UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
AT LOS ANGELES

ANTZSLAVERY TRACTS. No. 4. New Scries.

NEW "REIGN OF TERROR

SLAVEHOLDER STATES,

1859-60.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.
1860.

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PREFACE

" There exists," says the New York Tribune, " at this moment, through-
out the Southern States, an actual Reign of Terror. No Northern man,
whatever may be his character, his opinions, or his life, but simpl}7 because
lie is a Northern man, can visit that region without the certainty of being
subjected to a mean espionage over all his actions, and a rigid watchfulness
over all his exuressions of opinions ; with the risk of personal indignity,
and danger even to life and limb. This mortifying necessity of submission
to a contemptible despotism, or suffering the penalty of any assertion of an
independent and manly spirit, is confined to no condition of life, but is en-
forced upon every visitor, whether he be a poor mechanic like Powers, who
hammers stone for a living, a merchant's clerk like Crangale, who is paid
with imprisonment for asking the settlement of a just debt, a peddler who
sells books as harmless as a dictionary, or a Member of Congress, who, for
words spoken in debate, may be, by the bludgeon of a bally, incapacitated
for the rest of his life for following any honorable or useful career. Nor
is it necessary even to cross Mason and Dixon's line to eome under this de-
grading compulsion. Northern merchants who sell goods for Southern con-
'umption are called upon to square their opinions according to the planta-
Mon standard, and any recusancy on their part is visited with the discipline
'>f the loss of trade. Editors of petty Southern newspapers hardly capable
if forming an intelligent notion upon any subject, and quite incapable of
writing two consecutive sentences of even tolerable English, form their
SSlack Lists and White Lists, and compel the obedience and subsidy of large
commercial houses of a great, and wealthy, and powerful city, a thousand
miles distant. And, worst of all, this state of things seems accepted rather
as in the natural order of events, than as a monstrous growth of an insolent
tyranny on the one hand, and the subserviency of an infinitely mean, and
sordid, and peddling poltroonery on the other.

And here is its latest development. A morning paper of yesterday pub-
lishes ' a card,' signed ' James P. Hambleton, editor of the Southern Con-
i fcderacy.' The- Black List of the Confederacy had included the name of
Davis, Noble & Co., No. 87 Chambers street, and the purpose cf the card
is to exonerate this firm from the charge implied in that publication, the

editor being now satisfied, on < the best evidence, that the aforesaid firm
are true, constitutional men, having never been tainted with any of the
Anti-Slavery isms of the day, either directly or indirectly, and that we
hereby recommend them to their former patrons at the South, as a concern
in every respect deserving their continued patronage and support.' We
neither know nor care what the evidence may be which has produced this
change — whether it be a suit of clothes, a pair of shoes, a hat, a bill of
dry goods, a bill of wet goods, or fifty dollars in current bills — the fact
itself is enough. The disgraceful fact is enough that this Hambleton is at
this moment in New York ; that he is, while we write, making a round of
calls upon tradesmen, receiving sometimes money, sometimes goods, and al-
ways the evidence of the most despicable subserviency, on condition that
he will certify to that fact; and that nowhere, among all these tradesmen

— men who on Sunday go to church, who are not hissed when they appear
in public, who look their wives in the face, who meet their children un-
abashed, who go into the streets by daylight — men, moreover, whose legs
have the ordinary muscular development, whose boots hare the ordinary
thickness, to all whose stores there is a front door — have not one of them,
as yet, indignantly ejected Mr. James P. Hambleton from their premises !
We honestly and sincerely think that this is a fact not to be laughed at,
but one which demands our most serious consideration."

Let us suppose the tables to be turned ; suppose there existed here a little
of the spirit of '7C, such as our fathers manifested in their treatment of
the tories at that time, and we should catch, and tar and feather, every
slaveholder coming into the North, by way of retaliation, and to show
our jealous appreciation of the sacred cause of freedom — how long would
" our glorious Union " hold together ? How many victims would be sub-
jected to Northern Lynch law, before the South would bring this matter to
a head ? And yet, there are scores of Northern men so treated at the
South, — not one of them an Abolitionist, or in sympathy with their move-
ment, — and the intelligence excites no popular indignation among us, and
scarcely elicits a comment from the press. In one half of the country,
there is, practically, no Constitution or Union now; there, all constitution-
al rights are ruthlessly violated in the persons of those who believe in the
Declaration of Independence and the Golden Rule ; there, a bloody usurpa-
tion holds undisputed sway. And for such atrocities there is no remedy ;
at least, none is looked for, none even attempted. The submission to them,
on the part of the North, is as absolute as that exacted of the scourged and
cowering slaves on the plantation !

People of the North ! read and ponder the following record of the high-
handed measures and lav/less deeds referred to, and decide the question,

— OF WHAT VALUE IS THE U.VIO.X ?

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AUTHORISED VIOLATION OF THE MAILS.

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 28th, 1859.

A Postmaster in the county of Doddridge, in this State,
wrote recently to Gov. Wise, asking information as to what
disposition he should make of such incendiary newspapers aa
the New York Tribune, and others of that stamp from Ohio,
received in that county. The Governor referred the matter
to John Randolph Tucker, Esq., the Attorney-General for
this State, and probably the ablest constitutional lawyer in
the Commonwealth, for his opinion. Mr. Tucker examined
the subject very carefully, and, as will be seen by his opinion,
which I herewith transmit, disposed satisfactorily of the ap-
parent conflict of jurisdiction between the State and Federal
authorities involved in this question : —

RICHMOND, Nov. 26th, 1 859.

SIB, — The question is submitted to me for an opinion as
to the effect of the law of Virginia upon the distribution of
mail matter when it is of an incendiary character. A news-
paper, printed in the State of Ohio, propagating abolition
doctrines, is sent to a person through a post office in Virginia.
What is the duty of the Postmaster in the premises ?

The law of Virginia (Code of Va., chap. 198, sec. 24)
provides that " If a Postmaster or Deputy Postmaster know
that any such book or writing (referring to such as advise or
incite negroes to rebel or make insurrection, or inculcate re-
sistance to the right of property of masters in their slaves)

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has been received at his office in the mail, he shall give notice
thereof to some Justice, who shall inquire into the circum-
stances, and have such book or writing burned in his presence ;
if it appear to him that the person to whom it was directed
subscribed therefor, knowing its character, or agreed to re-
ceive it for circulation to aid the purposes of abolitionists,
the Justice shall commit such person to jail. If any Post-
master or Deputy Postmaster violate this section, he shall be
fined not exceeding two hundred dollars."

