The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-15
DAILY LEADER
s.The Great Law of Ham,

lfrOm the Olnclnnau OsmmerCial
The Montgomery, Alabama, Ledger, Of
August II, ponderOuSly inquiries:
"Now let US ask upon what ground It
can be supposed that the negro, by his emil
grafton (2) to the land of the white mar,
has been excepted to the great Law Of
Ham n
We are ourselves suffering for an an
swer, and while pro slavery theologians,
IKE the Rev. Nehemiah Adams, and the
Right Rev. Bishop of Vermont, are pre-
pairing q proper response, we solicit infor.
nation on the following points:
Wherein does the great Law of Ham diff
Ter, in provision, from that of roast Beet2
Is The Ham referred 20 of . kind that
can be smoked or dri, d, boiled, broiled, or
Does the grest law of Ham furnish the
original precedent for the custom of the
SwhOle hog or none" or develope in ia
operation the great principle of root hog
or die y
Does the great law of Ham include
Bacon, II so is 1t strong enough to control
the 'rasher" Of the two2
Was Ham bred under the great law, or
only mustered?
Does the law extend and apply to atbe
Ham fat man
Is the great Law founded upon the nstur-
81 relation between Ham and. EgRs9
But IRE seriously speaking, and AZ an
Piled TO the negro, Wss the great law Of
Ham properly enforced in Nay last (side
the records OF Montgomery Hall HOSPITAL. |
surgeon Phipps in charge upon a party
OF thirty negroes who had followed VII.
sons raiders. and, returning, were surpris-
ca, thirty miles east of Montgomery, while
and set upon BY one Ferguson, or
roster, an ovefseer. Did he execute the
great law of Ham properly upon
jacob Steele-both ears cut Off"
amanda Steele-both esrs cut of ?p
NANCY Steele-both ears cut off"
Is maj the way Ham is sliced under the
great Law in Alabama
Does the great law provide hat Ham
hall DO pared (see same hospital record
"Msry Steele-scalped; whole side of
lead carved clean away; died7"
Does the great law precribe that Ham
hall be cured after this fashion:
"Luther Jones-beard and chin cut offYp
Or that Ham shall be peppered in this
washington Booth-Shot in the back
nth 8 load Of buck-sbot while returning
eseesbly from his work27
Does the great law direct that BAN shall 1
Q prepared for pickle (see same hospital '
sport in this style
Robert servant of Colonel Houph. of !
-enersl Smiths stsf-stabbed on stems of
house by q confederate soldier, diving six
sys after, on the 9 h Of July ~ I
James Taylor-stabbed, one-haIf mile
ON town, seven times in the lungs, twice I
the arms, greed by two shots, one arm l
It one third off"
james MonrOe-cut across the throat {
bile ssddling a horse, by a white man. a
ugust Is ?" :
We begin to zee what 1.-THE crest law of
am means il Alabama, and if wedid not
e record of the Freedmen's Hospital. At
ontgomeIy, furnishes a complete expo F
The great law of Ham was enforoed in N
is manner since the 22d of July: p
William Brown, shot in the lett hand, b
ar this city,"
William Mathews, about the 18th of
lgust shot in his arm, on Mathews
neal town, at the request of
MILESTONE, shot through sthe |
* July Is, by the son.in.law of his en-
ster, named John A. Houser." Z
IN the whole, we have made up our Il
nd not TO wait for an answer from Rev. ID
finnish Adams or anybody else. We
of the opinion that the negro Hby emf. .
70 the land of the white man. bns L
escaped the great Law of Ham. He L
beer roasted under il, boiled under it. II
go under It, carved under it, peppered L
Ter It picked under it and pretty effect jus
ly cured under it. He has had 3 fair a
re OF the great law of Ham in Alaba. IT
and We are free TO ssy that we are not L
that the great law has been set aside. a
have had enough of it on this CONT -
t. Humanity demands that Ham here. III
shall be served up under the same
oral Laws that apply ~ Sho GIeaGnIenT
thor human flesh. Let US have done ~
a 1the great lAw-oE Ham" X