The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-09-15

tuEFEEVLLE MIS-
August 35th. 1850.
ON Monday. the 23d inst. lr-
called Democrats of this county and
adjoining counties assembled iu
this place IN mobs, with ,neiT shot
guns, bowie-kuives, and pistols. they
said, to keep the peace but later iu
the day they changed their pro-
gramme, and appointed commit
tee. consisting Of one j 20 E-kr.dge
and ". 2. Hyde, o. friend To- call
upon me and demand -aatI ease
advocating the National Green ack
cause or / would be 81 da1 ma be-
fore midnight. Ny reply vas. ,lat
would when cod called Iue away.
and not until then. About one hour
later / was waited on by another
committee. consisting of Il. W. Jones
and W. T. Wynn, saving the pl0pie
demanded an unconditional suuan-
der of my political principles }Iy
reply was that hoped when | did
that God would wither my right
arm. or that death might come H.
stantlr, and if they intended carry
ing out their threats. for dccency's
sake not to mob me. but appoint q
committee of five. give me three
hours notice that ] might wind up
my matters. and then they could
take me. tie nv hands behind me.
tie NE to @ stake. blindtold me and
shoot mc. I'm other words, take
army style. but for Gods sake not
to have Iue assassiuated at night.
but do It in open daylight They
-aid they bad nothing further to do
with it: that would be left with the
parties who gave them instructions.
Mv friend, Mr.. J.. G. Steele, who
was with me. asked them if nothing
else but an unconditional surrender
of my politics would satisfy them.
Nr. K. ". Jones. one of the commit
.tec. replied that he thought not !
remarked to Mr. ". Z. Wynn that
he was the Secretary of our court.
the Foresters that ] thought l
owed some dues and to please call
and get the money thar / might get
o receipt in full. so when / was
murdered that my family would
get the benefit Of my policy. He
did s0. I then went around 20 my
stores. there t0 wait the results Of
their helliSh schemes. But God in
his goodness saw iit to prevent
them and has continued to do so up
to this good hour, and ] have talth
% believe that He VIII continue %
do So. Now these are al facts, and
still not half told. and / VIII IN "a
/ few davs give ont my communlca-
/ ton In full. SIS above stated. these
larc facts. and Bee who denies them
/ lies. I was Min Marshall coun-
/ ty, Miss. and whel q b0r my father
moved to Memphis, Tenn. and
when the first cannon was fired at
Fort Sumter. ] volunteered nay ser
vices. ioined the Harris Z0Uave Ca
diets Of the One Hundred and Fifty
fourth Tennessee Regiment and
I left my home 10 fight iOr what | be-
Z lieved nv rights and the Liberties OF
.our Southern people. ! never re-
turned home bat once during the
war. and that was caused from sick
Iuess. and of such q nature that /
was discharged from infantry, but
soon connected myself with For
rests cavalry. and their remained
until we surrendered at Grenada,
Hiss. have heard and read OF
I these things. said 90 have been com
mitted in the South. and must COR
fess that / did not believe half /
heard. and the only reason that /
+ can assign Is that was member
Of the Democratic Party, and Ike
hundreds and thousands Of others
F that are now members Of the same
party. blinded o it, corruption and
iucapabil.tv Of controlling anything
but Il mob. In 1861, when William
/. Yancey. in Memphis, made his
noted secession speech, was stand
ing near my father who looked at
me and said
NV son. If that policy ]. carried
out and Democracy is upheld. i
viii be the damnatiOn Of theS0uth-
/. in the language Of my father.
saw. II Democracy gets control oi
this Government II VIII be tine de-
struction Of the Liberties II It's peo-
ple. God let the heavens fall. Jet
the earth sink. let the sun cease 10
shine. but for nercys sake, and ior
+ sake Of the rising generation crush
( the so-called Democracy Is nv hon
i est and earnest PRAYER
\. T. WEBEgLEY-
Chairman Greenback State Execu-
tive Committee.