This law is obligatory upon every Postmaster and Deputy
Postmaster in the Commonwealth ; and it is his duty, upon
being aware that such book or writing is received at his office,
to notify a Justice of the fact, that he may take the proceed-
ings prescribed in the section quoted.

This State law is entirely constitutional, and does not,
properly considered, conflict with the Federal authority in the
establishment of post offices and post roads. This Federal
power to transmit and carry mail matter does not carry with
it the power to publish or to circulate. This last is a great
State power, reserved and absolutely necessary to be main-
tained as a security to its citizens and to their rights. If the
States had surrendered this power, it would, in these impor-
tant particulars, have been at the mercy of the Federal
authorities.

With the transmission of the mail matter to the point of
its reception, the Federal power ceases. At that point, the
power of the State becomes exclusive. Whether her citizens
shall receive the mail matter, is a question exclusively for her
determination. Whatever her regulation upon the subject, is
for her decision alone, and no one can gainsay it. Her sove-
reign right to make it closes the door to cavil and objection.

It is true the Postmaster is an officer of the Federal Gov-
ernment, but it is equally true he is a citizen of the State.
By taking the Federal office, he cannot avoid his duty as a
citizen ; and the obligation to perform the duty of his office
cannot absolve him from obedience to the laws of his Com-
monwealth, nor will they be found to conflict. The State, in
the case supposed, holds the hand of her citizen from receiv-
ing what is sent to him, and takes it herself. No citizen has
the right to receive an invitation to treason against the com-
mands of his State, and her law forbidding it and command-

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ing it to be burned, refers to the right of the citizen to re-
ceive, not to the right of the Federal power to transmit and
carry mail matter intended for him, which he does not receive,
only because the law of the State forbids it.

I have no hesitation in saying that any law of Congress,
impairing directly or indirectly this reserved right of the
State, is unconstitutional, and that the penalty of the State
law would be imposed upon a Postmaster offending against it,
though he should plead his duty to obey such unconstitutional
act of Congress.

If there be a conflict, therefore, between the postal regula-
tions of Congress and this law of Virginia, it is because the
former have transcended their true constitutional limits, and
have trenched upon the reserved rights of the State. In such
a case the citizen, though a Postmaster, must take care to
obey the legitimate authority, and will not be exempt from
the penalty of the State law by reason of any obligation to
perform the duties of a Federal office, which are made to in-
vade the reserved jurisdiction of the State in matters involv-
ing her safety and her peace.

It is eminently important that the provisions of the law in
question should be rigidly adhered to by all the Postmasters
in the State, and that the Justices to whose notice the matter
may be brought should firmly execute the law, whenever a
proper case presents itself for their decision.

"With high respect, your obedient servant,

J. K. TUCKER.

For the Governor.

LETTER FROM THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 5th, 1859.

SIR, — I am in receipt of your letter of the 2d inst., in

which, after referring to the opinion of the Attorney-General

of Virginia sustaining the constitutionality of the statute of

that State, denouncing, under heavy penalties, the circulation

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of books, newspapers, pamphlets, &c., tending to incite the
slave population to insurrection, you ask to be instructed as
to your duty in reference to such documents, should they be
received through the mails for distribution at the post office
of which you have charge.

The statute alluded to is in the following words : —

SBC. 23. If a free person write, print, or cause to be written or printed,
any book or other writing, with intent to advise or incite negroes in this
State to rebel or make insurrection, or inculcating resistance to the right
of property of masters in their slaves, or if he shall, with intent to aid the
purposes of any such book or writing, knowingly circulate the same, he
shall be confined in the Penitentiary, not leas than one nor more than five
years.

SKC. 24. If any Postmaster or Deputy Postmaster know that any such
book or other writing has been received at his office in the mail, he shall
give notice thereof to some Justice, who shall inquire into the circum-
stances, and have such book or writing burned in his presence ; if it appear
to him that the person to whom it was directed subscribed therefor, know-
ing its character, or agreed to receive it for circulation to aid the purposes
of Abolitionists, the Justice shall commit such person to jail. If any Post-
master or Deputy Postmaster violate this section, he shall be fined, not ex-
ceeding two hundred dollars.

The point raised by your inquiry is, whether this statute is
in conflict with the act of Congress regulating the administra-
tion of this Department, which declares that "if any Post-
master shall unlawfully detain in his office any letter, pack-
age, pamphlet or newspaper, with the intent to prevent the
arrival • .id delivery of the same to the person or persons to
wl.^m such letter, package, pamphlet or newspaper may be
addressed or directed, in the usual course of the transporta-
tion of the mail along the route, he shall, on conviction there-
of, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and
imprisoned for a term not exceeding six mouths, and shall
moreover be forever thereafter incapable of holding the office
of Postmaster in the United States."

The question thus presented wfas fully decided by Attorney-
General Gushing in the case of the Yazoo City post office.
(Opinions of Attorney-Generals, vol. 8, 489.) He there held
tlia' a statute of Mississippi, in all respects analogous to that
of Virginia as cited, was not inconsistent with the act of Con-
gress quoted, prescribing the duties of Postmasters in regard
to the delivery of mail matter, and that the latter, as good
citizens, were bound to yield obedience to such State laws.

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You are referred to the luminous discussion of the case for
the arguments urged by that distinguished civilian in support
of the conclusion at which he arrived. The judgment thus
pronounced has been cheerfully acquiesced in by this Depart-
ment, and is now recognized as one of the guides of its ad-
ministration. The authority of Virginia to enact such a law
rests upon that right of self-preservation which belongs to
every government and people, and which has never been sur-
rendered, nor indeed can it be. One of the most solemn con-
stitutional obligations imposed on the Federal Government is
that of protecting the States against " insurrection " and
" domestic violence " — of course, none of its instrumentali-
ties can be lawfully employed in inciting, even in the remotest
degree, to this very crime, which involves in its train all
others, and with the suppression of which it is specially
charged. You must, under the responsibilities resting upon
you as an officer and as a citizen, determine whether the books,
pamphlets, newspapers, &c., received by you for distribution,
are of the incendiary character described in the statute ; and
if you believe they are, then you are not only not obliged to
deliver them to those to whom they are addressed, but you
are empowered and required, by your duty to the State of
which you are a citizen, to dispose of them in strict conform-
ity to the provisions of the law referred to. The people of
Virginia may not only forbid the introduction and dissemina-
tion of such documents within their borders, but, if brought
there in the mails, they may, by appropriate legal proceedi-iajs,
have them destroyed. They have the same right to extinguish
firebrands thus impiously hurled into the midst of their homes
and altars, that a man has to pluck the burning fuse from a
bombshell which is about to explode at his feet.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. HOLT.

