Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-06
VIII They Believe This?

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States are inclined to be rather ineredu-
lous in reference to the reports Of the
barbarous treatment Of slaves by their
inhuman masters in the far South, and
still try to cover up their dark deeds of
yillainy TO keep them from the public
gaze
But we propose to give few instan-
ces Of the same kind a little nearer
home.
The FIRST instance was related in this
town, few hours after it occurred, by a
young man who has always been pro-
slavery in his feelings, and strong sym
pathizer with the South
The scene occurred in Kentucky
ehiralrous Kentucky Just across the
river from Nswburg, Ind, there lives a
man by the name Of George Hill, who
owns 4fge farm and number Of ne
gross To the latter, however, ks has
only ihiefs title
One OF these negroes expressed de-
termination 10 leave his master and Join
the Federal army By some means Hill
found out the intention of the man, and
at once determined to prevent it.
1t was Sabbath morning that be got
the news, and at ten o'clock be took the
/ poor fellow, stripped and tied him, then
| took strap Of leather about two feet
and half long and an inch and half
broad. This he perforated with holes,
and cut notches ike saw teeth on the
edges, then dipping it into salt brine
proceeded TO the brutal work Of whip
ping. Of course every stroke with such
an instrument would produce horrible
blood blister. Thus be continued, stop
/ ping only At intervals to rest himself, un-
Ill four, % clock in the afternoon, aud how
much longer we know not, for our in
formant, who was in the employ Of Hill,
grew sick at the frighsful scene aud left
the place to return no more. During
these six hours be could not help evinc.
ing strong feelings Of sympathy for the
poor suffering one; and for this Hill, with
bitter oaths, frequently threatened him
with similar treatment A short time
previous to this an older brother Of Hill 8
undertook to whip a negro for some triv.
ial offense, and the negro, thinking that
kind Of work about played out, offered
resistance, whereupon Hill took his rife
and SHOT him. Fortunately, however, the
wound was slight, and the man recovered
and is nov in the Union army.
Now, these men have talked hard and
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airy party Of amalgamationisls in the
North, snd at the same time they are
holding, working, and abnsing as slaves
their own halfbrothers and half-sisters;
children that their father raised By a
black woman after he and his wife had
separated.
This is slavery as it is; not as i
might be E
And person would suppose that such
men as these would be the last ones tc
say aught against amalgsmatiou.
Our second scene was in the sam,
, community, and IL possible more horri
bic than the FIRST, and is equally as vel
, authenticated, being related by an eye
witness: A man, familiarly known a
. Cornell Mccormick, an overseer 70
John Mccormick, took negro woman
stripped and tied her, and then proceed
1 ed to whip her until be completely ex
hausted bis strength at the 6endisI
work Then, alter resting himself, b
= took two little boys, tied them with rope
around the wrists. then hung them ~
two feet above the ground, strippeI
them, and then whipped the little fellow
until they were so near dead they couli
\ not cry.
These things are done in Kentuck
where slavery is said to exist in its mild
est form--if so, pity the worst fern
: If man in this community we're to Ii
: up his horse or OK and wantos
;. ly beat him to death, the curses of
y Justly indignant community would res
! upon him. But 8 demon In huma
,. shape can tie up q man-his brother
his equal, nay, in humanity his superio
and beat bin to death and cast asid
10 his carcass as be would that of hos
t, and then walk forth into community 3
gentleman Of high standing and
u clever fellow.
6 And / am serry to say that there Ar
r men in all the Free States that are $
se devoid of all the principles Of mors
= honesty, Justice and humanity, to sa
s. nothing of virtue and religion, that the
= can unblushingly advocate the perpetuii
le Of this most abominable of all system
he known in the catalogue of infany.
A. ]. L. WALKER.
of Newburg, Ind, July %, 1864.