He then began an impassioned invective against the South and recited in detail horror after horror, for which the South was answerable.

He described hangings, revolting in their brutality; he drew vivid word pictures of various burnings, mentioning one where a white woman struck the match and ignited the pile of wood that was to consume the trembling negro.

He told of the Texas horror, when a colored man named Smith was tortured with a red hot poker, and his eyes gouged out; after which he was slowly roasted to death.

He then had Mrs.Cook arise and gather her children about her, and tell her sorrowful story.

As she proceeded the entire assembly broke down in tears, and men fell on each other's necks and wept like babes.