New York (NY) Tribune, "The Case of Palmer," November 17, 1859

       THE CASE OF PALMER. 

   The arrest at Memphis, Tennessee, of Dr. William R. Palmer, and his commitment to prison on the charge of plotting a general stampede of the slaves in that vicinity, has, we have very little question, been brought about by private malice, taking advantage of the excitement produced by the Harper's Ferry affair, and making tools of Gov. Wise, Gov. Harris, and of Mr. Josiah Horne, Acting Justice of the Peace for Shelby County, for the accomplishment of its purposes....

[Editor's Note: The majority of this article has been omitted from our transcription except for the portions directly the term "slave stampedes" or some variant.]