Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-11-17
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From the New York Evening Post.
VISITING ONES RELATIVES IN
VIRGINIA.

4 NEW YORKER THREATENED WITH LYNcHTNG BY
his OLD sCnooLNATE.
We have received call from a builder old
resident of this city. who has just returned from
an exceedingly unpleasant visit TO his birthplace
in Virginia. fortnight ago he started from
home to make pilgrimage to Norkfok county, in
Virginia, and on arriving there received well
come from a bevy of uncles, aunts and cousins.
His intention was to spend few days in visits to
his fathers grave, to the places where he passed
his early years, and to the haunts that had been
familiar to him. All these little projects could
have been fulfilled but for the interruption occu-
stoned by the sudden appearance of one of his old
scboolmates, mounted, and riding in bot haste
Pulling up at the house in which the New York
ar had found lodging and where he was surronn-
ded BY relatives, this emissary announced himself
as the agent of committee of citizens, commits
stoned to catechize the unhappy victor. owe
have reason to believe"-so the message ran
''that you are abolition emissary, and by God,
we bavc made up our minds that no man can
come here from the North unless he shows him
self all right on our Institutions" There was
more talk to the effect. Our informant, who
is consistent member OF the Methodist church,
was moved with indignation at the profanity with
which his fellow-professOr and old schOolmate
plen,fully spiced his lively conversation aud pre-
ceeded to labor wish him, as friend labors with
a friend He Obtained an admission that
the hard swearing was perhaps unnecessary,
but was unable so far to gain the confidence
of his quondam associate as to get permits
zion to STAY "IIe was an abolitioniss, be meant
al,o .,;e aI nd ba laava or takn tha
consequences" Visions Of summary punishment
ai.tsd before the eye of the unhappy man, and as
there was no help for it he left that rural district
before sundown, went to Norfolk, and came home
last Thursday.
The name of this gentleman is in our possess
ion For obvious reasons we do not publish it. As
soou as Lincoln is elected, he intends to 60 back
to Virginia.
The indignation of our friend exceeded all
bounds. 81 am a Methodist" he said, "and
.bope am Christian man; tut confess that |
didn't like to feel that had to endure all this
didp't like TO have all the manhood in squelch-
ed II was not pleasant to have ones old school
fellow come around him, swearing at him and
abusing him."
GOOD gracious ~ he continued, "has it come
to that pass that man can't open his head South
ss he does North 2"
$50 they say" remarked some one.
''Well, then, all l have to say is, that it's q
burning shame and an outrageous disgrace. Why,
there was, right among my old neighbors, not q
runshot away from my fathers grave-all my
.auHts and cousins were around me-people had
known ever since l was little boy, and who knew
me. told W, when he said | was suspected
would not believe me. lie said to me, 'How's pol
itss ct the North /? l told him l didn't know,
'Ah, pshaw yes you do too.' Then l said, par
ties are SO mixed up that it's hard to tell what is
what That won't do, said he.' you know you
are going to vote for Lincoln, and you know you've
come down here to corrupt our niggers; but he
gave me the lie, and then began to swear at me
again. didn't know what they might do, and SO
] concluded TO leave. They were just as likely
as not to catch me some dark night and stick a
coat Of tar aud feathers on me. That wasn'I
pleasant to think OF, and so left"
"You are an old resident of New York, you
ssYf"
IAN old resident sir / should think was
I'm we'll known all around here, and besides thai
I have managed to make little something. TC
he sure, don's dress very we'll Lexhbiting the in
side Of a drab coat which had individually seer
better daysl and 1 look poor, but Pm wOrtl
$4,000. and live in as good style, in Twenty
sixth street, as most people"