If the apparent leader of the insurrectionist gun-runners had cause for animosity against the boys before, it was surely redoubled now.
"The Border Boys Across the Frontier"
Fremont B. Deering
The excitement was great in the palace, but still greater in the streets, being skilfully kept up by several insurrectionist leaders, and spontaneously arising among the reckless portion of the populace, who are easily influenced by revolutionary clamors.
"The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 17"
Charles Francis Horne
We know that Amos Dresser was no insurrectionist though he was accused of being so, and on this false accusation was publicly whipped in Nashville in the midst of a crowd of infuriated slaveholders.
"The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus"
American Anti-Slavery Society