The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-08


of their liyes-a cheap sacrifice to the outraged
laws of the country-the work still goes on.
When the rod of oppression smote the sons OF
New England, the colony of Virginia was the
first to respond to their call for assistance,
and upon Northern soil, the blood of Virgil
mans sealed the bond of union which New
England fapatieism is destroying.
Below we give the details of two other de-
monstrations born of the same demon spirit
which gave birth to the bloody affair at Har
per's Ferry.
THE PLOT N TEXAS.
For diabolism Of intent-reyolting cruelty
and savage ferocity-this affair has no par
allel in the annals of Abolition outrage. The
details present a fertility of wicked invention
and an exuberance Of deprayity sickening to
all but the most hardened in vice, villainy,
cruelty and corruption. The scheme extend
ed in its ramifications throughout the North
ern counties of Texas, some of them settled |
by numerous, thrifty, intelligent and prosper
Gus communities. There is scarce anything |
in the dark and bloody calendar of crime but |
it ates-theft-murder by poison, |
murder by midnight assassination, murder by |
fire, murder OF the old, murder of the young |
unprecedented were to be enacted in the
tragedy for which the actors were rehearSng
their parts Fortunately the plotw reveal |
ed before the day of Its consummation, and
its authors will be held to a fearful accounta-
bility. Who thus stealthily laid this mine
who were the concoctors of this scheme Of
confagration, terror and blood-the account
below fully explains. They were the ennis
saries Of Northern Abolition Societies, wolves
in sleeps clothing who, for the most part
had come into unsuspecting communities under
pretence of preaching the gospel, of teaching
the young, &c, &c. They had come to put
into practice the theories which the Stewards
and Summers, and Loyejoys and Sherman's
are preaching in the councils OF the nation
animated by the same spirit which gives Vi
tality to the Black Republican organization
and which seeks to place Lincoln at the head
of the Government.
Let Southern men Of all parties, study these
details, and learn from them profitable les
sons concerning the designs OF that party
which has already obtained control of more
than three-fourths of the Northern State
governments and which is filing both branches
of Congress with its devotees.
But read:
The outhouses, granaries, oats and grain Of
Mr.. Grill Miller were destroyed few days af-
ter the destruction Of Dallas This led to
the arrest of some white men. whose inno-
cence, however, was proved beyond doubt |
Several negroes belonging to Mr. Miller were |
taken up and examined, and developments of |
the most startling character elected. A plot |
TO destroy the country was revealed and ev-
cry circumstance, even to the minutia de- |
tailed. Nearly, Or quite, hundred negroes |
have been arrested, and upon close cxami- |
nation, separate and apart from each other |
they deposcd TO the existence of a plot or
conspiracy TO lay waste the country by fire !
and assassination-to impoverish the land by |
the destruction of the provisions arms and |
ammunition, and then, when in a state of |
helplessness, general revolt of the negroes |
was TO begin on the first Monday in August |
the day Of election for State officers. This !
conspiracy IS dided and a5e5ted By A6o1ition |
enjsSarjeS from the North, aad By those IN |
our }3ids5.
The details Of Tia. plot and It's modus opc-
randi are these: Each county in Northern |
| Texas has a supervisor in the person of !
white man, whose name is not given; each |
county is laid off into districts under the sub |
agents Of this villain, vino control the action |
of the negroes in the districts, by whom the |
firing was to be done. Many of our most
prominent citizens were singled out for assas- |
sination whenever they made their escape !
iiohl their burning homes. Negroes never |
before suspected, are implicated, and the in !
surrectlonary movement is widespread to an |
extent truly alarming. In some places the |
pan was conceived in every form shocking to !
the mind and frightful in It's results. Poison |
ing was to be added, the old females to be |
slaughtered along with the men, and the |
young and handsome women to be parceled |
out amongst these infamous scoundrels.-
They had even gone 50 far as to designate |
their choice, and certain ladies had already |
Jeeys selected as the victinas Of these misguided
monsters.
Fortunately the country has been saved |
from the accomplishment OF these horrors
but then, fearful duty remains for u.s. The |
negroes have been melted to these Internal |
proceedings Jy AJolitionists, and the eafssa-
ries Of certain preachers acho acere erpelled |
tr0lQ this county last year. Their agents have
been busy amongst us, and many Of them
have been in our midst. Some of them have
been identified, and have fed from the coun
try; others still remain, to receive fearful ac-
c0untabltty from an outraged and Infatuated
people. Nearly hundred negroes have tes-
titled that large reinforcement of L4bolfti0a-
lists ore erpect.d on the 1st of L4uqua, and
these to be aided by recruits from the Indians,
while the Rangers are several hundred miles
to the North OF us. 1t was desired to DESTROY
Dallas, in order that the arms and ammuni-
ton of the artillery company might share the
same fate.
Our Jail is filled with the villains. MANY of
whom will be hung and that very soon. A
man was found hung at our neighboring CITY
Of Fort Worth, two days ago, believed to be
one of these scoundrels who are engaged in
tbs work. We learn that he had stored
away number Of rifles and the day after he
was hung, load of siX-shooters passed on to
him, but were intercepted. He was betray-
ed by one of he gang, and hence his plans
were thwarted. Many others will share his
fate.
| have never witnessed such times. We
s
day and night, and know not what we shall
be called upon to do.
The Galveston News of the 18th furnishes
further particulars as follows:
We learn from gentleman, a resident of
Ellis county, who left Waxahatchie ON Mon
day last, and arrived this morning. some fur
Their details of the results of the discovery Of
the diabolical abolition plot, that was to sweep
al |
torch and murderer's weapon
In Dallas and Ellis counties, committees
composed Of the coolest, steadiest and most ,
respectable citizens, were appointed, and were
at work all last week investigating the whole
affair. No one but those Immediately inter
ested knows who compose the committee, nor
where or when they meet, or what they are 7
doing. Their chief object is to ascertain what +,
whites are at the bottom of the plot. No one
else iRterleres in the investigation. Q
In Ellis, the County Court has orpanized v
patrols On an extensive and well managed r
system.
The negroes confessions-made apart and
ut great distanceS-coneur in the leading points
and all aver white men originated the Mot n
and directed their movements. v
They promised the negroes their liberty ic
and their masters goods, etc. and to lead r
them to Kansas; the negroes aoere told aiso
hat dbe neat President aoolld be a No,fbey,, II
man, rho ,coald free them al. n
The negroes concerned in Ellis county \
were principally of mature age and those al !,
owed by their owners a good deal of liberty. y
The young ones were not allowed to partici-
pate IN the plot; and many were not trusted b
With the secret at all, Their idea was to burn h
Ill the stores where arms and ammunition h
L. -
August, when the citizens were away from ca
heir farms and houses-the negroes were to
Use, seize on all arms, and headed 6y their Sc
c5aite leaders, to attack the houses here and %
here, murder defenseless women, burn and
lestroy, and finally, it is presumed march off Sc
n a body towards Kansas. ar
Waxahatchie was to have been set fire to eli