, 1862-07-01
NIGGER IN THE wD0DPIGE.


: From tbs Peorta Transcript, ssth.1
PgEIH, June q, 1862 !
The grand saehems Of modern democracy
assembled this afternoon ut o'clock, to Illus
trate the pure article, aud show the world
Ehat they could do with a 'saiggger." They
About month since, q genulne son Of {,
genuine negro made Ills appearance at the
house Of. Capt Joseph Mans, il this city,
where he has since remained Capt. Mans Is
a captain in Col Carr's cavalry, and lifelong
report .hfas. the-
Anyhow, fhe negfohaB beFn here, ann has fed
and elApse at che feaidencs Of the captain. 49,
The cont1abandn Was an eye sore to our
BEN ocfafs.-Fhey plainly ftlhatrhe i -77as Was :
"roofiDg out free white labor.n Hence the
negro must be taken care Of They couldn't
5lesp nor eat, 50 haunted m were they BY the
B. e.Pfettyman, Democratic asp1rant for
Congress under the Egyptian swindle, made
out The papers. Not being willing, however,
to appear publicly IN 80 dirty q transaction, i
man named G. 4; Roberts, agood democrat:
Donald, the vnuld- be Secretary Of State, would
say, an "dtteso7ey'' was depnted to conduct
the prosecution. a person named OImstead,
once captain IN Col IngersoIp 8 cavalry, .oho
for :twenty-ave dollars, one half the flne !!
olmetead and Roberts, backed By the Assem-
bled Democracy, made clean case Of tt. The
"nfgger'' Was l." nigger.''' The jury, as by
law they were compelled to do, hronght him
H. n "gpl1ty;n The court On these same grounds
Nov, the question Is, Rtat shall be done
with the "nlggert', The Law says, stsell
him Win tie Democracy do It : At this
writing the assembled wisdom Of that Party
are holding eaucus st greggsFy; yo,5 AZ IS soon
! formed OF this be sured-Democ ocratlc prin.
! ciples ehau be y1ndicated in Pekln. -
| We understand that the !" Democracy" oi
| Pekiu hardly daring to sell the negro whom
| they convicted Of belonging to that doomed
race, the other day, concluded to bail him and
let him 20. Accordingly q brother in gooi
standingn stepped forward and became secu
rity for sambo, and be was released Wha'
viii become Of the Ethiopian remains to b,
seen. Il Is apprehended that be VIII be per
suaded, i possible, to seek some other locaI
ity, Wills h!5 brother Dem ocrats will IS fix up
the: LINE between themselves.
The immediate origin Of the affair, SO il
keeping and SO creditable to the "pemoc
1acT," Is said to lie in disappointment owe
the result Of the Tote on the new eonstitu
ton There we're some dozen aspIEants 70
office. under the new Instrument, in -Pekin
whose hopes we're bnghted at-the untowart
restlt.: DiEappointn had not tangh
them to possess their souls with Patience
and accordingly they looked around 10
something or somebody on which or. o
Ehom to Fent Their spleen. Their eye
| less: dispised, ebony -hQed image Of God, an
they said to themselves, HERE'S the victim
The constitution, so far as he is concerned, j
triumphant. Let Us haste to- put it in force.
So they hustled the negro into court, convict
ed him Of being just What the, Almighty ha
made him, and fined him fifty dollars for Wha
the Almighty had been guilty OF And ther
they stopped: Why they did not procee
and turn Pekin ito q mart Of human 1esl
Perhaps they saw themselves as. other
Eaw them men in an enlightene
country, and in an enlightened and Cnristfa
| age, protesting to be enlightened themselve
hunting down, and depriying Of an asylum b
slowed by q soldier, 8 patriot and q Christian
an inoffensiEe, but despised and down-trodde
black man. 1t vas q brave deed, worthy
| brave men. We congratulate them over IL
!: achievement, We trust that they will no
, proceed against Captain Maus, and sec tn
be is severely punished for inveigling Il
| darkey within the limits Of the State