Slaves Arrested

“The excitement consequent upon the revelations made by negroes under examination continues unabated. Already nearly a hundred blacks have been arrested and examined separately before a committee of Vigilance appointed for thatpurpose. This committee consists of the most respectable and responsible gentle men of this county, whose proceedings have been characterized by the most prudence and moderation. During so much excitement and confusion it seems almost a miracle that so much forethought and deliberation should govern their action. Such developments and such outrages would seem to indicate a speedy resort to extreme measures; but in this instance they have acted with as much calmness as if no public calamity had befallen the community, and as if no extraordinary emergency had called them from their homes.

Crowds of men are in Dallas, anxious and eager to lend their assistance, and ready to quell every disturbance that threatens the peace of the state. The developments are of the most startling character, unfolding the most diabolical plot that the wickedness of man could invent, to destroy this whole section of the country.”¹

Slaves Arrested