The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-06-17


Eps. GATE Cry The Editor of the Post
appears to be greatly excited about your
calling the Post Locofoco concern. In
his Saturdays issue he says, that eve start
ed out to publish an Independent sheet, not
neutral paper-one that would speak for
itself and give the facts as near as zoe could
gather them" Now believe that the Editor
has aimed to carry out this intention; and so
so far as local matters about our city, and even
| political matters Of our State are concerned,
he has in the main come up to his own propo-
sition. But with regard to Kansas matters,
and the base and cowardly attack Of Brooks
on Sumner, the course Of the Post has been
more Objectionable than that Of its Locofoco
| co laborer, the Times, one Of whose editors
wished to God that Brooks had killed the
id abolition s-n of a b--h more OBJ
jectionable because people have right to
and do expect fair dealing and full state
ment of facts, and an unqualified condemna-
ton of oppression and tyranny--no matter
By whom COMMUNICATION an independent
paper, while nothing Of the kind is expected
from paper that has sunk low enough
to support the Administration of Frank
Pierce.
The Post has been in the almost daily
habit Of quoting exaggerated statements Of
the pro-slavery party in Kansas, while it has
seldom if ever quoted any thing in favor of
the Free State party. Yet the Editor knows
that Brown was killed by mob (part OF the
kickapoo Rangers) in the most inhuman
manner. lie knows that Barber was killed
by mob without any cause or provocation.
And he has every reason to know that Gov.
Shannon, Judge Lccompte, and the vallian
Sheriff Jones of Mo-, know exactly who the
murderers of Brown and Barber were, one
of whom held at that time and still holds the
Office of Indian agent, in the territory, under
Frank Pierce. He knows that while Shan
non and Lccompte have had their tools, Don
aldson and Jones, hunting down oil the
prominent Free State men Of the Territory,
there has not been single effort made
to bring to justice the murdercrs Of Brown
and Barber. The reason of which he has
every evidence to believe is because they are
/ pro- slavery men, while the men killed were
| prominent and dependent Free State men.
| He knows that the Grand Jury under Judge
| Lecompte indicted the Lawrence Hotel and
two Free State printing Offices, under law
of the Kansas Legislature, which makes it q
Ipententiary offence Of not less than two
years for man to speak or publish that
Kansas ought to be a Free State. He knows
that there are now several men under arrest
In Kansas charged with no other offence
than publishing and speaking in favor Of
compile refuses to admit them to bail, for the
most reasonable offence Of being in favor
of Freedom. Tie knows that Brooks went
into the Senate Chamber and made n muir
derous assault on Senator Sumner, who was
sitting down and had no chance tie defend
himself.
say the Editor Of this Independent Posi-
knows all these things, and many more Of
the same kind might be enumerated which
ne knows, and yet he has never said one
word in denunclation Of them or their au
thors. Why is it SO Simply because tn,
1 loentnea party responsible for tires,
outrages, and to denounce the authors was I,
denounce the Administration, and he found
that that might injure the party.
INDEPENDENT.