Kansas weekly herald., 1855-03-16

Cofrespondanee Of the New Eefk f5sg6ld.
ovE1 WzsgIsaTeS. Feb. 3, 1851,
MdfaAs IA Edns sds4RssotEfions OF ~
- House False CAeTgssE dgdinst .Mft1ay
+ Offers Interesting Developn,ents 1.
Prospective. -. -, -,
-Ysss-ssealaf correspondent. q e !. desc.
ted his Monday 'ssleaeE toia report Of the
contents Of certain voinminous documents
submitted by the Secretary Of the Interior
to the House Of Representatives, Ia co,u-
pfiance with resolution which called cA
him for information respecting the alleged
interference Of civil and military officers IN
Kansas Territory with the rights Of the In
dams. iTgt EHfa
AS the documents were not printed whsn
your correspondent wrote, he appears ts
have been favored with official aid inebs
tanning access to them. 80
The Commissioner, in suggesting The
call from the House of Representatives ups
on the Office to which he belonged, intend
ed to crush the military officers by er pdY5e
statements Of his own, but the Secretary
of the Interior spoiled the plan by introdue.
ing some papers which escaped your cor.
respondents attention, and which, like ink
rollers used In the celebrated fight Of the
San Diego editors, .s'gaye the affair quite .
different complexion" ,@.es.i 81. - sT.sst
The Secretary of War, on learning fioa
the Secretary of the Interior that the Com.
missioner wished three respectable old
officers s'cashiered and dismissed the ser.
vice." offended the Commissioner grayelys
it seems, not only by failing to comply
promptly, but by giving the officers the %.
ual information of the accusations againsa
them, and opportunity for reply. The con.
sequence OF this disrespect to the Commits.
sioner was the direct contradiction of all his
charges by the indignant officers, who
characterized them as unqualified calum.
nies, and minated that the 'spoor Della.
wares," for whom so much sympathy was
professed, were spectators, whose interests.
in view of contemplated donations of these
oeded lands totelegfaph and railroad COM
panies, were opposed to the settlers, whom
the officers considered fairly entitled to the
customary privilege Of pre-emption. -
T. AS | cannot think Your correspondent
'sE." willing to be used as the instrument
of persecution, hope he will take another
look at the documents which supplied him
with a topic on Monday, and correct the
injustice he has done to the officers he thea
assailed so unWarrantably. 5.ls.zs7.,ttr
1 These officers are preeluded, byabsenes
at a distant station, or by their relations to
the government, from entering into news>
paper controversy about official matFefs.
but are ready to meet any responsibility
| for the issue they have made with the
commissicner respecting the truth Of bis
statements; and he knows it.
4 The law and army regulations point out
distinctly very direct and effective modes OF
reaching officers, for any moral or official
ldelinquencies, and as accuser actuated by
sincere conviction, and not by malice or
interest, would have used these, and no,
4 have sought, by the advantage of official
station OF political influence, to destroy men
who, in the region where has acts and sAeirs
lare better understood than here, are the
more honored because they differ from
4 him.