The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-09-01
False Kansas Reports.

False Kansas Reports
It is a notorious fact that all the first ne rs
of the former Kansas difficulties, received
through Missourian or Border Rufiian sources,
was afterwards discovered to be if not lies
from beginning to end, the basest exaggera-
TONS The Missouri Republican was the me-
dunn through which thousand lalsehoods
were pul lshed to the world as facts. It is the
medium non through which the grossest ms
representations are being set afOat as to the
present Kansas difficulties. 1t has the advan-
tage of full corps OF "Kansas correspond
ents," each one of whom appears to have re-
ceived instructions to write down no fact
which may have tendency towards render
ing common justice to the Free State men,
but to exaggerate their errors, and hold them
responsible for every act of wrong, and screen
the Missourians from even.the shadow of be-
ing partcipators in or perpetrators of evil
This is certainly the course or policy Of these
stipendiary writer's whether they are or not
carrying out instructions. Such charges as
the following, from one of the Republicans
Kansas correspondents, are common:
PALERMO, K T., Aug. 22d, 1856
The mail carrier from Lecompton and Law
renee has usC come in, and reports that he
saw Col. Titus at the later place lying upon
a bare floor, without the comfort of mattress
or a pillow, and suffering extreme torture
from several bullet wounds which it appear
ed would terminate his life in a few hours;
that notwithstanding his extreme condition,
which should excite commiseratlon and sym
pathy in the stOutest hearts, he was rudely
and harshly treated by ruthless and drunken
desperadoes, who would, with fiend- like relish,
strike him with their feet, and tear his clothes
from, and curse him, and spit tobacco juice
upon him. That he was sckened by the ter
rifying sight, and left as soon us he found that
any interposition would aggravate if possible
the inhuman barbarity.
Another correspondent Of the Republican,
or probably the same correspondent in another
letter. stated that Col. Titus had been actually
killed by the terrible barbarities of the Free
State men. Now here is something more re-
liable. The Lecompton Express (pro- slavery
for Aug. 23l, says:
Col Titus, we rejoice to learu, was not kill
ed, but he was severely wounded in the hand
and shoulder, and taken prisoner. The men
with him were also taken prisoners, but all
have since been exchanged for the six prison
ers taken by our friends at Franklin, and one
cannon taken at Lecompton last fall
Further reports and from pro-slavery sour
ces, state that Col. Titus was wounded and
taken prisoner, but he himself, after the ex-
change, made no complaint of i'll treatment
1t can at least be said of the Free State men
that if they have committed errors, they have
not yet initiated the RufIians in acts of wan
ton cruelty upon those who have fallen into
their hands. On the contrary, the leaders
have strictly restrained the more violent o
their followers from acts of retaliating cruelty
The lynchings, rapes and tortures by the Ruff
fans. so far as we have heard, have found nc
imtators in the Free State men, May quick
and severe retrioutiye justice fall upon the
heads of any and all dastards, no matter o
what party, who shall be guilty of such out
RACES.