Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-08

aid, fto the Convention but had heard i
spoken or that caution should be used not
to have armed men there; and / know, too,
that DR.. Dostie, who nearly always carried
q revolver with him, that day took 1t from
his person AMI, left it with o barber In this
city, by whom he was accustomed to get
shaved; heard the speaking inside and
nearly all outside the hall ON the 9th Of
July; heard of no statement, as has been
asserted by one of the other side before the
Military Commission, or request by any
of the speakers in the hall, for anybody to
come there armed. heard the speeches
of Governor Hahn, Colonel Field, part of
Mr.. NAPLES; also the remarks OF Mr.. Cut
Ter and Mr.. Dibble; | was present when the
meeting was dissolved, and afterward
went with the procession up TO the front
of tire hall, and was there when DIR. Dostie
made the speech that is said to be infiama
tory; Ibid not hear much of the speaking
outside from the stand in front of the In
stitute; was at the hall during the con
tinuation of the meeting until it was all
journcd; it was orderly so far as anything
saw; if there had been any disturbance |
should have known it; nothing was said by
DR.. Dostie as to the employment of force;
toward the close of his speech he used this
language; will repeat one sentence, word
for word, and this was the language that
looked most toward violence or incendia-
rism of any heard there; they were mostly
negroes there; it was procession formed
of negroes; they had come to the meeting
and DIR. Dostic liked to make dcmonstra-
tive speech; he took pleasure in doing it; in
his speech he called them brethren and SO
forth; near the close of his speech he said,
"Now, friends, go home, peaceably, quiet
w, make no noise, disturb no person.
''But," said he, Il learn which was true,
too THAT there are prowling bands
out Ia waylay YOU. As you separate go
home. If you arc insulted by any of these
bands of men pay no attention to them; go
home right by them without saying word
to them: but if they strike You kill them. :"
That was the substance OF his last sentence
and nearly word for word.
Charles s. SoHrinof All the time | WAS
up stairs FRIDAY night the meeting was
orderly; heard the speech of Mr.. NAPLES:
| it was only short One-a few remarks;
also heard part of the remarks of Judge
Field; as well asI can remember, the pur
port was that they would support the Con-
vention when it should meet; it was COM
posed, he said, of loyal men, and they
would extend the right OF suffrage to the
LOYAL men-the cOlorcd people.
DR.. William III. Hise--I heard the speak
ing at City Hall and Institute. on Friday
night, the 9th July; there was speaking
inside and outside the hall; our friends
spoke in the most radical way; will state
to you that heard DR.. Dostic distinctly
say, Now, my friends. GO pcaceably
/ Il Il
but if anybody disturbs yOu, kill him." the
speeches were net calculated 10 excite vio-
lence on the part of those to whom they
were addressed on the contrary, it was
only in the event of being attacked they
were advised to remember Fort Pillow
Charles w. GiJ6ons.-Called on DIR. Dos
tic and warned him on Monday morning
Goth july that | had heard one police
man say TO another in a little grocery on
the corner Of Custom House street. on Sat
urday, that "by c. we are going to hang
Dostic and IIahn;" DIR. Dostie made the re-
mark to me, II am going unarmed: know
they want to take my life, but | think il a
good cause TO die in; if they want to take
my life they can do so;' said |, You Can
do as you please; thought it my duty to
call and tell you, as in your remarks at the
meeting on Friday night you told the peo-
pie to come out andattend the Convention;
he said on that night ''go home-go quietly
go orderly--behave yourselves, and il
there is anybody, white on black. that dis
turbcs you, paOtect yourselves"
Mr.. Richard l.. Shelby, an intelligent wit
ness, makes this conclusive statement:
went out TO the meeting held in front oil
the Mechanics Institute, and after Rev.
Mr.. Horton had delivered his speech.
standing on the platform. within few feet
OF DIR. Dostie, listened attentivcly to the
speech he made; there was nothing what
ever in the remarks of DR.. Dostie which
could be said to excite or invite in any
way acts of hostility upon the part of the
cOlOred people against any of the white
citizens of New Orleans; after the meeting
had adjourned at the Mechanics Institute.
a procession was formed with torchlghts
and band ofmusic, and proceeded down
Canal street to st. Charles, and then into
Camp street and up 10 the CITY Hall: on
the route to the City Hall some of the men
comprising the procession were attacked
by some white persons and maltreatea; on
arriving at the City Hall a short speech
was delivered by DIR. Dostie: among other
things, he told them he felt very much
pleased with the quiet and orderly manner
In which they had conducted themselves.
and regretted to learn that the procession
had been attacked by body of eyil-dis-
posed men; he recommended them to return
quietly TO their homes, and that if they
were assailed and their lives put in ieopar-
dy, he recommended that they should de
fend theselyes to the extent Of their abili-
ty.
Except at that time, was there anything
in DIR. Dosties speech calculated to excite
luminosity or hostile action? No, sir, there
W as not
AT the meeting outside of the Mechanics
Institute did DR.. Dostie say to the men to
whom he was speaking. that they all ought
10 night Tor their votes; that they ought to
come armed to the Convention, and that
no towards were wanted; that the stones
OF the streets were crying out for the blood
OF rebels, or any expressions equivalent to
these, OF anything like them? / can swear
that he made no such remarks.