Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-11-08
The way Merchants Travelling on
Business are Troated by disunion
Democrats in the South.

| DemOCTdCS III Une DOuJn.
(from the Cincinnati Gszette.)
M CINcrsxAri, Nov. 2, 1860.
Eps. GAzETrE: An article In your paper
Of this morning induces me to offer you this
essential facts in regard 70 my recent expc.
rience in the South. To save space and
repetition. I refer your readers to my card
in this mornings Commercial, for q state
ment OF the prudsacsl used, and one Of the
causes Of my interruption. q.
1t has been verbally stated hsss that 1
met with trouble In Atlanta. which is entire.
ly destitute OF truth. There and at Macon
l was treated most courteously. Al Colum.
bus no one offered me any insult that I nm
aware o., though, as Afterwards learned,
those Rome (Ga.) missiles had been copied
there before my arrival. At Nashville,
Clsrksville, McMinnville. Chattanooga,
knr x'ille, Morrtstown and other places in
Tennessee, ] was treated with all the re-
spect and kindRess that any Democratic
business man can even desire.
arrived at Rome, G,. Saturday evening,
attended church and Sabbath school the dsy
following; called on the merchants on Mon
day, and left, when ready, on the evening
train. At this place much of the bitter dis.
dnion spirit was constantly revealing itse lf;
md here, in the Courier, originated the
article which proved leading instrument
nliy in bringing on the trouble in which I
became involved in Montgome At Mari.
etta, Griffin, West Point and La Grange,
Ga, all on whom called scied the part of
gentlemen.
] arrived at Mon,gomery, Ala on Friday
noon, 26th ut., and put up at the Exchange
Hotel, one OF the largest and most deser-
vedly public houses in this country. At
night went to hear a speech from Senator
Toombs, which was full Of treason, and sd--
mirably calculated to arouse the mos, violent
lings Of oil who heard him, towards the
people Of the Free States, and prepare them
for the part some of them acted during the
afternoon Of the following day. I can give
the substance os this speech from my notes,
II desired.
The Brecklnrid .e rally called TO Mont
gomery an unusual number Of the followers
Of Messrs. Yancey, Toombs & Co., who
had no better business on hand than retail.
ing the senseless fslsehoods in regard to
Republican completely In the destruction oi
life and property in Texas (Which General
Sam Houston Gays in his Austin (Texas)
speech never occurred By any agency,) in.
dulging freely in strong drinks aud work ing
themselves up into an earnest desire to take
the lives OF some members Of The party they
believed about to wrest from them the powe.
% long held and so baseiy abused. Undel
these peculiar circumstances one Of the
lesding merchants Oh whom called VERY
imprudently questioned me in regard to my
n political views, &C., not thinking that he
was kindling an excitement among thost
who listened that it might soon be imposs
ible to control or subdue. Passing over in
cidents which. though Of much interest, al
{ showing the progress Of mobs. the manage
ment OF vigilance committees, &C., woul,
occupy too much space, we arrive at tn
searching Of my trunk by members Of tn,
j vigilance committee, the declarstions o
outsiders, intermingled with the most horri,
oaths, that the, would gladly shoot me
down on the street as though q mad dog
cut me up with knives, and amuse them
selves 10 various ways at the expense of m,
life, and pass on TO the time when the me m
bers Of the Committee, numbering 35, an,
including some OF the wealthies, and mos
popular citizens oi Montgomery. who hu,
me In charge, and the pioprietors Of the
Exchsnge Hotel became seriously alarme,
for mp safety.
| During ell this time the apparent DANCE
which threatened my life seemed like
dream to me, though ! saw evidence In tn,
eery looks and all the actions OF those whit
sought 10 protect me that it must be real I,
them. My extraordinary composure, ever
when threatened with being sent TO plan
ta,ion few miles out, ornsmented will
ball and chain, to work in place of a slav,
that had escaped To Ohio, I'LL our peopl
would return him, seemed to enrage m,
prosecutors. The scene VI excitement m,
slavery would cause, which rose before m,
mental vision, was so ludricious as to rem
der II difficult to conceal my mirth. Il wa
almost as amusing ss the Montgome Ad
ver'iser's description Of my nose apd whis
ksrs.
Butl must leave Incidents, and hasten t.
a close. After hiding me away for sumo
time, in an unfrequented part Of the hotel
away from light, or anything to reveal N,
locality, and assuring the crowd of my 10
nocencs Of "incendiary documents" with
promises that the Vigilance Committed
would give me my deserts. the mob reluc.
family and slowly di'persed. Your vel
meaning correspondent. "C."is greatly In
error In his reference to my fears, my "has.
" retreat" the desire Of the citizens Of
Montgomery to protect me, and their cen.
sure OF the visilapcs Committee. The
truth is,so far a. hnman agencies were con.
cerned, under the guidance Of q merciiul
Providence, NY life wss preserved by some
Of the members of that Vigilance Commit
tee, and the proprietors oi the Exchange
Hotel. 1.-THE professions of those "conssr.
vstive" ci,ixens were sincere, why did they
not, like brave, generous men, hazard their
lives, II necessary. In protecting an limo.
cent s,rangerl This 10 :he first have heard
Of this stuff, aud il comes too late. The
truth is, those who are so clever xow, we're
aissid Of the mob and the Vigilance Com.