Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-09-18

hrs aeeistant. The colored people were As
mueh under their charge as the whites. g v
Resolutions were adopted unanimously that
tault upon the eolored people worshipping ut
one Of our camp meetings In Shipley's woods,
Anne Arundel county, on the night OF the 3uth
ference with another Of our encampmen,s in a
similar manner, in MONTGOMERY county, merits
ana should receive the indignation and COM
demnaiion not only Of ourselves, but OF all
Cniistian people throughout the State. That
IN tnese great and other similar wrongs We see
clearly exhibited not only a most bitter hatred
Oh tne ooiored people. but hatred no less in
this border, and that these camp-meetiug ont.
raees especially were aimed alike at white and
coIored people worshippiug. That we most
earnestly condemn the burning and destruc-
ton of the churches and school.houses of the
coiored people, and the many outrageous as
saulis upon their teachers that have taken
place within a recent period of our State, as
showing most wicked purpose to deprive
them Of the commonest rights Of humanity,
and call upon all good citizens every whore 10
1rown them down, and to use all their inf1u-
ence TO prevent their recurrence. That the
Methodist Episcopal Church, that has been 80
seriously xRgrieved bv these more recent
wrongs, owes II as q duty to herself TO use all
proper means to aid the civil authorities in ar
resting and bringing to speedy trial and
punishment the perpetrators OF them; and also
10 see to IT, in so far as she can, that fair and
Impartial trial is awarded 70 these colored
people VINO were thus assaulted at the camp
In Shipley's woods. a number of whom have
already been arrested and thrown into the ia,l
in Anne Arundel county. -. = = -
Rev. Mr.. Lauahan then addressed the meet
ing, eaying:-One matter of interest connected
with this bloody riot, this unparalleled enor-
nifty, TO my mind lie, that IL is only the culmi-
nation OF events OF similar character. With
in this State, and within the district of which
i have charge, within the last few months. a
band Of rabble, in face of the remoustan ces of
magistrate and trustee OF the church, burst
Sa rrdo
tered and gambled and drank whisky during
the night. and remained until the Sabbath
morning, when man, bearing the name Of a
minister, came and preached TO them This
case was put into the hands Eof the civil on.
GERS in Montgomery county. That ofYicer
could have administered the writ OF execution
within day after he receivedit. He retained
party was arraigned, he was brought, not be-
fore the magistrate named in the writ as he
shonld have been done, but was carried before
testimony except the testimony OF one person
who knew almost nothing about it. wtiIs, the
parties who witnessed the act, and saw the
breaking, and demonstrated with the parties.
were denied the privilege of testfyine bv =
sworn omcer OF the law. 1t 10 no uncommon
thing for these men, these tramplers upon Ia W
10 boast tnat they do not fear the conse.
quences: that they will not be punished.
camp meeting was appointed to be held
IN montgomery, near the place where this
outrage was perpetrated to which 1 have
referred some two weeks before the day
appointed for the meeting, a company Of
men went to the grove, and with draw.kniyes
In the silence and darkness OF the night
SKINNED three hundred and ten Of the trees and
killed them. Their aim was to DESTROY them
SO that the meeting could not be held One
man, or five men, or ten men could not have
Done ms. went over the ground and est .
mated the time required for an Individual to
perform such work upon the trees. The gen.
tiemRn upon whose ground the encampnent
was TO be held was not member Of our
n g a a y,~s .
him. This killed the entire grove He lost his
grove. Upon the calculation made II must
nave taken twenty men some four hours
working briskly, TO have done that And
would you believe II, unless Information has
been received within the past two or three
days as TO the parties, they are yet unknown.
them. We held the meeting Soon after !
reached the ground learned that a plot had
been formed to poison the spring. We took
measnrts m a,a Is. to keep watch on the spring
meeting Our people are numerous In that
portion OF the county, and they are good
earnest people. We then received private m
formation from source that was deemed en-
tirely reliable, that plot was formed to put
out the lights simultaneously on the last night
ana commence an assassination Of the ne
there. Some may say that was only a threat
that they never would have executed
1t. Certainly not. They never executed
anything any thing & Of the kind kind at shiplev. They never
that church, or broke open its doors. Certain
ly, they did not intend TO putout tine lights and
IN the darkness perpetrate butchery on the
colored people encamped there. Can you be.
leye Ill The chief manager of that frleetiuS
was the gentleman who owned the ground
and not member of our church. With his
assistance company Of men was organized TO
anticipate this attack the last night of the meet.
ing, and they were fully prepared to recei We
these assailants had they come.-The prepara.
ton was well understood in the neighborhood
We wished 1t 10 be understood, as we did not
desire such an interruption, and the assailants
did not come. The first offence Committed
there was before the meeting commenced
There could be no attack upon them from the
coored people because they were not there
The white people were not there yet,
He then reviewed the occurrences at Shin.
ley's Grove, and said it was a planued thing"
Hon. William Daniel was then introduced,
and claimed for the signeFs Of the call for this
meeting that they were actuated by no political
motives, but a desire to create more healthy
moral sentiment in the State, to yindicate the
Church OF their fathers, and to defend even the
weakest among those who are attached 70 her
folds.
AT the CONCLUSION Of Mr.. Daniels remarks.
which were enthusiastically received Rev
John Lanahan announced the DoroIogy.
which the congregation sang in a spirited man
ner, and the meeting was closed with the Bene.
diction. .A'- -"-