Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-08-14
Another Roorbaok Smashed

lsheu, Win SnflekS ana 9rOanS ana tears, an
account of the murder of Mr.. MARTIN
WHITE, in Kansas, by the Pro-Slavery bull
lies. That sterling Democratic paper, the
Illinois State Register, of the 3d. thus shows
up the matter:
MARTIN WHITE-A BASE FALsEHooD or THE
| JOURNAL ExPosED.-The Journal of recent
date paraded a terrible story of the murder of
Mr.. Martin White, former citizen of Christian
county, 10 use its language, by "pro-Slavery
rufhans in Kansas" With all the accompani-
ments Of italics and blazing capitals, this false
hood, without shadow of foundation, was
added to the roorback record which that paper
daily dishes up for its readers. Mr. White was
depicted by the Journal in his true character,
as an exemplary citizen, who had emigrated TO
Kansas in good faith to settle there. That for
! the expression of opinions in favor Of Free
State, he was brutally murdered by the "bor-
der ruffisns" of Democracy, and an Abolition
shrek was sent up, Of the shrillest tone, over
his sad fate and the iniquities which that pa
/ per habtually lays the door of the Democrat.
! party Its shrek was the more keen aud loud
from the fact that Mr.. White was we'll known
and highly respected in this quarter, and the
story Of his brutal murder was expected to
make votes for nggerism the more readily in
consequence. As suggested at the time,
the whole story is monstrous, and wicked fab
rication, concocted at The Journal office for To-
cal partisan effect, and of a piece with the mass
OF the bloody stories with which the columns
OF that paper TEEN.
We have been furnished by Mr.. Charles r
Hurst, one of our most respectable merchants
here, who has been acting as the agent Of Mr.
White, in tie settlement of his business in Hi
nois, with the following ext. acts of business
letter, recently received from Mr.. White. II
speaks for itself:
:" We have had most exciting time here for
the last two weeks. Two weeks ago last night
there were five men and one boy murdered
within few miles of US. The boy was fourteen
years old. part Of the men who committed
the murder lived within two or three miles of
us. They murdered them without any just
cause, only they were pro slavery men. 1t was
the most cold blooded murder | ever knew
Their heads were cut open, their throats cut,
the breasts and backs split open to their hearts,
and some Of their hands, noses, and ears cut
off Some of them were not buried until Mon.
day. 1t was an awful sight TO behold. There
were fifteen men in the company that commit
ted the murder. They had raised two compa-
MES of about thirty FIVE men each to go to Law
renee to Join notification meeting there, and
they were driven back by the regulars. This
party OF fifteen came back ahead of the balance,
and committed the murders and stole twenty
|
| Joined the rest of the company, who were enga-
! g-d-,n stealing horses and negroes. | raised
! twenty three of my heighbors and went to the
place where the.murdersswere committed, and
| in the evening came on to the company, but
they were too strong for and We did 70: at
tack them, though they expected il and ran like
devils. The next morning after being renforc-
ed, we commenced taking them. and continued
until we got fifteen OF them. On " ednesday
we were largely reinforced, and l met ]. H.
Masterson. lie was in a company from Sugar
creek Jim " is whole soldier. / also met
with Harrison Northcut he was orderly ser
geant in a Westport company. Harrison is a
good soldier On last Saturday week the com
panies were divided, and each company set off
IN search of the murderers The Westport
company started for Hickory Point. and week
ago this morning they got into engagement
with the abolition murderers, and they were all
killed and taken prisoners except FIVE. who
made their escape. We don't know to Ger.
tainty how many Of our men are killed They
? have large forces gone to release them. Ii is
only twenty We miles from rs, aud yet have
not heard the result in full If hear before
mail this, | vail let you know. We hav,
enough TO do to guard ourselves. We don't know
: when We are to BE- attacked. for they have taker
/ secret oath TO kill all the pro slavery men il
the Territory and all that take up against them
So goa ,0iH see that the free STATE are in dan
ger, as peH as the pro-sldDery men from heS
3 Abolition KnOw Nothin9s.
The Abolitonists have been holding meet
ings bidding defiance to the laws of the Terri
tory and of the United States, aud say that tn
Constitution aud the Union must and shall b
: dissolved. Reeder and Lane. who head them
are no better than they are. We expect 10 sta,
here until the last day in the evening. thong
there are a great many families leaving here
anI al con ha had far half th., IL of III
e improvements.
f Ina postscript he says
/ Ihaye heard from the Westport company :
They are released aud the whole Abolition
force taken prisoners. Thsre Is now some pros
pect of peace here. and IL Massachusetts, an,
2, the clergy mind their own business it will
II continue.
4 The Journals story is not only falsified q
=, to Mr. Whites DEATH but as TO his position to
wards the Abolition marauders in Kansas.
/ shows, in glaring light, who the aggressar;
II vino are the insitgatOrs OF the troubles ther,
If and who are guilty of the villanous contumaiit
perpetrated, aud for which the Democratic pal
ty is held responsible. The sentence We hav
italicised shows that these hirelings OF Abol
ir tionism, this pensoned scum Of the cities, pal
. by Aboitionism for party purposes, do nc
confine their assaults to pro slavery men, q
. tney are eiihcu, puo i'cc ota'o mc", al WI
IT, stand by law aud order are spotted and place
lg under the bans Of these rowing butchers, who's
4 acts in atrocity, exceed those of the wild In
dian. We have the authority of the Jour
~ itself that Mr. White is a man of truth and il
b tegrty The above is the picture he presen
Of the condition Of things in Karsas.
points out the true authors of villanies perp
H. trated there. The truth of his statement is CO
IN roborated by every honest man who writ
ms from there Yet the Illinois Journal concoc
j., lies, perverts facts, shifts the blame fro
" scoundrcls to honest men. that a morbid fans
on icIsm instigated by years of such partiz;
IN newspaper policy, may be further excited,
,c. the end that demagognes and disunionists IN
= reap the spoils Of place and power.
'le We do not expect that the Journal will ma
ID, any correction of its former statement. I'll
on is not it's habit. In its code of partisan NOR
ga lie well stuck is as good as the truth"