The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-06-13
Hlisrrllauaulls Arms.
From tic Gkdnksoa Sscaadrd
Outrage upon students in Boston.

the difficullyia Boston between some Southern
students and the police, which had nearly re
suited rJthe lasting injury ofa nephew Of one
Of the editors Of this journal. The facts gene
orally correspond with those published by uS
and which were furnished by party entirely
disconnected with the transaction. There car
be no question hut. that the disturbance was ell
tirely accidental. Three Of the party were
already in the omnibus to return when the net
occurred. There can be no question but tha,
the original act of disturbance itself was OF no
importance, for the party who brought it on
was only fined five dollars. The act COM
mitted 1by our nephew and his friends was
committed merel y in assisting fellow student
from difficulty, an act prompted by an esprit
du corps, which will exist in every college, and
whose promptiugs no student could think of
disregardng
An attempt like this, which was not even
successful, and which occasioned no injury
whatever to any officer of the law. we thought
was too severity punished by consigning youths
of unquestionsble respectabiiity and moral
character to the walls Ufa dungeon, without
food or the means Of sleeping for the MIG hit, by
plunging them hand cuff in public cart with
thieves and rascals, to the place Of trial the
next morning and by sentencing one to four
and another to six months imprisonment with
hard labor in common work. house; and in
speaking of it, therefore, We spoke with unne-
cessary severity of the place where such un.
wonted punishment could be inflicted. This
was unjust. The whole proceeding was con.
Quoted in the police court, where officers har-
dened by the necessities Of their severe expert.
ence alone were heard, and was unsustaned
and uncalled for BY the better feeling of Bns-
ton. An appeal has been taken in all the ca
ses, and we are pleased to learn, from a private
despatch received TN yesterday, that the young
gentlemen may return and stand their trials
before higher court, to which appeal was ta-
ken, without the fear OF such degrading punish.
ment as that originally intended.
Our remarks, however, upon the improprie
ty of sending boys to the North to be educa.
ted were generally correct. They must either
yield to public sentiment, or they must set it at
defiance. By one coarse the youth incurs the
risk Of becoming in heart an ab"litionist by
the other he is in danger Of becoming rowdy
and blackguard; and it is difficult to deter
jectionable to his relations us citizen Of tie
South.
Eztract from "Southron."
We deeply feel the importance of action
upon this subject, at this particular time. We
must admit that our senses have been quicken.
ed, not from the mighty arguments of internal
policy favoring this, so much as from tie abu-
ses which Southern students receive ut the
hands of Northern men. A recent occurrent e
we will cite, as we consider it an outrage upon
humanity. On last week three or four Cam.
bridge students went to Boston on business
One Of them upon going into Aliens saloon,
was insulted by a Yankee, which he only re-
turned with words, whereupon the proprietor
called out for policemen. 4 ruffian soon mp.
peared and seized him (the student) violently
showing him from the room upon the stone
pavement. Upon rising with bruised face and
hair matted with blood, his companions who
were in an omnibus near by, rushed to his re-
h.f As they approached, ra,tles were spru 6
on all sides, and they were knocked down with
clubs. All were overpowered except South
Carolinian about II years ofage, who exhibit.
ed the courage indigenous to his State, by re-
turning blow he had received in a manner SO
artful as to fell his antagonist. This was the
only damage done by them.
all were carried to the wacth house toge,h.
er, and thrust into filthy cell, where they re.
mained an hour or two, when they were hand
cuff.d and sent to prison. On reaching the Jail,
they were dragged out, loaded with their fet-
ters, and saluted by the captain Of the police,
ordering his men, Ito use bis own words to
"bring the animals along" They were placed
IN the narrowest cells, and when exhausted
from excessive fatigue, they attempted to sleep
on the damp floor, they were aroused by kicks
from brutal officers. Without water, food, or
any one to dress their wounds, they remained
until next morning, when, with their fetters,
they were thrown into theprison cart, and haul
ed along the streets to the police court. After
a short trial. two were sentenced to the house
of correction, one for four months, and the
South Carolina youth for six months, to hard
labor. The one with whom the row comnlenc
ed, was dismissed with FIVE dollars fine. The
fourth would not risk n trial. but by the aid OF
a friendly lawyer appealed to the city court.
All were finally haied' d'out. by appealing to the
city court, with bonds of five and six hundred
dollars each, which they will, Of course, forfeit,
rather than risk trial before another preju.
diced free soil Judge.
To show the spirit that actuated Bostonians
to this outrage, we quote the following from
the daily Transcript. Speaking Of the arrest,
1t says: 1T is said, that all the accused but one
(the one released hy paying IS 6ne) are from
the Southern States, which may account for
their apparent disposition to punish No,theln
officers of the law, in manner similar to that
exercised by their Kentucky peers towards
"yankee sclloolmaSters." You can rely upon
these facts as strictly true