Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1861-02-16

people Ol new Mexico, tnrOugn their legislature,
enacted code for the protection Of slave pro-
perty. Although have none Of that kind Of pro
perty to demand protection, commend the wis
dom and applaud the patriotism that prompted
the enactment of such code and | denounce as
false aud maeyolent the allegation that said code
10 one Of signal atrocity and inhnmanity, Its
purposes are just and It's provisions humane 1t
aims toprotect the slave c0rporeally aud morally,
that his usefulness to bis master and his own so
briefly, morality and happiness may be in the
highest degree attained. 1t may be, however, that
Mr.. Greeley finds some ground for the charge Of
strocityn the I'D section Of the code, which for.
bids the smalgamatiOn fwhitapasons and negroes
declares marriages between such persons void, and
Furnishes with a sayora penalty any white person
who may procure Or attempt to procure marriage
withanegro. The editor OF the Tribune may re.
gard il as rather atFcriona and inhpmane fof any
law tomposa restraint upon the exercise Of 4
taste which the ultra members Of hia party occa-
sionally eynce, to indulge in The luxury Of that
sort Of conjagal association.
That the scum OF Southern mscaldom TO
quote the elegant diction Of Mr.. Groeey-4driyoa
ontof California by the San Francisco vigilance
committee, has driitea into Arizona and found
lolgment there" isa charge no less FALSE than The
otheralesaiions Of the Tribune ! speak by tho
record when say that not a single Southern man
was expelled from California by the San francisco
vigilance committee, Those unhappy subjects
were ali from the North, and mostly citizens Of
New York. The interesting catalogue consists Of
Billy Mullgan, Reub Malonay, Charley Duane
Dan Alrldch Casey, Cora, Yankee Sullivan and
Others, all Of whom were Northern men and ad-
dicted to the practice Of shoulder hitting and bal
otbox stuling. They have neyersot lootin New
Mexico, but are enjoying the as3ocatonand pleas
ures oil congenal spirits in the city which Is hon
ored with The presence Of Horace Greeley. lhe
only man now within the border Of the Territory
Of New Mexico WHO, to my knowledge, has ever
been there who laIc California uadal the pressure
Of theo oan Francisco vigilance committee 5 Judge
Edward Mcaowan, who, after his expulsion man
ldIIy returned was tried by the sail committee,
and aonorabiy acquitted, and is nov a respected
resident Of TINT portion Of New Mexico known as
Arizona As Mr. Greely has seen 90 to help out
his diapaTagemenl and calumnlatOn Of Now Mex
leo by branding Southern men as outlaws and ftl.
gi,yes from justice trust he will haze the ma9-
nanimity to excuse me for Introducing, by way oil
sot off, the names ofsoma ofhis Northern friends,
That b0rdermlianB who were inllly driven out
Of Kansas have migrated to New Mexico IN plat.
oons uue4urocally deny. venture to assert
that there ar1 not haifa dozen Of thai classoim
now within the borders Of That Territory; end, to
my knowledge no man of that class has EVER been
appointed t0Gny Federal 0llicein New Mexico
The editor Of The Tribune not content with tEo
utLeance Of tho foregoing csunnias, in order to
accomplish his purpose Of defeating the proposed
admission Of Neg Mexico into the Union fur
fsa'' Alss'a al-l''eiis o'''T1'y sso'e ..,is.
cenoy and honor by entering upon an unbrdled
and nnscrupu0us attack upon tho native ahahl-
tan's and domestic lnsutuulns ol the Territory
lie says !" The mass OF me people are Mezicani
~ hyoTid race o. spaHllh ana lndlan or'g'l'----
They are ignorant and degraded demorallzed and
priestfidden The debasng system ol peomge-
amoi'lied .ayery-is stll maintained there !
deny that paonage as 1t exists N New Mexico Il
q modified slavery, or any slavery at au' u Is
merely system OF apprenticeship CT Temporary
voluntary seryitude, Whereby man Is enabled to
borrow money or otherwise create q debt, ana 70
give his personal service at q Stipulated rate ol
hire Is security for the payment thereof Inc
law authorizes the making OF the contract and
enlorces its tutmont giving to the peon The pTiyl-
Iege OF changing from one temporary owner ol nus
services TO another whenever ne becomes oppiess-
ed Tor unfairly treated This change is made by a
laclle ard inexpensive legal process which Is NC
cessib,e and attainable by the humbest person
who may have found it necessary Or convenient to
enter into that condition Of temporary seryitude.
deny that theres anything debasIngin tllis sys-
TEN, The social and political Status ol an lndyid-
ua is not effected by his entering into tho condl-
ton ofa peon. His right OF suffrage and all 9TH
erciyil rights remain unimpaired' There Is no
entament of his services upon his family or any
member thereof It is simply voluntary en-,
gaecment torender personal service at a stated
hire fora valuable consideration 1t is-an opIge-
ton entered into with the entire will Of the obI-
gor, which may be satisfied and discharged BY
him at any moment upon the payment oil the
debt on which the obligation was founded This
system has none Of the elements or attributes oil
slavery and i the ehndereT oftha people whom
have the humble honor to represent means tC
insnuate that the existence oithis system oil vol
untary serytude has exercised an agency - pro
ducng that pro'slayeTy sentiment in New Mexico
, which has been manifested by the enactment oil
slave code, | denounce such lnsnuatlon as an un
wanantabe assumption :,
The attempt to dlsparage the territory ol Ne"
Mexico, by branding her people as hybrid rae,
Of a spanish and Indian origin viii meet piomP'
relutaton and rehuke from every mlna that y IA
miliar with the history oil tnat portion q ou'
country. Ever since the conquest ana cgiollzl NJ