Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-18

peration to rush to the defence Of the foul |
and bioody murderer, the brutal and das-
tardiy assassin, McCrea, with all the zeal
and animation Of a Philadelphia lawyer.
Itis strange that this two-psnny sheet-as
low, contemptible and mendacious as it is
should undertake to defend the bloody |
wretch, McCrea, from public censure when
the circumstances attending the murder con-
clusively show it was deliberated, premed-
itated and planned by the murderer. When
the Tribune undertakes to exculpate Nc
Crea, and shield him from the odium of an
enlightened public it takes upon itself a
task that will never be accomplished be-
tween this and doom's day.
The Tribune in long article upon 'sTHE
SHOOTING AFFAIR AT LEAvxNwoRrH"
when speaking of McCrea says: "with
McCrea we are personally acquainted and
know him to be a peaceable man." Such
a declaration! Is there in Kansas another
man who will make similar declaration2
Nc Crea peaceabIe man!
To falsify this assertion it is only neces-
sary to refer to his conduct at the meeting
where the fatal tragedy occurred. Docs
his conduct on that occasion show him to be
peaceable man? Did he conduct himself
ia a gentlemanly or peaceable manner He
interrupted the meeting and grossly insult
ed the speakers. Is this conduct Mr.. Tri-
bune characteristic of a peaceable man? If
so peaceable man as you wish to make
him appear, why did he not desist in his
obtrusiye conduct after the reprimand was
given him? If so peaceable man as al
legged by you, why did he aggravate the
quarrel with Malcolm Clark? If so peace
able man why did he pronounce resolu-
ton of the meeting ''d-d piece of fraud?"
Is such language becoming in peaceable
man? Oh! no Mr.. Speer, you have made
a gross misapplication of the term peaceable
| in your article. Before inditing second
article in defence of the assassin McCrea,
refer to "Webster" for the proper sense of
'tpeacea6le" and we are sure you will never
again make use ef the word peaceable when
speaking of McCrea.
The Tribune in speaking further of Nc
Crea says: she has many warm personal
friends all over the Territory, as well as in
his own neighborhood." This requires no
denial from US for McCrea is so notoriously
unpopular that no credit will be attached to
the statement of the Tribune. We firmly
believe that nine-tenths of our citizens will
agree with Us that McCrea is the most un-
popular man in Kansas. If he has smany
warm personal friends" as alleged by the
Tribune, we are greatly inclined to the opin-
ion they are like angels visits, s'few and
far between"
The Tribune follows on in this strain :
"Those who were acquainted with the cir
cumstances say that he shot strictly in self
defence" We do not believe that any such
thing was ever said. The man who says
McCrea strictly shot in self defence an az
rant liar. He shot Malcolm Clark because he
was PRo-sLAvERY MAN; and only origin
ated the quarrel as a pretext of accomplish
ing the object which had brought him to
the meeting EW of NUMBERING CLARK.
1t is useless for the Tribune to say that
McCrea shot strictly in self defence. He
is a MURDERER, cowardly ASSASSIN: so
says three hundred citizens who witnessed
the preparation of the Infamous deed in
the glaring light of day; SO says public re-
port; so cries the voice of Malcolm Clark
calling upon his relatives and friends to a.
venge his death.
The Tribune also says: "The Herald
seems to think no punishment is too severe
for :MeCrea, because forsooth he is the
leader and lnouth-piece of the abolition
ists." Did the Herald, Mr.. Speer, say
that McCrea should be punished for being
a rank abolitionist, or did we say that he
should be punished for the crime of muir
der 2 did we say no punishment was too
severe" we think not. We recommend
ed the punishment which is usually meted
out to murderers. We said that McCrea
should be hung, and we are sure that our
sentence will be executed in due course of
time. 1t is evident that the Tribune
wished to misrepresent us in the above
paragraph, and to excite sympathy in be-
half of McCrea. We do not advocate
hanging abolitionists as might be inferred
from the Tribune article as much as we
loathe them. The Tribune says: ss Had
the tragedy been changed we can fancy a
different article altogether from the Her
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