Mr. CHARLES A. ORTON, Postmaster at Falls Church, Va.

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POST OFFICE, LYNCHBURG, Va., Dec. 2d, 1859.
MR. HORACE GREELEY — SIR, — I hereby inform you that
I shall not, in future, delivei from this office the copies of the
Tribune which come here, because I believe them to be of
that incendiary character which are forbidden circulation alike
by the laws of the land, and a proper regard for the safety of
society. You will, therefore, discontinue them.

Respectfully,

R. II. GLASS, P. M.

LIFE IN VIRGINIA. — A private letter from a Postmaster
in Virginia, whose locality we dare not indicate, for fear of
exposing him to mob violence, says : —

" We are in the midst of a Reign of Terror here. There
is no certainty that letters duly mailed will not be opened on
their way. All men of Northern birth now here are under
surveillance by the so-called Vigilance Committee ; and any
one suspected of thinking slavery less than divine is placed
under care. Those who have been taking the New York
Tribune are objects of especial ban. A company of ten
came into the office last Monday, and gave notice that I must
not give out any more Tribunes to the subscribers here. The
law of Virginia punishes by fine and imprisonment a Post-
master who gives out what are denounced as incendiary
journals. The law of the United States punishes by fine and
imprisonment, and further incapacitates from ever holding the
office again, any Postmaster who shall withhold or refuse to
deliver any paper sent to a regular subscriber at his office.
So here I am in a pretty fix."

John C. Underwood, Esq., writing to Horace Greeley un-
der date of " Occoquan, Prince William Co., Va., Dec. 21st,
1859," says — "There are some ten or twelve copies of the
Tribune taken at this office, and the Postmaster refuses to
deliver them to the subscribers ! The Attorney-General of
this State has pronounced them incendiary ! "

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HARPER'S MAGAZINE AND WEEKLY PROSCRIBED. — The
North Carolinian, of Fayetteville, N. C., says : " We notice
these periodicals upon our streets as numerous as ever, after
it is ascertained that G. W. Curtis, one of the editors, is an
infamous Abolitionist, and that one of the Harpers has given
a large sum of money to the Brown sympathizers. Should
these papers be allowed to circulate so profusely in our midst ?
We notice that his Honor, Judge Saunders, put a stop to the
sale of these papers in Raleigh. We would like to know why
they are not stopped here. Are we to see these Abolition
sheets upon our street without a word of rebuke ? "

MORE MOB SPIRIT. — On Friday evening, of last week, the
editor of the Peninsular News, a most excellent anti-slavery
paper, published at Milford, Delaware, received an intimation
that a mob of violent men were making arrangements to at-
tack his office, and destroy the press and type. The matter
having leaked out, several substantial citizens of Milford re-
paired to the office, and volunteered to assist in its defence.
The mob collected around the office in considerable numbers,
but concluded that the movement was not popular enough in
that town, and retired. The attempt has created much indig-
nation among the best portion of the citizens of Milford, who
know that the News is telling the truth about slavery, and
that mobs and all the efforts of Slavery-ridden Democrats
will not stop the spread of such truths as it publishes.

Norris F. Stearns, of Greenfield, Mass., a straight-out
Democrat, was recently driven from Georgetown, S. C., where
he went to sell maps, because he was from the North ; and a
subscriber to the Greenfield Gazette, in Georgia, has been
obliged to discontinue his subscription on account of the anti-
Northern feeling there. Nothing sectional in these and simi-
lar incidents, of course ! The South is composed of national

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EXPULSIONS OF CITIZENS OF KENTUCKY.

The Cincinnati Commercial of Dec. 31st, says that thirty-
six persons arrived in that city from Kentucky, on the 30th,
having been warned to leave the State for the crime of believ-
ing slavery to be a sin. They are from Berea and vicinity in
Madison county, neighbors, co-workers and friends of Rev.
John G. Fee.

Among the exiles are Rev. J. A. R. Rogers, principal of
a flourishing school at Berea, and his family ; J. D. Reed and
family ; John S. Hanson and family. Mr. Hanson is a native
of Kentucky, and a hard-working, thrifty man. He had re-
cently erected a steam saw-mill, and owns five hundred acres
of land in Madison county, Ky. The Rev. J. F. Boughton ;
E. T. Hayes and S. Life, carpenters ; A. H. Toney, a native
of Tennessee; John Smith, a native of Ohio, a farmer, who
has lived in Kentucky some years. Mr. Smith is described
by Mr. Fee as a gray-haired father, a man of prayer, indeed
of eminent piety and usefulness. More than half of the
exiles are natives of Southern States, and several are native
Kentuckians. The only offence charged against any of them
is that of entertaining abolition sentiments.

The movement for expelling these men arose from the ex-
citement of the John Brown foray. At a pro-slavery meet-
ing held at Richmond, at which, according to the Kentucky
papers, the "oldest, most respectable, and law-abiding citizens
were in attendance," it was resolved on the ground of " self-
preservation," to appoint a 'committee of sixty-five, to remove
from among them J. (T. Fee, J. A. R. Rogers, and so many
of their associates as in their best judgment the peace and
safety of society may require. The committee were instruct-
ed to perform this duty " deliberately and humanely as may
be, but most effectually." At the meeting, a letter of J. A. R.
Rogers was read, inviting any gentleman of the county who,
from rumor or otherwise, has formed an unfavorable opinion
of the community of Berea, to visit it, and learn its true
character. He says : —

" We do not profess to be faultless, but hope that the compliments for
industry, probity and good citizenship, that have been paid us by those of

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the first rank in the county for wealth and influence, who have made our
acquaintance, may be more and more deserved.

