The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1867-01-25
From Harper Weekly
Uhipping and Selling american
CtfSSeaS.

Our readers Will llaye observed a late
order OF Gen. Sichlc>. furl,iddine The pub
he whipping of m,n in his military de-
parImenl- Governor Worth went 10
Washington TO protest against This action
OF Gen. Siclle>. and hc states in his mes
sige that the stale WAS .-a~iomdel'' at
the prohibition --io execute the laws which
have existed with uS and our ancestors for
many hundred wears Tie president.
after Eearing Governor Worth. promptly
annulled the order of Gen SickleS. and
thereby directed that the public tiogging
OF mem should bc resumed an a part OF the
country in which there l. no valid author
iiv iul iilai OF The niiel States
NOW iii,.ii ,x- max ali understand exact
" What Gen >ichleS forbade and the
president permits, We refer them not only
10 the picture oi lir. Ng>i. elsewhere in
this paper, bui 10 the private testimony
which Ne rey1ire from Il gentleman lately
connected with u court martial sitting in
Rllei.h. North Carolina. He states ihat
every 'lay ,liIlina .li.oui 4 month. while
Ike state count wssS Recently Sitting In Ra-
i.;-1- IL p 1900 - 49, ,,-,,ac aa,yu-,
with, ->ine the ruhlic whipping OF colored
m.n - i;l>i 49, ileg were convicted and
>enlcnc,d 10 bc whipped by the cugrt
and Io >,e ,he Victims ct Ihc same court
sold al auction t.r a term ui vesr>-ihree
years helm. the li~la,l term He SAWS that
tie Ioqalc w,rc vcr; cNultant when the
pr->iiIll'> order came prohibiting ihe >ci-
,iicr> from interfering with ihl> treatment
ot The color,,l people, He hnew one case
m which ihrcc hmlred la>hr> were laid
un-
The same gentleman STATES that Ills
sentence of whipping operates IN North
Carolina a. a ciNii ll>ql,aliiicali IA - that
none oi these ,iclim~, according 10 the To-
cal law. cpnii ever Nnic. even if tie >rf-
tr.ine w,rt extended 10 roiore men. Thcv
:,rc disqualified la advance.
Thus Ike freedmen are >till pursued and
sacrificed by lle :lIic cnl LAWS of slavery
.ini thus lhe race OF lrlffie,i rebellion ox-
pclldS ii>oil upon the mc>i hclplc>s ami
unfortunate "i The population let all
these tragedies should constantly remind
IT, illaI ihc hate dominant class In lie
southern states are poisoned to the verv
marIow hy Tie >y>tem Of slavery; AMI
thai 40 duty ot' this nation i now - sol
cmn and paramount az to take care that
the llle >l;i,ys shall not ir tortured No
plea oi stale llw cor local iaw no fear of
national intervention or Capitalization or
Consolidation should Prevent the pcolle of
Tie United S.aleS from protecting those
who are hated and persccuted because of
their fidelity 10 the government Ii for a
single year ti.c white people OF the late
rebel STATES should be made 10 suffer what
the colorei people there haze endured for
generations. The world would cry ont with
shame and horror. The president OF the
Georgia senate. in some recent inSolent re-
marks upon the question OF reorganization
haughtily said that even the worm may
turn. Let him ponder his words. Let
him, and al for whom he speaks. under
stand clearly that such words in the
mouths of ihu>e who. after the most un-
spgakahle crime. are offered the most un-
prccelcnted clrmency. are amu>in" but
I'm the mouths OF those who are guilty of
the most intol .r.ible mcanness and tyranny
toward others such words are in,lcscrica-
bly, cun;e:npiihle.
4 General! >ielies may he very sure tha.
hi> wise and humane order has not lost
him any friends among the loyal people of
this country And the president NAV be
equally sure that he has not canned any 10y
hi> conduct In the matter