, 1860-09-15

aad Case.z, are in open revolt. Some Of thet
are not more than fifty mics from tho city {
Naples itself; several ofthem, as Bar, Camp
bass, and Ayellino, are large, aud wealthy, ant
though rot in the limo Of tho Dsliverei'l
march, will exsrt M important influence upol
his canso. We do uot see, in spite Of tht
probable sacc: IS Of The rcso1t TINT any power
outside Of Naples is proposing to put Carl.
baldi down. By and By, he viii bo strong
enau3h to defy Interference, and then----
Tar Rom= and venics. Day breaks in the
East and Italy will b. freei
THE SLAVE CODE or NEW MEX
1CD AND as&. DOUGLAS.
While Congress was engaged in the apothe-
carJ's trick Of weighing cut to the disappointed
South sdsantsges to eouste.ha!ance the loss
o: California. TIE people Of New Mexico: i
ta!ing steir Western peighbcrs framed E'1ee
State Constitution and applied for admission
into the Ftdtral unioa. Crsdulous people! !!
Already their fats hal been foreordained.
Thcy were To be thrown into tue Southern end
ofthe ecaIe as make weight. Their p1otec.
ton was to consist Ct climatic and geographic
cal barriers.
Ten years have passed, and where do we
dnl New Mexico7 Taken after brief pur-
saa-ehAined, handcuGsd, the slave Of slay~
cry; child in years. but familiar with the
"orat VICES ct maturity; undevelopad, not Jet
tsensd, but with an old wriukied lace, aged
with all forbidden knowledge, and dcad.white
with early lefresy of child-stealing and man.
ss?liog. I: was over this p;tecus fall from
purity and innocence to the level Of shame aud
tu:amy, this retogression from Free State
Constitution to slaye Code as barharous as
barhar:sn ITSELF that Mr. Douglas in the Ssn-
ate lltled un his voice in gay aud elamorous
c1uliaiio2, and pointed 10 it in triumph as a
part o. his owa work. "Where," Le asked
the Southern Senator's, "where did you ever
"gat any uther fruits that were more raIata-
"bls to your taste or moro refreshing to your
"sttcngth?" Worse thai depraved appe-
tie must ho hare who could invite his friends
t, such ta-qust a. this. Past shame, past
redemption. past ali cure; feasting with ran-
corous RI ;ture upon sle halfripe fruits o. op-
preston; rtjaicinE at tho prospect Of full
harvest Of bl-od AID tears, sown il part by his
oSa dishonest industry-sursly, the virtues
Of maakizd must torment this man: their vices
make him g:ad How aptly vas it sa;d, that
slavery gra*ped for Webster, but g,14bL<d for
q DauSlasl
Of ail the abomiuable laws ever enacted to
protect or extcLd slavery, the coda Of New
Make, re thisk, stands ifst in point Of COO,
deliberate, scientific a:roclty. The alare it
degradts to tie lowest level Jet reached by
the ingenuity Of human wickedneaa. 1t treats
him as one Of tbs lower species of animals,
wa!cl. have not ere3 tho common instinct Of
pairing. It authorizes tl,s vilest pick1o:ket
OF hla-kieg to forcibly, and without legal pro-
CESS, a1res. any free pe1son tainted with Afri.
CA blood, pronounce him runaway Elave,
and deliver him to the aheriG Of the county in
which the arrest is made. The sheriff is com-
maade3 to imnrison the unfortunate nau
without aEy writ Of commitment, and adyer-
vtr,ise for master: IT, at tie expiration Of
nsx n ,nthe, no claimant appear, tho imprison-
ment shall bs continued other sir months;
a. then the d,omed wretch ahal1 be taken
out ard sold TO the highest bidder. And it is
cnac.ed that this cruel 1a1ce, this scaudalous
and outrageous abuse Of ]aw, this open and
apparent premium o. mAn-slealing; "shall rest
"in the purchaser good and iudeftasible tile
"nxaibss all persons whatever" Strange
cause, this, for congratulation and rejoicing!
Strange political ropes and aspirations that
could 10 Enlightened by i'll Somewhere We
lave read ofa tyrant aud monster sitting upon
rocky beach, convu.ssd with laughter At the
drowning struggles Of shipwrecked crew.
Tie stme loathsome aud revolving aspect Of
human cature was brough. painfully near our
ksndli<r feelings when Nj. Dopglas,-born in
free State, raised in d FREQ State, Senator
frsm t1oe S:atc,-rose, chucklipg, in lis
ssat, AID With tauntirg efr.ontery related
how 4 portion Of his own country:
larger thaa Franco end Switzerland put To-
gether, had been. reduced 10 slavery; and rot
slavery as it was in tie patriarchal days, but
elarc1y in it's meanest AID most dabaeing fern,
There WEE another circumstance connected
with lie euslavemeut Of New Mexico, which
deserves At least a passing notice. 1twas not
arn,,oh thaf tha 1,,net ngr,,fo r, h. t,n.-