, 1860-09-15
that Labor il tho Emanus], the God with III,

that Labor II tho GmanuAl, 1hs Lod with III,
crucided in our midst BY the priests and min.
ions Of dcspotiem; and we care not, nor turn
from our ways.-May it never coue to this.
May the feast to which the arch impostor in
vited his frisnds be ike tho feast Of Delahaz-
zart !:
We should do injustice to the scoundrels
who devised tie Slave Code Of New Mexico,
il We did not give their reasons for denying
to beaten and INFUSED white servants any r.
dress Mt Law. To bc hired servant, they rel
forth, ia to be subject to master; and. "as
"eoldiers sre punished BY their chief, with"
"out the intervention of the civil authority,
"by reason Of the SALARY they enj2y, All equal
fright should b grauted:tbosa persons who
"psy their money to bo served in tie protcc"
"tion of their property" The logic Of tho
proposition is this-in sone badly organized
armies soldiers arc nogged, and the civil au-
thoritiea do not interfere; hired men receive
nay for their tervices, tie same a zo]diers;
therefore, ho who pays man wages, has
right to beat and cuiT him to bis hearts con-
tent, with no law 10 molest him Of make him
afraid. One slight difference il apparent.
Oaly males enlist in armies: petty military
tyrauts can fog only men. Females otion be-
come servants: tho New Mexican employer
may enjoy tho additional luxury Of logging
and kicking girls and women.-How rich a1e~
past u,ust this have been to Southern Ssnato-
rial appe.itesl How very "palatab1e9" How
very "refreshingl"
Nerer before Lad Mr. Douglas spoken in
such rapturous terms Of any other conquest
o. slavery. Not even the acquisition Of Texas
seemed to him Of equal importance. And be
ataked his reputation for foresight On the de-
c.aratlon that there are more such trinmpas in
ssors for oppression, when We "coma to ae-
"quira additional territory from Mexico"
Such speech would have entailcd an eternity
Of infamy on the reputntion Of any respectable
American Statesman. It added no new stnin
to the political character Of Mr. Douglas.
President Of the Republic this man would
b>-King in all but came and tenure Of Office.
Now God help our country if things ever
come to this pass! We hare already hs bad
men il that ci1ice-weak, vacilla!lng, narrow
minded, coward1y, treacheroas men; but never
such man as Douglas. How lie would de-
light to regale his Southern fsien5s on stolen
sIiees os the fattest lands Of Me1lcoI
What D grotesque herd would be gathered at
lsbanquets, gratifying their morbid "pala!es"
and refreshing their strength on the 'ifuits'
Of slayeyl All the vast territory between
California and Texas w7es:ed from freedom;
men tainted with an unfortunate color, hut
[recaosn. reduced to lifelong sersitudc; Cau~
cass;an NEE, boys, girl-, womsn-wives and
mothers, perhaps -cut1ed kicked, scoursed, at
;be discretion Of their employers, and 70 re-
uess at law, because, forsootb, they nre poor
nd must work for wages-with such forbid
len fruits as these would this incarnate ser
oent tempt lis countrymen to fall away from
heir allegiance to Liberty, and make him
President Let him 60 On haranguipg night
:sowds Of idle men and vicious boys-boast-
ng Of his personal popularity; breathing cut
au:tetipgs and gru1tins. about hanging some
'aop.e and inca1cerating others in dungeone.
letter to bo thus employed than abusing bis
auatry. Batter Douglas tie buGoan and
omagogue than Douglas the Senator. At
ast it has come to pass that Ills virtues are
they meu's yices.