The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-01-24
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uu ..HlIi4.A a, December 8lst, 1861
For two weeks past hey bin in North Carolina,
and hey he'd an opportunity Nv bein Nv service 70
my friends and the good cause. Ju.GYlf WA.
n / wuz there c0lleetln funds fur the new College
at this pint 10 wich am deyOlid beaTt and sole,
and wuz maxim my home0 Rt Kernel Abslun
| Podgers, who resides just back OF hawiy, ana
whose table aud cellar, permit me to say, Are
UNSURPASSED In tho South. Kernel POdgers 10
| gentleman Nv the old skoO WOO lives In luxurious
elegance onto aplantashen nv 1000 aiiers and
who hez troO plety into him aud alluz wears
| shirt fril iAfOre tho war he owned 200 nlggers
and his sole funnn out after en-, he hez managed,
sence the war, to collect the most Nv EN- and geI
together on the old place. He hez bin husAy
| engaged In subdoOin Nv en- and bringing em back
| TO their normal eOndishen but alas there wuS
| difficulties in the way. The men niggera with on
| obstlnacy which can't account for, refused TO
work for a per month, and the wlmen heyln ben
mostly married TO ther husbands by the chaplin
NV o regiment Yich wusj stashened here doorln
the war; refused to resoom their old relashens,
and things looked serious. Most men would hey
Welded 10 circumstances aud give up, but Kernel
Podeers wuz not NV that stripe. He owed dooty
Ftn these misguided beins wlch he felt he must
lf1IGI and besides he Is desirous Of bull lldin new
house next summer, and sendln two sdaugnterS
l(by his wife) 70 seminary next season, aud no
felt that be must bring them 10 Their senses ne
sea LlnL nc sgOOu III bnS t1in7rSH " " !, -
ReTatIyely speekin, 10 oil Nv EN-, anu hIseihiy W
many w EN-, and wuz he goln 70 let etn 80 on
| Hyin out nv their normal speeri Not any.
The first day ! wuz there, crisis occurred
John Podgefs bis son, insisted upon takln away
the wife NV niulatto, aud the. Niger, torgettln
hls posIahen, ylz lmppdent. John struck nlIni
him untnelcIful. This NV course Good not be
endoored. The POdgers blood rlz, and that
nIgger wus seized and Gated TIL 10 died. Ef |
renenber right he expired while undergoln dis
clplhe. Itmay be that he lived till morning but
ii matters not ceptln that like 70 By accurate.
II wuz o solemn aud Impressive scene' Tne
Kernel he'd the Ethloplans wife present doorln
the ip1lctlon Nv the punishment, and 70 show per
that he did not percede Without authority before
commencln he read TO her from Scrlpter the
CHAPTERS treatin NV Ham and Hager, and the
passage commencing 'seryance obey yoOr mas
ters, and then %allopsd him with more Vlgger
than spozed wuz left In man so old. lie pinted
70 the bigger on the ground, after he wuz cut
down, and tellIn her he hoped Il wood be lesson
to her, bade her 20 10 her quarters But tho
peryerse tfeecher didn't She ran away and com.
blamed TO the uiIloer at tho nearest post who,
fistld nv seudln NV her back under guard, with
his compliments TO Kernel Podgers aetilly for
,sartled her complaint 10 Gen. Sokles who forth
with struck blow at the foun6ashets NV The
fabric NV Southern sosety, and ordered the arrest
Nv tho Kernel, who wuz 10 wunst placed In
} doorance Vile f ".t lhl t""
There wus cggscitcmsut in the veihlty.i
never saw such aIermentashen, Men run 70 aud
fro with blancht cheeks, and askt "Wat next il
: our rites to BIO taken from us7 Is Johnson hol-
: Her mockeryl" Aud they made me. up . purse
and begged me 70 60 70 AudToo ana sIap1 pe'
tween ein and dCstruckshen. run up 70 wash
lnpton and he'd an Interview With his Eggsency,
the President. lie knowd Kernel Podgers-ln
; lhs ydungefda dais he mad made his coats--and as
ietched on the old mau, immured IN 9 dlsnia
dungeon. he wept But A. johnson hez dcIslon
!. Nv character Wipln Ills eyes, he issued order
or the reyokashun NV Siekleses absurd order that
nIppers shoodent DO whlpt, and a speshel order
conmandln the oitiser who had tile Kernel II
4 cnstody to turn him over 10 the Civil Courts u
he lricd In accordancc With the lave W NOrtl
. Armed with these documents, ] aew hack AMI
/. thc Mite arrived he'd tue Satlsfackshel Nv taki
I Inc Kernel out nv Jail aud takin him aiore
: Justice olthe Peace, where he gave ball 70 appea
+ aiore the Common Pleas to answer the charge U
i Inansaughter, preferred by the wldder Nv Ih
dead bigger. III" .bn.I
T. A day OF two after the case wuE heard, l aT
2 pearin for the Kernel. ] held that the case
q dismissed for the tollowln reaaonsi t1 pom.
; lla.l The charge nv lnanslnughter wuE absurd
for the reason that In the minds nv the SoutheF
Il Ieoule there hez allux blnthe grnyest douba ~
d i whether the nlgker u hctAV lhah' = usiN tNt
,e the length Nv his heck the thickness uy bio skull
1. tl,o length nv his arm, all showed that he wuS
4 dIstlnlt species III this Is the case, es matt'
n NV course Che Kernel goes free t4.....,u
M y. THE Kernel can / be held Allowin the nlgg'
n 10 be a man, The laws Nv the Statepy Mort
1T Rarlny permit the whpphuv nlggers but ths
n dont prescribe the quantity NV whlppln wich ma
a bo inflicted. It's matter which s lett entire
y. 10 The discretion NV the whlpper. It's matt
nn with wIch the wilppee hez nOthln TO DO heth
so bex the State, w The Kernel he'd shot the nigg
d. he wood be liable for sho1ln aln't perinlLIet
Ok but % whppln y, and ez tho quantity amt py
he scrbed, Nv course y Intends me matter % pe J;
lb- solely to the dscreshen nv the party who hek q
nd power to whip. Nothln kin be clearer than tha
I'd. Shel Kernel Podgers he punlsht hecoz a nlRg
md hednt p0sers Nv endoofance2 Fefbid i heyeI
al. Here rested the case. showed % tho sau
lw faekshenn Nv the Court that the law wa pot on
in- iuAt but humane. aud that any sich apsurulty
led pnplshm thu Kernel for carryn out IL prQYlsla
I.sl wood be sIrikin blow AZ the framework
Ah, society. E - N.
arc The Court eoinclded With me, and towuusl q
d." eharged tho Kernel, amid the accIamashuns
bis the crowd. Tho event wuz celebrated ttht ~
j a noon BY whIppln every nlgger Within circle
q a ton miles The exercise did our people go
% In the meantime John podgers had gone ar
tha a Justice Nv the Peace and made complaint
TRY Susan Chat Il the name Nv the female wlch
did the cause Nv the diiIcultyl e5 yagrant and
Ghy wuss0 declared BY the Juatls, aud putnpa x