Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-11-01
The Recent Troubles in Texas.

The Lsfayette (fnd). Couricf hes publish.
cd q letter from Mr. Hoover, who, sstsa
years ago, purchased 600 setss Of land IN
North-wssterH Texas. end sst.ied ttisfs with
his family. Hessys .HNns u $3.50
! attend to my own business; working on
nv farm. snd hiring whine Gsea exclusively
10 a,sist me in. my labor. This wssuo,icsd
BY the friends Of the slave oligarchy. astI
was asked ~ some Of theup ~ nsvsr hired
negroes to work for me. told them that
when lived In Missouri ! hsd hirei negroes
60 work for me, but had never done 30 in
Texas They ssked me tho tsasdn, I told
them that pre,errsd hiring white men for
two reasons; First, because I could hire
them chespsrj secondly, bseapse could get
great deal more work out Of them than I
could out of negroes. They asked my oPin.
ion in regard to Slavery. I answered frank.
ly that thought il was wrong, but that Il
was a matter ! did not wish to meddl, with
--the laws Of the State tolerated Slavsry,
and | felt no disposition to rebel sgsinst
the laws of my adopted State; that while
was opposed to the further extension OF
Slavery. and to the re-opening of the slave.
trade, wss equally opposed to m.dd;ing
with 1t ID The States whore Il al:ssdy existed
by law. Il was Whispered around the neigh.
berhood that ! wss s"Black Republican"
snd a "Methodist, NORTH" meaning of the
Northern CoKfefence. s.
At the Presidential election, four yesrs
ago. myself and aho,her man in the neigh
borhocd voted for Fremont The fat was
then in the fire. Whisper. gave way to
audible curses, and twss openly denounced
asa "d--m--d Abolitionis,," 10 proof of
which, triumphant aiusion was msds to the
reception BY me at the postofice Of ons
number Of the L.f,yette Daily Courier, and
two numbers OF Grssiey's New York Tri.
bune, which they considered "coaarmstion
strong ss holy writ" y..u,..o
My nephew heard them plotting mob.s
lynch me. or, in lass classic phrase, 10
"blackJack" me. which simply meant to tic
my arms round a rough black. jack tree, strip
me, and whip me with raw-hids d NM
AZ they pleased. Iel1dsd oil thsft smb1Ss.
cades, II any were laid Tor me ~
About tlsjs time Rev. Anthony Bswiy.
since sacrificed 10 the Molock OF SlavsryA
Jsmes Hsnnsn sn<-E'Willim cocingn,snced
prsaching at my house. Soon the Slave.
ocrst, sent me word that Il let them prssch
any more ~ my hohs-. they would attend
TO me and them too. In other words, they
would make ms hug the "bla, K jack;" ne
rest wss understood. A few days we're
generally givsa sitter the .blssk -iisL' ordeal.
for the obnoxious individual 10 'Issvs the
State n thew feftysed IN 20 .f,s, A.,..
warned. they were hdhe without j6iss sr'
jury. 'dg 7fir' .cV II
A few months ago / w.s compelled "a a.
from my Tsxas ,hotbe. and, family. to ssve
my Iife from being sacrificed By brutal
mob, simply because believed that Slasssy.
wss. wrong. .5 3t 'sss.,' 4 sas j
When driven from home I had bp. nny-
five cents in my pocket. ssd dared no, sssy
fwomen: to prepare fcr long Journey sf
about l'loo miles, ast take Ieays sfny dear,
afiiicisd tsmily. from, whom ! hsys kssa nm.
able to obtain any ,idings nacs isft.