The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-03-18
SIMON LEGREE," ALIAS JAMES
~ CLARK 10.

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y No Objection is 50 presevcringly urget
'F against Mrs. Stowe's great delineation 0
Southern Slavery, as that some Of he
IS characters arc impossibIy wicked. It
'i tnaldiained tliat nothing like Simon Le-
q gee could possible exist We com
q mend TO the attention OF this class ofcr,
Il les the following: s:lDA dts .50s .ggtls.
!, HoRRIBEE IRAcEDYi1N Mrssfss1ppL--
d The PauldiGg (Miss) Clarion relates he
+ following shocking affair: On Fuesda,
last, JanehtClark, wcllaknown ctllzer
$ Of the cbNa:y Of Clark, made an assault
Il upon his negro woman, fora cause whicI
i we have not beard stated. He then Or
dered her into corner ofthe room, and
commenced pitching ohis knife al her,
point feremosI.s AS The knife would en-
ter her flesh, he would compelhis victim
TO draw it forth and return it 10. bim.-
Il This demon;cal amusement was con.
tinuel until, the slave vas covered with
about fifty bleeding gishes. The same
d day he whipped his wife, cut her all over
her head With his knife, not dangerous,
we understand, bu, in a mass oc cruel
I and painful punclnres. He also cut Off
her eye.lids! ..e. ~. r,o .sai ecsr.g
| "Ths strange drama wound up on Fti>
/ day last by The commission Of murder.
Clark. on thai day, ordered his wife to go
and call Lewis, a negro belonging 10 The
family. She obeyed, but the slave relu-!
sed to come, through dread of his en-
ragged master we suppose. Mrs. Clark
returned and was whipped by her hus--'
band for bringing the slave! Five
times was she ssnt upon this caprcious
omission, five lines was it fruitless, and
each time was she whipped for the
failure. Clark then called 10 the slave
and told him he would shoot him next
morning. The negro, u seems, did moi
heed the warning, for while splitting rails
next morning., he was deliberately shot
by lns m2slcr, The wound was fatal +;
the negro ran abou: three hundred yards,
aud fell in mortal agony, Clark, who is
supposed 10 be insane, has been com
milted to answer for murlcr.n ,l,sag m,
Now, suppose this well known citizen
of the county of Clark had been pleased
20 end his dmhsemeat on ,hathoccasion
Iwilb The negro Woman, what would have
been done oF 3aidSabout II? What pro-
vision is made'in ;Ile laws Of Mississippi
his critac? None! On the !
contrary, bis o amusement was perfectly
lawful Mississippi paslime; one in which
he is perfectly projected by that law
which furbids cclored person from
giving evidence against one Of the Anglo
Saxon race, 1t is not likely thu, suchra
scene would be enacted in the presence
Of any other witnesses than his own
fanIiIy--his wife, chldren and servants.
Which Of these did The law making power
expect TO prosecute and give evidence in
such cases? The question answers it,
self, and the case shows clearly the 4
latitude Shareholders have left to ,hem- {
selves in constructing their .sa'ules.-
The shooting ofLewis will Of course be
justified, on tho ground Of necessary
punishment for disobedence. What right "
had Lewis 10 refuse obedience 20 his \
masters summons? None; not tho leas, I
md the laws Of Mississippi'do and have
always justified ,be shooting Of slaves !
Indet similar circumstances. The cruelty 1
o his wife ia the feature which calls for {
interference. AS 10 tlial
or murder, it will be mere sham
There is no record of master being t
convicted of murder in The first degree
for killing slave, but plenty OF prece- !
dents for finding such murder a jusIif- q
able homicide, on the ground of neces- {
;ary chastiserDent for disobedience. n
This fiend will of course be cleared on v
he ground Of insanity, and he was evi, c
lently insane Just as Nero or Caligula. "
i is The insanity OF cultivated cruelty, d
,orn and bred of irresponsible power, C
This wretch did not reach such pass in O
5y any sudden transformation. Il
l'he whole transaction shows furious I
curse of devilism: but who shall toll the Il
niecedent horrors which taught the poor S
lave woman to obey the mandate which b
made her a target for his knife; the wife h
bat she must be his messenger, and s
lewis to disobey his order at the pe.il ol a
ife? They did not all learn the lesson s,
n day or hour, aud il the previous n
errors of thar plantation could be laid G
are to the public eyes, Simon Legree's @
en- would be cast into the shade - d
'atmday Visiter. us'l H3H c,
o LONE PRAYERs,-Mr. Knapp, the grea, al
revival preacher" when in Boston, gave Of
lis caution TO his hearers lc
"Don'l talk too long my BRETHREN" @
id the Elder; "don't pray too long. b,
hen you pray, snake up your mind what III
'u're going TO pray for before you start. oil
hen pray at it. DON'T go round, and d,
und it. My brethren, if Peter. when til
, was overheard, had done as most of Ga
III do when you pray, land instead OF tn
king for what he then mos, needed, had s,
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