Squatter sovereign., 1855-08-21
For the seuatter sorereirn

As long letter an
peared in the Kansas Pior1eer of-;
signed IN which the impression :,
the writer's mind seems 10 be pren,d;.,
against General Whitfield's re.elert;on
a delegate to Congress, and in which -
writer, humbly think, endeavors to- tb,a
dirt in the eyes of the people.I beg a
privilege of a brief space in your column.
to consider the merits Of his position.
took the liberty of animadvering on,l.
course of such precocious writers in a L.
ter the Platte Argus, of--, in VIII,
my views as regards the soundness oftbs.
policy were freely expressed. MY no.
for I can scarcely call it letter, was !,
relation to communication that appe,,s3
IN that Journal, Of in which ak.s
of left handed insinuaiion was brousns
bear against General WIS political eon,.
the sound policy of which letter, 1 felt al
ed on as member of the pro-slavery n,.
ty to call in question. Thence my COMM
nication to a paper out of the Terri,ov
relative to the domestic affairs of the mn
slavery party in Kansas.
AS the communication in the Pioneer
appears in its proper place, I ask of You the
privilege of your columns for reply. byt,
insertion of General W.'s views of his b.
sition, In the last canvass under date offs
June last. 1t speaks stern rebuke totbe
onslaught that has been made on the poG.
ca, character of General Whitfield; and
although uttered IN advance of the "shad.
ow of shade" like insinuation, is none the
less applicable to the case. Speaking q
his position. General W.. says: aa'
''I am the first man In Kansas, who dar
ed to assert Southern Rights. This was
long before the last election, and when
took the field as a candidate, mam
'of our friends thought 1 would be defeated
land thought it doubtful. Yet was
willing to sacrifice my Office and make The
'efort for the South. or course can't Oh.
.ject to any mans running. and shall only
regret to see our party divided"
There is no ambiguity of expression
about the above. 1t ought to satisfy the
minds of every man, who voted for Gen.
eral W., as regards his sourdness on hs
goose, and his position in the last canvas
The magnanimity breathed in the conclu
sion of the paragraph, is IN strong contras
with the littleness of soul that would crowd
him off the track on the score of vague
charge of malfeasanee in Office. know
not what General Whitfield may hare
written or said on this subject in pIayA
way. for the General though a fghtn,
man, is sociable, and may have joeuIqrly
said-in allusion to Kansas being under III,
patronage of a domestic administration.
and not an independent State, and entitled
to call for and get just whar she wants d.
Uncle Sam, as some pen feather writer,
seem to think-that he was the candidate,
and elected by that party. And who is
there that did not belong to that party but
short time ago. For confirmation Of
irhich ansinHation, see the election of His
Weakness, the present emeumbrdnt Of the
Presidential chair. And if respectable
portion of General WIS constituents did
not belong to this party at the time Of his
election, they certainly ought to allow him
the privilege Of agreeing with themselves.
That General WIS defeat either IN
open canvass, or secret canvass, would be
acceptable to Northern Freesoilers. and
their Kansas allies, seems impressed on
his mind from the manner of his allusiono
such a possible contingency. / do Dd
think the pro-slavery party so tickle as to
desert him, without graver charges being
brought, and substantiated against his pO-
litical character, than the vague, unjust and
false one of disotcning the pro-sLdUery par
fy, and in ignorance Of territorial relation
to the General Government, that of neg
lecting todepiete the public treasury on her
account: charge far more ridiculous than
the far seeing measure of calling for a
Railroad appropriation, by which the Gen
eral Government would have been benefit.
ed in common, with the development of our
resources and one more stepmade towards
mormon doomlsday. - aisfea asig- -.a.5-
He thus speaks of the possibility Of his
defeat in case of his being the pro-slareD
candidate: -si e
"You must know that my defeat would
be hailed all over. the North, as a tn
'umph. though as good pro-slavery man
'as myself might be selected"
In my humble opinion. for my politicaI
sagacity does not extend farther than war.
ranted by common sense, such a .'confes'
sion of faith ought to satisfy such as are
disposed to take facts before the. semblance
of fiction.
That the pro-slavery party must be an