The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-11-03
" Good Enough NIorga ms. !"

A few DAYS before the election in Ohio,
a story was started by the Cleveland Lead
er, "republican" press,--in the shape Of
anonymous letter-to the effect that, in
Leavenworth City Kansas, on the LIST inst
the day of election ordered by the Lsgisla.
ture of that Territory for Delegate in Con.
gress-outrages of the grossest character
were perpetrated by the pro-slavery party :;
"Mr. FURMAN was shot at, and the ball
killed child playing on the floor: the free
State men armed themselves, and THOMAS
NEWMAN was stabbed, and one of the bloody
Missoufians shot" &C., &c. This story
designed, of course, to aid the " repub-
lican" cause in Ohio, was copied by all the
organs in that party, embellshed with pro-
fusion of italics, capitals, and exclamation
points, and accompanied by lengthy edito-
rial comments, throwing the responsibility
of the outrages" upon the democracy, and
urging the people OF Ohio to cast their votes
against the alleged blamable organization.
This appeal it is very probable, had consid-
erable effect ct--many persons undoubtedly
being deluded thereby into casting their
votes for the republican" ticket. The
story was ga good enough Morgan until af-
ter election"
AS was to be expected, however, the en-
tire statement proves to be a fabrication.
The Missouri Republican reproduces the
substantial allegations Of outrage and disor-
der, aud confronts them with the following
emphatic denial of their truth:
Now, we are authorized to say, by a
citizen of Kansas, who passed part of the
day in Levenworth City, and was there the
morning after the election, that every state
ment in the extract which we have given is
point blank falsehood.
The whole thing is premedia-
ted lie, intended to have it's effect on the
Ohio election, and published with that view.
Our information is, that the election was
conducted without any excitement whatever
that there was no fighting at all-no
shooting, andno running away of the Mis-
sourians for there were none there. But
the lie has had its run in Ohio, where it was
published just in time for the election
Now that the end is accomplished, is it ask
ing too much from the Cincinnati CONNER
ciaI and Gazette, and other papers making
pretensions to responsibility, (they hav-
ing copied this letter. to state that it is
wholesale falsehood, having no foundation
whatever in truth!"
The Republican may rest assured that the
papers making pretensions to respecta-
bility" who have copied the Leaders, letter
will not state that it is wholesale false
hood. Republican "respectability" is
anything but respectable, in the general ac-
ceptation Of the term. u
This " roorback" ofthe .Levenworth out.
rage having proved SO successful in Ohio
3. fabrications ofa similar character are being
/. got for effect on the New York election
j The New York Tribune Of recent date
/ publishes the followingi
Il The telegraph last night brought ,
STARTLING and PAINFUL rdmof that Gov
Reeder had been MURDERED somewhere il
Kansas by some Of the cillains noO infestiaS
that Territory With the intent Of su6iecting 4
TO Slavery. We trust this is q mistake. bu
are nevertheless apprehensiye that SONS
collision has occurred on which this rumo
Il founded llis3' sa4
i The telegraph that told Of the rumor pro-
] lnounced II false. But the object Of tht