Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-12

but brute force, which they were not un-1
willing to use when they numbered one
hundred to one." How do you reconcile
the above with that stated Immediately be-
low, that you /" offered to sell at reasona-
BILE price," You offered to sell, still they
could not get any hold of it in any other
manner than by "brute force" although
they have raised, according to your state
menf, In " Missouri five hundred thousand
dollars" The truth, is, sir, you, support
ed as you were, by the Eastern Abolition
lists, determined to publish your paper at all
hazards; you would not sell though repeat
eddy solicited to do So" You have fire.
quently denied your abolition proclivities,
yet keep company-are "cheek by jowl"
with the vilest and meanest of the gang.
As an instance, take the following extract
from your letter: s. DR.. Liebe, of Leayen-
worth, informed me some time ago that
VIM. III. Miller was placed down at Park
vile to drive me off; Stringfellow and
him We're SO counselling in his presence"
This, sir, pronounce base and unlniti-
gated falsehood, without the least shadow of
foundation. So far as my having moved
to Parkvllle to drive you off is concerned,
l have no objection to the honor, particu-
larly after having boon SO successful in eff
fecting the object of my mission. Had
you, sir, not mentioned the name of your
informant, there would have been some ill.,
ducement to acknowledge that Gid come
here fer that purpose; but to have so con-
temptible a scoundrel-'s the dirty, filthy,
greasy Liebe" as he is spoken of by those
who know him, making the charge, l deny
it. The dirty dog, who made an appoint
ment to deliver temperance lecture in
Weston last winter or fall, and failed to do
so, having learned that the inhabitants OF
that city intended treating him to a coat
of tar and feathers; the pet of Reeder, the
fawning sycophant, and appointee of his
majesty to take the census of Leavenworth
district, but who left Kansas Territory be-
tween two suns, fearing that an outraged
community would treat him as they have
since treated his brother in the cause, Phil
lips. This Is the puppy that you bring be-
fore the public to prove conversation be.
tween Gen. Stringfellow and myself, and
endeavor to mislead the community by sta.
ting that he Liebe, was suffered to remain
in our presence. You will have to drum
up better testimony than this before youl
charges will be believed. Verify" drown.
ing men do catch at straws." But Liebe
is a fit associate for you, and one whose
feelings upon the subject Of slavery are
congenial with your own. This Liebe has
been, during the past winter, and doubles:
is now, lecturing in the East, urging the
abolitionists to send on their boards O
white slaves to make Kansas free, and ye
you say You are no abolitionist,-that you
are friend to slavery, and slave holders
When you, Sir, make this assertion you Liz
in your teeth. ga man is known by the
company he keeps" And further you
speak of Platte county and the men of tina
portion of the State as follows: "Selfsh'
ness, desire to enjoy and appropriate the
labor of others without an equivalent, nov
governs in that devoted region" If Their.
ever was a sentiment which plainly and I'M
equiviCally shows that the author is an abo
litionist of the blackset dye, that sentimen
is found in the few lines quoted above
Shareholders Of Missouri, even you, thu
most moderate; you who are as genera
thing, opposed to extreme measures, cal
you now find fault with those, who have
removed from your midst the man who ut
tiers the above sentiment! Would you con
oioSA SOOl piOpCity odiC "AiSll OIiS3 posses
sed of immense wealth, entertaining sucl
views resided amongst you2 l think not
There may have been few in the countr,
who had long known you as a bushes
man, who deemed that you had been hard
ly dealt with; but since the publication O
your letters, since you have thrown off thu
lions skin, the number of your sickly sym
pathizers is "growing small by degrees ant
beautifully less" IT'S truly said that falsi
ers and slanderers are often best confute,
by giving them the full swing of their owl
, absurdities and inconsistencies. Regard
ing the lie that you propagate and endorse
concerning R. S. Kelley, hereby appen'
his sworn affidavit speaks for itself:
Personally appeared before me, VIM. Fl. Sum
mers, Esq, a Justice of the Peace within an
for Platte county, Missouri, Robert S. Kelley
: who being duly sworn, states that the assertio
, set forth in the letter of George S. Park, pub
lished in the Missouri Democrat, to the efec
that he, Kelley, had received from the Pro
slavery party at one time, S7O0, and had tn
promise of 81 300 more, for the support of tn
Squatter Sovereign newspaper, OF which ne l
editor, is false, from beginning to end. II
t further states that the Pro- slavery party ha
, neither donated that any other amounts, no
made promises, or held out intimations, that
; sum Of money should be paid to him, exceI
4 such as is received in the office, legitimatei,
E for subscription, advertising and job work.
ROBERT S. KELLEY.
Subscribed and sworn to,
before me this 1st day of June, 1855.
WIN. H. SUMMERS, ]. P.
: Where Mr.. R. S. Kelley. or any othe
of the other gentlemen whose certificate
4 / publish are known, their mere denia
: would be considered refutation of an
charge that you might bring against then
even under your oath, but it is merely I
t show the people abroad who are not pei
sonally acquainted with the parties, ho'
: utterly lost to all sense of truth you hav
t become through confirmed habit of Civ
e ing full play to your lying and slanderou
: tongue. You state, Sir, this:-'The meet
D inn uosten I'M In Parkyille which sanction