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16 THE LONE STAR DEFENDERS
faith in the ability and wisdom of our statesmen to
settle the existing troubles without disrupting the
government. But on my journey to Texas, as we
glided down the Mississippi from Memphis to New
Orleans, on board the Lizzie Simmons, a new and
beautiful steamer, afterwards converted into a cotton-clad
Confederate gunboat, we obtained New
Orleans papers from an up-river boat. The papers
contained an account of John Brown's raid on
Harper's Ferry. I read this, and became a Secessionist.
I saw, or thought I saw, that the storm
was coming, that it was inevitable, and it seemed
useless to shut my eyes longer to the fact.
The year 1860, my first in Texas, was a memorable
one in several respects, not only to the newcomers
but to the oldest inhabitant. The severest
drouth ever known in eastern Texas prevailed until
after the middle of August. It was the hottest
summer ever known in Texas, the temperature in
July running up to 112 degrees in the shade. It
was a Presidential election year, and political ex.citement
was intense. The Democrats were divided,
while the Abolitionists had nominated Abraham Lincoln
as their candidate for President, with a good
prospect of electing him by a sectional vote. Several
towns in Texas being almost destroyed by fire
during the extreme heat of the summer, an impression
became generally prevalent that Northern incendiaries
were prowling through the State burning
property and endeavoring to incite the negroes to
insurrection. The excitement, apprehension, unrest,
and the vague fear of unseen danger pervading
the minds of the people of Texas cannot be un-
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Barron, S. B. The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade, book, 1908; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27719/m1/21/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.