Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-05-15

Account Of the ktna Of Hpeat0eu
Er~eAnses Receive as she Csrn~rs
she~i.x that TAev have Ne Re~ss.
for lDtssastsfACstoa.
The North is filed with all sorts u,
absurd stories NV the treatment the col
| ored citizens are receivin In the South. the
| desire beln. clecrly, 10 prejoodis the Nortt
| agin the Suthern seckshun which wu7
| crushed In an unholy croosade agin its
! rites, and wich hez never recovered from
| the same.
| 1t is especially charged tha. the Niger
| hez no rites in the courts, and that when
| opposed by proud Kentucky Cswcashen he
| is crowded TO the wall, without the slight
est chance for his life. TO show the utter
nonsence Nv this statement, l give a truth
ful report Nv = case tried afore Square
Pettns, justice Nv the peece for our town
ship.
Simeon Claghorn, ez he calls hisself now,
tho he wuz a slave wunzt NV that sweet
and gilells SAINT, Deekin Pogram, wus a
teuan, NV the deekin's aud hez bin for two
years. He agreed to pay the deekin $40 a
yeer per aker for the land. and also
agreed to buy his entire supplies NV that
lbral and Chrischen man. At the eend
Nv the first yeer the deck IN took his entire
crop and brot him In debt suthIn like 800
which the niger tried TO work out In the
winter cuttin and gettn out rsilrode ties
from the deeain's wood lot, on which he
hez lived ever since the crooel war depriv-
ed him OF his labor.
The next season the niger found his
self in debt about $500, aud he submitted
the mstter to Joe Biglcr. wich Is pIsen,
and Josef actin ez his attorney come
a
demanI FOR bill Nv items Josef deman-
dIl thet the uigger hev kerrect account
Nv the grain aud stur which he he'd turn
ell over 70 the ceckin. Also an Itemized
account w the supplies which the dccklr
he'd furnished the nigger. that IL might be
made manifest cz 10 how the account
stood
The deekln wus enragcd why should
not my word be taken aglu a nigger's -
he demanded. II never wuz called upon
for anything Nv the Kind aiore. It Is an
outrage ="
Eut cz Josef sbod him sfore squire Pet
tu- Tor The fu!i amount uy the crops wich
The de, 40 hr,l taken, the good Old man
wuz iorst to degrade hlsscl' by comm into
court agin Ethlopian. I, rung his sole.
but he suhniitted, ez We all hey he'd 10 do
since The i.iocon dynasty.
Aflllffl the il"fkl u hlL ne TWO seas
ou,' crops tootld up 5000. ard | didn't
pay any attenshuu 10 the dcrkin's books
made out bill chargin the Niger with
500 worth nv bscon. 5000 worth NV fow-
er 500 worth Us muirs and the balance.
tn make his ciaim good, in silk dresses
for his wife, and sich other goods ex So
Tested thelrscives n fertile luagtnashun
That bill presen - afore the iustis
wich received II With the gravity Nv a
grand chancellor.
The good old iersin swure 10 hi. account
~ hr he'd Il made. wien clearly established
The fact thrt he tlg.er owed him $1,000.
The Niger prrs-nfid another account
wich hrrt the deck n in debt u him suthin
ike 5000
joe u slrr remarked thet the deeAtn he'd
he'd hi. sNarc, and that the nig."r should
be put onto tie stand TO syare To his state
mcnt.
protested n, niggcr. a Inferior bcin,
- cunr into thi- court over wich Ius,i- l.
supposed, fisyrratIY.ly. to be hoyerin. and
h-v hi testimony taken agin one NV tn.
pioud tasca-hun race.
square exclaimed the dee>in IN
agony, am |, white man. 10 hrv a nix
ger brpt Into court 10 rot me? Er my bilI
ant big enuH 70 Offset hlsn ard bring hi m
IN debt TO inc kin easily amend IL. Don't
let this gross injustis be dam"
Il wuz A criticize aud sollam moment. on
the decision NV Square Pettu5 nun2 the
fate uv kentucky. IL wux a soopremc mo-
meat Oue miult Nv indccishun. one mint
faltrip, aud the white race Nv Kentucky lay
grovclln al the feet Nv the Inferior Afrlkin,
and We wuz In chanrs forever
square Pctius wuZ, fortunitly, ekal to
the emergency. Risin in his sect aud stid-
a a..lf . a. t.,t
said that he knovd the eyes Uv Kentucky
wuz onto him. and that Kentucky shood
never be dlsappinted.
II know snthin NV this case" sed the
square, slipping = sip nv Bascom's best,
wich he he'd sent over to him In quart bot
tie, "Afore IL come into court | immeiitiy
sntlsipated that this planetii wood demand
10 be- sworn. and that on this jood shel
arena the Inferior Airikin and the sooperior
Cawcashun wood meet 10 final conflict
prepared myself went and got a man
wICh Good cad, and he'd him go throo the
statoots Nv the State Nv Kentucky. passed
prior (wsch, ez | am informed. means be
fore) the late unholy croossde. | found
there statoot ~ich perhibt the taAin nv
the testimony Nv nl2gcr IN court NV
justis. wich this is. IL Is troo that the fed
eral usurpashun made other laws but a
y
tncky ju-tiss only recognizes his own 81 ate.
which is sovren. Recognixin only Ken
tucsy. spiiten onto AN aoollshun Congress,
and ignorin ever. thin else. it is the yoo-
nAnluus decision OF this yere court that all
federal laws reco2nizin the rites Nv the
cussed Afrikin Is unconstltooshnei, aud tn at
Therefore his testimony cannot he admitted.
I stand BY my State
"Bnt my wife never he'd q silk dress. nor
snythn bst a caliko one" howied the MI
ger.
1t don't make no difference wat 700
say" replied the justis. ''rhe deekin.
wich IS a Cawksshun swares that your
wife he'd four SILK dresses NV him, and ez
700 Kant be aliow'd to sware at all, thare
aln't no testimony agin iizzen. This IL a
court Nv law. and law IL law. ez yoo will
find Oait. Git Que white man 10 s~are yoo
never got them dresses, and " III consid-
er It,"
81 demand to be put upon the stand '
sed Joe Bigler.
The Court kant admit yoor testimony
for 700 are preioodist w,tnes.'
Josef LATED aud left the court much to
the squares releef wich continued:
IL may say, however, that there may be
no misunderstanding, that ez a indiyijiie.
| and not ez a court. will shoot eny white
kuss that dares TO KUN into this court and
sware for nigger.n
And that sturdy old Spartan cooked hi 3
| bubble barreiied shotgun and sot down.
4 may ez well beside the case here and
now" sed the square, after moments
thot. Verdict for the plaintiff, and the
constable will immejitly go for the defen.
dant aud make him put up everything he &
| got tor the costs"
The bill Nv costs WuZ immejitly made
| out, and the constable rushed out TO the
| mixrable wreteh's house, aud took wat
| furniture he he'd.
Now what did this ongrateful nigger do
| Despite the fact that the deekin wan,id
| him TO keep right along, and live in peace
and quiet and plant his little farm and
work it thro the season. and reap the har-
vest, that nigger got together some little
money from the sale NV a mule wich we
overlooked. 1t bein pastered out NV site us
the house. and started for Kansas. He Ut
teTly refoosed to stay among his friends
and pertectors, preferrin to rely upon the
| cold meIciss NV q calkilatin selfish North
ern community, rather than trust them ca
he he'd bin brot up amidst.
The Ongrstefulnis Nv this people is suthr