Smyrna times., 1862-05-15


or elsewhere, tor aIy expression OF II.
And now Tor the testimony l have II here
IN writing. This same Charles ii. McWhorter,
about the latter part of October, 1861, procured
materials and made a Secession flag, and, IN
| company with others; attempted TO hoist II about
midnight upon flag. pole which had Deen
erected for the flag Of the Union These, SIR,
are some loyal Chite men of the State of Del
aware, are they! Ii they are, Claim no ei-
iowshIp with them, and scorn 10 be regarded
here as the Representative Of such lOyal men.
! Being the owner of fast horse, which he
called jeff Davis, p" after the so. He'd Pres
Ident OF the Confederate States, laughter, I and
after exhibiting said hOrse al the agrGcuiIurdI
talr in Dover at trOtling match, he called Tor
Union flag which was floating near by, and
SAID, =" Take that damned old rag and wipe out .
the horses mouth it is all Is fit for"
Tins Is one Of the loyal White citizens of the /
State ot Delaware, is he! during HE auIumn I
OF 1861 he SAID, in reply re,r'rk ntdre -ea F.
|" Il N 10y grhtleunu ia u v~r--rnd | i" /.
her" -al tha' the grnII"man ~ Dover to whom F..
aIusIon Is made is my law partner-expressive
OF a desire 10 have hut one Government from
the ST Lawrence 10 the Gulf of Mexico, HIhat
he, too, wanted one Government. and that he
wanted the Confederate flag TO float over every
State in this Union"
Sir, claim no fellowship with that man,
here or elsewhere to defend him. In another
conversation he said that he would make the
privilege of killing President Lincoln the only
atonemeEt for the sins OF his life. Farther than
that, al party given at his house Nc WhOrler,
q about the 9Th day OF March, lo62 immediately
before his arrest,-to which al|us,on made
by the gentleman whose retna ks are nav print.
d ed in the Baltimore Sun of this morning-wore
e Secession badge. And yet, this Mr. McWhor-
. ter Is loyal Ichite citizen OF The United States,
loyal cltlZen of the Unlon.
Now, sir, a remark has been made elsewhere
in regerd to other gentlemen, and among
:, others, in regard to the arrest of John B. PEN
v nlngton, Of my own town, whose law office Is
next door to my own, the captain Of the com.
pany called HaZHt Guards. AS captain Of that
L. Company, he arrested by Col. Wallace
=, under orders OF Gen. Lockwood, because Of the
D. dislOyaly of that company, and their refusal TO
=, give up the arms in their possession 10 the
United States authorities. The evidence is
that this nephew Of the Senator from Della
Cove Salisbury, Jr., ia drilling member of
the HazlItl Guards, wore the letters U S. up
A. side down, and drilled so publicly, stating that
in that form the letters would stand for Confcd-
crate States, or Southern Union and that he
wore upon his person a Secession badge.
This is another of the loyal Uhite citizens
of the State of Delaware, who have not been
dragged from their homes into another State
We by the military authority Of the United States
nd Government.
,is AT the time Of the first meeting held by the
. Union men Of Kent county, in favor of the
e' Union, in Nav, 1861, this same Cove Salisbury
DE Jr, declared that he would be glad 10 see the
Je Ualted States flag torn down from the stat
whereof it was l"a,ing, and trampled IN The
dust. In conversation had III Dover, he ex
: pressed 10y and satisfaction over the defeat o
~, ~ the Union army, at Bull Run. and expressed
~ his hope that every one OF the Union troops
10 that went South, night share the same fate "a
- those who had fallen IN that baIle.
- Here ls another evidence: Nehemiah Lof
" land, another member of the same company, o.
- the occasion of q wedding parry in Dover
~ when a portion of the company were singing
- the patriotic song Columbia the Gem of tn
~ Ocean," instead OF the words in the chorus
three cheers for the red, white. and blue,
sang, "three cheers for the red, white, a nd red
- thus adapting that chorus to the COnfederat
~ ~ flag. 10 the spring of 1861, when patriot
~ citizens were purchasing and wearing the sta
~ spangled banner, he sold from his store, an
AZ himself wore, the Confederate flag with seve
+ stars on it, In him we have another loyr
-, white citizen of Delaware, according to Judge
ment r. Gently set u p for loyalty to the Union.
-, Au0ther member Of the IlsxIiIt Guards wa
~, u'o John G. Craig. In divers conversations
11' Dover, be rejoiced and admitted that he d
=, rejoice, in the success of the rebels over ul
49, forces at Bull Run in the most public manne
r. aud when two young gentlemen, members
- the HAzlItt Guards, to which he belonged, wei
engaged in raising a company for the Unite
Ststes service, and wished TO drill with sa
""" company. he told hem they had no business
n, engage IN ra .sing company tor he GuVer
me~l aud objected to their drilling with tt
llazlnt GAsrds for that reason. Here
atr another sample of the "loyuI" citizens
Delaware.
man John A. Nicholson is another member OF tn
'hs company. In a conversation during the SUI
mer Of 1861, at the county buildings, in Dove
mat he said openly that the South had cause
'nse secede, that they had right to secede, and tn
He' they now doing right, and just what th'
ought to do.
rmlt Martin B. lIlyard, about the time when Il
ned' Union forces went into Virginia, in convers
lion on the public square in Dover, said
ow' hoped that the Federal troops that invaded /
luce seceding States would die by disease, or
l"e' bullets, or by steel.
'use' James NJ, WISE another member ef the H.
All lit Guards of the town of Dover, in whcI
'n's have the honor to reside, IN conversation II
gem store in Dover. in the autumn OF 1861, wh
tnls looking at some hats, aud having his atienti
directed TO a representation of the Unit
my States flag in the hat, and told that'he epg
yged 10 buv il ON thu, account. remarked. "da,
state the stars and Stripes" snd upon being told Il
mere he lived under them. replied, - damn the 81
as aud stripes; do not want to live under tn
any longer"
~oee" ~ William A. Atkinson. whose name has be
oee" mentioned as one Of the oppressed loyu
eople ~ ,1 - nn.ar - ,hs o',,L 80
seem P 30. 80, - ,II -. a. -
whose T1'J' 80 -. ., - , a. -; -.
: '0'' than the present Administration. l. sir, b,
~ h. ard with my own ears this same man All
p"S son, ex-sheriff Of the county OF Kept. wheI
" ~" ,%n reside, singing to the tune OF Dixie,
be- s""s
hat 8 Inc Oh'on' Tue onioh once IoVcd so W
mo mn % notu Uo doum foeh oil