Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-07-05
MHSCEALANEoUs.
THE FLoGGING sCHooLahsTEl

drous indeed, there rs none perhaps more
striking than that which has taken place
in the mode Of furnishing delinQncn's.
Formerly, the arm Of The law seemed III
be ner=ed with something vcry nearly
akin 10 revenge in cxacIing penance for
an evil deed, all its efforts were directed
TO The body instead of the mind, aud in
proportion to The corporeaI pain inflicted,
was judged the due expiration os the crime:
no meliora,iou ia the ollendcr~ns thought
,oi, except bv inspiring terror, aud 10 the
a5sarb idea of srppor,ing The dignity Of
the law. were sacrificed every principle
OF enlightened justice, aad every feeling
oG sn(t humanity. In lie old country we
particularly allude lo.Great Britain, the
whipping post was TO be found III every
town and,vilase. aud the pil!ory end the
stocks were constantly exhibited on mar
he, days in The rural districts some dcsra-
ding spectacle or other OF rustic vice con-
demned by iudiscrimina'in5 magistrates
thus 20 pay,ihe forfeit Of their 'fiH!nS mis-
deeds. In The training of The rising gene
ration, similar process o! summary &C.
lion was pu, in movement 10 quicken tic
slow, aud excite The diliscn'. aud III oil
cases of Juvenile deiinquonci"s. whether
of commission or commission, Iilc rod aud
the bIeecli were ever brought 10 i'y c"n-
clusions together. Schools in those days
were regular flayin: establishments, and
The young student found TO h!s cost that
The road TO learning. as was once apply
remarked By celebrated vii. invariably
lay through groves Of birch and gentry
tapcring lime ,wics. II is n melancholy
fact in human physiology that ha5it us
in1ic,iug pain generates ever IN The mid
est ,emperamcn,s kind OF feroci.y that
supeiccdes all other pleasures, and lie who
once induIges;in h,uw to c!iid, mi!e u:
dependent, is in great danger of de.cner-
a,ins Into most mcrci.css tyraut. We
recvlIec, sume clerical pelagusucs who
had an absolute passion icr the birch, aud
the sishr Of q black COVE and bard even
now excitcs in. US feeling Of horror wh hich
we can hardly master. some years ago,
before The conclusion of peace hctwc ecu
France and England. an enisrnrt Of the
former cqpn'ry. probably u ,lrsccnisn, of
Que of 'he: great families ranking with the
De Nlonlin0rency's or De Clutches in the
days Of their rerown. was travelling in the
West Of England, ekinG ou, his living by
taking portraits OF miniatures. and hiding
his poverty under lhs, noble pride and in.
dus,rious action for which The fugitive
French unblessce were so r0Mafkahlc at
,ha, period.
I, happened ,hnt as he WIS ,rujrims
along the road on fccr. and chou TO enter
the small Gown Of Credin.on. iu Devon
shire, he was encountered hy host "fhovs
of al! ages belonging 10 Il school il The
neiehborhood, who had obtained hall II
holiday in consequence "f the re,"icines
occasioned by recent intelligence OF one
Of The victories won by Lord Wellington
in Spain. Attracted by somerhins Pccu
liar in the appearance os The treEchrnan,
the mischievous uiciiGs surrounded him.
shouting and halIouius a, the top nf ;h"ir
voices, Down with tie French Wei
;usion forever :" which Monsieur not re-
lisiias. a lit!c aircr:alion cnsue;l: row
quickly followed, in which lie crown Of
the strangers hat was broken in aud his
Goa, covered with drt. Unab!c from their
Number 10 contend successfully with hi'
Youthful ndversaries, nc made way for
the school burning with resentment. and
proclainins aloud his intention OF laying
his compIaiut before the head master.
Now this said head master was perhaps
the scyeres of all his tribe that had been
known in ,tin, part of The country for ages:
a Doctor Of Divinity and mos, able
scholar, he had by the success Of his pupils
n, the two Universities, acquired charac-
ter which cycry year of his swny he
seemed desrous to increase by The inccs-
sani use of The birch. Aware OF The con-
SEQUENCES Of condemnation. the boys con
cocted plgu by which to divert the anger
Of the mas,er from themselves 10 thr COM
plainan,. Du,funning tho Frcuchman
they arrived NJ the house, nnd irlorlncd
the Duc,or lha, they had oeen insultsd in
The road By Frcnch-spy; row had taken
place, ard he was coming h,her i;pPudcnt-
iy TO beard :hem oil.
On The Frenchrpan's reaching the school.
with lille regard to ceremony, aud ir.ita-
ted beyond measure al the sigh, Of his hat
and garments, which his slender purse
could i'll afford to repair he loudly ex-
pressed his wrath, aud demanded usinnt
justice to be done on the nssressors. The
Doctor refused with some asperi,y, com.
menling on his questionable charpc,er; The
Frenchmnn rejoined in rage. until losing
NIL command of himself lie dared In saw
he was no gentleman. "What I" said
the school mns,er ''insul, me before my
own scholars! ".Horse him boys, instant
ly."
The latter ar,onss. whom were many
strappins fellows Of Is or 10 years OF age,
delish,ius in the fun, were promp, in obey
ing the order and surrounded the unhappy
Monsieur, Notwithstanding tho most visor-
Gus resistance on bis part, stripped him
and mounted him on one Of their backs.
10 q few seconds he wns wri'hlng aud
yelling beneath the birch nf the pedasogue,