Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-06
More Pro-sIavery Outrages in M

The despotisms of Austria and Italy are ten.
der mercieS compared with the reign of terror
now existing in fifteen States of this bOasted
land of the free. Slave mObs seize, fog, tar
and feather, imprison, hang, or drive out citi-
Gems suspected ofths crime of believing slavery
wrong, without rebuke or hindrance from State
or National authorities, and no mans property
or person is secure, who daTes to breathe a
whisper in favor of freedom. utrecently Mr..
Reemelin, the well known citizen of Ohio,
made flying trip through several of the SOuthN
ern States, and published some notes of what
he saw, in the Cincinnati Commercial. His
notes having reached Memphis, the Avalanche
newspaper of that city invoked mob vengeance
on Mr.. R, for describing a slave mart and
auction in Nashville. Fortunately Mr.. Reems>
lin was safe in Cincinnati before the mob invo>
cation.
The prO>slavery regulators at Lagrange,
Missouri, recently treated several American and
German citizens with exceeding brutality, on
suspicion that they had aided fugitive slave.
They seized N. MATHS, F. schallsr, F. Keller, and
B.schaller, hung Maths until nearly dead, then
extorted confession duplicating the others
under the whip, again fOgged him unmerciful>
ly on the bare back, and turned him loose with
notice to leave the State the next day. Fred>
erick SchalIsr, one Of the outraged men, has
arrived at Quincy, Illinois, and the editor of
the Wing, who saw Mr.. s. some two weeks
after he escaped from his prosecutors, speaks of
his description as pitiable beyond description
Mr.. s. is respectable and intelligent German,
has relatives and is we'll known in Quincy, and
his blood ~boiling recital is substantially cons
frmed by an account of the lynching transact>
ion in the Lagrange (&O.) american. Read
the
srATEHE nj OF Mr.. scHALLRR.
l haze been resident of Missouri for twelve
years, having resided part of the time in Pal
myra, and part of the time in Lagrange. In
the latter place have property. l have never
meddled with slaves or slavery, and have al
ways been Democrat. Last fall, OF early in
the winter, heard that ten slaves had run
off knew nothing about it until heard of
| it, and do not reeollect of ever having seen
them could therefore not have aided their
escape. Nobody in Lagrange ever suspected
|
1 went on that day to Canton, to invite some
friends to parry that was to take place last
Tuesday.
On nv arrival there I was waited upon by
three persons, Jim Ring, Josh Ovens and Bill
| Webster, who informed me of my being under
suspicion of having aided the escape of slave
of Mr.. - Harris, and would have to return
with them. At first l took the matter for a
| Joke, but soon found that they were in earnest.
| On the night on which the slave ran of, who
was caught again at ten o'clock, can prove
by twelve or fourteen persons that was in my
house till I2 o'clock, consequently could not
have aided the negro.
| / returned with the three, satisfied of my in
nocenee, and asked for fair trial only, as l
easily could have proven my Innocence. l was
taken to the Lagrange House, and asked to be
tried next day, (Monday,) but was refused
Monday night an armed posse of twenty five or
thitry men came, tied our (my brother William's)
hands, and put US into a hack. Two others,
Frank Gerlaeh and Mr. Holmes, were set free,
but ordered to leave town. Our hands were
tied, and we were driven in the hack about
three miles on the Memphis road, where the
hack stopped, and ! was taken out. To my
question where they were taking me to, got
| the answer that was to be hanged. I asked
them what for, and received as answer that
should tell them all about the niger scraPes,
about VandooTn, etc.
/ knew nothing about them, had never seen
or heard of Mr.. VsndOorn, could not give the
answer they wanted. They took me about
a quarter Of q mile into the woods and hanged
me- I caught the tree, but, by beating my
hands with sticks they compelled me to let 90
my hold. Soon was senseless. When came
to again, felt two persons, one on each side,
whipping me with whips or coWhides. My
hands were tied to the tree above my head, and
1 was entirely naked. The night was very cold
and soon my back was covered with crust of
frozen blood 1 became weaker, and when they
united me, 1 fell to the ground. 1 heard one Of
them say, "Now you can 60, you son Of
bitOh!" When 1 put on my clothes again,
found my money (Sl2s in gOld) and watch
gone. As 1 could not stand, cTawled as well
as possible to the house of my father in-law,
where DR.. Niemeyer treated me. Ny brother,
whom they had released, told me that they
must have abused me for moro than an hour.
| again say that I am as innocent Of the
charge as child, and have never aided the
escape of slaves.
The American (Mattis,) is still in Lagrange,
| sick from similar treatment.
| TPEnEPTn ECuATT I'D