It is universally known that most of us, in common with Washington
and a host of others, whom we all delight to honor, believe that slavery is
a moral and political evil; that it is the duty and privilege of those hold-
ing slaves to free them at the earliest consistent moment, and in such a
way as to promote the general good ; and that complexion is not the true
test for the regard or privileges that should b& extended to a man. Wo
believe, too, that moral and political means only should be used to remove
slavery. Insurrection finds no favor here. Brother Fee never has, and if
his words be known, I doubt not does not now give the least countenance
to the use of force in hastening the end of slavery.

Hoping that our confidence may be fully and intelligently placed in Him
who once was despised, but is now exalted to be a Prince and Saviour, I re-
main yours respectfully."

The committee were ordered to carry out the designs of the
meeting within ten days, and Mr. Rogers thus describes the
warning which he received : —

"He was in his cottage, when a summons for him to appear was heard.
On going to the door, he discovered an imposing cavalcade, sixty-five well-
mounted men being drawn up in warlike array. He was informed that he
had ten days in which to leave the State. This was on the 23d of Decem-
ber. He told them that he had not consciously violated any law of the
Commonwealth, and that, if he had unconsciously done so, he would bo
most happy to be tried according to law. He was informed that they did
not know that he had violated any law, but that his principles were in-
compatible with the public peace, and that he must go. The charge against
him was abolitionism — the penalty, expulsion from the State.

No harsh or personally disrespectful language was used. He was even
told with much courtesy of word and manner, that he was esteemed as a
gentleman, but his presence was oifensive on account of his principles. They
laid it down as an axiom, that such sentiments as he entertained were not
to be tolerated by a slaveholding people — that abolition doctrines and
slaveholding were not to be permitted together — that one or the other
must go under, and that they were resolved he and his friends must go.
They warned him peaceably, but any amount of force necessary to carry
out the objects of the Richmond meeting would be unhesitatingly employed.
They appeared now in peace, but if he did not heed the warning, they
would re-appear for war."

The committee represented the wealth and respectability of
Madison county, and was sustained for the most part by pub-
lic sentiment. There were, however, quite a number of slave-
holders residing in the vicinity, who were opposed to the pro-
ceedings of the higher law pro-slavery zealots.

The Commercial in continuation says : —

" A paper was circulated through the county for signatures, (over seven
hundred of which were obtained,) endorsing the action taken by the Rich-

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mond meeting, and expressive of the sense of the community, that the
abolitionists must be driven out. Those who had charge of this paper do
not seem to have had any objections to procuring signatures under false
pretences. A slaveholder was called on, and asked whether he approved
of the John Brown foray. Of course he said he did not. He was then
told to sign that paper. He did so, and when he found out the nature of
the document, and the real object of obtaining his signature, he was indig-
nant, and wished to withdraw his name, but was deterred by threats from
doing so. No signatures to this paper were obtained in the immediate
vicinity of Berea, except in this way, a fact which indicates that the neigh-
bors of the Free Soilers did not think them dangerous citizens.

There were some friends of the proscribed persons willing to risk every-
thing and stand by them, but knowing that fighting would be unavailing,
they concluded to be without the State within the time assigned for their
removal. And they are consequently exiles in our midst, and afford a les-
son of the nature of the intolerant despotism of the Slave Power, which
should not be lost upon tliose who are solicitous as to the status of the
American States."

Before leaving, they made an appeal to Gov. Magoffin for
protection, and a committee of them presented the Governor
the following petition : —

To His Excellency the Governor of the State of Kentucky :

"VVe, the undersigned, loyal citizens and residents of the State of Ken-
tucky and county of Madison, do respectfully call your attention to the
following facts : —

1. We have come from various parts of this and adjoining States to this
county, with the intention of making it our home, have supported ourselves
and families by honest industry, and endeavored to promote the interest of
religion and education.

2. It is a principle with us to " submit to every ordinance of man for
the Lord's sake ; uuto governors as unto them that are sent by Him for the
punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do welly' and in ac-
cordance with this principle, we have been obedient in all respects to the
laws of this State.

3. "Within a few weeks, evil and false reports have been put into circula-
tion, imputing to us motives, words and conduct calculated to inflame the
public mind, which imputations are utterly false and groundless. These
imputations we have publicly denied, and offered every facility for the full-
est investigation, which we have earnestly but vainly sought.

4. On Friday, the 23d inst., a company of sixty-two men, claiming to
have been appointed by a meeting of the citizens of our county, without
any shadow of legal authority, and in violation of the Constitution and
laws of the State and United States, called at our respective residences and
places of business, and notified us to leave the county and State, and be
without this county and State within ten days, and handed us the accom-
panying document, in which you will see that, unless the said order be
promptly complied with, there is expressed a fixed determination to remove
us by force.

In view of these facts, which we can substantiate by the fullest evidence,
we respectfully pray that you, in ths exercise of the power vested in you

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by the Constitution, and made your duty to uso, do protect us in our rights
as loyal citizens of the Commonwealth of the State of Kentucky.

J. A. R. ROGERS, SWINGLEHURST LIFE,

J. G. HANSON, JOHN SMITH,

I. D. REED, E. T. HAYES,

JAS. S. DAVIS, CHAS. E. GRIFFIN,

JOHN F. BOUGHTON, A. G. W. PARKER,

W. H. TORREY.
BEREA, Madison Co., Ky., Dec. 24th, 1859.

Gov. Magoffin, says the Commercial, received the bearers
of the petition (Reed and Hayes) courteously, and advised
them, for the sake of preserving the peace of the State, to
leave it ! He said that the public mind was deeply moved by
the events in Virginia, and that until the excitement subsided,
their presence in the State would be dangerous, and he could
not engage to protect them from their fellow-citizens who had
resolved that they must go.

He promised them security while taking their departure,
and that their property should be protected. They say that,
for the most part, they were treated politely by those who
have driven them from their homes, and they have hopes that
presently the people of Kentucky will take a sober thought,
and allow them to return to their several places of abode and
accustomed avocations.

