Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-01-20

Among other petitions sent up to Albany re-
Gently. was one signed by a large number OF
highly respectable ci liens to restore a former
law which was repealed by the Sewardltcs,
and which allowed our Southern fellow citizens,
when coming North, to bring their negro ser.
wants with them, and to remain manifested
with them for nine months.
In this connection, we give the following cx-
tract from tho Albany correspondent Oh the
New York "ITerald:'
1.-THE notorious Lemon slave case, now up
in the Court If Appeals. is expected 10 receive
a decision during the present term. The Re-
publicnns about the drinking saloUns Of Con-
gross Hall and the Delavan House are congatu-
latinc each other in the anticipation that The
wishes Of the party will be gratified in that
decision. They assert that rs the Court is now
rightly constituted us to politics, it will decide
the case not allowing slaves to be transported
through the State. Has the Appeals bench
become q political machiney'
This is the case in which Virginia stands AS
plaintiff, and New York as defendant.
Mr.. Lemon was conveying certain slaves from
Virginia to another Southern State, riG New
York, where he intended to embark with them
md his family for their future home. While
here they were seized by Abolitionists and
carried before the Judge Of a State Court, john
JAY and'Culvcr, volunteering as counsel, for the
forciblc abduction of the negroes. The Judge
decided that in virtue of the repeal OF the State
law granting the immunity claimed, the negroes
were at liberty 10 so where they pleased, when
the Abolitinnists took charge olthem, and they
disappeared. This decision involved q grave
Constitutional question, which Virginia deter
mined to have tested. And hence the SUIT re-
ferred to and the engagement OF Charles
O'Conor's services for plaintiff. The case has
been tried in the local State Court IN ms city,
with IN adverse decision, and from thence
carried to tho Court of Appeals. If defended
there, it will undoubtedly be carried up until
it reaches the Supreme Court oil the United
States where no doubt it will be put 10 rest in
favor of the plaintiff, because the decision Of
the Court in The bred Scott case has virtually
and in advance, fully settled the Lemon case.
When 4 TEST with negroes on board WAS
bound from Baltimore TO a Southern port, she
was driven by 4 stress 81 weather on one Of
the small British West India Islands, enc Of
the Bahamas, if our recollection serves us. On
landing, they were forcibly seized, and their
owners dispossesScd Of them by q mob. Daniel
Webster, then Secretary Of State, made a dc.
mand upon the British Government for the pay
mcnt OF the value Of the negroes on The ground
that our Constitution and treaties made under
it, recognized sbsr,s as property. There were
no courts on %hicll a Suit could he brought To
toSt the question, but John Bull acknow-
lodged the Justice of the claim and paid it up.
W bile New York. n signcr OF The said Consul
ton, has refused TO return The negroes, CT TO
pay .or their value. II remains 10 be seen
what she will d., when the Supreme Court OF
the United States decides against her.
1t is due to state that there is no political
man. South of Mason and DiNon's line" who
possesses the strength ut the North, and eSpe.
eially in this city, that Henry y. Wise docs
This We assert from the most positive know
ledge, and without the slightest intention Of
diScuur,rsy towards the claims of the many
other able and distinguished public men Of the
South, and who are enlincttiy qualified 10 I'll!
the Chief Executive Office Of the country. SHuic
how or other his very name carries a charm
with it. luung men fire up with enthusiasm
at the neatipa Of it; mililed aged and men of
advanced years feel their patriotism quickcnea
and aroused, on reading his admirable speeches,
which, like balls from Armstrong; iitirl can
non, go right home, penetrating The bulls eye
Of treason and di>lnion.
In every political meeting Of the Democratic
masses, in this city, his name is never men.
toned that it does not bring lorth loud and en-
thusiastic cheers from the multitude. During
the great Union meeting At the Academy Of
Music, crowded by thousands Of persons, his
namc was never mentioned that it did not bring
forth the most, rapturous cheers and applause.
TO day be could carry the city Of New York
by 10000 to $4,000 majority. We cannot pre-
sumo to influence the Charleston Convention,
but vi can only say, that no Democratic ticket
they can form will run in this city and State
like that Of Henry 4. Wise for President
and Daniel 5. Dickinson for Vice President"
# that body acts wisely they will try it. We
commend to your notice the able and conclu-
sivc letter Of !ir. Charles 0'Concr, recently
published in the Tribune and Post 1t
sound vicTcs of slavery, and covers the
whole ground in few words. AMERlcrs.
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