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THE PEOPLE'S
NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS,
From the Book of JOHN, the PILaRIM, Chap. XII.
BY DAVID THE SCRIBE.
TN the days of Abraham the Just, the people of the land, called Uncle Samuel's Land, resolved upon holding a great
-^ convocation at the foot of the mountain which is called the Mount of Consideration, in the Valley of Hope about a
noonday's journey from the city of Gotham, as thou goest to the village of Jericho '
In the month of Oct-o-Ber, on the 28th day of the'month, did the People convene, and after a solemn silence had
prevaded for the space of half an hour, the following counsel was rehearsed in the ears of all the people, from an ancient
book called the Book of Exodus:
" Now, THEREFORE, if ye will obey my voice, indeed, and Iceep my covenant, THEN ye SHALL BE A PECULIAR TREASURE
UNTO ME ABOVE ALL PEOPLE: for all the earth is mine.''
After which the People, in their majestic sovereign capacity and power, uttered and spake all these words, saying:
I. This Great Nation, as it hath been, so it shall continue to be,
One and Indivisible ! And it shall not be lawful to set up any
other authority than that which hath been established by our Fathers
Washington and his compatriots forever.
II. Thou shalt not make unto thyself any tre.4_sonable confed-
eracy hostile to the benign Government under which ye do live.
Neither shalt thou take heed in any wise to tlie unlawful pretensions
of an iniquitous Slaveocracy, by whom the simple and unwary are
apt to be deceived and led into irretrievable bondage.
III. Thou shalt not by any means deride or profane the name and
good purposes of our servant, the President, nor of any of his
appointed Ministers of State. For such evil-minded traducers of
" the powers that be" -will not be held guiltless before us.
IV. Remember that thou keep and duly observe all the days set
ajiart as memorials of the Greatness and Power op this goodly
NATION THE FooRTH OF JuLY, and all the great days of Thanksgiv-
ing FOR Victories. That it may go well with you and your children
and that ye may rest from all your labors in quietude and peace, when
your redemption from your enemies shall have been accomplished.
V. Honor the Revolutionary Fathers, and the Signers of
THE Declaration op Independence, that thy days of peace and
. . ^"f ^* <^^^e to pass that for the continued preservation of the country, and for its defence against all the enemies
^Gxcn had risen up agamst it, the people determined upon a general election according to their constitution and laws
And they chose unto them Two Candidates. The one was ill-advised, and listened to the evU counsels of Villain
Digham and his Brethren. And they builded him a platform, which was very rickety, in the swamps of Chicago whereon
he was expected to stand. He had neither wisdom nor valor, and he was grievously afSicted at his heart with a very
short memory, insomuch that he could in nowise rmemJer the words of the People's New Commandment nor imbibe its
spirit And the People knew very well that he was not likely to observe and do all that the words of this law required
And the other Candidate was better advised, and he stood upon the nobler Platform which was erected for him in
the goodly city of Baltimore. And his wisdom and understanding and Tnemory were of the highest order of-excellence-
and the People knew that, as aforetime, he had acted according to the requirements of their Laws, so in the future he would'
assuredly continue to be influenced by all that right and justice, and truth and equity require for the re-establishment of the
nation m power, and for its continued defence against all its treacherous and powerful enemies.
And the people cried out with a loud voice: Let him be the President! Long live our Father Abraham i
Let him be the President!
And with a great shout-the shout of Victory !-with flags and banners, amidst the firing Of rockets and the roarin^
oi cannon, they rejoiced exceedingly. '^
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpets. But when the Copper-
heads and the men of Behal, who had treason in their hearts, saw it, they removed and stood afar off
T. .1, ^l^ ^'^ '^'u "''^''*^ ^'*' ^ "^'^ P'P^^ ^""^ *^^^' ^'^"-^ ^^*"^' '^^ i ^^^^ t^ey certainly did re-elect their great
Father Abraham, with an immense majority, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Eighth of November ?
1,. ^f ^f ^^^^^^.^ly the land had rest from all her enemies, both at home and abroad, and became the greatest and most
mighty of all the nations upon the face of the whole earth. And all the Kings, and Princes, and Potentates of Europe, and
the uttermost isles of the sea, did homage and obeisance unto her.
And the great Lord of Heaven himself, after that he had tried this people and afflicted them sore, (for they were now
repentant,) commanded the Destroying Angel to stay his hand, and promised that he would again become their God.and they
snouid be His people. ' -^
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prosperity may be long in the land, which the sacrifices and valor of
thy noble ancestors have bequeathed unte thee. '
VI. Thou shalt do no violexXcb to the person op any ma.n of
whatever State he may be North or South. Neither shalt thou
persecute him on account of the color of his skin, whether it be black
or white.
_ VII Thou shalt not violate the sacred rights of any one, to despoil
him o the uninterrupted enjoyment of " life, liberty, and the
pursuit of H.4.PPINESS."
VIII. Thou shalt not defraud the institutions op thy neighbor-
ing States; nor trespass upon the personal liberty of any of
their citizens. ^
IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against any of thy politi-
cal opponents, in order to compass their defeat. Nor shalt thou
connive at the intrigues of others who maybe plotting to ijring about
the same result. ^ r a o
X. Thou shalt not covet or desire to possess thyself of any thino-
relating to the peculiar institutions of thy Southern neighbors
neither his ox nor his ass; and with his Contraband thou hast noth-
ing to do ^let him go free !
And all the people said Amen.
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