Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-02

Joe Bigler remarked that the deekin he
his sware, and that the niger shood I
put onto the stand to sware to his statemen
protested. els niger, . inferior bell
to come into the court, over which Justis
supposed, fggeratively, to BE- hoyerin, az
hey his testimony taken agin one Nv tn
proud Cawcashen race"
"Squarew exclaimed the deekln in agony
lam /, q white man, to hev q Niger DIG
into court to rob me? Eff my bill amt bil
enuff to offset hisn and bring him in debt y
line. / kin easily amend it. Don't let thl
gross %injustis be done"' ~
II wuz a critikle and sollum moment. On
the decision NV Square Pettus hung the iate
nv Kentucky. It wuz a soopreme moment
One minnit Of indecision, one minnit faltrln,
and the white race Nv Kentucky lay grove,
lin at the feet NV the inferior Afrlkin, ana
We wuz in chanes furever.
SQUARE Pettus was, fortunately ekal to the
emergency. Risin in his sect and Studying
h;aseIf at the desk in front Nv him, he sed
that he knowed the eyes Nv Kentucky wuz
onto him. and that Kentucky shood never
be disappointed: 80.
SQUARE, sippln . sip Nv Bascom's best, wich
he he'd sent over to him in q quart bottle,
Hafore it come into court. l immejitly an
tioaipated that this plaintiff wood demand to
be sworn, and that on this juudishel arena
he inferor African and the sooperior Cav
would meet in a final conflict. I
prepared my self. I went and got a man
vich Good read, and he'd him 60 thro the
Nv the state Nv Kentucky, passed
prior, (Which ez l am informed, means be-
|ore,) the late onholy croosade.
I found there q statoot which perhibits
he takin Nv the testimony NV q niger in a
court Nv justis, wich is this. 1t is troo that
he federal yusurpashen made other laws,
,ut a Kentuckiun don't recognize that. A
justis only recognizes his own
tate, which is a sovren. Recognizin only
Kentucky, splitting onto abolishn congress,
md ignorin everything else, it is the 700.
aanimus decision Nv this yere court, that
all federal laws recognizin the rites Nv the
cussed Afrikin is unconstitooshnel, and that
therefore his testimony can not be admitted
l stand by my state"
"But my wife never he'd a silk dress, nc
but a caliko one" howled the
at don't make no difference wat 700 say
the Justis. "The deekin, wich is q
swears that yoor wife he'd four
silk dresses NV him, and ez you will find
700 can't be allowed to swear at all, there
amt no testimony agin hizzen. This is a
court Nv law, and law is law, ez you will
find out. Git one white mar to swear that
you never got them dresses, and l will con-
slider it."
III demand to be put on the stand" sed
Joe Bigler.
1.-THE court can't admit your testimony,
for you are a prejudist witnis."
Josef LATED and left the court, much to
the squire's relief, which continnered:
II may say, however, that there may be
misunderstanding, that l, ez a: indivijile,
and not ez q court, will shoot any white cuss
that dares to come into this court and swear
for a Niger"
And that sturdy old Spartan cooked his
double barreled shotgun an sot down.
II may ez we'll decide the case here and
now" eed the square, after q moment!
"Verdict for the plaintiff, ant
the constable will immeiitly 20 for the de
PENDANT and make him put up everything
he's got for the costs"
The bill Nv costs wuz immejitly made GU
duu Vic COuSIdUAc Tu6IlSu OUT " llo ulZEdU1
wretch's house, and took wat furniture b
he'd.
Now wat did this ongrateful niger do
Despite the fact that the deekin wantid hin
to keep rite along, and live in peece ant
quiet and plant his little farm, and work j
thro the season, and reap the harvest, tina
got together some little money from
The sale Nv a mule which we overlooked, il
bein pastered out Nv site Nv the house, and
tarted for Kansas. He utterly refoosed to
tay among his friends and protectors, pre-.
erin to rely upon the cold mercies Nv &
alkilatin, selfish northern community,
ather than trust them ez he he'd bin brot
p amidst.
The ongratefulnis Nv this people is suthin
eyond understsndin. They don't know
hen they are we'll enuff of, and they new
id know who their friends wuz. l shall
ever attempt to do nothin more for EN-.
hey don't appreshate us. Over a hundred
EN- hev left already leavin US without
abor, and more wood 60, eff they could sell
.ccumulasLens which they hev robbed US NV.
PETROLEUM ". NAsHBY,
Caucashun.