New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-04
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SIR: In number of your paper for the eszy pat
Of TIL, month, there Is paragraph in piece OF Ear-
sas correspondence to which my attention hss b.ea
called. Your correspondent. says that am q
"Missourisn;" that / do not reside in Kansas !;
,bs. never resided in Kansas. and thst Z
never sqtend to reside in Kansas. After reDartng
that the yIiter referred TO knows apparently more
about the business OF others than his own, reply
That / ain not "Missouran, having been born
sid bred in Virginia tha. do reside in Kansas that
have rcsided in Kansas ssd II at intend 10 reside
in Kspsas. KaHsas has been ny home for more than
year; voted for Whitfield las, Fall, and only wish
tin. could vote for Buchanan and Breckenridge thu
Fall for. as you know, we have no Electoral vote in
Ka1ss. Territory Ths. intend 10 1--we ~ Kansas the
following will partly rhow:
No. ml Ss:.ss,. i ST.,s {; Ks
certify this, H. c. PATIO hs this ssy filed in my 5ee 40.
Tee e Of with hS S Of k.p.. and SesS I'D
grntir ,empol rights to aeff1 'ef-' io zoe sue e1
hseno1s lunter CT section number crs 10 ewnsnp no
meridian, in Territory. I CALHOUN Al sos,Iin
Thi. claim lies near Lecompton; bought it a
gentle san by the name Of JLo. M. Smith, and would
nentoR the price paid for it, fit was thought necessary
to 90 into ary further details There On it CABIN
wto.e latch.strirgs are q all times out Tor good
settlers. whether from the South or N,tb, provided
they are not ike you.
Youreorrespoudent has alec said that at tie battle Of
Black Jack, ard my ncn dceged behiEd i7s'' s'umps
and trees Your readers con judge of the accuracy Of
that report wher they learn the fact that thec NOT
log or stump in two miles of the battle ground, and
but one tree which was nearer to Browns part man
TO nine; The battle ground is in the midst OF open
prairie.
You copied moreover an article nom The 81. Le'I's
Democrat, limiting that am cowsrdiy. hycu do1bt
that will fight, you can have chance to try me IN
spy way you want to and ct any time you want to.
My address fer the present is SO Guys National,
Washington, u. c., ard for the future, Lecompton.
X. T., until further notice. Furthermore, il was
Published in THE TRIBrSE that caused come prs-
oneIs in my camp to be placed in front of lines
curing the sight, The father of lies never invented
bigger lie On the contrary, tie prisoners were in
our ar until both parties covered themselves in ra
vines and then they were as well protected as we.
There guard of my men with them az the time.
did not go out with NY men to sight except 10 sen,
defense; only fought when compelled to- and would
do it again. My men were put under L ". nays,
United States Deputy Marshal for Judge Csto's Dis
.rict TO help him take the Potawstamie Creek mur.
derers; and whenever it ia necessary can prove it
hey ond the Of james Redpath or anybody ese
FINALLY want it unde rstood that i've in Kansas.
ald intend to live there as long as IKE; t.At ald
not dodge behind trees, sumps or logs because there
were no trees stumps and logs to dodge behind that
when n. cessary, l will fight and stand ready, now
and forever to prove it, that was guilty OF no sucu
babarous conduct az that Of exposing prlsSns,s nS'
to save mine and that when attacked At Back jack
was clothed with the authority OF the ontea STATES;
You will DO an act of justice by publishing my side and
if you won't publish please send this BECK CLAY PATIO
National HOsS, Washington, June 80. L Dry "ae'
Mr.. Cor Capt II. Clay PATIO may be 40 brave
as lion (by the way, the English Opium Eater says
lion isn't brave) for aught We know or care; but
his Offering to fight as is no proof OF the tact. he
doubtless knows that we have no taste for Bowie
knife recrestions. If the fact that he has bought
a claim in Kansas makes him citizen OF that Ter
ritory, we think that point is made out. We con-
slider bis getting into ravine at Black Jack very
sensible proceeding; but why man who ad'
mits that he took shelter (as was proper)
in q ravine from hostile bullets, should -taks
fire at the statement that he sought shelter
behind trees, logs or stumps, we cannot imagine.
What are the odds? Is not the object In either
case to kill with the least possible risk Oh being
killed. And isn't that the whole art OF war
We think it but just to the State OF Missouri
which has quite sins enough to answer fof-that
she should not upustly bear the responsibility OF
Cant. Pato's career The exhibition Of manners
and temper made in the above card proves that.
as all Miasourians are not Border Rufhans, 90 oil
Border Rufians are not justly chsrgeable on Mis-
souri, This devoted admirer of "Back and
Breck," though correspondent Of The 81. Los's
RepuMic.x, is not q Missourian, but loyal son Of
the ON Dominion. Let the fact be duly noted.