The weekly Placer herald., 1855-08-11
The Emigrant Question.

cy of the Jewish dispensation in regard to
he treatment of strangers, which should cause
some reflection in the present war waging
against foreigners by designing politicians:
The oldest law of which we have record ad-
usting the relations and defining the duties Of
,liens who came within the lmite of the State
vas incorporated in the statutes of the Jewish
heocracy. In the textbook of the most ad-
n; rable jurisprudence the world has seen we
ind it enjoined upon the nation that "1f o
stranger dwelleth with thee in your land, thou
shalt not vex him. But the stranger that
lwelleth with you shall be unto you as one
born among you, and thou shalt love him as
thvself for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt; am the Lord your God" Such was
the beautiful enunciation and divine authenti-
cation of the principle of national hospital
ity. The reason for it. or rather the motive
that should incite to it, is given as the occa-
sional reqnisition for its exercise toward our
selves. 1t is an imperial fruit of the compre-
hensive law of true charity which in the mu-
tations of society and in the orlerings of
Providence that drive the various individuals
Of the race from one land to another, may
become of practical advantage to all.
Nor was this an isolated injunction. The
same terms of hospitality were often enjoned
upon the chosen people in language equally
emphatic and significant. Most careful pro-
vision was to he made for the interests of the
alien. and in return for such courtesy and as
the legitimate result of it it was promised
that strangers shall stand and feed your focks,
and the sons of the alien shall he yonr plow-
men and shall build the old wastes and repair
the desolations of the cities. National cour-
tesy would result in national aggrandiz' fnent
and the hospitality VIII 'ch cheered the stran-
ger should return sevenfo1d blessing upon
the land Thus in the Jewish theocracy. that
perfect model of State, because its laws
were expressive Of infinite wisdom and pre-
scriptive of the Divine will, was furnished q
safe asylum for the oppressed of all nations;
and no sooner had the foot of the stranger
fallen on Judean soil than his person was in
vested with the respect and affection conf rred
upon citizen. Over him the law spread its
protecting egis and secured to him the rights
Of one horn in the land. No matter from
what tribe or of what religion; whether he
had joined in the fanatic revelrics which had
ruf1pd the bosom of the placid Nile or assisted
in the services of SidOnian WORSHIP p or bowed
at the affairs Of Baal and AshtarOth, or offered
his children to the brazen arms of an unpity-
ing Moloch; be he who. or come he whence he
might he was to be embraced in the enclosure
Of a sacred hospitality and loved and protect
ed as one born to the manor. Say what We
may of the policy of such law for aliens. we
can but admire its generosity and beauty. and
revere its principles as the expression Of the
will of Him beside whom all the gods of the
heather were vanity and lie
'Jane. what letter in the alphabet do you
Ike best?' "Well I don't like to say, Mr..
Wright" "Poh, nonsense, tell right out,
Jane. Which do you like best?" WELL"
(blu.hing and dropping her eyes,) Il like U
the best"
A western writer thinks that if the proper
way of spelling tho is though, and ate eight,
and no beau, the proper way of spelling pota-
toes is poughteightour. The new spelling for
softly is psoughheigh.
RETRIBUTIoN-A BLOWING FLY PLAGUE
The foolish sconndrrls of Clay county, In
diana who destroyed the embankment Of the
Birch Greek reservoir have brought plague
upon themselves. more horrible than any ex-
ercise Of force by the executive authorities
\ correspondent of the Indianapolis Journal,
one of the BLACK Boys" who propose to lynch
Governor Wright, and have offered reward
for his head, writes dating his letter "At
Home. fifth month. 26th day, '55. The water
in the reservoir was black as ink. and stunk
so bad that the stencil would v0mit person
in few minutes who was exposed to it, And
now since the water has escaped, the flies have
blowed the whole bottom. and there is now
wagon loads of mageots on the ground. and
the logs are fly blOwed as bad as dead carcass
and the green flies are as plenty as bees, and
badly infest the houses for miles around"
Anything more awful than lake OF mag
gots, and II swarm Of blowing flies filling the
air for miles, is unimagnahle, and yet the
rioters have brought this worse than pesti.
lence upon themselves.
Matthew Gilfrey. who was the standard
bearer of the Ist Pennsylvania regiment in
the Mexican war, and was the first man of the
regiment who reached the inside of the enc.
my's works at Cerro Gordo. died recently
He was an lrishman. 'Put none but Ameri-
cans on guard"
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