The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-10-29
UNCLE DANIELS STORY.
CONTINUED from 1st pape,)

Although weeping, she could not restrain a
smile, nor could others of us; but Ham was
in good faith, poor old man.
After they had gone felt keenly, and
drove out to the farm, and there spent the
rest of the day with Joseph Dent He, how
ever, knew nothing more than he had dis
closed to us, about which / have already
spoken. On returning in the evening l found
all the family very lonely and solemn. They
felt the loss of the portion of our family that
were compelled to leave. Our little children
climbed upon my knees and talked and
stammered about their Uncle Henry and
Aunty Seraine, as well as the General and
Jackson, but Aunty Seraine seemed to be
the favorite. did the best could to crafty
them by trying to answer their questions
Some two weeks had passed in this way when
one morning / was notified to meet Seraine
at the depot. / did so and brought her to the
house. When the very hearty and affee-
| tiOnate greetings were over, and the two poor
| little girls had gotten through climbing on
Seraine and asking her questions, which she
did the best she could to answer, she gave
me paper which was Henry's report, ac-
comPanied by good letter from him, stating
| that he would come soon himself. This was
not signed.
a carefully examined his report, and was
almost dumfounded at some of his statements,
! but he had gone into such minute detail and
given such indubtable proofs that no one could
| for moment doubt. Henry said that on his
| arrival again at Windsor he met Wintergreen,
| and after preliminaries were arranged they
| Travelled about the country from one town to
another, until the time had arrived for the as
| sembling of the prominent friends of the rebel
| lion at ST Cafharines in accordance with Jacob
| Thomlnson's request. They started for that
place, and on arriving stopped at the Victoria
| Hotel, where they met great number of per-
| sons, strangers to both, but well known in the
Circle. Henry, on recovering from his prison
starving and sickness, had grown quite stout,
and was so different in his appearance from
what he had ever been prior to his recovery
that his own acquaintances would not have rec
ognized him, therefore he did not feel that he
was in any danger of being detected. He had
heretofore claimed to Wintergreen that he was
from Parkersburg w. Va, and having been
raised near there in Ohio could speak quite
understandingly of the country thereabouts, as
well as number of people
"On Wednesday, being tho day fixed, quite
number of men from different parts of the
country assembled. Quite a large room in the
rear of the Victoria Hotel had been procured in
which the gentlemen were to meet, and Winter
green. having been designated by Jacob Thom-
llnson for that purpose, notified the various
delegates of the time and place of meeting.
When all were assembled each one was required
to give the signs, grips and passwords Of the
Golden Circle, or the Sons of Liberty as the
name had been changed within a few days from
the Knights Of the Golden Circle to the Sons Of
Liberty. Henry did not find the slightest diff
Guilty in being recognized, as he had perfected
himself in all the signs, grips and passwords of
the order in his travels with Wintergreen.
After Jacob ThOminsOn, Mr. Carey and
their committee were satisfied as to those pres
ent they were called to order and seated in as
regular a manner as would have been done in
any deliberate body by Mr.. Valamburg, of Ohio
who, in taking the chair, said that as Grand
Commander of all the Sons of Liberty in the
United States, Canada and the Southern Con-
federacy he desired TO occupy the time of the
delegates for a few moments, in order that he
might explain the object for which they had
met. The assembling at that place, he said,
was in order to be without the jurisdiction of
the United States; that while together and
out of dangers way they were to deliberate in
reference to matters that were best calculated
to effectively aid the Southern people, who were
struggling for an independent constitutional
government that the Government of the
United States had become intolerable in its
expressions and tyranny. He made long
speech. presenting list of abuses by our Gov
ernment against the Southern people, and
urged the necessity for aid to the South at once,
in some way that would be most potent. When
he took his scat he was loudly applauded by all
his hearers. In this meeting were B. Wudd and
McMasterson from New York, Mr. Woodsen
and Mr.. Moore from Pennsylvania, Valamburg
and Massey from Ohio Dan Bowen and Dorsey
twho was a substitute for Thos. A. Strider)
from Indiana, n. Judy Cornngton and Mr..
Eagle from Illinois both from Chicago). Other
States were represented Kentucky,
Iowa, Wisconsin. Maine and Massachusetts,: hut
Henry did not give the names of the delegates
from these States.
Many propositions were discussed. Jacob
Thomlinson gave the full details of what Prof.
Mccullough and Dr. Mears were preparing to
do; their loss by the burning of the Will-o'-
thc-Wisp: also, DR.. Black mans proposition and
the loss of his goods, and he now wanted to see
what could be devised as substitutes. All of
the representatives present seemed to deeply
deplOre the loss to the Confederacy of the secret
only known to the men who went down with
the Will-o'- the Wisp
Jacob Thominson explained that he had
been instructed by the authorities at Richmond
to lay several matters before this or any meet
ing they might have of representative men
from the North. 1t was desirable to have these
matters fully understood SO that the friends of
the South in their meetings could commit all
who were willing to aid the South in carrying
out these various propositions First, he would
lay the message Of President Davis on only one
important subject before this meeting. 1t was
dated Jan. IL, 1853 and was i'll reference to the
Thomlinson said
Mr. Davis claims that by il the negroes are
encouraged to general assassination of their
masters by the iHsidOus recommendation to
abstain from violence unless i'll necessary self
defense. Although our detestatiOn of those
who have attempted the most execrable meas
ureS recorded in the history of guilty man is
tempered by profound contempt for the mpo-
tent rage which it discoses so far as regards |
the action of this Government on such crimi- |
mails as may attempt its execution. | confine
myself to informing you that l shall. unless in
your wisdom you deem some other course more
eXpedient, deliver 10 the several States au-
thortics all commissioned officers of the United
States who may hereafter be captured by our
forces in any of the States embraced in the
proclamation, that they may deal with them in
accordance with the laws of those States pro-
yiding for the punishment of those criminals
engaged in melting servile Instruction.
AT the conclusion of the reading of this ex-
tract loud cheers went up for JEFF Davis. Jacob
Thomlinson continued reading:
ION the 1st day of May last the Confederate
Congress passed series of resolutions. The
fourth resolution declares that every white
person, being commissioned officer, acting
as such, who during the present war shall conf
mand negroes or mulattoes in arms against the
Confederate States, shall be deemed as melting
servile insurrection, and shall, If captured, be
put TO death. The seventh resolution declares
that ali negroes and mulattoes who shall en-
gage in war. or shall be taken in arms against
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