St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-12-06
Outrageous Case of Tyranny
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The telegraph some weeks ago in sin
gle line stated that a young man named
Brewster, who hid been invited TO Ala:
bama to teach school, had, been driven
away from a mob. % It.. appears that some
ill-minded person charged him in letter
from Charleston, s. c., with being an. i alb
olitiohist. Thereupon, Judge Campbell, a
resident reverend expounder: ofsthc law In
Somerville, where Brewster was teaching,
called him to; account before public NEE
ting and read the. aforesaid letter. In a
communication" to the N. Y. Tri1uue,
! Brewster tells the rest Of the story as fol-
lows: - 2u'u, ~: Ill .y::..f1 sGs !,
When the Judge flushed reading the
letter; there arose from the crowd a gener-
al yell Of. exccration,: with cries Of "Hang
him!" 'sShoot him "a -; i: %i''";:7'- -
AS soon as could make my voice audi
blej L demanded my right as an American
citizen to be, heard IN self defence, aud Of
fered, if opportunity were given me, to vim
dicate myself from an accusation So utter
ly false. 6The honorable Judge replied in
the following language:.;. HnYou are q Cd
d-=ns black hearted Aboitionist.. You
come from Boston, and that is proof enough
against you. You needn't try to vindicate
yourself, for you can't do it." :o:-.s*,1
I requested him to send to Mr.. Giers,
and to Inquire for what purpose I came
South, and ask the various negroes with
whom I had ridden hours about the coun-
try: IF I had spoken to them of freedom,
or tampered with them in any way.:.;2 .-..
The Judge answered, ~ know you have
done nothing amiss as yet, You are. more
sly than your fellows in Texas. You want
to insihuate yourself int: Che confidence Of
our unsespecting people, by pretending to
besa teacher, and then by-and-by giving
our niggers strychnine to put into the wa.
ter: Of the village. -
When the Judge had ended, d .;,T,uhh Young
lawyer named Patterson, n noiuinted sugar
!eoss ls, and spoke substantially s,f5llows 3
1:Fel]owT citizensg have you not heard aot
the horrible sputrages in Texas, caused by
the id, Abolitionist teachers? Have
you not, heard Of the plots in Tallcdga
County, to poison the springs and lnurde,
our fellow citizens; all caused by the d--n
yankees2 npAnd, now; fellow citizens in
our quiet village comes another. Of this
d-n black k-hearted crew to incite our ne.
groes to deeds of violence. The enemy Is
ID our midst -what shall we do with hin,?''
ECries Of 'Fkill him, z '.thang him; zeput
him. through j. f"Yes, we will put him
through, Then, turning to me, he said
$50 back to them that sent you here, and
tell them we Wish no Boston:an among
us. Fellow citizens, all who arc in favor
of this mans leaving this; town in two
hours, say aye.''' -, There was no vote in the
negative. observed, however, that quite
4 number abstained from Voting Though
they may have thought that was unjust.
ly treated, no one dared to lisp word in
NY defense. 49,: :,>rao,, ~. >, ,-.....>.,
Much Of tie txo hours 81 given e ins,- he were
spent Il in = vain endeayors to, procure con.
7eyance for myself nahd trunk to Valha.
noeo. Il Returnapg toathe village from MY
ffnitless sesreh, 7 was @ 1 met Iby,a mob head
ed by lawyer. Patterson, who commanded
me to open my trunk. Refusing to do 50
unless BY legal 'aiitBorityy,, it was broken
opeh.sa Itsz contents eresthoroughly 1ex-
alnined, and the sides of, the trunk ssoun.
4sa lsas &S g c2Pssed dgsEsssl ~ beoks h
iifncccno iifncccn oiary character.' 0:rheon The Newspapers aaei
which i had wrapped about my shoes we're
carefully serutin;hed.os One of these WIS / a
e9BY Of the Boston p H9rral0e, l9 WHICH was first
when 0diyeo1v'eaqteea 70 SO DouilslaS ore5ann.
Was pfdnoa6esds by tttahtsfa byatanders, I'd
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