It is certainly not a light matter to drive out of a State
men who build steam saw-mills, improve farms, keep schools,
and labor faithfully as ministers of the Gospel, and who give
no provocation to any in any way — who offend against no
law — who make no war upon society — and who merely hold
that slavery is a sin, and teach that it should come to an end
in God's own good time. The steam-mill of Mr. Hanson was
doing well until he was constrained to abandon it. The school
of Mr. Rogers was in a flourishing condition, having nearly a
hundred pupils during the last term, a great portion of them
the children of slaveholders. Kentucky cannot afford to
drive beyond her borders the men who build mills and acad-

The exiles seem in good spirits. They do not indulge even
in unkind words about those who have made them homeless.
They seem to be divided in opinion as to their course in future.
They all hope to go back to Old Kentucky, and live, labor,
and die on her soil. Some fear they cannot go back, and

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think of looking out for employment in the free States ; and
they have vague ideas of appealing for protection in their
rights and immunities as citizens to the Federal Government.

LETTER FROM REV. JOHN G. FEE.

The following is an extract from a letter of Mr. Fee to one
of the Secretaries of the American Missionary Association,
dated Germantown, Bracken County, Ky., Jan. 25th: —

ll I am enduring a great trial. The floods come over me.
I am again to be driven out, by a more overwhelming force
than was in Madison county. Last Monday, it was supposed
there came from eight hundred to a thousand people at the
county seat. With almost unanimous rush, the mass gathered
from the two counties, (I am near the Mason county line,) and
resolved to drive me out. Some ten or twelve days are given
us to leave. A committee of one hundred men are appointed
to come, and warn us to go. I have sought counsel of the
Lord, and of friends. There can be no human protection. I
am to be driven out from one of the best communities in the
State.

A few days since, I went to Germantown, to talk with the
leading influential citizens. I desired to meet them face to
face to talk over the positions I assume, and the evils of mob
violence. Brother Humlong, a man of true excellence, went
with me.

We called, and talked freely with many. A physician, of
commanding position in society, speaking of the people of
Bethesda, friends of the Church, said, " I wish to Heaven
all Kentucky was as that neighborhood." " The people," said
he, " are industrious, quiet, upright citizens," and then repeat-
ed his wish ! Now from this scene of thrift I must be driven,
from relatives, from the dear brethren and sisters in tho
Church, and friends around. Also from the plan or prospect
of building up churches in Kentucky, and, still harder, from
the prospect of carrying to the people of Kentucky the only

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)ol that can save. I can understand, now, why the
Saviour wept over Jerusalem, as he saw that people about to
push the cup of Salvation from them. Oh, how I wish I
could be with you, to tell the anguish of my heart for others,
and to plan for the future ! The giving up of property, home,
all earthly considerations, are not so painful as the idea of
giving up these churches, and the privilege of laboring direct-
ly with and for the people of Kentucky. How shall I go
away, and give up this work ? I cannot give it up. 1 must
only change my place of labor for a time. For years I have
had unceasing care and toil to get things so established here,
that I could have a prospect of their standing. Other
brethren have toiled for a like object. We hoped then to have
rest of spirit, and to rejoice in that reaped growth, which we
then expected to see when we should have lived down 'much
of the opposition, and seen confidence secured. The rest has
not yet come. The viper that now stings, has been nurtured
into strength in the bosom of the denominations around us.
Chinch and State have been warming into life that which is
now poisoning their vitals, and ruthlessly destroying all law
and order. The abomination of desolation is working. Can,
oh, can this nation be roused to the work of exterminating
this monster, Slavery ? It can be done by means peaceful
and legitimate, if Christians and philanthropists will only, at
once, do their duty, in Church and State.

Brother Hanson, Griffin, Mallett, Holman, and Eobinson,
are ordered to leave here. Brother Davis (Rev. J. S. Davis,
of Cabin Creek, Lewis Co.,) is also driven out. A tremen-
dous meeting for that purpose preceded the one held here."

ANOTHER EXPULSION FROM KENTUCKY.

Some of the persons lately expelled from Berea, Madison
County, Kentucky, having manifested an intention of taking
up their abode in Bracken and Lewis Counties, strong mani-
festations of displeasure have been exhibited by a portion of
the inhabitants of those localities. The excitement has been

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growing more intense for a week or two past, and at last found
its vent in meetings, the proceedings of which we annex.

On Saturday, the 21st, a public meeting was held at
Orangeburg, Mason County, where the following resolutions
were passed: —

"Whereas, Our fellow citizens of the county of Madison have recently
expelled therefrom the Rev. John G. Fee — a radical Abolitionisl and zeal-
ous agent and emissary of the Anti-Slavery Societies of the North — and
many confederates in the dissemination of his principles, and the accom-
plishment of the illegal and dangerous purposes of his mission; be it,
therefore,

1. Resolved, That we approve of the action of the citizens of Madison
county, rendered, as we believe, necessary and justifiable by a proper regard
for the protection of their property, and the safety and security of their
families.

2. That no Abolitionist has a right to establish himself in the slave-
holding community, and disseminate opinions and principles destructive of
its tranquillity and safety.

3. That forbearance ought nor will not by us be extended to those per-
sons who come hither with intent to, and who do actually interfere with
our rights of property or domestic institutions. Our own peace, and the
good of the slaves, alike demand their expulsion.

4. That Kentucky has never assailed, openly or covertly, the rights or
institutions of the North, nor will she sutler, silently or uurepelled, any
aggression upon those guaranteed to her, either by her own or that of the
Constitution of the United States.

6. That we desire and demand to be " let alone," leaving our officious
and philanthropic friends at the North and elsewhere to work out their
personal and social " salvation with fear and trembling."

6. That the Rev. James S. Davis (a co-worker with the Rev. John G.
Fee, and one of those expelled from Madison) is, as we understand, now
resident on Cabin Creek, in Lewis County, Ky., .and has, as we are informed,
recently received for circulation a large number of " Helper's Compendium
of the Impending Crisis of the South,'1 a book, in the estimation of this
meeting, dangerous in its spirit and tendencies. Be it, therefore, further
resolved. That his presence and residence among us are highly objection-
able, and that he be and is hereby advised and requested to remove from
Kentucky, and that Charles Dirnmitt, John R. Bean, James Francis,
Samuel Hord, James Hise, Garrett Bradley, and Leonard Bean are hereby
appointed a committee to inform Mr. Davis of the purpose and object of
this meeting, and that he comply with said request within seven days next
after the same is made him, or suffer the consequences of non-compliance
therewith. Duty, safety, and the interest of the community compelling
us, in the event of non-compliance, to resort to means alike painful to us
and hazardous to him.

