It is a very common thing to hear a _lady_ in New Orleans, boast of
beating and whipping negro men and women, and they will do it with as
much pride and manifestation of prowess, as though they had bearded a
lion in his den; and yet the poor negro, when a lady attempts to whip
him, is only obliged to stand and bear what comes upon him without
daring to move or raise his hand. If he should be so uncourteous as to
stir, or run away when a _lady_ was beating him, it is a _crime_ for
which he is sent to the calaboose and is more severely whipped than
for almost any thing that he may do. And yet such are the _ladies_ of
New Orleans, and they are pious and _christian ladies_ too, and their
hearts are BIG with sympathy for the poor heathen who are so degraded
and suffering so much for the blessings of _civilization_.