Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-02-13

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| Corners yesterday. 1t wuz important
becoz it involved the very eggsistence
Nv the institooshn upon witch Ken
lucky is built-becoz upon Its decishn
hung the great question whether or
not the Bible shood be respected and its
holy injunctions obeyed-whether
Kentucky shood, cliDgin to the Skrip-
tiers, go on ez a Christian State, or, de-
nyin it, 90 back into Infidelity and
barbarism. l skarsely need say that
the porshens Nv the Bible to wich l re-
fer is the ever blessed chapters relatin
TO Ham, Hager and Onesimus-the
only parts Nv the Skripter WI pay much
attenshun to. But eff them is success
fully attackd wat follows? The entire
struckter comes tumblin to the ground.
Therefore, holdin to Aferkin slavery,
we are orthodox believers.
The circumstances Nv the case wuz
suthin like this: A niger Nv the name
Nv Gabriel, Hunst the happy and con-
tented Tervant Nv that eminent Chris
tian, Deekin Pogram, BEGUN possessed
Nv the spirit NV the devil, and sulleD,
becoz the Deekin sold his wife to raise
the means to send his second son, Issa-
ker, Tich wuz a studyin for the minis
try, to a T~heolojikls Institoot, sum
where's in Georgia; and also enraged-
becoz his female offspring, Ellzer, hap
pened to attrack the attenshun Nv his
eldest son, Eljer, he run away IN the
first year Nv the war, and follered the
Fedral army, finally enliStin as a sojer.
Durin the progress Nv the struggle, he
learnd to read, and bein powerful in
prayer and SIGH, he headed a revival,
and heyin gifts that way attracted the
motifs Nv GeDrel Howard, or sum of them
fanatics, who had him instructed, and
finally made him an agent Nv a branch
Nv that accursid Freedmen's BuroT.-
And shoor enuff, after the war, he ap-
peared in this visinity, salaried by this
society, and commenst unhttin the
niggers for their normal condishen by
teechin on EN- to read, and stablishin
Sundy skools among EN-, and given Nv
en- advise generally, wich wuz aginst
the peace and dignity Nv the Common
wealth. The citizens stood it with the
pashenss carakteristik Nv the people
Nv Kentucky, ontil last Monday. Tho
Deekin he'd a dispoot with a Niger,
relative 10 a tTifiin matter Nv wages
The niger he'd bin workiH al the stip-
ulated price Nv 81 per month-the Dee
kin brought in, ez a offset, his board,
st 81 per week, and ruther than have
any fuss abort it, proposed to let him
work the balance out durin the winter
months. To this ekitable arrangement
the niggerdemurred, holdin. that board
wuz ~inclooded, and this Gabriel advised
the niger 10 sue, and he did 90.
Enrsged at this interference, the
Deekin went before Squire Gavitt, and
complained NV Gabriel ez-a vagrant, and
employed me to attend to the case.
Pollock, the Illinoy store-keeper. VOL
ulteerd to defend the niger, and ther
wuz a tremenjus eggsitement over it.
l opened the case by stain that the
nigger's biznis wuz to prove that he
he'd Viss6le means NV support-Pollock
insisted that it wuz our biznis to prove
that he hedn't, but the court decided
agin him.
The niggert then swore that he reseev-
ed from his congregashen $50 per
month for his services. l submitted
that, ez he Wuz a interested party, 9TH
er proof wood be required. Pollock
interdoost the elders NV the congrega-
shen, but l check-mated him there, by
submittin that the testimony Nv mig
gers wuzn't admissible, wIch the court
decided it wuzn't.
Immeiitly Pollock submitted that
whether or no his client coodent be
considered a vagrant, ez he Good testify
himself to the fact that he (Gsbrel) he'd
in his house 5000 in greenbax- a suf-
ishent support for a time, at least.
Their wuz a immense eggsitement in
the court.
"Wher duz he keep it," asked the
Squire, visibly agitated.
sin his chist at the house where 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; "held on, Deekin, a fair
start is all l want. Don't take advan-
tage Nv my age to get ther FIRST" and
pell-mell over one another the entire
audience, ceptin Pollock, the niger
and me, started on q keen u for the
house. In a few minits they returned,
pantin and out Nv breath, when the
Squire called the court to order agin,
wich bein restored, he remarked:
Eff it Good be established that the
niger he'd 5000 in greenbax it would
necessarily discharge him, ez no man
with that sum could be considered a
vagIant; but he rutber thot eff the
primer at the bar shood look in the
dreckshen Nv his house, he'd find it
wuz'nt there any more, ez a house, tho
the material Nv Wich il wuz built Wuz
lynn around permiskus. Likewise,
probably, he wouldent be able 10 find
the 5000 he he'd in his chist. The
place that knowd it wunst will know it
no more forever-it he'd bin confistica-
ted by the enraged citizens. He want
ed it understood that no SIGH trifiu i'm
pediment in the way Nv iustis ez the
possession NV 500 Good be allowed
the joorisdickshen NV this court.
The niger not bein able TO prove his
means NV support, and ez the court
knows suE its own knollege, that he
amt now got any 5000, the court wood
ask the criminals counsel, what other
he hez to plead.
Sed Pollock, the Illnoy storekeeper:
~ wood beg leave to state to this
court, that, under the Civil Rights law,
TIE OelSuOAHl Cdn0OI Dc dTTcslSu CZ .
vagrant, ez the law under witch the &C.
cused is arrested only menshuns per-
o n Nv color, maxim n distinkshun
agin en-"
Never, vile memry retains her seat,
shell forget the scene that ensood. Fill
ed with a sense NV the responsibility |
onto him, the Squire rose slowly
his seat, his face Nv a deatbly
patents, wich he'd the effeck Nv height
enin, by contrast, the intense rednis Nv
his nose, and risin to his full hite, re-
marked that the court he'd expected
that objection to be urged, and he'd, !
therefore, prepared for it. That Law l
bind this court to any alsrmin
considerin it ez infringin onto
the reserved rites NV the States.
"Will the Court be so good ez to
menshun, for the informashun Nv the
populace, wat the reserved rites Nv the I
States are?" sed Pollock. :
"The Court insists that it shell not be I
interrupted when its deliverin itself NV ;