7. In case Mr. Davis does not leave, that the committee hereinbefore ap-
pointed call another public meeting to consider and determine what action
shall be had in the premises.

8. That these proceedings be signed by the President and Secretary, and
published in the Maysville papers.

On Monday, the 23d inst., a meeting was held at Brooks-

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ville, Bracken County, the proceedings of which we give be*
low:

A meeting of the citizens of Bracken and Mason Counties,
Kentucky, called for the purpose of considering the propriety
of allowing John G. Fee & Co,, and others of like character^
to settle among us, was held at Brooksville, Bracken County,
Ky., January 23d, 1860,

On motion of John H. Boude, Col. "W. Orr was elected
President, a«d Gen, Samuel Worthington and Rudolph Black,
Vice Presidents, Arthur Fox, James W. Armstrong, and
J. A. Kackley were appointed Secretaries.

On motion of Judge Joseph Doniphan, a Committee of
twelve were appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the
sense of this meeting. The following persons were appointed
as said Committee : Dr. J. Taylor Bradford, Col. A, Bled-
soe, W, P. Deity, Dr. John Coburn, Judge Joseph Doniphan,
Isaac Reynolds, Henry Anderson, John E. French, A. J.
Coburn, Robert Colemau, R> P. Dimmitt, and Col. A. Soward.

The Committee, through their Chairman, Judge Joseph
Doniphan, presented the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted : —

Whereas, John Gregs Fee and John G. Hanson, lately expelled from
Madison County, Kentucky, are now in Bracken County, preparing to make
it their home. And whereas, that both Fee and Hanson are enemies to the
State, dangerous to the security of our lives and property, we, the citizens
of Kentucky, deem it our duty to protect our lives and property from ene-
mies at home as well as abroad, do now solemnly declare the said John G.
Fee and John G. Hanson must, by the 4th day of February next, leave
this county and State.

1. That we earnestly entreat them to do so without delay, but in the
event of their failure to do so by that time, they shall do so, even should
it require physical force to accomplish the end.

2. That J. B. Mallett, a school teacher in District No. 27, and Wyatt
Robinson and G. R. Holeman, must leave this county and State at the
game time; and in the event of their failing or refusing, they shall be ex-
pelled by force; and that for the purpose of carrying out these resolves, a
Committee of fifty of our citizens be appointed to notify the said Hanson,
Fee, Mallett, Robinson and Holeman of the action of this meeting, and
said Committee be also empowered to give notice to any other persons of
like character to leave the State, and report the same to the meeting to b«
held in Germantown on the Gth day of February next.

3. That Dr. J.Taylor Bradford, Chairman; Rudolph Black, W. H. Key-
nolds, Henderson Anderson, Jonathan Hedgecoek, C. A. Soward, W. Orr,Sr.,
John W. Terhune, Washington Ward, Jesse Holton, John Taylor, J. W.
Armstrong, James Booth, W. Winter, Marcus Ware, E. W. Chinn, R. S.
Thomas, John M. Walton, R. P. Dimmitt, Wm. Dougherty, J. A. Kackley,
John M. Pearl, Robt. Coleman, David Brooks, Thurman Pollock, Joseph

20 THE NEW REIGN OF. TERROR,

Doniphan, A. D. Moore, Riley Rout, D. R. Cinville, J. II. Murry, Sen., of
Bracken; A. Killgorc, Gen. Samuel Worthington, J. E. French, Benjamin
Kirk, Chas. Gordon, Isaac Reynolds, Col. A. JBledsoe, James Y. Reynolds,
Evan Lloyd, Dr. John A. Coburn, Jacob Slack, B. W. Woods, Sr., Gen.
Samuel Foreman, A. J. Coburn, C. A. Lyon, Samuel Frazee, A. Fox, R. C.
Lewis, John D. Lloyd, Thornton Norris, Thomas Worthington, J. W. Rey-
nolds, J. G. Bacon, and A. llargot, of Mason, shall compose that Commit-
tee. That said Committee, in the event of said Fee, Hanson, Mallctt, Rob-
inson, and Holeman, failing to remove, that then the Committee report the
result to a meeting to be held in Germantown, Ky., on the Gth day of Feb-
ruary next.

4. That we deprecate the use of a church, known as the Free Church,
by Abolition preachers; and we now solemnly declare that we will resist,
by all possible means, the occupying said church, by such incendiary per-
sons.

5. That the Secretaries be requested to prepare copies of the proceed-
ings of this meeting, and furnish, one each, to The Mountain Democrat,
The Richmond Messenger, The Auyusta Sentinel, The Maysville Eagle, and
The Maysville Express.

The meeting then adjourned. WILLIAM ORR, President.

ARTHUR Fox, JAMKS W. ARMSTRONG, J. A. KACKLKY, Secretaries.

In accordance with the resolutions adopted at the Bracken
county meeting, a Committee representing the organized mob
proceeded on Thursday, the 25th inst., to the work assigned
them, and notified Fee, Hanson, Mallett, Holeman, Robinson,
Griggson, and Griffin that they must be without the State on
or by the 4th of February next.

They assumed an astonishing amount of pomposity. Such
was the power assumed by them, that they passed through the
toll-gate, and informed the keeper that " this company paid
no toll."

They first met in Germantown, and proceeded in a body to
the residence of Mr. John Humlong, and called for J. B.
Mallctt.

He came out within a few steps of the company, when the
Chairman, Dr. Bradford, called out in a stern voice, as
follows: "Walk this way, Mr. Mallett; don't have any
fears, we don't intend to hurt you." Mr. Mallett replied,
" No, he expected not ; he was in the company of gentlemen,
he supposed." Dr. Bradford read the resolutions, and asked,
" Do you intend to leave ? " Mr. Mallett replied that he had
said he intended to do so.

Mr. Mallett asked the privilege of making a few remarks,
but was told that the mob had no time to listen. Mr. Hum-
long asked, and was also denied this privilege. However, he

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made the inquiry, what was this for ? They replied, for
teaching incendiary and insurrectional sentiments. Mr. H.
said he would say, to the contrary, the teaching had always
been that of peace.

They then proceeded to G. G. Hanson's, and in the same
pompous manner notified his son to leave.

