Humphrey Selfe

Humphrey Selfe was a Protestant minister in Lubbock, Houston. He opposed US Army General Abner Dowling's abolition of a long-standing law against the consumption of alcoholic beverages in Lubbock. He protested the abolition to Dowling and, when he did not receive satisfaction, threatened to denounce Dowling from the pulpit. Dowling threatened to punish him for sedition with the considerable powers he had to do so under martial law if he did, and Selfe withdrew his threat.