The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-24
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Am your King you my slave Such
=, 90 tn. language Of the Federal General Me
Cox, 10 tbs Rev DR.. Harris, of Nashville
:. en- he threatened him with death u ne Gd
iu't nse tie prayer TOR Tire President OF the
LIED States In those words are srokeu tvs
solumsnt sand 'ae parfo,e OF The North TO
wards the South Whist this mau McCook
pre- sss that be- il opposed To tho abolition Of
negro slavery, 10 is equally emphatic III n,
Bpostion 10 ensave white men. Ia tins
cop,nou purpose the sboltiori,;s and the con-
eerv,tiv.s Of tie North meet Oh one pls form,
hey are to be king" we their Slaves"
l. must bs said for this rufiAn McC0ok tht'
he Il at least free from the crime Of hVpocriev.
He 7sr not the policy 10 cloak his barbarian
purposes under gentle words. II. treats the
sub ct, 10 uss his own expression, with
''glC yes A. and reveals Fs very dirty hands
vitl III any aiectation Of shame. His couu
,ryui-n in general profess 30 be actuated by
hvsy emotions Of sympathy with the victims
ofoppression IN every clims, There never has
besa nation in the world which has revo''ed
since the establishment of American IndepoD-
dsnes tina, the North did OF feel itseif called
upot to admire and applaud NJ matter where
the torch Of rebellion WAS lighted. IL ~as
enough that it was rebellion to nsure iheiI
cordIa sympathy. Whether it was ne Mex
cana against Spain, u heti er it was revolu-
tiuni,ts Ia South America. Irish rebels agains,
Elfl and, Greeks against Turkey, Fr.uchm-n
sid Germans sgaiuat then kings. or I.Iy
assIlst the Austrians, the North boiled oyer
a
then -4 IS 10 our shores with tbs grandes'
uvgr:o i: 10 only lately that Ko-suth b.
came object Of frerZlsd idolatar, If. iho
North oeoause be was rebel sssuet tvrapr,v.
No, Until the South threw of the chaiDs Of
vassS age and deternined to 10 free did the
Nor:s attach any opprobrlum to the nanle c,
rebel name which has always heretofore
been with them 4 synonyms Tor all that ia
prals' worthy aud glorious
A ce.pot Is all the more 81 depot, that he is
many headed aud rnauy- handed Of all tyrants,
ne II % Ia the .lcs, odi0u,, senseIess, savage,
sod 1sastiy. Il a.s ~ law Tut tie own Wild
eas- ns aus hru,. torca u has no intel
hgsu's IN i;s cruelty and 10 sense Of &C
cont hlity 20 God ~ nao. No ,yrant
~ 5dern nnoS, not bomba of Naples
h4s iualled the atrocities already executed
by ia. Northern mob. It's hands are red to
mo elbows viii. Southern blood, and 1t pro
claim alone that shall be its slaves or be
eKteripinated IL has no conception of free
dom ..cep, i,s ow "A freedom from sll restraints
hunaI and divine. If we will continue to be
IL, hs,vers Of wood and drawers Of water, # ws
5,c la r,.t
nothing for ourselves, If we will yield into It's
hands u tis rich staples Of our coil, ana be
CONTEXT With bare food ard raiment for our
1ages, II will efaoiously consent TO permit VS.
to breathe the fro, air of Heaven O.her-
wiss ~e Are 10 bs eatermin8tod Slavery
"r death IL lite motto. Let the aDsw.r Of The
South be the answer of Patrick Henry III the
Revoi1tion, Give ms Liberty or give me
Deat."
Nc exhibition " hich the Northern people
have nlade Of themselves in this war 4. more
disgusting than its exposure OF the bypocri,i,
cal Iretsnsions 10 sympathy with tho cop
Pfesseo' At home, which, with many of them
constitute the ruling motive Of the war They
have SIZED oceans OF tears over the servitude
OF q ra 20 who have been slaves since the DAYS
when Noah pronounced bis curSs upon Ca
nAsn, and whore forsfathers in this country
were ali sold into bondage by their own an
oestort Whist humane, tender hearted, gene
roas psoplei Blu, because we DO not choose
10 become the victims Of their sickIy sensi
bilitias, they declare, WITHOUT compunc,ion or
biu'h. that they will make slaves OF G ar
s-ives, Of y race which has always been ire g.,
of people who have been till lately, ant.
whom hey still profess TO call, their country
msn' Il Am your king; you we my slave p
This is the sentiment Of this aut monarchical
aud snti-slsvsry people They burn cur
buses, destroy orr property, bombasd towns
TAI Of helpless women end children, AID
threaten ~ with universal extermination-
How CONSTANT, civiiissd, Christian or all
TIRE Inventions VI their rase, YANKEE humanity
il The one which best deserves patent /. IL
original throughout, unlike anything Of The |
kind ths world ever has seen OF ever will ~.