The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-11
The Almighty Nigger.

The Almighty Nigger.
Some three weeks ago the various religion
| societies, representing numerous wealthy and
powerful Christian sects throughout the couatry,
assembled IN full force in the metropolis for the
purpose of consulting together us to the propsr
methods to be adopted for the spreading of di.
vine grace, according TO their peculiar views o.
the article, and to raise funds where with To carr
on the war against the devi, and all bis works
The saints were al! in battle array; all With
their sTmor on; all appointed for the cont
of the great conflict, which will never hs ended
go long as the world boids together They Cam.
here TO make grand foray on Wall street. ami
they made it. They came for money W tn wtied
to grease the wheels of their complicated INA
| chine, which they have invented for the spreai
of the Gospel in those lands where. as tn,
| poet te)ls, every prospect pleases aod
| only man is vile. They came 10 distribute gooa
books among the heathen ia our country, wbare
the views are lers agreeable, and the popu,s
ton no less beniehted. They came to revulars
! our religious and social aFairs--to reform n.
and strajghten us out generally, at our own ey
| pense, Without doubt they Appropriated al
the objects they had In view to greater or les.
extent, aud went away 70 serve their cause else
where, and to return next year with the inten-
ton of having another turn at this wicked, per
verse aid corrupt metropolis. Everybody vas
| glad TO welcome the co~iog, and no less bappy
to speed the parting of the anniversariaus.
| little OF them goes long way, and fills up man,
| columns OF the PAPERS
| But while we haze the annual conyenticles OF
| the worshippers Of the benignted heather. or o,
| the down todden and enslaved woman who can
| not always have her own way about everything;
or OF the poor sailor, WHO is obliged to lay GU,
on the forey ard in the dirtiest weather, without
| 30 much % penny tract 10 comfort him; while
we have all these and more, up town ia the
churches, aid cbapels, and halls, and even III the
Opera house Itself, and grand assemblaye 10
Wall street every day Of devo,ees of the n!
mighty dollar (hefore which idol, it is charged
we oil abase ourse,ves), We have no.
nod as vet any no-.'~-..A gatnerlug OF
new and Important, and wealthy sect--a
body which includes the men who 81,
in the highest places 10 the councils of the ma
| tioU men who control society," and commerce
| and trade Of all kinds; men who make The law
ard the money wherewth to pay the expenses Of
sustaining them; Deo who pray without ceasing
and who think themselves as secure of scat
among the lambs at the last Gay az the Emperor
Napoleon is of Aogging Francis Joseph if ne ever
catches bin.
We allode to the worshippers of the Almighty
Niger
The Almighty Niger! The beginning, the
middle and the end of every thing with the Jour
naist, the politician aod the parsoo 10 the Uaited
States. To the young politician, stumbling
block; to the old, foolishness the Juggernaut
which crusbes in its career every hing like an
attempt to improve the political, or social or
religious condition of the "white element in oar
population - the most abstruse, and therefore
the most favorite theme for note book of Cockney
tourist: the standing dish at Westminster the
bonnie boaOchf for the delicate feasts Of reason a.
Exeter Hall.
No wonder the worshippers of the Almighty
Niger are the most devoted that ever bowed to
shrine, or cross, or symbol smell at bit OF
bis wool is like the sight of the green turban of
the Prophet to the eyes OF the faithful, or re-
weren't touch Of the true cross FOR the deyout
Catholic
The priests who oficiate at the shrine of the
Almighty Niger number between one and two
hundred thousand In the South, they worship
him because he plants their tobacco, picks their
cotton, raises their rice makes their sugar. and
above all helps them to become the richest
the happicst, and the most fasoionably In
dolept people on the face of the earth
In the Almighty Niger, according to the
views Of the politicians in the South. are
concentrated the rights Of the South. The
South has DO rights worth speaking of, they say.
except the right to worship the Almighty Niger.
In the North aud West, the Almighty Niger is
worshipped as representing 80 much political
capital. without him the underground rail yay
STOCK would not be worth cent; it would be
worse even than Erie Where would Seward be
without the Almighty Niger? Where Weed,
with bus hve thousand dollars in free republican
Almighty Niger wool? Where Greeley. with
the thousand dollar draft in his breeches rocket,
or what else could ne find to preach about ia
Kansas! Where, in point Of fact, would the
whole republican party be without the AL.
mighty Niger? He is their hore, their stay.
their eternal salvation, their sheet anchor
Without him they would 90 to the bottom with
the velocity Of axty-four FOUNDER.
Now, these worAhippers OF the Almighty Niy-
ger manage to control the political affairs Of the
country. They arc coming together next wear
to make arrangements for the election Of Chief
Magistrate Of their sect, Head Worshipper or
High Priest Of the Almighty Niger, who will be
ex-oficio President of the United States. The
only question to be settled about the
victor is, whether he il sufficiently
ardent professor of the faith. II he believes vita
sufficient fcrvOr in the mighty Niger accord-