The physical of the slave was very
valuable, and could be made to yield; but the mental being all
powerful to oppose, completely annulled the monetary worth. But by
allowing the lacerations to heal, sending him to New Orleans, and
making a positive sale, some thousand or twelve hundred dollars
might be saved; whereas, did Fetter's judgment take effect, Mr.
Grabguy must content himself with the state's more humble award of
two hundred dollars, less the trouble of getting. In this democratic
perplexity did our economical alderman find himself placed, when,
again invoking his philosophy-not in virtue of any sympathetic
admonition, for sympathy was not of Grabguy-he soon found means of
protecting his interests. To this end he sought and obtained an
order from the Court of Appeals, which grave judiciary, after duly
considering the evidence on which the criminal was convicted before
Fetter's tribunal, was of opinion that evidence had been improperly
extorted by cruelty; and, in accordance with that opinion, ordered a
new trial, which said trial would be dististinguished above that at
Fetter's court by being presided over by a judicial magistrate. This
distinguished functionary, the judicial magistrate, who generally
hears the appeals from Fetter's court, is a man of the name of
Fairweather Fuddle, a clever wag, whose great good-nature is only
equalled by the rotundity of his person, which is not a bad
portraiture of our much-abused Sir John Falstaff, as represented by
the heavy men of our country theatres.
Pages:
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773