Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-02-08
Mr.. Nasby In North Carolina
From the Toledo Bladc.1
CoSFEDRIT X Row \
Swich il in the Stait Of ken.uchy.l
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CoSFEDEIT X Rotps.l
1Wich IL in the Stait Of kentuchy.l
December 81, 1886.
For two weeks past hev bin in North Car.
DINA, and hav had an opportunity nv bein nv
service 10 my friends and the good cause.
wuz there collectin funds for the ncw ct
lege at this pint, to wich l am devoted hart
and sole, and wuz a maxim my home at ker-
! mel Abslum Pcdgers who resides just back Of
Eawly, aad whose table ard cellar permit me
to say are unsurpassed in tie South. Kernel
Podgers is gentleman w the old skoal. who
i'Fes IN lnzurious elegance onto q plan,ashnn
w loo akeTs, and who has troo pietv into
him and alluz wears shirt frill. Arorc r. ,
war he owned 200 nig-cra. ana ,lis sole run
min ont aiter EN-, he Lcz managed since tic
war, to collect the most nv en- together on the
old place He hez bin busily engaged in sub
dooin nv en- Ar d bringing EN- back 10 ther nor
maj conaishun. but alas ther was difficulties
in the way. The men nggers. with an obstina-
Ct wiel can account fo~, refused TO worl,
for 81 per month, and the wiInen hevin ben
mostly married to thor husbands i,v the char
lin uv regiment which was stashune1 here
doorin the war, refused 10 ,esoom their OIL,
relations, and things looked serious. Most
men would hey yielded to circumstances ant.
give up. but Kernel Podgers wuz not nv tia,
stripe. He owed Il duty 10 those misguided
hens wioh he felt he must fulfll; and besides.
lie is desisous Of bulain new house mex.
summer, and sendin two daughters nv his
wiie1 to seminary next seasoa. and he rel,
tha; he must bring to their senses III sed
that he stood in the relation " q father iigeer-
atlvcly speakin, 10 all uv en-, aad literally 10
many q en-, an,i waz he agoli 10 let era 90 en-
hy'n oui Nv iheir normal speer No. any.
The first day wuz there, crisis occurred.
John Poagers his son, insisted upea tak;n
away The wife NV a malatto, and tie ieesr
forSestin his posishcn. waz impuden.. .1chn
struck him, and the legrstcti wretch vatiea
in and whaea him unmcrciful Ills, uv course
Good not he endoofed. The Podsers boo, riz
and that niger wuz seized and Gated till he
a;ed. FL remember right, expired wa:le un-
dergo:n discipline. 1t may bc Re lirel tin
mcrnin, but it 'nst'e.s nat, car;in tl.at like
10 be accurate
1t wuz solemn and Impressive sceae. Tie
Kernel he'd the Etliiop:an's wifepresea, tioosin
the infection uy the punishment, and ta shon
her that he did not perceed without authority,
before commencin he read to her from ssri.,:er
the chapters treating Nv Ham and ,Iager, and
the passage commencing ;scrgauee obey ycor
masters, and then wallopcd him with more
sigor than spozed wuz left il nan SO ,ll.
Hepintea to the nigear on The ground, after he
WE eut down, and tellin her that he hoped ii
would he q lesson to her bale her 60 10 her
quarters. Bn; the reryerse creccher ,..tln r.
She ran awaF ana complained TO the ot;ecr ii
the neerest place, who insied nv saniin ny her
back under guard, with his complimets 10 Ker-
nel Podgers. ac;ooiy fol warte,i her Complaint
TO Gen. Sickles. who forthworth struck blow
AT the foundasbcns w the fabric NV Southern
society, and ordered the arrest Nv the Kernel
who wuz 10 wnsnt placed in durance vile
There WIZ eggsciiemcn, in the vicinity. l |
never saw sach fermentashen Men ran 10 |
and fro with b,encht cheeks ani cskt Wat
next? Is Cur ;ites 10 be taken rom rs, Ia |
Johnson a holler moekcry . And they made
np purse, and begged me 10 so to Ardroo ana /
stand between en- and icstrucksl,cn. ran
Up 10 Washington and had an iutervoo with /
his Eggslencr, the President. lie Enovl Eer /
bel Podgers--in his younger days To he'd made t
his ceat-and ez techcd upon tic old man |
immuretl,in dismal dungeon, he wep B,tl
A. Johnson hez deci ion uv character. W.pin /
his eyes he ishooa q crier for the revohasIun t
uvsieklcsscs ABSURD order ,tatniggcrs shooelp', |
be whlpt, aad speshil order co.nnlanl;n the |
offices who lad he Kernel in custody TO tma |
him over 70 The civil courts, 10 be tried in ac
cordanee with The laws nv North Karliny.
Armed with these documents, aew back
and The mite arrived he'd the satisfack shun
NV taking the kernel on, f Jail. anl takiu
him afore Justice nv the Peace, where he
gave bail to appear afore the Common Pleas
2 answer charge Of manslaushtcr, pre-
erred by The widier nv the dead aisger.
A day or two afteI the case WIZ heard. ]
sppeasn for Kernel. held that the ease bc
dismissed Cor the followin reasons:
l. The charge NV manslaughter wuz absurd,
o. the reason that in the minds Nv The Son,h.
'rn people hcz allus bin the gravest doubts o.
o whether the niger is ac.illy man. I held
hat the length nv his heel, The thickness Nv h;s
kull, the length uv his arm, all showed that he
yuz NV distink species. Ef this is the case.
z mater NV course the Kernel goes free.
: The Kernel can't be held, allovin the
iigger to be man. The laws Wv the State nv
North karliny permit,he whipping Nv nigccrs !
'ut they don't prescribe the quantity Nv whip
pm which, may he inflicted. It's matter