The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-03-12
From the Keokuk (Iowa) Evening Tin es.
Another Side Of the Question.

From the Keokuk (Iowa) Evening Tin es.
Another Side Of the Question.
A hired agent of the Abolitionists of
Kansas, sent out to manufacture capital
for the next Presidential election, pass
ed through here a few days since, and
attempted to infame the minds of our
citizens, and reach their pockets by a
narration of the sufferings and dangers
of the beleaguered "sons of freedom"
and a detailed account of the "inhuman
outrages'' Of the " border rufians."
His miserable harrangue produced no
effect here, where our people have too
much good sense and are too well post
ed to be duped by such political Mum
chausens, and understand the character
of Black Republican treachery too per-
fectly to be misled by the wild extrava-
ganzas of its strolling lecturers; but as
the country is full of them, and they are
likely to dupe those who have not in
formed themselves as to their purposes,
we propose to send an antidote after
them.
The Rev. Mr.. Hummer, who was for
meflly a citizen of this place, and is now,
and has for some time past, been a resi-
dent of Kansas, gives a statement of
facts in reference to the Kansas troubles
altogether different from the 'trumped
up stories of the Commissioned agents,
who are paid to lie on the subject, and
shows up the Abolition coterie of Law
renee and Topeka in their true colors.
MI. Hummer went to Kansas at an
early day, and settled in the town of
Lawrence. Subsequently he purchased
a claim of a man by the name of Bar
rous in the vicinity of Topeka, and paid
for it. As it was a desirable location,
he staked of his claim, bought logs aud
built him a house, moved his family,
made arrangements for a store, and took
other necessary steps to lay out and
build up a town. But Mr.. H, unfor-
tunately for himself, was not an aboli-
zionist, and as his sentiments were hon
est and as dear to him as those of other
men, he made no attempt to conceal
them, although being a peaceable unof
Tending citizen engaged in an honorable
and laudable enterprise, he took no part
in the political controversies of the Ter.
ritory, strictly attending to his own bust
ness. But it was nc part of the pro
gramme of Massachusetts, abolitionist:
to allow anybody to make claims OF
build up towns within their reach, un.
less it was done under cover of their pa.
tronage and for their benefit. They ar.
rogate to themselves a monopoly of all
such things in Kansas, as we'll as of the
political opinions of the settlers. Ae.
cordingly a posse of abolition rowdies
from Topeka waited upon him, having
previously staked off his claim in order
thereby to assert their ownership and
met him at his own door with the Ian.
guage of menace and insult. When be
attempted to demonstrate, the leader OF
the gang of DULLES quietly knocked him
down, and a second one repeated the
operation, after he got up, by knocking
him senseless with a stone. His house
was then torn down, the logs which he
had paid for were carried away-stolen-
and himself and family driven from the
premises, and compelled to seek a loca
tion in aEother part of the Territory.
These are the martyrs of Kansas his
tory the poor, meek, defenceless, suffer
ing " sons of liberty" who are being eled
like lambs to the slaughter" the vic
tins of Observation-Disclosures !" the patriot.
who are "holding up the Thermopyl@ o.
freedom at the peril of their livesn
Mr.. H. says that the majority OIL
them belong to the lowest class of New
England society, sent out there and paid
by Massachusetts, nabobs to protect their
speculations in Kansas lands and town
sites until it becomes a State, to aid
them in which highly patriotic employ
ment, and to manufacture abolition pub
lie sentiment for their benefit and that
of their Black Republican allies, their
lying emissaries are sent out to flch
money from the pockets of the people Of
the Northern States.
Mr. II. represents also what we have
long suspected was the truth, that a ma
jority of the difficulties in Kansas have
grown out of disputes in reference to
claims, something that is incident to the
settlement of all new countries. And
yet exaggerated reports of these are
made the pretexts to ~convulse the whole
country, and destroy the public peace
for the benefit of a few ~unprincipled and
reckless agitators.
Mr.. Hummer passed some time with
the "border-ruf6ians," as we'll as the
''sons of freedom" and his comparison
of the two is any thing but fattering to
the latter.
We hope he may be induced to give
lecture upon Kansas before he leaves
the city, as he is known here, and hi:
statements are such as can be relied