthmus by the naval forces
OF the United States stationed in the Caribbean Sea
and in the Pacific for that very purposer
These facts the Register considers pregnant with
the gravest consequences which leads it to appeal to
the Administration in this wise we entreat the
Federal authorities not to permit themselves to be
made the instruments Of policy which may drive
themselves and the Government to destruction, and
we hope they will pause and reflect seriously before
they enter upon course the results Of which none
can foresee. Let them reason calmly, and not rush
blindy towards the precipice their and enemies
have prepared for us"
The following extracts from the conclusion Of the
Registers article are extremely significant:
We must admit surprise will be great if the
i present Administration either ignOranty or other.
wise places itself in the hands of Freesoilism for the
pursuance Of such policy as the one indicated.
The facts glanced at III our opening paragraphs are
suspicious, but God grant that coming events may
remove all lnvdious surmises, and leave the Admin
istration free from the reproaches Of those who ele
waited it to power. We sincerely trust that neither
the representations Of envy, nor the calumnes Of
hatred which springs from base motives and I'M
pure impulses, will seduce the Administration into
course fatal to the influence Of those Southern
States
For ourselves, we regard the efforts now being
made to induce emigration to Nicaragua from the
Southern States as the last struggle to maintain the
rights of slavery in the Union ii we cannot bring
hther the labor necessary for onr purposes and il
are denied the right to toa country where the
supply may be less hampered by artificial restraints
than here, what is left us but dsunon and its
quenees?
Facts stare US in the face. Let US not shrink from
gazing at them and meeting them as becomes men Of
sense and honor. Let us not delude ourselves with
the idea that oppression tires by exercise, and that
4 patience under repeated injuries may awaken the
sleeping consciences Of those who prosecute us and
our institutions The true and only safety for our
rights is to them with CearnPsS and defend them
with courage He who cannot perceive the aggres,
sions our enemies are daily making upon us under
the shadow and protection of the Federal Govern
ment must be dull indeed. And he who seeing these
things does not feel his nerves braced aud his courage
firm to meet the emergencies of the hour is wanting
in all the qualities which make freedom valuable and
manhood respectable.
Strong, very strong language, but lamentably true.
And coming from the distinguished source it does, it
is entitled to careful consideration.
We will now proceed to quote from the Register of
the GOTH to show that there are grounds for appre-
hending that the Federal Judiciary is about to med
die in tile matter. Speaking of an order made by
the Judge Of the Circuit Court Of the United States
for the Southern District of Alabama, for a special
term Of said Court, to commence to-day in Mobile,
the Register observes:
Common rumor assigns but one object for this
Special Term ordered by the Hon. John a. Campbell
Ii is well known that the Judge desires to embarass
the proposed emigration from the Southern States to
Nicaragua, and the public, with instructive judgment
has come to the conclusion that the Special Term is
to be held fer political purposes.
After speaking Of Judge CamphelIs former course
in the most scathing terms, the Register remarks:
But it was reserved for the Judge to give yet more
decided evidences of bis hostility to Southern inst
tutons, AT the last April term of the Circuit Court
fer the State of louisiana the charge he delivered to
the Grand Jafy was replete with Federal doctrines
and bristling with Freesoil ialacies The extreme
and extraordinary opinions he then gave forth in
reference to the act of 1873 ryaled by the dan
gerous dogmatsm Of hs ntterances n relation to the
African slave trade In that fatal charge, Judge
Campbell, laying aside the robe of the magistrate
takes up the rod of the licor that he may acourge
all who are so daring as to express opinions avoTa
BILE to repeal OF the laws prohibiting the importa
ton OF African labor. He denounCes this trade as
opposed to the religion and civilization of the age
and derives the right of Congress to eEislate on
the subject from the power to regulate commerce he
tween the United States and foreign countries Yhl
uc3Y same clause of the Constitution glUCs Congress
The right 10 regulate commerce betoeen the SeUCral
States, and the immediate deduction from Judge
Campbells charge is, that Congress has DolCer ID
prohibit etrade In Sages betree1 The sevcrat States
The charge Of his Honor to the Grand Jury al New
Orleans, as well rs the replies he wrote to the past
summer to the dinner invitations rendered him. prove
that his decisions in regard to the act of 1878 were
parts Of policy Of determined opposition to the
extension OF slavery. They prove that on the subject
OF Southern institutions the Judge is leprous-all
white with scales from the crown Of his head to the
soles OF his feet He stands striking example Of the
rapidty with which Federal power converts the most
decided State Rights Democrat to erroneous practices
2 And the Register thus concludes:
But to back to the objects Of the Special Term
i to be held on Monday next. If Judge Campbell for
moment imagines that he will find the Jurors Of
Alabama more plant to his purposes than were those
OF Louisiana we think he will be sadly deceived. Ii
he tancies he can convert the grand inquest of the
country into Spanish lnquiston, for the suppose of
accomplishing political objects, or of gratifying per
sonai animosities, he will be mistaken He may dis.
cover that there is point beyond which the patience
OF the people will not permit even judicial magis-
!, trate e 90. There are limits beyond which it il not
"a sale for any man-no matter what his positiOD-to
so III his hostility To Southern extension and South
ern institutions Least OF all are the people of Ala.
bama disposed to permit the tribunals established for
their welfare and security to be perverted into asru
ments for the destruction OF their rights and prouer
]. y. Oar advice then to the Judge is-Beware He