Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-03-09

These are questions lying ut the ye'
nv heart of the issue which | make
with YOU. On the 18th of Dccem'
Der, Capt, Montgomery issued an
order for my arrest dead or alive
Why was this? Had any process
been issued against me, Was
charged with any crime2 Was !
suspected of violating any lawY Did
your Majesty direct Montgomery to
arrest me ! believe you did, and
the following facts justify my belief
During the first conversation with
Judge Tut, already referred to, you
remarked that before peace could be
restored to Lafayette county, thcrc
were certain pcstiferious men there,
Amos Green, Mayor Chapman, my
self and others, whom it would be
necessary 10 disposed of, 10 get rid Of
or hare attended to; q will not be
positive us TO the exact words used. }
but the remark was worthy Of the
cold, cowardly and atrocious vii.
lainy of Philip ii. Subsequently in
conversation with James NJ. Pool
the Sheriff of Lafayette county,
language OF similar import was used
concerning mo. If it was not your
purpose to assassinatc me and my
friends. the facts are unfortunate for
you. Forewarncd we escaped the
tolls thrown around us, and one OF
your minions, Thos. Adamson, who
Mt the head cf an armed squad OF
ruffians, went to my office to carry
out your benevolent designs respect
ing me, afterwards said in convcr.
sation with Mr.. Mitchell, that the
only thing to be regretted was that
Vaughan had not been killed. Such
was one of your transactions for
preserving peace, executing process
aud aiding the civi! authorities
Colonel Casper Gauber, till lately
one of your political friends, signed
Il letter to you. or gavethe informa-
ton upon which the le ter was writ
ten, demonstrating against the law
less conduct of these men ut LEX
ington. You responded by cnclos
ing the letter to Montgomery, who
Immediately proceeded to execute
civil process upon Col. Grubcr by
taking an armed squad to his house
and beating and disarming him
Mr.. Bowen your appointce to the
office OF Clerk of the County Court.
and till recently political friend
was another victim to your Excel
lency's mode of serving civil pro
cess. For refusing to pay II medical
bill to Cooley, against WHICH he
claimed q set,ptf, and for refusing
to sign u degrading and infamous
statement, he was beaten in the
most cruel manner in his own office
by officers of law and order, sent
into Lafayette county to preserve
peace. execute process and aid the
civil authorities. Nor did they stop
here; but in order to make sure OF
executing all civil process and rem
dering valuable aid to the civil au-
thorities, they arrested and impris-
oned James NJ. Pool, the Sheriff of
the county; his Deputy, Jacob a,
i Price, and his two sons; w. NJ.
Green, the County Attorney; r W.
Vaugan, the U. S. Assistant Asses
sor !; Mr.. Xenophon Ryland, and
many other citizens, all or most of
whom had been officers and soldiers
in the service of the United States
during the war. Some of these
named were brutaIly beaten and
otherwise maltrcatcd by these trus.
! ty ministers of the law, sent into
Lafayette county to protect the lives
of our tizens, and to aid in eNccut
ing civil process, On the night of
the 10th of December, Alexander
Mitchell was robbed Iarvv Nc.
Pheeters was robbed and beaten
over The head and face with pistols;
Mr.. Mansfield, was robbed and beat
on and Michael Richardson, II quiet,
inofl nsive man, shot through the
head while going to his own house
from neighbours where he had been.
On the 18th of December, Clements
and Mason were also killed. The
justification urged for the murder
of Clements, is that he had been y
bushwhaclier, and otherwise bad
man. This is doubtless true, and
had he been killed while in arms
against the government, the act
would have been meritnriOus but
he had surrendered under 81 pledge
of protection, aud the men who kill
cd him were guilty Of a brutal and
cold -blooded murder, for which they
should be held responsible to the
laws Of the country.
The United States Express Com
pany was robbed of 81 900. and an
attempt was made to execute simi-
lar process upon the Farmers Bank,
but failed. They entered the houses
of private citizens, drawing their
revolvers OH dctanceless females
They posted themselves on the
streets threatening to kill the pass
ers by. They threatened the lives
of every officer of the United States,
and compelled them for safety to
close their Offices and leave the city.
They went into Ray county and de-
stroyed the press and type of the
Freeman newspaper, published at
Richmond; arrested and imprisoned
Mr.. Berry, the editor, and destroyed
the papers and records belonging to
the Office of the United States As
sistant Assessor, and compctled him
under fear of death. to certify to
numerous falsehoods against himself
aud friends, and. amongst others to
admit that your Excellency had told
the truth in your proclamations,
and that your object was the preser-