Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-12-19
HOW THEY TREAT NORTHERN MEN.

The Pittsburgh Gurette of December llth,
says: We have been shown letter from Mr..
Harris, the agent of B. A. Fahnestock 4 Co.,
who was rudely expelled from New Orleans, by
mob, for the sole offence of being N Northern
man. 1t is not true, as stated in the Chronicle,
yesterday, that Mr.. Harris voted for Lincoln,
nor did he boast that he had so voted and was
glad OF it. Mr.. Harris did not vote at all, not
being at home at the time of the election, but
was Bell man with strong Breckenridge pro-
cliyities. The expulsion took place on the
9th ult. He had been in the city a day or
two, attending to the business OF the firm, and
was sitting in his room, at the Hotel, when be
was waited upon by committee, who compel
led him to go down stairs, where he met an ex-
cited crowd and was presented by the foreman
of the committee who said ssLook at him and
see if he is the man you want.'' The mob
shouted, .sYes, that's him the did abolition
ist;' sOut with him = sD-n him. sWe'll fix
him;' 'Hang him;' Lynch him;' &c. But
the speaker, or as he proved to be the chair
man of the Vigilance Committee, proceeded !:
sMr. Harris is accused of being an abolitionist !;
of being the agent of an abolition house; of
having said he was glad of Lincoln's election !;
that he voted for him and was proud of it. He
is represented as being an unfit person to re-
main in this community. Well examine him =
IA voice-sExamine the dis hang him. ~
Mr.. n athans was then presented as witness,
who stated that he had met him in Morrison's
store, that he did not deny being Black Re-
publican, and that he said s:Let the South
secede, nobody cares; the North can get a.
long very well without the South, and he for
one wanted to show them who will suffer the
most; he wasn't afraid OF the South-no in
deed, not he."
Mr.. Harris denied all these allegations; sent
for Mr.. Morrison to show that it was not true,
and made a speech to the crowd, in which he
admitted that he was in favor of Secession, as
the quickest way of settling the present diff
ficulty. When Mr.. Morrison arrived, the
crowd was so great that the proprietor of the
Hotel insisted that the Committee should 60
with Morrison and Harris to Harris's room,
and report the result Of their investigation
to the crowd. This was done, and for the rest
We leave Mr.. Harris to tell his own story:
ssHere threw open for their inspection
some of my private correspondence, letters of
introduction, &C., several of which letters be-
ing from men we'll known to the committee,
they expressed their entire satisfaction, and
in fact my position gained the full approval of
my accuser, Mr.. Nathans. All of Mr.. Morri-
sons testimony was also in my favor. The re-
port of the committee was, Harris is all right
But that wouldn't do. Harris must leave town,
to say the least about it-and majority were
for lynching him under any circumstances. /
was therefore told, sThe cars leave in 40 or As
minutes can you get ready p said yes, and
at once packed my trunk. A carriage
was ordered at an alley in the rear of the ho-
tel, and smuggled through the back way un-
known to the crowd. When once in the car
riage, the horses galloped at top speed to
the depot, arriving just in time to get aboard
the cars. As the train moved off, felt some
relief, as may be supposed"
Here it will be seen that the committee and
even Nathans, his accuser, were perfectly sat-
isfied that Harris was not amenable to the
charges made against him +; but the mob had
come determined to lynch him, and would not
rest satisfied otherwise.
We learn that several other Pittsburghers
have been expelled in like manner. In fact,
New Orleans seems to be given up to the do
minion of the mob, who hunt out every North
erner who arrives, and compel him to leave.
New Orleans ought to prosper, under such do
minion as this. We do not wonder to hear that
there were ten commercial failures there in one
day, and that the business Of the city is dull.