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I then said, Mr. Wilson? why don't you then put a stop to it - You had better tell the colored people about it. I observed to him in an argument, that I expected we would have a fight in these Counties (referring to Montgomery and Pulaski) from the threats which were made by White men, if we voted the radical ticket. Never heard any threats myself, understood that the whites would oppose the colored men at the Polls.  

In further Conversation Mr. Wilson said, that after a-while there will be a  winding up of these affairs in this Country, when the white people who are now leading you will leave you to yourselves, when you will all be killed off. During the conversation I told him that I had seen colored men on election prepared to protect themselves if attacked.

Only seen two men armed, one has a musket, the other, a double barrel Gun - had no conversation with them - did not know them - one had a squirrel which he had shot.-might have been out hunting, it simply run in my mind that they had the Guns to protect themselves.

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