Mr. J. G. Hanson endeavored to get a hearing, but to no
purpose. In this mob were some -of his relations.

They next called at Mr. Vincent Hamilton's, father-in-law
of John G. Fee. Mr. Fee told them he had intended to leave,
yet in their notice he recognized no right to require him to
leave. He asked the mob to pause a moment, but the Chair-
man ordered them to proceed. He was previously told that
he was smart enough to keep out of the hands of the law, and
this was the only course to get him out. As one of the mob
passed, Mr. Fee extended his hand and said :
" Do you approve of this action ? "
" Yes, I do," was the reply.

"Well," said Mr. Fee, "we took vows together in the
same Church. I expected different things of you."

In _ that mob were school-mates, parents of school-mates
and life-long acquaintances.

From this they proceeded to the residence of Mr. John D
Gregg, where Mr. Holeman was stopping, in feeble health,
and notified him, without a show of authority from any pre-
vious meeting, and ordered him, peremptorily, to be without
the State by the 4th of February next,

J. G. Fee is a minister, and well known as being an earn-
est man, and esteemed by all who love and admire an honest
man. J. G. Hanson is a citizen of Berea, from whence he
had been driven, and was visiting at his father's. He had
never been charged with a crime, unless it was his honesty >
(j. E. Griffin is also a Berean, and is noted for his quiet
peaceable character. Mr. Griffin is a quiet, unpretending
laborer, and has always been noted for his amiable disposition
He is a poor man, and this blow is felt severely by him and
his family. He is driven from the land of his nativity the
.scenes of his childhood, and all his friends. G. E. Holeman
has formerly been employed as a school-teacher, but has not
been engaged in teaching this winter, on account of poor
health. He is a native of Ohio. J. B. Mallett has taught

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Locust Academy school for nearly three years. The school
has the reputation of being one of the best in the country.
Notwithstanding the school closed most abruptly, he received
a certificate of respect, signed by the patrons of the institu-
tion. An enraged mob could not accuse, or sustain the accu-
sation, that he was even aggressive in his teachings upon the
subject of Slavery. Scholars who had attended the school
six months, say they never heard the subject mentioned in the
school. Yet he has ever acknowledge himself in the social
circle to be an anti-slavery man. He is a native of New-
York State.

The people have for years sustained the reputation of being
among the most honest and reliable men in the State. A
prominent citizen and slaveholder said, " Would to God all
Kentucky was like that neighborhood 1 "

The exiles left Gennantown on Saturday morning. Eigh-
teen, including women and children, made up the company of
the expelled, and some of these persons arrived in this city
last night. Legal advice was taken, prior to their leaving
home, as to the best course to be pursued. It was found that
they could only remain by resisting the mob, and this was not
deemed advisable. It was therefore decided to withdraw
quietly.

At Felicity, on Saturday night, a part of the exiles were
present at a large meeting held in the M. E. Church.

The names of those who arrived here last night are as fol-
lows : C. E. Griffin and lady ; the Rev. John G. Fee, J. G.
Hanson, G. R. Holeman, J/B. Mallett, and Oliver Grigg-
son. — Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, Jan. 31s£,

A TAH AND FEATHERING CASE. — A Scotchman named
Sandy Tate, having expressed himself rather too freely upon
the slave question and Harper's Ferry affair, in the village of
Salisbury, North Carolina, was recently seized by a mob, and
tarred and feathered, after which he was placed upon a fence
rail, and carried to a neighboring duck pond, where, in the
presence of an immense throng of people, he was ducked un-
til he recanted. Upon being released, the poor fellow took to
his heels, and has never been seen since.

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A PREACHER ARRESTED IN NORTH CAROLINA.

GREENSBORO', N. C., Dec. 26th, 1859.

On Friday, the 23d inst., Daniel Worth, a Wesleyan
Methodist preacher, a native of this State, but who has been
residing until within two years past in Indiana, where he was
formerly a member of the Legislature of that State, was ar-
rested by the Sheriff of this county on a charge of selling and
circulating " Helper's Impending Crisis," and also of utter-
ing language in the pulpit calculated to make slaves and free
negroes dissatisfied with their condition, thereby offending
against the laws of the State. He was brought before the
magistrates of the town, and a partial hearing had, when the
case was adjourned until the following afternoon at one o'clock,
for the purpose of procuring the attendance of witnesses for
the prosecution. The prisoner was taken to jail, bail having
been refused by the magistrates.

On Saturday, at the appointed hour, the Court met. The
examination was held in the old Court-House, which was
crowded.

The prisoner had no counsel, but managed his own case.
Messrs. Scott, Dick and McLean, of the Greensboro' bar,
were engaged in the prosecution.

Over a dozen witnesses were examined, and it was conclu-
sively proved that Worth had on many and various occasions
uttered such sentiments in the pulpit against slavery as the
State of North Carolina declared to be unlawful to be uttered.
It was also proved by a witness that he (the witness) had pur-
chased from Worth a copy of " Helper's Impending Crisis."

Worth acknowledged during the examination that he had
been engaged in circulating Helper's book, and also a work
on the "War in Kansas," but that he did not consider it any
harm to circulate them ; that at first he did not intend to ad-
mit having circulated the former, but that he wanted to make
them, as a lawyer would, bring evidence to substantiate the
charge.

During the examination, various extracts were read from
" Helper's Impending Crisis," some showing the modus ope-

24 TIIE NEW REIGN OP TERROR.

randi by which slavery was to be got rid of in the South, and
others pretending to give facts, all of which were commented
on by the various counsel for the State.

It was also proved that Worth had, in the pulpit, on the
Sabbath day, applied the most opprobrious epithets to the
legislators of the State of North Carolina, saying that the
laws ought not to be obeyed ; that "they were made by a set
of drunkards, gamblers and whoremongers."

The prosecution was opened by Wm. Scott, Esq., who, in
his remarks, eloquently described the inhuman tendency of
the doctrines inculcated and taught in this work of Helper's,
which this traitor to the State of his birth had been engaged
in circulating. He read many extracts from the book, and
showed how grossly perverted were the facts pretended to be
therein set forth — that they were base lies and calumnies on
the South.

