Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-05-11

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ihu rnlurcd people could hc the same
tulividunl with whom ! had boon
acquainted at u time when the culirc
,rnutry in which hr lived drspiScd
huo tor his cruelty iu slavwr among
other Migrant crimes,
Arriyingal lhcgathcring, caught
IN. same shrill tones which many II
time had echoed blusphcmy through
the little country church in luncn'
burg AMI saw wrilhiug with malice
the very same face which had been
lhc signal for mUttcrcd curses when
ever seen 10y negro in former days,
Just us | arrived on the ground,
the reverend hypocritc was reciting
tn reasons for which he loved Nir'
;imia--onc given being the whining
settlement lhatin her soil lay all that
was mortal of II darling wife, whose
soul had gone before to hcavcn--the
best woman, etc,
Ny mind REQUIRED to facts which
should cause his homy head to bow,
and his false tong to palsy with re
morse, whenever he remembers the
n-..,""" ''h" hora bio uanIu,
liunnicut married Miss -, of
luncnburg, some thirty years ago,
becoming the owner, by his marriage
Ola comfortable farm end quite n
large number of negroes. He was n
Methodist preacher at the time, but
was subsequently expelled from the
Conference for doctrinal hcresics,
AMI became the founder of new
scct-a branch unreco@nizcd of the
Baptist persuasion. lie was known
for miles around rs cruel master,
was undoubtedly n negro trader, and
for the slightest offence would buck
and gag his slaves, and lay them
out in the sun for hours. Finally,
he sold all his negroes, and in vested
the proceeds in Il stock Of groceries,
and carrie | on II small country bus
mess 0he usual routine Of cheating
negroes, and encouraging thelt), un,
til he failed.
But to return to the subject of his
dear wife in heaven. Ehc closing
act of his residence in Luncnburg,
and your correspondents acquain-
lance with him, was in this wise:
sle had taken into his house a poor
white girl Of the county, whom he
scdnced. Conccalment became i'm
possible; aitcra while his wife made
discovery and complaint, whereupon
This model christian and philanthro-
pist horsc-whippcd the injured wo-
man, and ran off with the girl he had
ruined, leaving his family perfectly
unprovded for and dependent upon
the charities Of the people he now
abuses 80 roundly.
heard Of him once afterwards at
Fredericksburg, but saw him no
more untiEhts whine about his .'dear
departed recalled these facts of his
life to my mind. They may aid in
removing the sleeps clothing from
this wof who invades our fold. The
truth of this statement can be attes-
ted by numbers ofpersons yet living
near Lunenburg courthouse, and my
name is at tie disposal of any one
anxious+.J sift this matter.
Yours &c, A Poor WHITE MAN.
The Richmond Times remarks:
"There are many (not few in
RichmonU in Virginia who seem to
know that Hunnicut was first, as last,
hypocritical in all-Methodist, Bap-
list, Campbelllte, Thomasite, Hittite
and Cushte. He started with the
former, may have jumped and ship
ped little--but has finally settled
down as too mean tor niggers "