Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-10-26

. at.- .'' lHA,oiHS tteoluNlunu fu-
ahVe 60 crin'u Isrlupmsnts. recently made In
..W'5 ,"' WIN uni q. Palmer, u citizen of
NNsai, t's4s hat who has for sometime past
.,srn Reading al Ga,uis'ili,. On motion Mr.. y.
Z. boss Nb- oli'i 90 d chair. and Messrs Wm.
lMsN'ss % ~ Lindsey appointed secretaries
= V',ImN n' '.tr' 'as appointed to wait upon
Nr' .N''' ana request his presence at tho
m'cnhs, ,,g hi, appearing the letter (Which will
te iupni l-l'wl vEs ro4d u IN. presence. and he
war called u'nn mr 40 cyplanation of its con.
trh'H' i'' tcfnnNle's' tle authorship of the
letter hnt Hiirt Co lp sc an eIpana tion satisfc.
lprl IN iN' meeting; WLoreupOn q committee of
L,t we're pointed iur vat purpose, reported,
through s chaimgn &, q. Piper, the following
PTe'mJi1 .Hl res0lu'i1ra, which were unani.
monslY adopted;
Nurus,r, tie oitV'us of Cook county have
obtained 0'ss. ssioU ~ letter, written by one
h. G., Palmer, ul NNr,lal Texas TO George
Humphreys, at GNlosylle, Texas, who halls
from Now York. is annyowed abolitionst, aud
who wns indicted gul convicted at tho Spring
tenn Of the Court iUr Grayson county, for
Coming With mgr, slave ana who was for
iima IL .ae cmploymcn, of the Overland Mail
COMPANY, and who hlving sometime since
started dr California lc't among other letters,
ine ahN mHntjonoi letter in the possession of
ci'isan Of G,irasyijs, he contents of which
read a' oilows
MUTr,iL, Nov. 23d, 1858.
Mr. 60 HrErWEs
Dssr Sri arrived home from Gainesville,
last rhu5aiay. ! stopped several days ut my
sisters IN Upshur coun.v,-my brother. n.law
has fns slw and crs, nil there. NY sister |
came from Naiskl, n. Y. years ago,-she now
has two pretty ittlo girls. My brother. in-law
would ike 70 have you all como down and see u.s.
Two young men from indiana, came here few
days ugp-they are loV both at work for Mr..
lh mill h,n %
IS right Ea 10 NJ live Us well here as you do
At Gainesfie. siNil bo Up there next March,
and Propo'n to go 10 y Y. to see my people -
pleaso intom Mr. Fost'r that he has n relative
here hy ID name Of Foster. lie has been here
.eysrsi years. lie now runs n steam mill 81
miles from town. Tcll'him 20 write where ho is
rom, as tlis Mr. Foster wishes to hear from him.
iI'c nv r'sr'ats 20 all of our folks generally
ron ne Nor,h.
herewith send youa paper. have read an
account Of the great N. 7 light. These South
'ro paoyie here are saying i5 is an old woman's
light TIN. .hoy could not fght Southern man,
&c, Sc, because thog d, not know how to use
pistols h.Vin knives, ". hope the Northern
,eople viii all soon begin to learn the use of
rms --th.y are selling their lives every day, ,
arms aEd selling them to their ,
Rseaes, a5s Southern OsoPe. We will have gen.
raj war SOON between she North and South hope.
lnd the Northcru people rad begin [better is
learly ouiytgd 10 practice EillingM The dam South
m sans g hcFcs, for they are the descendants of
he old 5tork, auj We will have to kill them OF
vtvr- = ~ ,.la.,~',ri essrprns>oHt- W-its
ne sOou afs IG'Fe me all the uews-do not let any
amed Southern scamp taEg he advantage of you n
mt take care Of '0urse'i and friends. =
Yours respectfully,
+. g. PALMER.
lWri'tea on the margin of said letter.
.tlin ,prcs laF 1.l3' fripns read this lot
Gat rlil t. write TO one, ! will write to anoth-
r---you lnnat keep ~ with one another"
And whereas the cpnteuts of the said letter
reveal tie fact that 5hcre exists in our midst,
a well tiganised element harboring deep
rooted hostility 20 &outhern institutions, the
manites, nuIpase Of which is to diffuse
throughout tie South; hut more particularly
through Northern rasas sentiments directly
at war With ohe h2s5 interest of the Southern
people, lhe ultimate design of which is thro'
secret orgaUzati0ne (ns IN kansas,) to strike
Il decisive blow a: that peculiar institution OF
the ou,ah---sleerY--tha be it
Rssoircd, lat. That the citizens Of Cook coun-
y must express in terms sufficiently reprenen-
i've their just indignation at the spirit and trait
r0ns sentiments Nhich characterise the furego
lg ,9!ter-
Q. That We watch wish vigilance, all persons
our midst, who niny bs supposed to have I'M
ibed rredilcetons hostile to the institution of
averg, nHr viii $50 tolerate the uttarancc, or
Illusion. Under any circumstances, of anti-sla- IA
cry sentiments among us. be the sacrifice what ,
may IL puppress it,
s ihat we regard the residence in our midst
perSDnt entertaining snch sentiments as those
Srressc! in the foregoing letter, as dangerous
"a h,t9 10 the interest aud institutions of the t
lutb that we do most soiemnly pledge our II
Ives n use every means in ,ur reach to remove s
loh pef5dus from among us. e
4. ~ aEREAs the people of this community
have hi1herto extended that courtesy and hos =
Yia,lily 10 said Il. q. Palmer, which a ger tie
man has right TO expeot rom Southern peo- :,
pie and for which they have received from the !.
said Pa mer, the vulgar and ungentlenanly u
appella ndn Of Dam SoufFern sons of bitches"
'Dcs;1 da0s Of Torres, 10. Therefore be it a
FSo'3cd, That the said &. G. Palmer, has for . =
iEci all eIaims to the protection of this commu- I
", ,n,d'yhst henceforth their doors shall he
osed i-EaIast him, ono destitute of moral
,nesty, tnth, or any att7ibute of gentleman. ~
B. That the longer residence in our midst of , =
{. Eaissa,, osrhu0nly znpwn in this .vicinity ~ ~
Lard .lohfsr, and whose name appears to the !
ragoirg stter is repulsiVe % our feelings, and 10
ngcDqu, % oar interest, ard that we no longer W
,iruit rim 70 remain in our midst, nor can he 70
., otiyrvisu than at his peril. n'
G 1ha. W. admon,sh the people of the South, i;
I'd ut Northern LeSas e~pee ally, TO keep Vlg- of
ant eye ufun the aforesaid Palmer, who. in the a,
iisa al ,rierd, IS capaalo of engaging In any w.
OF, hou ever diaboIical tor he purpose oJ des- 70
owing tlta yrace Of any Southern community. bs
Z Tha tle chairman of Ibis sheeting appoint N
Of FIVE persons 10 wait upon E. G. In
llmer, with the foregoing resolutions, and re- 90
est him 70 depart from our miist within six NJ
urs aad inform him, Ia tst event of his failure III
do so ht will be rode on rail. -
s, That the secretaries Of this meeting be re-
iestcd to send copy Of its proceedings to the ty
alas Herald State Gazette, Galveston Civilian *
d the Gexas Republican, for publication. gr
S. z. DOSS, Chairman. th
WV. NJ. PAtsoSs, s.cr,,r;,, re
]. NJ LINDSAY. ''s'''' Sh
,rsr EPo,sr,xe peo,Ie ,,ho l;stened 10 all the to