The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-09-27
The Late Camp-Meeting ARRAY
Meeting of Citizens OF Anne Arundel
County Additional Testimony -
Speeches Wade-ResoiutiOns Adopt
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Speeches Iade-ResoIutiOns Adopt
ed, &c.
Pursuant to public call, emanating
from leading citizens of Anne Arundel
SS99nndty S9nnd a P9biie meeting was Il held ooT on
ity of the late'camp-meeting, which was
the scene of an atfray between the col
ored worshipers and certain outside par
ties. The advertisement calling the
meeting states that "the citizens of
Anne Arundel county, living in the vicin.
ity of Shipley's.camp, feeling aggrieved
by the false statements in certain news.
papers, and particularly by those made
at the meeting of the Methodist minis.
ters and laymen lately held in Light
street church, design holding q meeting
for the purpose of obtaining from the
evidence legally taken by the justices of
said county, concerning the riot at said
camp, cerrect statement of all the
facts" &c.
The testimony taken before Justice
of the Peace was read to the meeting,
and the falsity Of the evidence offered
at the Baltimore Methodist Meeting
was pointed out. A committee on Res
olutions was appointed, and made re
port as follows:
RESOLUTIONS.
We, the citizens of Anne Arundel
county aud Of the community adjacent
to the recent camp meeting in Shipley's
woods, iu said comfy, having assembled,
pursuant to published call, for the pur-
pose OF impartially investigating the
particulars of tho riot which recently &C
CURED there, after a full and careful
hearing Of all the evidence yet taken by
the civil authorities in the case. feel II
our duty for the information of the pub
lie, and for the purpose Of correcting the
many false and perverted statements that
have been made in reference TO the same,
to publish the subjoiued statement of the
manner and order OF the riotous demon
stratlons.
All agree that up to within a short
time of the firing of the pistols there was
no more disorder than s usual Oh the last
night of camp meetings, and that had
the camp meeting authorities used proper
means there would have been no serious
disturbance. 1t is we'll known that the
rule forbiddiug the mingling of whites
and blacks was not enforced. A few
wild young men did annoy the blacks in
some trivial manner, when the whites
| were admonished not to molest the blacks
aud the blacks were advised to put down
| their clubs and they should be protected
by the authorities. They paid no atten-
tion to this, but continued using threat.
ening language, declaring that they
could and would protect themselves
About this time white preacher was
heard to say "if those young men went
whore the blacks were they would get
their heads cracked This was not five
minutes before the firing commenced
Just about this time a small cantaleupe
was thrown into the blacks meeting.
The negroes then rased q yell and
charged upon the whites and their en-
campment with clubs and pistols, as the
perforated trees upon the ground and the
shooting of Nj. Benson clearly show
| Then followed a scene of the widest
confusion and excitement which we shall
not attempt to describe. 1t is clear to
our minds, from the abundant evidence
on the point, that whatever the provo.
cation might have been, there was moth.
ing to justify the negroes in making the
| aUtack az Uuo Ilulcj III Iuc LuduucIy III tue
direction, and on whom they did.
Resolred, therefore, as the sense Of this
meeting, that it was the duty of the col
ored people to look to the law and the
managers of the meeting for protection
in thsir worship, and that the assault
with clubs and firearms on the innocen,
and defenseless was outrageous and
wicked in the extreme.
Resolred, That while we greatly depre
cate the wanton'destruction of the effects
of the celored people after they had left
the ground, we believe it was the nstura
consequence of infamed passion, aftel
the whites had been Unfortunately
fred upon.
Resoired, That the proceedings of GER
tain ministers and laymen Of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, on the night o.
the 18th inst, in justifying the blacks IN