Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-12-23
An Ohio Adniihist .AbO-
litiOM Spy in Mobile.


This may seem to be curious sort of
headline. How could an Administration
man be an abolitionist9 Well, it appears
that the President dispatched a spy to Mo
bile, to take notes of the operations of the
filibusters lately congregated at that place.
This Administration agent, or spy, was
one wilson, "Gen. Wilson of Ohio. He is,
probably, the late assistant post master at
Columbus while the commission 10 resolve
himself into smelling committee at Mo-
bile, was given at the silicitation of Sam
Medary. When Medary was first given
to understand that bis room was required
at Columbus, and that he could be per-
mitted TO slide into the gubernatorial con-
dition in Kansas, he is reported to have
stated that he would go in peace provided
"Gen." Wilson were made post master in
his place. That place was, however, va
Gated for Sam Cox's particular friend, who
had been removed during the first stages
of the Douglas rebellion, to intinidate Cox
and the Ohio Statesman. The Congress
man and paper having subsided, and prom
ised 10 be docile, it was necessary to rein
state their man in the post-office. Con-
sequently, Medary went out, and Wilson
did no: go in. Medary packed his bag
gage for Kansas, and Wilson snuffed the
treason tainted air of Mobile. Luckily for
Gov. Wilson, his presence in Mobile as an
agent of the President, was not suspected
until after he had arrived. he had been
detected in the act of prowling around the
filibuster camp, he would, undoubtedly,
have been lvnched at once. The Mobile
papers are red hot on the subject. The
Register, of the 7th, has quite sensation
article on the subject. We give extracts
which will show IFS temper:
SPIES UPON Us.-On Saturday last,
some of our citizens ascertained that Sc
cret agent Of the government, sent hlther
for the purpose of embarrassing the emf
grafton to Nicaragua, had been for some
days in our midst. As soon as this was
definitely known, preparations were made
to drive the gentleman from the town; but
on enquiry at his hotel, it was discovered
that he had left for Washington about II
o'clock in the day. Judge Campbell took
his departure on the same day, about an
hour previously, and by different route.
The secret ogent-Me spy-acho aoas sent
to alabama in order to defeat an enter
prise for the extension Of slavery, is called
Gen. Wilson, and has residence as hatho
bed of A5olitionism-the State of Ohio.
In addition to all this, spy from Ohio
is sent among us, and he is seen sneakine
about the wharves and warehouses of the
city, 10 find out something contrahand OF
Abolition interest and Abolition policy!
Judge Campbell, presiding in the U. S.
Circuit Court, does not find the Collector,
and the Assistant Counsel, and the Dis
trict Attorney, suitable and efficient agents
to carry out his designs against The Mica
raguau. Therefore he prevails upon the
Executive department to send out spy
from Ohio, in order to hunt down South
ern men engaged in Southern policy.
In long list of insults and injuries in
flicted on the Southern people by the Fed
eral authorities, the sending Of a spy into
our very midst, to watch our houses aud
our streets, shines supreme. .
1t was not enough that a Justice of the
Supreme Court adopting the words of the
infamous General Mora, President of Cos
tarica-known as the murderer of wound
ed prisoners should derounce the effort
to plant slavery in Nicaragua as Opposed
to the religion and civilization of the age. y
Yet more was need to fill the measure Of
Federal insult and injury to the people Of
the Southern States. an Ohio spy musl
be sent among as. -
The New Orleans Delta commends thi:
article as able and patriotic. ait speaks
for itself and in thunder tones at thai" =
1t twill probably arouse general feeling
of Indignation amongst all who are not
prepared TO submit to general system ot
Federal espionage. The Delta further re-
marks:
"An Ohio Abolition spy has been en-
ployed by the Government to come South
to sneak into our confidence, in order tc
betray us at headquarters! We wisE the
MobiIians had been successful in coming
up with Gen. Wilson, of Ohio, secret agent
ETC.. If they had, he would have at least
one report to make at Washington, which
would have been neither agreeable to hin
nor to 'ths powers that be"