The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-30

| New Castle where the whipplng-post stands
erect In the sight of heaven all the year round
has been sentenced to be aogged.
These arguments, coupled with the one stated
sbeve-the reverence for the law Of Delaware
which inspires all dlsreputable characters out
side the State-counteract all the kindly feel
ings which at times struggle mp in the heart OF
| Delaware, and cause her sons to rally around
the whipping-post through evil as we'll as good
| report. In the hands Of these latter-day Off
cials the oat.o-nine tails is usually welded
gently II is not the stinging thong of the leather
| so much as the disgrace impaired by Its appli
cation, that overawes the evil.dlsposed. This
| dishonor, In truth, is regarded by "the eyes of
| delaware" as an heirloom OF disrepute as an
hereditary taint which descends from father 10
son for all time to come. When true Della.
Warean wishes efectually to demolish his
neighbours pretensions to respectability, he
TecRlls the circumstance of that neigh.
boris grandfather having stood in the
pillory or heen publicly 1ogged half century
ago. with this fearful stigma before them. IL
is not surprising that the white sons OF Della
ware are too chlvalrous 20 stand and take the
dishonoring blows; and, therefore, for the most
part, they give the whipping post wide birth.
AS lor the nlggers, 1t does them good from every
Delaware point of view. The dav when avaru
man was at liberty to wollop his own niger is
paS'; put In no section of the country does
tnere remain a more deep. seated and unreason.
ing prejudice against the race 1t was the mig.
ger mat turned the dainty stomachs OF o couple
=. .nousand of Repub ican voters on November
8, and ran seymour's majority up to 1916.
Therefore, when a niger is wolioped under the
direct sanction of the law, and by a minister OF
justice In It's meme, the sight gratifes the eyes
OF Delaware" and lifts up the heart of Della
ware to point approaching the ecstatic.
Nor is this hearty approval Of the pillory aud
whipping post political sentiment upheld by
Delaware Democracy and frowned down by
Delaware Republicanism. The present Sheriff
of New Castle county, as well as his two imme-
diate predecessors, is q Democrat. All three
have lost caste with portion of the population
because of their gentleness in handling the cat
o'-nine- tails. Six years ago q Republican was
in office and on all sides your correspondent
was informed that he was the most unmerciful
within the memory of his informants. This
man gloried in the goad, especially wheD
the crouching form OF negro was before hi a
| On one memorable occasion he gave t,v,
| coored boys sixty lashes each, and With ever,
! blow he lifted their feet from the gro sndl A
| very moderate spoken gentleman from thu
| southern section of New Castle cor ntv. who ad
yocated the lash on policy, WIN q he adnaittet
! nected with its use decar ed his belief tba
not five hundred people in the entire Stat,
would vote for its aoJlishment, If they had {
chance. Another YVES not only confident Of it,
perpetuity upon the soil OF Delaware, but be
lieved that within twenty years 1t would agai1
be in use in nearly every State in the Union!
But your correspondent was doomed to dis
appointment in his expectation of WITNESSING
to-day the orinspiring justice of Delaware
Ez.t
stolen a lawyers outer garment had been sen
fenced to twenty lashes But the man is re-
specially connected, and strong effort wa
being made to secure his exemption from the
disgrace. The Sheriff expected late in the day
message from the Governor mitigating the
sentence, and announced his intention of no
applying the lash until the last moment Ir
this uncertain state of affairs we did not choos,
to remain. We were cordially pressed to "dro,
down next Saturday" howavar, whom W.
were promised a rare treat. Two or thret
men are then to be put in the pillory TO
an hour or so, and q half dozen o.
more are to be hogged. One OF the latte
is young man now awaiting sentence
for the embeZzlement of pair of pantaloons
The Judges have no discretion in such O case
they must send the wretch to the post, for tht
law imperatively DEGREES it. In the tender
mercies Of the Sheriff he has his only refuge
But the SherlH mas promised not TO display any
slckly senttmentaltty or unwarrantRble ten.
deTness in this particular case. He stated to-
day that the culprit had attempted, while still
in JAIL to forge draft in payment of his coun.
sci fees; and before he has been sentenced fol
the first offense, or even put upon his trial fol-
the last, this merely ministerial officer OF the
law announces, on the public street, that the
reprobate will get the benefit of all the strength
that lies in his official arms!
What an admirable thing is Delaware justice
when it is remembered that the Sheriff can ex.
ercise such a wise and sound discretion, adding
to the disgraceful functions with which he is
clothed by the law the high prerogatives OF g
court of last resort, guasing the weight of his
blows by what, in his profoundly judicial
mind, are the just deserts of the criminal! c
tempOrQ! O moreS! OMIKRoR,