The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-30
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Achaptsf 81 History.
81. LOUIS, May 28, fes


Among all the letters in the Tribune
from Kansas and its neighborhoDd. / do
not recollebt any&hefe to have seen the
tftie reasot stated why the Parkville Lu-
minary was destroyed and the proprietors
presented with the alternative of fight or
violence. Let me briefly disclose It. One
warm day last summer large crowd had
assembled at the town site Of Atchison in
Kansas to attend sale 81 lots. ssDase'.'
himself was thefe, and asthere Was much
whiskaS and many friends, he got .s..gle-
rious" little earlier in the day than psu-
al. So with much splitting on his shirt
and making himself more nasty than
common. tbs Vice President delivered
himself something after this wise:
Gentlemen; you make d--d fuss.
about Douglas-Do Douglas-but Douglas
don't deserve she credit of this Nebraska
bill. | told Douglas to introduce it-T.
originated it'll got Pierce committed to.
it, and all the glory belongs to me- AL
the South went for tall to a man but
Bell and Housten-and who are they Z
Mere nobodies-no inflnenee-nobody
cares for them.'' ~.
1t happened that young man FROM
Parkville was presents friend Of Atch.
ison's. by the way. When he came home
he WIS sounding Aschison.s praises and
repeating What he had said. Paterson
of the Luminary got him 70 write down
the exact words of the Vice-P President,
and the next number contained verba-
tim report of portions of his converse
ton. By this time some of Dawes
friends were sober, fhe was not. There
was trouble in the camp. The Platte Ar.
gus. the Atchis6n organ, came out with
fiat denial of the language. The Park.
vile young man replied over his own in
itials that he heard and reported the
words exactly as they we're published, and
whoever should deny them was liar
lintimating his readiness to maintain the
same against all corners. Meantime .
chivalrous nephew of John Bell residing
in ST. Louis had seen the report of Atcl .
ison's language in the Luminsry. and had
written him categorical answer to tie
question whether he had used the Ian.
guage imputed to him concerning hisun.
Gle. The tone of the letter was strongly
suggestive of ''the ustal satisfaction"
Dave evidently thought his three hun.
dred pounds of flesh too good mark for
pistol ball. and he accordingly replied
to the nephew that he had the most dis
tinguished considerations his uncle and
never said such word about him--ifhs
had said anything that the lying scoun-
drels had tortured into what they had
published. he begged that it might bo
passed by, as he was .'in liqaor at tie
time.'' And thus the Vice-P President es-
capped the vexation of personal RESPONSE
bility for his language. Drunkenness Is
not usually regarded a valid plea for o
lawyer to make in behalf of client, but
it seems very good for vice-P President.
But the mischief was done. notwith-
standing. Douglas looked glum about
his stolen thunder. Bell and Houston
were not disposed to any special affsbil-
ity toward the President of the Senate.
so he sent his resignation and staid away
two or three weeks after the meeting OF
Congress. Judge with what bitter ha-
tired heregarded the Luminary, and when
he could sway the mob power how eager.
ly he employed it to wreak bis private
vengeance. yERlTAS.