Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-06-30


CtpiainT. ]. MaoheY
Thlf man Nlo is we'll hn.. fI..f..Ii.
mphIiy. hf lais Provost uaHIpl lm llrni
~ collecting surrendered rflttuF. ia4
given evidence before lho lirs1psirlrUpu
Committee. llo sNofo That he found pihI.r
sentiment in IeHas, after The surrender NJ
Den Pr.te ln May, 1860, bitterly auiago-
nistIc 90 llic unilei States Government. -
That tho people considered good faith ~
that government, meant bad faith IN this
community. lie swore that eighteen or
twenty northern farmers who had como In
/ In Texas in l~Gj, had been executed rs u
/ mob. because they declared that should tho
/ United States armies enter Texas lhoy
| would sell their crops 10 these armies. Ne
said This was considered very mild trans.
/ action.
These things were sworn 10 by his man
| Capt, T. j, NackSg, and we know more
I false and base statement never was uttered
! either on or on oath, Ii does not contain
one word Of truth Capt. Muckcys con
duet ms provost marshal was so base, over
bearing, arbitrary and tyrannical that he
became personally Odious in this communi-
~, lie was known TO DO utterly regardless
Of truth aud moral honesty. by the tyrGn.
meal course he pursued towards u very OF
DERBY and highly respectable man, he err.
ried out his nefuri0us purpose and killed
this young man without any sort of igstif-
cation which brought down upon him tho
Indignation Of every honest man in the
community,
This delectable Capt Mackcy was one Of
the most furious and bilious enemies Of the
United States so much so that after the
surrender Of Generals Lee aud Johnson,
when all right thinking men on this side
Of the Mississippi believed that the true
policy or the commanding general was to
surrender the department, Mackcy de-
clared that If q man was TO declare such an
opinion in his office he would shoot him
lie said this to Capt James w. RUSSELL
But, TO obtain Office from the United States
he assumed to be par exceliaace Union
Before secession he was rabid disunionist
and continued SO until after the close of the
war.
In this community where he lived, and
where he is known, We suppose that not one
In hundred would believe him on OATH
We resided here for several years before
the war, and were always opposed TO mobs
know that there is no truth in the state
meus that 10 or 20 farmers from the north
had been executed By a mob; not one for
such cause was mobbed.
Tho day after Mackey killed Capt. Writ
SMITH, there was mass meeting Of the
people, and it was composed of Union men
and former secessionists, and n committee
was appointed to invt stigate the matter, and
it was clearly proven before that committee
that the killing was to carry out an old
frr,t lna hat L.
that it was proven before them that the
killing grew out Of personal difficulty,
and not on account of any dislike to the
United States. W. II. Johnson, Esq, who
was VIGOROUSLY Union man, was chair
man of the meeting. The committee also
reported r solutions declaring the purpose
and Intention of the people to submit in
good faith to the Constitution and laws Of
the United States, and that they would aid
theconstituted authorities in the execution
of the laws. The meeting was large one
and voted for the resolution UNANIMOUSLY.
Capt. Russell, U. s. A., was present and
witnessed the proceedings, and expressed
himself satisfied of their truth, ME friends
of Capt. Smith forebore IT, institute a pros
e;ution against Markey, because they fear.
ed that prosecution might be construed
INTO opposition to the United States, as he
held an appointment under the government.
If Mackey were indicted for perjury, hun
dreds of good men could be had here to
prove the absolute falsehood Of the whole
statement, which was conceived in malice
and corruption.
The "Republican Banner Nashville,
Tennessee, of the 9th June, 1856, contains
the following statement Of Mackey's evil |
dence.
The aPahs &sSShy sas
submitted to-day by Capt. Mackey, Provost |
Marshal General under Federal authority
for Lamar and the adjoining counties in
Texas he testified that he found public
sentiment in Texas, since the surrender of
Gen Price in May, 1865; bitterly antago-
nistc to the United States Government.
The people considered that good faith to !
that Government meant bad faith to this !
community. lie cites q case in which /
eighteen or twenty Northern farmers, who |
had come into Texas in 1865, had been ex-
ecuted by mob because they had declared |
that should the United States armies enter
Texas, they would sell their crops to these
armies This was considered n very mild /
of this Capt Mackeys antece-
dents, and thathis testimony before he Re-
Committee is an infamous
Islander upon tho people Of Northern Texas.
He was, during the war; one of the most |,
violent fire eating secessionists in the South,
o blatant brawler at the heels of General |
Prices army. AS soon as the surrender
was made he jumped the fence so hastily |
hao all nnt Nhoor tf,sr
of the Union that he disguised |
the entire community in which he lived
The Federal commander in Texas appointed |
him collector of Confederate property, in |
which position he made himself so odious .
that the whole people ros in arms against
him. To be revenged, he reported himself |
at Headquarters, got an appointment as
Provost Marshal, and took a squad Of SOL |
ders with him to enforce his arbitrary de-
mands. As was his usual custom he i'm |
mediately brought about difficulty be-
tween himself and the citizens. His squad
left him in disgust, and be was left hors du
combat from . pistol shot through the groin,
having first killed his man. The people
notified the gentleman to leave the country,
and he left. Public sentiment was bitterly
antagonistic to him, but not the United /
States Government.
"The story of the execution Of fifteen or
twenty Northern farmers is sheer fabri- /
cation.
"The good people of Northern Texas de
serve this refutation Of a base and maiig-
nant SANDER"
H'poRs BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREED
men. and Abandoned Lands,
State of Texas.