New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-07


Having made the assumption. IS little sa'ssissa
b. ls~ a. BY fact that every free perscs Of color d
Q pesru, the lesrnes Court proceed to eise. siss
great Rusto, the deciaratoos OF ChisIJa's'cs
Taney to the effect tkey state it, that tbs sesrs
or African race have no status civil or political 10
tbi. country save such as each State m,y ch ssssN
confer By special legisl.tion. Not being N
cluded under the Constitution Of the uaT<
States or recognized By th,t instrument ss
capable of citizenship, negroes can claia or ts'k'
uorbine in that character Neither can any claim h'
., up for them under the Law Of nstons, or % tho
principle Of society. They are an iDfsr'r rsce;
alien. and not only aliens but enemies, excsls@
from civilized governments and the is~iy"i IA
,iop.. and doomed 70 Slavery. 1t appears t. -
the doctrine of this Learned Court that segr". or
person having the least tincture. no mstter now
slight. Of African blood, and no matter where born
or Row educated, remains 81 II . savage, aa<. q"
Lord Cole expresses if in Calvins case. "Per-
"pe,u.l enemy" and that as such. he caaaot
msint.in any action, or get or hold anything aoder
our law; but, on the contrary, is st liable himself
To be seized snd reduced to Slavery. la fsee II
We are 10 believe this learned Court, sll the bar
bsrou. ferocities Of three hundred years ago, Ho~
ever they have been softeoed as n Jews snd isn-
dels. are still in full force aud vgor a. to aegroes
Having thus shown to their satisfaction that, out
side Of the municipal laws "f Mississippi, no grosnd
can be discovered upon ahich any person OF color
scan maintair soy action or get any thug. as
Lord Coke expresses it, in that State, tue laws u
thas renow ned commonwealth are next Pa'sed In
review From this r-yiew, 1t s concluded nI
the laws Of Mississippi have not changed the above
described status Of the African race, even 90 to
those members Of it born there except 50 far ~
ito protect their existence aud to secure their
=" comfort consistently with their property coadi-
tion"-,bat is to ssy, their being held ~ slaves;
while slieas Of this description are expressly pro
hibited by Law from coming into the State, asd II
they do come, may be csugot. no matter whh tAeir
color or approximation TO the white race physicsily
or mentally. and by order Of the Board Of County
Police may be- sold into Slavery. alt ti'thc policy Of
this State" says this learned Coart Ito intoraics
commerce and comfy with this race. and BY law
expressly provided We enforce the 'tr'ctest doc
"trines of The ancient las as applicable to alien
"enemie., except as to life and hmb. agsiast
"them. We ensl.ye them for life, il they dare set
s',her foot on our coil and omit to leave on No
tice in ten dsys; and this not upon the Proc'Pls
supposed by some Of ennity, inhumaR'ty or ua-
"kipduess to such inferior race, but on the great
"pripcpes of ,e,fpreservstiou which have in
"duced ciyilised nations in every age of tho word
"to regard them as only fit for slaves" A.
The learned Court, in their devoted study d
Ch,ei.Ju.tce Tansy aud Lord Coke, seem - b
entirely gper ant of the fact that Negro Slavery has
been abolished by England aud France, aud tsas
even the Congress of these UDited States has made
the African slsvetrade highly penal.