The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-03-06


large wood fires lii on the banks. looking
like merry making boniires. These, | be-
Iieve' are usually signals for the different
steamers 10 stop to take up passengers goods.
and anlmals.-Lady ITotlcy's Irarels
froaa ;lc J,ne>,ilc Gazette
4 WISCONSIN, DEMOCRAT WHIPPED
IN TEXAS.
The accounts given Of the outrages per-
petrated upon Northern people at the South
have been, 50 far. ia relation to people liv-
lng at distance We have now ease in
point, where citizen Of neighboriug
county is the victim Mr.. William Blunt
tells hIs own story in i memorial to our
Legislature. lie re,iies in Green county.
/ lSc0nSin-haS resided there for the las,
twenty-t1ur years-has been voter for
near third OF century--has invariably
voted the straight, unscratchcd Democratic
ticket, both State aud National-has been
farmer all his life, and professor Of re-
ligion OF the Campbclite persuasion. and
has been licensed to preach in that order
has never felt 1t his duty to preach on the
subject of slavery. and never has preached
upon it. Ga the l1th of May last, he went
to the State of Texas, for the purpose Of
looking up 4 location and Of removing
thither if he could find good one But
he didn't lilso Texas, and Texas didn't like
him, and the Rev. Mr.. Blunt was very
badly treated He says that, while attend
ing a meeting he fell in with an old ac-
quaintance. Rev s Mckinney. lie was
persuaded to preach at a private house,
near Dallas, Texas, and was also requested
TO fill an appointment of Mr. Mcknney's,
at frcnchtown; but learning that feeling
had existed against Mckinney, because he
had preached abolition sentiments he with
drew the appointment. Becoming dissat-
isticd with the country, and out of health,
he determined TO return to Wisconsin but
before the time of starting, he was waited
upon by a committee. and informed that
both Mckinney and himself mus; leave the
country forthwith, or suffer the consequen-
ces. They accordingly prepared TO leave
and did leave, but had not proceeded far
when they were oyertakcn by an armed
mob and carried baca 70 Dallas, where a
large crowd was waiting for them. The
Hhoriif informed them that the only safe
place for them was IN iill and 20 jail they
accordingly went lie then goes on TO say:
d" About ,hroo or four o'clock the follow
Ing morning, the jail was opened without
violence, and we Were tied aud taken one
mile and quarter from town by eight
men. Oar coats were taken off and We re
celyed eighty la~hcs cach was so weak
before this that could walk but few rods
+ without resting, ami had t. b. lifted into
the wagon after it VI, all over. We were
thcn told tha' We mus; leave and never be-
seen IN the country again. | said wanted
to make some ciioIt TO get back what little
property had there. especially my money.
which was at the time only about SIC, and
which was III my shot pouch which had
been taken away from me. They insisted
that | must leave forthwith, and If ever |
was seen there again would be riddied with
Eali-, at the same time striking me in the
breast with the mu1zes of their pistols, in
curing if | knew what they meant These
last blows injured me more than the scourg-
ing
We learn ,ha; the old gentlemans $ health
has been much injured by the treatment
received from his brother Democrats in
Texas IL does not arise SO much from the
eighty lasAes received upon his BODY, as
from the effects Of other bodily harm per-
petrated upon him by these inhuman
wretchcs They amused themselves by
punching him IN the breast with their pis-
tol barrels IN doing 50 one Of his RIBS was
fractured, and he Is now laboring under
some indispOsitlon in consequence Of IT,
Il Is On account Of these outrages, and
because he has an iniisiinc: recollection of
having once been an American citizen, that
the Rev. Vim. Blunt asks the Legislature
! Of Wisconsin 10 take measures to protect
| him in hrs rights. and to guarantee to him
. the privileges Of that section Of the consti-
tuition which says that the citizens Of each
State shall be entitled to all the privileges
aud immunities Of citizsns in the several
: States"
: One would suppose that this old Demo
crat-sO terribly outraged in his person and
: IN his rights as a citizcn- would receive the
: prompt aid and ready sympathy Of the
: Democratic press Of the State. But we
: have seen no sign Of feeling manifested in
! favor Of the Rev. Mr Blunt, on the COZ.
j trary, the Patriot treats his case with a
sneer, and intimates that it was got up for
political capital. Just as if Mr.. Blunt had
voted the Democratic ticket twenty four
years-went to Texas and received eighty
I lashes, and one Of his ribs brokeD-for the
purpose Of making political capital for the
; Republicans
The truth is, the Democratic patty b..
leves in applying the lash to the white men
{ as well as black, and has just as much sym
: pa,hy for the one as the other
? HAPPrLY SAID.-In the notable debate
. between Pryor and Nelson, the former
scorching under the faselation of the Ten.