The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-24
PULASKI, May. is. 1867.

quent cOlored lecturer; G. W. Peabody
and Capt. Garner. Thousands of voices
rent the air in cheers for BrownolW as
each speaker would make his telling points.
The occasion on the,whole passed off peace
ably and satisfactorily to the listeners, ex-
cePt disturbance, produced by drunken
Conservative, riding on horseback into the
crowd; but he was soon sent flying down
the street upon his horse.
The speech made by Prof. Murray did
not rest well upon the stomaehs of the
Conservatives, so they threatened to mob
him on Monday night, and personal---very.
indication of violent outbreak. About
fifty cOlOred men, prepared, guarded the
speaker from the church to his residence
Monday night. Hearing that the mob in
tended to kill the school teacher, Mr.. r.
P. Clark, that night, Mr.. Murray and he
were advised to stay in the same room,
where some twenty five men were placed
to guard them. During the night many
persons connected with the mob prowled
about the.streets with the intention of tax
ing Messrs. Clark and Murray out and
hanging them. ts
Tuesday the mob seemed to have in
creased, and threatened loudly, but Tues,
day night they made no attempts for fear
of some fifty colOred men who we're pre-
pared to resist them. Wednesday and
Thursday nights the indications were still
strong, and there seems to be no protection
except in our own right arms. This dis
position to harras the peace of a commu.
nifty, and in cold blood to murder peacea-
bic men on account of their sentiments, is
strong argument fer the militia laws of
this State being vigorously put into execu-
ton "P. II. NJ"
To say nothing of the cool impudence
and arrogance of this eloquent cOZored lee
turer," we must say that we do not re-
member to have seen as many barefaced
lies, contained in 80 short an article, in
our life.
We must also confess, to our shame,
that we never heard of this Prof. Murray
until the day he spoke here, and thought
then that he was some gentleman from the
North, imported expressly for that occasion,
and we don't suppose there were half do
zen white men 10 town who knew he was here
on the night referred to. There was a lit
tie feeling excited on Monday night among
some of our very best citizens, when 1T
came to light that an intelligent and
sprghtly little white boy had been unmer-
mercifully beaten and lacerated by this col.
ored school teacher Clark, but such thing
as resorting to violence was not seriously
entertained by any one. It was our pain
tul pleasure to visit this child on Monday
night, in company with two of our mos
distinguished medical gentlemen, and
others of our good citizens, for the pur.
pose of ascertaining the extent of his in
iuries, aud we suppose this was the ''mob'
referred to. We feel confident that there
was not single gentleman in the com.
paDy who knew that there was such a mar
as this distinguished Professor in town
But we do honestly believe thai if white
man had bruised and lacerated any whit,
child in town as this one was, he would
have been summarily dealt with befor'
morning if he had remained in town. True
the child may be SO unfortunate as to have
bad mother, but surely that does not jus
tify any man. white or Black, in whipping
it nearly to death for any cause, eithe
real or imaginary.
But it was not our intention, in this ar
ticle, to enter into the particulars of thi
atrOcious affair, as we prefer to let the mat
ter rest until the law has taken its course
Neither was it our intention to give th
Professor the benefit of so much space i
our columns; but our object was, chiefly
to warn our contemporaries at Nashville, bott
Radical and Conservative, against the ev
of giving publicity and prominence t
8 every sensational report that comes to thei
q ears from the country, for such things al
: generally exaggerated, and~much harm
: sometimes done the very people who ar
represented as outraged and aggrieved.
In reference to the last paragraph of Mul
rays communication, suffice it to say tia
D every statement in it is false. With a
apology to our readers for occupying 6
d much space with this dirty subject, v
drop it. LOCAL.
d CFrOm the Columbia Herald & Gazette, May 18th