Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-11-01
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 6rH, 1860
An Iudianian Driven out Of Texa.

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An Indianian Driven out of Texas.
d. o. Hoover. formerly a resident Of
Tippecanoe county in this State, and re-
Gently expelled from Texas by the same
mob and the same Fictitious excitement
that hung Mr.. Bewley. has written letter
to the Lafayette Courier giving an account
of the matter and of his own conduct in
that State. We extract the following
portions:
Having been requested by several of nv
old friends and neighbors to give brief
account of my recent troubles in Texas
with the cause of the relentless persecution
with which have been pursued for the
last fcur or five years by the friends oil
the peculiar institution" | have at last
yielded to the opportunities Of friends, and
now furnish yon few facts, which, il
you think worthy. you may publish in
your excellent paper. &
Some eighteen years ago / moved from
Lafayette. Indiana. to Cape Girardeau Co..
Missouri. where resided about clever
years. From thence l moved to North.
western Texas. where purchased six
hundred and forty acres Of land, to which,
in short time. added one hundred and
sixty more, and soon had fifty acres under
cultivation. '''''
attended to my own business, working
on my farm. and hiring white men exclu-
sively to assist me in my labor. This was
noticed by some of the friends Of the slave
oligarchy. and | was asked BY some OF
them, if l never hired negroes to work for
me. told them that when lived in Mis-
souri, | had hired negroes to work for me,
but had never done so in Texas. They
asked me the reason. told them pre-
ferred hiring white men for two reasons.
First. because could hire them cheaper;
secondly. because / could get great deal
more work ont of them than could out Of
negroes. They asked my opinion in regar,l
to slavery. l answered frankly that /
thought it was wrong. bnt it was a matter
did not wish to meddle wi,h--the laws
of the State tolerated Slavery. and felt no
disposition to rebel against the laws of my
adopted State; that while / was opposed
TO the further extension OF slavery, and to
the re-opening Of the slave trade. l was
equally opposed to meddling with it in the
States where It already existed by law. ]
was cautious and temperate in my Ian
guage, and was careful never to speak
against slavery in the presence of negroes.
1t was whispered around the neighborhood
that was "Black Republican," and q
methodist. North" meaning Of the
Northern Conference. ~,
| AT the Presidential election, four wears
ago. myself and another man in the neigh
borhood voted for Fremont The fat was
then in tho fire. Whispers gave way to
audible curses. aud | was openly denounced
as damned Aboltionist." in proof OF
which, triumphant allusion was made to
the reception by me at the post Office Of
one number of the Lafayette Daily Courier.
and two numbers of Gieeley's New York
Tribune. which they considered confrma-
ton strong as holy writ"
Ny nephew heard them plotting mob
to lynch me. or, In less classical phrase. to
"black- jack" me. which simply meant to
tie my arms round rongh b sck jack tree,
strip me, and whip me with a raw hide as
long as they pleased. l eluded all their
ambuscades. if any were laid for me.
About this time Rev.. Anthony Bewley
since sacrificed to the Moloch of slavery
James Hannah. and - Willitt. com,
menced preaching at my house. Soon the
slaveocrats sent me word that IL let them
preach in my house. they would attend tc
me, and them, too: in other words, they
would make me hing the '.black jack
the rest was understood. A few days was
generally given after the "black jack
ordeal. for the obnoxious individual to
leave the State. II they refused to go after
being warned. they were hung without
Judge or jury -, :, >aaissf,fss-
Insults like the following were fire.
quently thrown into my teeth: "In the
free States. where you came from, black
4 men walk locked arms with white women
to church." did notIdeign to answer
their jibcs and nonsense.
I purposely refrain from mentioning
many indignities and wrongs practiced up.
on me and others hailing from the free
States, the lynehings and murders of free
State men. expulsion Of Methodist minis
tiers. &C.. rs tho columns Of our public
Journals have tsemed for. months with sick
ening details Of murders. lynchings, ban.
iishments. &C., not only in Texas. but
throughout the entire slaveocracy Of tn
land. The writer Of these lines uas com
PEELED but few months ago to fly from hi
Texas home. and his family. some Of
whom were siels to savsshis life from being
sacrificed At the hands Of brutal mob
simply because he believed that slavery
was wrong--shat It was wrong to par
husband and wife, parent and 'child--wro
] to- withhold the gospel from those =
J bonds OF prsyesss that the oppressed nigh
Igo free-wrong for . man TO seize upo'
his brother. and compel hin, TO labor fol
him without his consent and without com
pebsalion. o5 9se9 ys6ilo III meai TOT 2
!, When driven from my home / had ba
I6fty-6ve cents in my pocket and dsva'
not stay Z moment to prepare for q lon
Tourney Of about 100 miles. and tax
! leave Of my dear eflicts,l family. ffoa
whom / haFs ben unable 70 obtain an
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