Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-02-27

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Z oonrt nv iusttis. came off atore Squire
co,,;.t % the court house at the Corners
Yesterday II wuz important becoz IL IN
yolved the very eggsistence NV the lnstl-
toosbn rnon witch Kentucky is built-becoz
mon lis decishn hung the great question
IIhotbor mr. not the Bible shoOd be respected
81 nc bolv iniunctions obeyed-whether
Ko,+rcl(v shood, clingin to the Skripters,
e,o an ez q Christian State, or, denyin it, 90
hack into Infidelity and barbarism. | skase-
" need say that the porshens Nv the Bible
10 witch refer is the ever blessed chapters
relatin to Ham, Hager and Onesimus-the
only parts Of the Skripter we pay much at
tenshun to- But if them is successfully at
tackd. wat follows? The entire struckter
comes tumblin to the ground. Therefore,
holdin to Afferkin slavery, we are orthodox
believers.
The circumstances nv the case wuz suthin
like this A niger Nv the name Nv Gabriel,
wunst the happy and contented servant NV
the eminent Christian, Deekin Pogram, be-
cum possessed NV the spirit NV the devil,
and sullen, becoz the Deekin sold his wife
To raise the means to send his second son,
Isaker, to Theolojikle InstitOot, sumwhers
in Georgia and also enraged becoz his fe-
male offspring, Elizer, happened to attrack
the attention Nv his eldest son, Elijer, he
run away in the first year nv the war, and
follered the Federal army, finally enlistin
as u soier Durin the progress Nv the
struggle, he learned to read, and bein pow
erful in prayer and SIGH, he headed revival,
and hevin gifts that way attracted the motifs
Nv Genrel Howard, or sum Nv them fanatics,
who had him instructed, and finally made
an agent NV branch NV that accursid
Freedmen's Burow. And shoor enuff, after
the war he appeared in this vicinity, sal
aried by this sosiety, and commenst unfttin
the niggers for their normal condishen by
teechin on en- to read, and stablshn Sundy
skools, among EN-, and given NV EN- advise
generally, witch wuz aginst the peece and
dignity NV the Commonwealth. The citi-
zens stood it with the pashense carakteristik
Nv the people NV Kentucky, ontil last Mon
day. The DeekiD he'd dispoot with Mig
ger, relative to a griffin matter NV wages
The Niger he'd bin workin at the stipulated
price NV 81 per month-the Deelkin brought
in, ez q offset, his board at 50 per week, and
ruther then huv any fuss about it, proposed
to let him work the balance out durin the
winter months. To this ekitable arrange
ment the niger demurred, holdin that
board was inclOoded, and this Gabriel adYi-
sed the niger TO sue and he did so.
Enraged at this interference, the Deelin
went before Squire Gavitt, and complained
Nv Gabriel ez q yagrant and employed me
TO attend to the case. Pollock, the Illinoy
storekeeper volunteered to defend the Mig
ger, and there wuz a tremenjus eggsitement
over it.
opened the case by Stain that the Mig
gers biznis wuz TO prove that he he'd vizable
means NV support-Pollock insisted that it
wuz our biznis to prove that he hedDt, but
the Court decided agin him.
The niger then sworc that he reserved
from his congregashen $50 per month for
his services. / submitted that, ez he wuz
interested party, other proof wood be re-
quired. Pollock interdoost the elders NV
the congregashen, but / checl1mated him
there, by submittin that the testimony NV
niggers wuzn't admissible, witch the Court
decided it wuzn't.
Immeiitly Pollock submitted that wheth- |
er or no his client coodent be considered !
vagrant ez he Good testify himself to the
fact that he (GabreD he'd in his house 5000
in greenbax-a suffishent support for time
at least.
court.
"Wher duz he keep it, axed the Squire |
visibly agitated.
"In his chist at the house wher he boards" |
sed Pollock.
This court stands adjourned for thirty |
minits,' sed the Squire, boundin over the |
railin in front nv him. Hold on, SEE he |
hold on, Deekin q fair start is all | want |
toll aIr IL IL
first ! and pell-mell over one another. the |
entire audience, ceptin Pollock, the nigger
and me, started on q keen run for the house.
In few minits they returned, pantin ard
out NV breath, when the Squire called the
court to order agin, which being restored
he remarked
Eff IT Good be established that the nigger
had $500 in greebaX il wood necessarily dis
charge him, ez no man with that sum Good
be considered vagrant; but he ruther thot
eff the primer at the bar shood look in the
dreckshun NV his house, he'd find il wuzn't
there any more ez house. tho the material
NV witch il wuz built lyin around permiszus
Likewise, probably he wouldent be able TO
find the $500 he he'd in his chist. The place
that lnowd it wunst will know it no more
forever-it he'd bin confscated by the en-
that no SIGH trifin impeachment in the way
NV justis ez the possession NV 5000 Good be
allowed within the ioorisdickshen NV this
court The niger not bein able to prove
his means NV support, and ez the court
knows NV it's own knollege that he Amt rot
any 500, the court wood ask the crimi-
nails counsel, wat other nonsense he hez to
plead"
Sed Pollock, the Illinov storekeeper.
Il wood beg leave to state 10 this court
that under the civil rights law the defend
ant cannot be arrested ez r vagrant o. the
law under witch the accused is arrested only
menshuns persons NV color maxim a dis
hnktion agin en-.
Never, vile memory retains her seat.
shel forget the scene that ensood. Filled
with a sense NV the responsibility Resin
onVo MN, the Squire rose slowly from his
sSa'' MS face NV deathly patents witch had
t .ne eneck NV hightenin, by contrast, the in
49, rcuhis NV his nose, and risin 10 his full
Tho, aSS;;il'rNed that the court he'd expected
fo,.o ,,,: so0Nlon TO be urged, and he'd, there
tb;s d raUpSteo Tor 1t. Thatlaw doesn't bind
i :, $50. - any alarmin extent considered
States 'Ae reserved rites NV the
Wlll the Court be go 49,,
Tot h. ~, ro ono lniormashun NV the popnIace
sed Pollock. 'i'e states are
The Court insists that :, sh.,
terrupted when its deliverin ny nys DC IN
tP roan,S 0pnsderln it ez infringin upon
kentucky is the chiefst and lovfos, a ~noih
U zen thousand at this pint his nose glo -
redder and reddcr and II .oo,,I SiV"cU
:, halo NV lite encircled his frosty he'd
bo,d AZ learlessly continued The Conf
SIGH s IuS' law to be unconstooshnel. and o.