Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-08-24
Tho Rurnings il. Texas.

Tho Burnings i'm Texas.
The Texas fire.eating papers have attributed
the burnings in Texas to Abolition emissaries
from the North; and a Mr.. Pryor, editor Of
the Dallas Herald, in letter denounced Elder
Solomon Mckinney and Mr.. Blunt as the
cause of all the negro disturbances, even
representing Mckinney as at the head of a
band of Aboltionists about to make descent
upon Texas, laying it to fire and sword. This
Elder Mckinney is a peaceful citizen of
Illinois, and is now in that State. He is the
same individual we noticed some time since,
who went from Van Buren, county, in this
State, about three years ago, to Texas. A
neighbour commissioned him to collect debt
against man named Sprowle, in Texas, and,
on dunning him for the money, Sprowle
denounced Mckinney as an Abolitionist, and
got committee of thirty to investigate the
matter. Sprowle testified before the COM
mittee that the Elder was an Abolitionist, and
q "changeling' in his religion. Mr.. Blunt
dared to defend Mckinney, and the congre-
CATION Of the latter gave their pastor certifi-
cate that the charge was false. This certificate
the paper in Dallas county was not allowed to
publish, and the Office was threatened with
destruction should the paper publish it.
After an attempt was made upon McKinney's
life by mob, he, with his wife and Blunt,
left, but were followed by the mob, with
Hoard a! their head, who seized them, took
them back to Dallas, imprisoned them until
morning, when Pryor and six others tied
Mckinney and Blunt the latter being so old
and feeble that he could not walk without
supported them away from the Jail, strip.
ped them of coat and vest, when Pryor gave
them ten lashes with raw-hide, and his six
fellow. ruffians did the same, making seventy
lashes in ALL and then the brutes fled, and
Mckinney and Blunt made their way back to
Iowa, and since then have been in Iowa,
Indiana and Illinois, having no hand, directly
or indirectly, in Texan affairs.
Elder Mckinney writes letter, dated
August 10th, from Camargo, Illinois, to the
Chica 20 Times, in which he denies that he
ever was an Abolitionist, but AYERS that he is
la Douglas Democrat, and believes in "Popular
Sovereignty" and declares that he, when in
Texas, in no way or manner interfered with
the slaves or slavery. In conclusion, Elder
Mckinney says:
"My own impression, however. is that the
said Doctor Pryor, and others of his grade,
who are numerous in that county, have been
making the above transaction pretext, and,
under the false garb of quelling Abolitionism,
to burn the property and rob the good citizens
who treated me kindly in that county, and
perhaps other innocent persons"
So much for the absurd stories of an
abolition plot in Texas, for which innocent
men have been hung, and negroes whipped
till they were glad to confess anything to
escape from the lash.
REPUBLlcANIsM IN THE SouTH.--The Re.
publican party have elected two members Of
Congress in Missouri, and established them
selves as one of the permanent parties of the
State. In Kentucky, the organization mum,
bers about 10000 voters, and in Maryland
and Delaware they are strong, with good
prospect of carrying the latter State eo'
Lincoln. In Virginia, we are gaining strong
foot-hold, and, If the Democracy did not
exercise there worse tyranny over free
speech than is known in France or Austria
the party would be formidable. In Wheeling
however, the Republicans are in the majority
and we learn from the Intelligencer, of that
place, that Lincoln pole was raised there
last week, which stands 112 feet from the
ground, and from its top there swels to the
breeze beautiful pennon and streamer
bearing the honored names of Lincoln and
Hamlin.
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