Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-03
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1t will be remembered by our readers, and 1
indeed the people of the entire country re-
member the affair with feelings Of horror and
dctestation, that about Que month ago Rev.
Jacob Smith, while on his way to fill an ap- |
polntment in Blount county, was seized by :
armed ruthans, composing the leaders OF the |
league of the Radical party of that county, |
taken to the woods, stripped TO the shirt, tied |
To a tree, and whipped numerically with |
wilhes until his back and shoulders were /
mass of blood and quiverlng flash. No rea |
-on existed for this barbarous action MIR. |
smith was unknown in that locality until alter 1
the close Of the war. During the civil strife |
he preached to both armies Christ and Him 1
crucifed" lie believed not in carnal weapons, |
even while in the midst ol bloody strife. lie |
never carried pistol or any other weapon.-l
Ills preaching was pre-eminently the Gospel OF
Peace He bears the imprint OF the Almighty |
on his calm, serious, guieless face, as "a man |
unspotted from the world.
Tho vindctivo and Santanic teachings OF
Tennessee Radicalsm bore their bitter fruit |
ia the martyrdom of this man OF God.
A. the time approached when MIR, Smith |
had another appointment to fill in that county, |
he received evidence and information, the |
most trustworthy and reliable, that the loyalistS
oi the county were laying ther plans to pre-
vent his preaching, and many OF them were
al Tu1 only w this but he also learned that h's
,icnds in the county, the members vi tno
Methodist Episcopal Church oou.u' wei
mo m treated and threatened auu 1"ae -, q, not
.@mpt by him to preach there Woulu ieSu'' "''
- his hurt, hut also to their injuty' ,o,u,
n' "anoncpd more by the desire not to Involve
- ,be friends of his church IN troun'e' anu
',1 g, " ,ansnltat;on with his co-laborers 10 inc
M;.i ;,-,rr in This city, Mr. Smith resolved not
",'ownt 10 preach the gosnel oil Christ "
- phor;s,ical loyalists. How prudent "as
,iI, rssolve may be learned from the ac'io" -, os
.hl' .ns,a aJI Invsl men-these simon pure memoets
-, ..,b,. marty of great moral ideaS' q" INV
molly Sabbath. ul,yofNr Smith $
.nnointmept at Logan y Chap1i; " ,Sase
1l,,n,v fully two huudfed and h'N VI III; ~
"uh.Sa my well armed and under the le'idef'M,p Al,
'1Ya"s's, who had previously whipped MI
T;tI . assembled in the VICINITY oi tue rhapo'i
Hu'In, 'Itnn,;S,sronsly disclosed their intention u
'nU oUting the religious exercises rom ,aA'hs
PIeV0"Ti ~ members of MIR. Smith IS churcn
p,a paeu Of The impending trouble, did ho' - 70 :,
rIanel and the ruiiians, alter waiting soin' %
,io ~ ja,ermined not to allow their lh'en''oI
IN ~, ba 9ied by the escape OF their prey N0
nord;nely, they sent squads OUT in Sea's' 'noto,
rho preacher, which vlsiteo every '"'p''N~
house for miles afounu' ;l, .t,endio
A. Smith. however, was quletB "''o"""
worship in Knoxville, and 'oMatuS I n lnou
or."c,tors dispersed, elated with the hnoM
ledge that thsy had preVen'cu '"'
VI ~ rIo w. mon are now plotting TO prevent
S 90 The ful6lment OF Mr.. Smith a.
r;n,ment. next Sabbath, at ~Lou,syyi''e, H. ~ =,
poIu'ne pt nN'',,v OF course they will be suece,
,'i 80 there are no officers In the county WI
ia.o 70 do right and arrest these Vloia:ot' >,
law Rather do they mix themselves WIN q
wicked perpetrators OF eoWardS a''a'A' ="
uUarmed man. Dl,r;sm Tennessc
Ra1;calism. the offspring OF the E'" 0'e'
k,orr1Ie Press and Herotd
ucrppy,,ANpER." The fifth ' ice freslu'
uh"n, - led States was Eidrldge Gerry
Massachusetts,, one OF the lmniolsa, dan IA
mSS S;,nea the Declaration OF indeptnueu
n' w' NV was Democrat VINO ma.h.a.'
NJ ~ ,a;tb # his party in tue darkest hoq1s nS
Eo3a,al Mass achusetts. ne n'' "d ,rom
,nrat;c Governor OF that ota'e, anu ",;son
ngme political nomencatuie admins
nan,ocr,t;c Legislature, under MS auua'n' nn.
pemoIai'. tr;cted the State for Congress
uou, a,, ,,av regarded political lines even !
vSuISe u.,;',,;tv ,u of territory. Party auVah'
tnau Sou' raat aim The Federallsts denou'
'hs b;II l As 'gerrymander and IRON M 'nat nS
more than half century ago-11Tr rdm, p"
has always been applied to political POLITICAL S0"'
sional aud legislative aprornooai,%s;ntts, i%;ntnn
Gerry, like his predecessor, MI. @ Ennaou'
IN oftiee, and was buried in the Coegres,
Rnrying Ground in the first year oil Ms I
DoN'r Kill. THE BIRDs.-We repeat
anest-'.Don't kill the birds. Whet
ron IN a bird you destroy friend oil the ]
So" nar5s1 1er and fruit grower: Researches
81, ,h., every species OF hird has Its part par'tl
'"a' "'a in ,he destruction Of vermln' which
"is ,;snte IN ''iS the greater part of their food
a,o IN General far more useiul than har.iu r,
a1e are m nnNnlar desire should be to take eal
;ns us,aaJ pi Of extcrmnnating those Deau!''' aau
,Ls,yaa "a, lGas Of the farmer and fruit grower;
nc hevs a' sSonld be the mortal foes oil oIu;, !,
SoSI Soy1 s"U ~ understand 1t IS perhaps an an iu
Of the old savage nature OF man ho,ssr .Us y at
N ont % t"' They Tn should be taught better a,1;ae =,
81 at M school and through the "asaA'''
" newspapers.