The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-10

bail to appeer afOre the Common
Plees tn answer a charge NV man
sIawter, preferred by the wilder Nv
t e ded niger,
A day or two after, the case wuz
herd, / appeerin' fur the Kernel. [
held that the case be dismissed fur
the follerin reasons:
l. The charge Nv manslawter wuz
absurd, fur the reason that in the
minds NV the Suthern people there
hez alluz bin the gravest douts ez tn
whether the niger il actilly a man.
/ held that the length NV hiZ heel, the
thickness Nv hiz skull, the length Nv
hi2 arm all showd that he wuz dis
tink species. Eff this liz the case, ez
matter Nv course the Kernel goes
free.
2. The Kernel can't be held, al
lowin the niger to be man. The
laws NV the State Nv North Karliny
permit the whipping Nv niggers, but
they don't prescribe the quantity Nv
whippin witch may be inflicted. It's
matter witch is left entirely to the dis
cresion NV the whipper It's mat
to do neither hez the State. If the
Kernel he'd shot the niger he wood
be liable, for shoOtin amt prescribed,
NV course it intends the matter to be
left solely to the discreshen Nv the
party who hez the power to whip.
Nothin kin be clearer than that Shell
Kernel Podgers be punisht becoz a
niger hedn't powess Nv endoOrence?
Forbid it, hevenl
Here I rested the case. / showed
to the satisfackshun Nv the court that
the law waspnOt only just but humane,
and that any SIGH absurdity ez pun
ishin the Kernel for carryin out its
provisions wood be strikin blow at
the frame work NV society.
The court conceded with me, and
to-wunst discharged the Kernel, amid
the acclamashuns of the crowd. The
event wuz celebrated that afternoon
by whippin every niger within cir
kle NV ten miles. The exercise did
our people good. 1t wuz soothin.
In the meantime John POdgers he'd
gone afore Justice of the Peace and
made complaint Nv Susan Chat ia the
name of the female witch wuz the
cause NV the difhkilty), ez; vagrant,
and she wuz so declared by the JUS
It's and put up and sold. Under the
circumstances no one wood bid agin
John and she wuz struck off to him
at $50, wich the Justis, under the pc
cOOlyer circumstances Nv the case. re-
foosed to take. I saw John a marchin
Nv her home and felt happy.
The Kernels gratit0od Wuz bound
lis.
"Wat kin I do for your" sed he,
wringlin my hand in a fever Nv joy.
" Nothin!" sed / nothin. Vir-
choO isits own reward. But our Col
lege is languishin for want of means
let yoor gratitood take that shape"
He subscribed, and paid 5000, wich
cOnstoots him a perpetOOal Honorary
Professor, and 500 to make his wife
a perpetOOal honorary Professor. [
borrowd NV him $50 to take me home,
ez [ cOOdent Nv cOorse yoose college
funds, and departed $3.50 better. |
left regretfully. Now that this portion
Nv the South is gettin her rites, it is
trooly deliteful place to live, and [
shood like to end my days here. But
my postofis, and that collegel-I kin
never leave EN-, never. To that col
lege [ hev dedikated the few remainin
years Nv my life, and I'll never desert
it so long ez there's dollar to be
raised for it out Nv anybody.
PETROLEUM v. Nasty, P. M.
(Which is Postmaster), and likewise
Professor of Biblikle Politick in
the Southern Classikle 4 Military
Institoot.