Robert P. Dick, Esq., made some highly effective and stir-
ring remarks ; he was glad that this case of Worth's had
come up here in old Guilford county — a county that had
the reputation of being an Abolition county ; that a warrant
had already been issued from Raleigh for this Daniel Worth,
but that this was the best place for him to be tried, that the
result of this examination might now go forth as a vindication
from the foul aspersion cast upon it. He spoke of Helper as
a traitor to the State that had once claimed him as a North
Carolinian, adding that this man who sought, in his " Im-
pending Crisis," to array the South against slavery, and bring
about bloodshed and anarchy, and to desolate and lay waste
the beautiful South, to dissolve the glorious Union, which had
been given us by the wisdom of our forefathers, was obnox-
ious to the law under other criminal charges. He prayed and
trusted that the Union would never be dissolved.

Robert McLean, Esq., took up the question at issue. The
very doctrines that the prisoner had been disseminating in his
remarks from the pulpit, and which were contained in " Hel-
per's Impending Crisis," which book he had been proved to
have circulated, were at utter variance with the laws of the
State of North Carolina, and it was upon this charge that he
was now undergoing his examination. He read several ex-
tracts from Helper's work, commenting on them in a clear,
forcible and telling manner. His remarks on the ways and

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means of abolishing slavery, as set forth in the " Impending
Crisis," were very sarcastically commented on, and were much
applauded by the large audience present.

He read from the " Impending Crisis," the names of
Cheever, Chapin and Bellows, of the clergy of the North, as
being engaged in the advocacy of those principles which were
to dismember this Republic, and the name of the Rev. Daniel
Worth as a Southern co-laborer.

It was extremely difficult to restrain the applause during
the delivery of the remarks of all the legal gentlemen who
spoke — the Court frequently interfering, and insisting upon
order being observed.

Previous to the remarks of Robert McLean, Esq., the
prisoner delivered his defence. He attempted to argue the
evil of slavery, and to try and convince the Court that he was
right in preaching against it. He was twice requested by the
Court to stick to the point at issue ; that they were not here
to listen to a discussion on slavery, but to hear what he had
to say in reply to the charges brought against him of violating
the laws of North Carolina.

The prosecution requested the Court to let him go on.

The prisoner then continued his remarks at considerable
length on Abolition, until the Court told him that it had lis-
tened long enough to that strain, and desired him to speak as
to the charges brought against him. The prisoner then spoke
as to his course having been consistent with his calling as a
preacher and as a man ; that when he heard there was a war-
rant out for his arrest, he had started for this place to sur-
render himself; that in his preaching and practice, he had only
been doing what others in the State had long ago been doing
unmolested; that he was a peace man and a Union man; that
he sought not to dissever the Union ; that he did not endorse
all the sentiments contained in Helper's work ; that he had
formerly been a magistrate in this county ; that he had been
living in Indiana many years, and came back to North Caro-
lina about two years since, to benefit the health of an invalid
wife ; that that wife had died, and he had married again, and
had been engaged in preaching in several counties since ; he
was not conscious of having violated the laws of the State,
either in his calling as a preacher, or as a circulator of "Hel-
per's Impending Crisis."
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26 THE NEW REIGN OF TERROR.

The Court ordered him to find bail in $5,000 for his ap-
pearance at the next term of Court, and the same amount to
keep the peace until that time. Bail for the first was offered,
but up to the present time of writing, the other bail has not
been obtained. It is said that should the prisoner be released
on the above bail, he will be taken before his Honor, Judge
Dick, who will refuse to take bail for him.

At the close of the examination, remarks were made by
Ralph Gorrell, Esq., and Eobert P. Dick, Esq., to the effect
that the public mind was much excited by this examination,
and that threats had been made as to a disposition of the
prisoner ; but that they would recommend the people to let
the law take its course, and not to do any thing to militate
against its authority, now that the prisoner was in its hands.
The Eev. Daniel Worth is a large, portly man, with a fine
head, an intellectual and expressive countenance, and a large,
commanding eye. He is fluent in speech, and the general
style and manner of his speaking are calculated to win atten-
tion. He did not appear to be at all embarrassed or frighten-
ed at his position ; on the contrary, he expressed his ideas and
opinions with boldness and fearlessness. He complained to
the Court of the unfitness of the jail for a prison, it being ex-
tremely cold weather, and no fire in the building ;• he had
passed one night there, and was fully competent to express an
opinion on the subject.

Mr. Worth was a man raised in this county, is sixty-five
years old, and emigrated to Indiana and Ohio, and no doubt
to Kansas. He was in the Legislature of the first-named
State, acting as sub-chairman in the Convention that nomina-
ted Fremont for President. .

I was glad to see that mob law was not exercised on kirn ;
but there is no doubt that the punishment prescribed for this
offence by the laws of North Carolina will be fully meted out
to him, which he and all others deserve who engage in such
hellish work.

This man has been an eyesore to this community for eighteen
months. Nothing but good feelings for the respectable
family who bear his name has prevented him from incurring
the same fate months ago. A clean sweep may now be ex-
pected by all who advocate such vile doctrines as these dis-
seminated. Any man who is found with a volume of the

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" Impending Crisis," or the sequel to it, will be held strictly
accountable how he came by it. I am folly satisfied that If
the course is- persisted in which has already been attempted
by our Northern Abolitionists, the North will suffer much in
her trade with the Southern States, to say nothing of the
political consequences attending it. It is as well to state that
the punishment for the first offence of this kind under the
statute laws of North Carolina is thirty-nine lashes; for he
second, it is death, as meted out to John Brown and his fel!

e of tke

LETTER FROM A LADY TO AN OFFICER OF THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C., Jan. 13th, 1860.
At present we are circumstanced something like the chil-
dren of Israel when they started for the Land of Promise,
pursued by Pharaoh and his host, with the Red Sea before
either hand- - Still we hope to see the

protection ' °f

T) w > iS' TU haVe S6en S0me account of th° Rev.

.
Cilfnrl P commit™nt to prison, in Greensboro',

more attenti°B'

Brother Worth was arrested on the 23d of last month had
a Preliminary trial before three magistrates on the 24th,

dec stn'Ttl "I • co£mitment to P"son to await further^
lecision at the Spnng Term of the Superior Court There

rifTf T;^ duri°S his trial ' three la^^s appeared
m behalf of the State; the prisoner pleaded his own cause in
an able mann0r_his enemies themselves being judges
Since then, there have been five other arrests of citizens of