Daily Republican., 1879-05-16

Aprll Llu, loIo.
The North is filed with all sorts Nv
absurd stories NV the treatment the
colored citizens are receiver in the
South, the desire being clearly to pre-
joodis the North agin the Suthern seek
shun wich was crushed in an unholy
croosade agin its rites, and wich has
never recovered from the same.
1t is espeshly charged that the cussid
nigger has no rites in the courts and
that when opposed by proud Ken
lucky Cawcashen he is crowded to the
wall without the slitest chance for his
life. To show the utter nonsense NV
this statement, | Civ truthful report
Nv case tried afore Square Pettus,
justice of the peace for our township.
Simeon Claghorn, ez he calls hisself
now, tho he wuz slave wunst Nv that
sweet and gilelis saint, Deekin Pogram
(wich family he resembles to d.gree
that made the late Mrs. POgram infoo-
rated whenever she saw his mother,
he having the ginooine Pogram nose),
wuz a tenant Nv the Deekin's and hez
been for two years. He agreed to pay
the Deekin $40 year per akre for the
land, and also agreed to buy his entire
supplies Nv that libral and Chrischen
man. At the end Nv the first year the
Deekin took his eutire crop and bro.
him in debt suthin like S4O0, which
the nigger tried to work out in the win.
ter cuttin and gettin out railroad ties
from the Deekin's woodlot, on which
he has lived ever since the crooel war
deprived him Nv his labor.
The IeXt season the Niger found his.
self in debt about $500, and he submit
ted the matter to Joe Bigler, wich is
pisen, and Josef, actin ez his attorney,
came down on the innosent old Deekin
wid demand for bill Nv items. 10,
sef demanded that the niger have a
kerect account Nv the supplies wich
the Deekin he'd furnished the higger,
that it might BE- made manifest ez tc
how the account stood.
The Deskin wuz enraged. why
should not my word be taken agin
nigger's 2" he demandid. ~ never
wuz called upon for anything Nv the
kind afore. 1t is an outrage? :"
But ez Josef sood him atore Squire
Pettus for the full amount Nv the crop
Which the Deekin he'd taken, the gooo
old man wuz forst to degrade hisself b,
comm into colrt agin Ethiopian. |
wrung his sole, but he submitted, e
We all hev he'd to do sence the Linki,
dynasty.
! j helped the Deekin oat. The tw
seasons crops footed up $1,000, and
didn't pay any attention to the Deck
in's books. | made eV. bill chargin,
che niger with s4o0 worth NV bacon
$500 worth Of -four, $500 worth 0
mules, and the balance, to make hi
claim good, in silk dresses for his wife
and sich other goods as seiested them
selves to fertile imaginashun.
The bill preseutid to the Justic
witch received it with the gravity Nv
Grand Chancellor.
The good old Deekin swore to his &C
count ez he he'd 1t made. wich clearl,,
established the fact that the Eigge
owed him 81, 200.
The niger presentid another aoeoun
wich brot the Deekin in debt to hin
suthin like $500.
Joe Bigler remarked that the Deekil
he'd he'd his swere, and that the nigge
shoOd he put en the stand to sware I
his statement.
protested. "Is a niger a interio
bein' to come into this court, oyer wit
ustis is supposed. iggerativr!y, to u
hoverin, and hev his testimony take
agin one EE the proud CsWcashe
race |"
Square " exclaimed the Deekin i
agony, IAN i white man, to sheV
Niger brot into court to rob me- I
my bill sinTt big enutf to offset his
and bring Him to debt to me, ] XII
easily amend it, Don't this gross injus
tbs be doneH7
1t was a cyitikle and sollum moment
On the decision Nv Square P-ttnF hun
. the fate nv Kentucky. 1t vas 500
J preme moment. One minnit of indec
sion, one nGnnit faltrin, and the whit
. race NV Kentucky lay grovelir at til
: feet Nv the inferior Atrikin, and we VII
. in chanes fGrever.
: Square Fsttus was, fortunately. elk;
= to the emergency. Risin in dis SCI
: and Studying hisself at the desk
= front Nv him, lie sed that he knowd IL
r the eyes NV Kentucky wuz uGto him
l and that Kentucky shood neve. be di
Z appintid.
= " know snthin NV this CASE " Sc
The Square sippin sip NV Bescom
best, wich he he'd sent over to lin
quart bottle, "afore it eolne in
Court. | inmejitly antissipateG tn;
: the plaintiff wood demand to ke tworl
i aud that on this joodishel areLa tt
r inferior African and the sooperior Ca,
r cashun wood meet in final cantlic
s | prepared myself. | went and got
a man wich GOOD read, and he'd llim s
t thro the statoots nv Kentucky, Easse
prior (Which ez i am informed neaI
:. afore) the Late unholy cr0osade.
found there a statoOt wicll perLibi
the takin nv the testimony NV a nigg,
!. in court of justis, wich this is. 1T
S troo that the Federal yusurpaahu
=. cnade other laws, but kentuckia
G don't recognize that. A Kentucky iu
i tbs only recognizes his own State, vic
/ is severn. Recognvin only KentuGk,
sEittin unto an abolishn Congress, 81
iynorin everything else, it is the 20
nanimus decision Nv this yere cour
thae all Fedrel laws rsDgnizin the rit+
4 Nv the cussed AfrikiM ix UnconstitOosl
|: mel, and that, theretore, his tessimou
;. cannet be admitted stand by IL
4 State.
"But my wife never bed silk DIRE
nor anytAin' but calico one, "howle
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