The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-06-04

should you be sought and hrnted' for, be
prosecuted with might aud main, as if guilty
Of the crime of murder (not of an humble
humble or tumble bee, bait of @f6llow.bein
Or why, if you do not wish to commit a.
crime against the sacred laws of hospitality,
and violate a confidence reposed in your
truth and honor, by becoming what your
and little children deem odious
and dishonorable, "an informer," he gos
zip, tell tale-be hunted night and day,
high and low, in your own closed and barred
castle, unaerlthe foors. OF betl0een the BEDS,
by officers constituted by the law, mayhap,
just for such purpose, with the aid Of men
going before, or toremen, (not four meng Is
the answer, that such are the laws and while
in existence, must be obeyed2 Then, let
the instruments of the law be such as deAt
scribed in the first portion of this article, if
they are not-the which we do not aver.
1t is true, that the notorious Jeffries did,
or thought he could, Justify hiswhole course
of conduct by the law and it may be, that
he was ever within either the strict letter of
the law, or its latitudinous Interpretation.
Yet, who will deny that he was tyrant and
a dsspot, and capable of inficting injustice
upon those whom it was. his duty to protect
and guard against wrong? If the laws be
bad, let the officers of the laws be good and
true men-just but merciful, wise and pru-
dent, lest they and the laws may become,
like the Bentonian "steed of the long car,
null and void The citizen gave up some of
his rights as man, some of his natural
rights, that he might gain others, and, per-
haps, better, as member of society IF it
be attempted to deprive him Of others, with
out his consent not resulting to the advano
tage of the whole, it is an unnatural, unwise,
and unauthorized deprivation. Are there
such provisions" in cur Code Judge
ye:-" If any person shall profaney swear
or curse (what is that p in the presence of
two or more persons" justice Of the peace
Tor by the piece may fine BIN ten dollars.
Thus, for saying +" bad word" poor men,
you must give weeks work, or $40, or you
must go to Jail Again A "private per-
son may arrest any person 'oithoat aOarrant
when felony has been committed, and he
has reasonable ground to suspect and believe
Che being judge the person proposed to be
arrested to have committed it." Is this not
good invitation to fight !? and may not
the suspected say, "Sr, arrest youi you
are guilty off, &c, &c 4? Nor shall be "be
liable on account thereof, CivILLY or crimi-
nally, Notwithstanding it may turn out that
the party arrested was innocent of any Of
fence Again TT, on the Sabbath, you
do any labor Of any kind, or employ it to
be done, "except it be in the ordinary house'
hold duties Of daily necessity, or other work
of necessity or charity" you " shall, on
conviction, be fined not more than $40"
(how lenient , for every distinct offence,
that is, unless you are rich enough to be a
steamboat owner or interested in railroad,
for " nothing in this article shall apply to
rail- Dads, or steamboat navigation"
Again - If you and friends should go
out on a two weeks hunt, away thirty or
forty miles off in the deep aud wild receSses
of the swamp, remember, if you t be found
hunting with gun, op the Sabbath" Gt
don't except the Jew,) you may be fined not
less than V and up to XXX Or, if, on a
fine Sunday morning, you see a grim old
bruin amusing himself, or even enjoying his
Otiam cum dignitate, in your cornfeld, or in
your pig pen, be sure he knows it's the "Sab-
BATH" his benefit day. and that you haven't
got Xxx to spare. Again IF you "hunt
deer with fire in the night timo. t1cept aOith-
in your oaOn enclosure" the squire can and
will ease you'of four VS. for each offence,
and put you in Jail "until the fine and costs
are paid" Thus, you see, you can't go out
hunting even on our generous old Gun
Gle Sans" thousands of acres of hunting
ground, although you will do but little or nc
injury to any single one of his thirty mil
lions of nieces aud neviews."
Thus, we have given to you few reAeo
tions which you may take for what they are
worth, and few of the laws of the land
which you may take at what they are worth
But, let us ask, in the language of Doesticks
don't they make you "sad, grieve, lament
agonize, excruciate, feel bad g