The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1879-08-06
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good Deekin Pogranr pay $40 year per acre
for his land. ane buy his entire supplies from
that Christian man, finds himself at the end
of the year $500 in debt to the DeekiD, which
he In yarn tries to work out in the winter BY
] getting railroad ties out Of the Dsekin's wood
lot.
The next sestson the niger found itself IN
debt about $500, and he submitted the mat
ter to Joe Blgler, and josef acting ez his at
torney, came down on the innosent old Deck
in with demand for bill nv items. Josef
demanded that the niger have kerect ac-
count NV the grain aud stuff which he he'd
turned over to the Deekin, also an hemized
account Nv the supplies wich the Deekin he'd
furnished the niger, that 1t might be made
manifest ez to how the account stood.
The Deekn was enraged. " Why should
not my word be taken agin nigger's y he
demandid. ST never wuz called upon for
anything NV the kind before. It IL an out
rage y
| But ez Josef sood him afore Square Pettus
for the full amount NV the crops witch the
Deekin had taken, the good old man wuz
| AVASc0 w ivy iutO ntoc0lA Wy tOAutu luto CuuFL
agin Ethiopian. 1t wrung his sole, but he
submitted, ez we all hev he'd to do sence the
Linkin dynasty.
helped the Deekin out. The two seasons
crops footid up to $4,000, and didn't pay
any attention to the Deekin's books. Imade
out bill charging the niger with $400 worth
NV bacon, $500 worth NV flour, $500 worth NV
mules, and the balance, to make his claim
good, in silk dresses for his wife, and SIGH 9TH
er goods ez sejested themselves to a fertile
imaginashun.
That bill presented afore the Justis, witch
received it with the gravity NV Grand
Chancellor.
The good old Deekin swore to his account
ez he had 1t made, witch ceerly established
the fact that the niger owed him $1,000.
The niger presented another witch brut the
Deekin in debt suthin like 5000.
Joe Bigler remarked that the Deekin he'd
he'd his sware, and that the niger shood be
put onto the stand to sware to his statement.
Square " exclaimed the Deekin in ag-
ony, am |, q white man, to hev niger
brot into Court to rob me- Eff my bill amt
big enough to offset hisn and bring him in
debt to me- kin easily amend it. Don't let
this gross injustis be done y
1t wuz critikle and sollum moment. On
the decision of Square Pettus hung the fate
of Kentucky. II was a soopreme moment
One mint Nv indicision, one mint falterin,
aud the white race NV Kentucky wood lay
| grove1in at The feet Nv Che Inferior Affikin5
and we wuz in chanes furever
Square Pettus wuz, fortunitly, excl to the
emergency. Risn in his sect and Studying
hisself at the desk in front NV him, he sed
that he knowd the eyes Nv Kentucky wnz on
to him, and that Kentucky shood never be
disappointed.
went and got a man wich Good read, and
had him go throo the statoot Nv the State NV
Kentucky, passed prior (Which, ez am inform
ed, means before) to the lately onholy croo-
SADIE. found there statoot witch perhibts
the takin Nv the testimony NV a niger In q
court NV justis, witch this is. 1t is troo tlrat
the Federal yusurpation made other laws,
but Kentuckion don't recognize that. A
Kentucky Justis only recognizes his own State
which is severn. Recognizin only Ken
lucky, spittin onto an abolshn Congress, and
ignorin everything else, 1t is the yooanimus
decision Nv this yere court that the Federal
laws recognizin the rites Nv the cussed Afri
kin Is unconstitooshnel, and that therefore his
testimony cannot be admitted. stand by my
State.
+" But my wife never he'd silk dress, nor
anything but caliko one" howled the mig
ger.
at don't make no difference wat you say"
replied the Justis. "The Deekin, wich is a
cawcashuu, swares that your wife had four
silk dresses Nv him, and ez 700 can't be al
lowed to sware at all, there amt no testimony
agin hizzen. This is a Court Nv law, and law
IL law, ez 700 will find out. Git one white
man to sware that 700 never got them dress
es, and will consider It,"
81 demand to be put on the stand" sed
Joe Bigler.
"The Court can't admit yoor testimony,
for 700 are prejudist witnis."
at may ez well decide the case here and
now" sed the Square, after moments
thought. "yerdict for the plaintiff, and the
Constable win immejitly 90 for the defendant
and make him put up everything he's got for
costs"
The bill Nv costs wuz immejitly made out
and the Constable rushed out to the mizerable
wretch's house, and took what furniture he
he'd.
Now, wat did that ongrateful Niger do p
Despite the fact that the Deekin wantid him
to keep rite along, and live In peace and quiz
et and plant his little farm, and work 1t
throo the season, and reap the harvest, that
niger got together some little money from
the sale NV a witch we overlooked, 1t boin
pastered out uvBite NV the house, and started
for Kansas. He utterly refoosed to stay
among his frienda and protectors, preferrin to
rely upon the c0d mercies Nv a calkiIatip,
selfish Northern community, rather than
trust them or hehed bin brot up amidst.
The ongratefulnis Nv this people is suthin
beyond understandin. They don't appreshate
us. Over hundred Nv them hev left alreddy,
leayin us without labor, and more wood go Of
; they Good sell their accumulashens witch they