Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-01-12
soathern Reign Of TeFror--Car.
mivaI of Tar and Feathers.

southern Reign Of Tegror.-Car-
hival of Tar ana Feathers'
The Presidents bid for the Charleston nom.
ina.ion is full of concentration OF The sind ane
bnmsn;zinp effects Of the Institution of Slavery
N.n ;nstifution which be tells the American
neonle is established and legalized BY the Dred
Scoft decision in all the territories Of the Uni
ted States, until they become States and are al
lowed to legis1ate for themselves. We propose
TO Illustrate the Presidents laudations of Slave
ry by brief reference 10 few recent instance:
Of its benignity and benefcence. First
THE KEs1ucKY mLn.
The details of the driving out of thirty-si,
pesceable and loyal citizens Of Madison County
Kentucky, by pro Slavery mob combination
and the refusal Of Gov. Magofin to afford then
the slightest protection, are familiar to oul
readers. The case has few parallels in the
darkest dcspotisms Of the Old World. few
evenings since, Rev. Mr. Boughton, one Of me
exiled, delivered an address on the sunleet "a
Cincinnati. We quote as follows;
The state of society around Bcrea, he remark
ed. ;s denlorabfe. The people arc poor, unedu-
Gated. ignorant Many men ana women among
the people surrounding the colony, are unable
20 read Q. write. Their habitations are poor,
MANY of them containing but one room, without
windows Their clothing is poor. and many
are, even in the present inhqspitable weather.
bnt half covered. Among such people thls
mission was established, TO the waking up OF a
lively interest in many places. in favor of edu-
cation and of truth The children of many
slaveholders were attending the school, and the
prospects of business arouni were improving;
The laud was looking up in price, and many
facilities for more comfortable life were being
introduced as the result of the labor of tue few
who were engaged in the work. Much good
had in this way already been accomplished
Men from the North were obtaining a favorable
recognition as men of enterprise and of real
worth in the eommunity, he (speaker) had even
attracted the attention of one stakeholder that
there wa, talk of his being employed to oversee
his farm -.
In the midst Of all this came the news of the
Harpers Ferry affair. the fear. the expulsion
Last Sabbath was an Interesting and solemn
day at Berea Assembled in the school house
and church, addresses were made by those who
were to be driven from their homes. and by
others, and afterward with many tears, and with
much of regret parting took place. A few
DAYS after the people in whose midst the now
exiles had iabored, entertained them at dln-
per., On Thursday followed the exodus in
the rait, the mud and the cold, they set out for
this region. The exiles in all this were hopeful
and happy, the poor ones left behind fearful and
mouruine. Those who expelled this colony
were not the fiery fanatics Of the rowdy class,
but the wealthy and the strong. who had long
studied upon it, but who, ignorant of the de-
signs of the mission, thought it unsafe to allow
it's existence in their midst. During the first
excitement there was no delay in the continua-
lion of the work. nor any wayering In the pros
ecutioa of the details of business. All believed
it sale TO remain until the determination to force
m exile or to exterminate By death, became ap-
parent, then but two alternatives remained flight
or fight. Friends were around who would have
resisted erep unto death; but the colonists be-
Iieved that they should carry on their labor in
love and in peace, and they preferred exile,
with the silent preaching their absence would
furnish to The shedding OF blood.
Next we give the narrowing facts OF an
1RisHaAS's suFFEKISes IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Charleston Mercury recently announced
that a workman engaged on the State House at
Columbia, s. c., had been seized by n mob.
whipped. tarred and feathered, and driven out,
for holding anti-Slavery opinions. The cut
RACED man has arrived in New York. He is an
Intelligent man of %, native Of Waxford,
ireland. and stone cutter by trade. He went
from Philadelphia to the South. obtained en-
plovmcnt in Columbia. worked for nine months.
and the only opinion he ever expressed against
Slavery was that it caused white laborer in
the South to be looked upon as an inferior and
degraded man.. This was enough to set the
Slave dogs on him. He attempted to escape,
but was dragged before Vigilance Committee,
imprisoned for three days. then brought before
the Mayor the criminal words proved, on which
he was rc,nanded 10 Jail. kept there six days
longer. The Irish mechanic was then taken
from his cell by two marshals, who lnsuliIAgiy
said to him, "You are SO fond of niggers that we
are going tOgive you a aigger escort.
He was then led through the main street
amid a great crowd, hoo,ing and yelling, the
marshals compelling two negroes to drag him
through the puddles and muddy places Of the
street, and of the State House yardl AZ he was
taken past the State House, three members OF
the Legislature, including the Speaker, stood
looking on and Iaughingl The crowd gradual
ly increased until it numbered several thousand
persons, headed by troop of horse.
After march of three miles out of the city,
to a place called sthe Junction" the procession
was stopped, and preparations were made for
punishment The populace cried Brand him."
Burn himl" Spike him to deathl' and made
threats against his life by pointing pistols at his
head, and fourishing sticks in his face.
The Vigilance Committee ordered him TO
strip himself naked, and forced a negro to assist
in taking off his clothes. A cowhide was then
put into the negro s hands, who was ordered TO
lay on tbirty-nlne lashes (not twenty one, as re-
porthed,) and to draw blood with every stroke.
Our informant describes the pain of this infiic-
ticn as exceeding in severity anything which
he ever suffered before His back and lower
limbs are still covered with the scars of the
wounds.
A bucket Of tar was then brought, and two
xerrooe were ordered 70 rub il upon his bleed
ing ska, and TO cover him from head TO waist.
His hair and eyebrows were clotted with the
tar After this part of the ceremony was con-
clded, be was covered with feathers. His pan
falcons were then drawn up TO his waist, but he
was not tallowed TO put on his shirt or coat. He
was conducted in this exposed condition, amid
the shouts OF the poprlace, to the rail road train
and was put on board the negroes car The
engineer blew continuous blast on his whistle
TO signalize the performance.
A citizen of Charlest(n On the train, who saw
the poor fellows unhappy condition, stepped
into neighboring hotel, before the starting Of
the carr, and brought a cup of coffee and some
biscuits to relieve the sufferers faintness. 1t
was timely gift. and gratefully received. But
the Southern chivalry gathered around the
southern gentleman and threatened him with
summary vengeance if he repeated his generos-
ity. The exasperated crowd detained the tram
and called for more tar and feathers. for fur
ther infiiction upon their bleeding victim
More tar was brought, but more feathers could
not be found; and after fresh tar was applied,
cotton was stuck upon it instead!
The mob told Mr.. Powers on parting that be
would get 100 lashes at Charleston, and at every
stopping place on the way mob gathered TO
infict fresh insults. At Charleston he was kept
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