Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-02-28
Correspondence of the Spy.

w -A9f1lENO1ONs kCu' IL
have heard that circumstances alter cases, -
and am inclined to believe so. Haynau whips wo-
men and we abhor him. Our nation is in fever Of
indignation. Millard Fillmore whips women and he
is to be honored. The nation is not troubled about
so small matter.
''Nillard Fillmore whips womenn' what do you
mean? mean that he appoints Justices of the
Peace in the District of Columbia, admonishng
them to see the laws faithfully executed, and that in
obeying this admonition they whip women-fre-
quentIy and brutalLy.
Then Willard Fillmore does not whip the women.
The law whips them-he only exercises the law
Well, who makes thelaw? Who exercises supreme
jurisdiction in this District? Who expends thou
sands of dollars, aye, hundreds of thousands of dol
lars, in paving these streets, embeishing these ave-
nues, and identifying these grounds
Then Fillmore does not whip women; neither,
then, did Haynau. The first executed law OF sla-
very the last a law of war. One executes an order
of civil despotsm the other an order of military
despotism.
Will it be said Haynau had no Justification in any
law of war. will say, them Fillmore had no justi-
fcatlon in any civil law. Why was the whipping
by lIaynau not according to the law Of war Be-
cause it was outrageous brutality Well, does not
the same reason apply to the whipping by FillmOre3
If not, are we to understand that the civil law au.
thorizes greater brutality than the law ofwar can?
But the whipping by Haynau ,Oas in accordance
with the law Of war--the highest law of war. War
has but one law, and that is power 1t has but one
limitation, and that is discretion. Amy ameliora-
tons dictated by civilization are to be regarded or
not according to the necessities of the case. The
commander is the judge.
The whipping by Fillmore is in accordance with
the law of savery-the highest law of slavery
Slavery has but one law q and that is force-its
every enactment is only declaration of force. 1t
has but one limitation, and that is discretion--no
power. Any ameliorations dictated by civilization
are to be regarded Or not according to the necessities
of the case. The master is the Judge
The parallel is nearly uniform through out-where-
ever it imps the dsparagement is against the slave
law. Slavery includes all accessories necessary to
maintain ITSELF War includes all accessories to VIC
tory.
1t was judged lesson proper for the complete
subjugation of an incendary Revolution in Hungary,
that women should be whipped, and Haynau order
ed the execution of that judgment.
1t has been judged lesson proper for the quiet
and successful administration ofthe peculiar nstitu
ton in this district, that women would be whipped,
and the execution of that judgment is ordered.
Let me call your readers back to the law--to the
source of this outrage Blood flows from. the backs
of American born ctzens-women- the
shadow of the very temple and sanctuary of the Re-
public, by officers appointed by the President of our
nation, in obedience to municipal regulations exis-
ting by what authority! Are your skirts clear of
this nfamy' VIII you not continue to shower
wealth upon this city while such atrocities exist >
Look to it my friends. j. C.