The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-09-12
The Affair NJ l.enyen ~ Orth.

This affair WAS so high handed that we
cannot forbear giving further particulars re-
specting it. 1t will add no strength to the
Pro- Slavery cause, but is calculated TO re-
net in favor of Free Kansas.
We give below statement of the case by
Mr.. y. McCracken, a gentleman who for.
merly did business at kirkyile, in Wapcllo
County, and is well known to the Wholesale
merchants OF this city as man of unim-
peachable character. But before presenting
il, we desire the reader to peruse the follow
ing article from the st. Louis Infeliigencer, a
paper by no means prejudiced in favor Of
the Free State cause:
II the pro-slavery party in Kansas are de.
termined to disgrace and ruin their cause.
and to draw down upon themselves the re-
probation OF good men at the South rs well
as at the North, they have only to continue
in the preparation Of such abomnable and
hideous outrages as occurred at Lcav cnw orth
last Monday week, to accomplish their aim
completely. The shocking exhibition OF cru
city aud tyranny has been responded to by
one universal sentiment Of execration, against
which even the Missouri Republican, the vim.
dicator IL all the acts Of Atchison, String
fellow, and their comrades, covers. The
Republican has justified everything hitherto
done and SAID by the pro-slavery men i'm
Kansas, but It has not had the hard,hood.
as yet, to defend the Leavenworth outrage.
Perhaps IT will employ q correspondent one
Of those who took part in the disgraceful af-
fair to defend the guilty parties.
The details Of this inexcusable and ia
grant outrage are we'll known to the most Of
our citizens. Thirty or forty Of the citizens
OK LeAyenworth, among whom were sub.
stantiai aud respectable merchants, we'll and
fayorahly known in the business circles Of
81. Louis, by their intimate business rela-
tons with our city, were driven out OF the
place, and compelled, without an hour.
warning, to flee for their lives, leaving
their stores, their shops, and their homes TO
the mercy OF their persecutors.7 They were
not insurgents, they were not rebels against
the Territorial authorities, they were not
Abolitionists. They were simply Free State
men, who desired nothing more than the
right Of living in Kansas, and quietly pursu
ing their avocations---a right which eyerv
American citizen is eutitlad 10. be his pri.
vate opinions what they may. Blu. they were
commanded to take up arms in favor OF the
pro-slavery cause, aud because they could
not and would not do this, they were driven
! OIL, and forced to seek elsewhere tina, shelter
which they were denied on the inhospitnblc
soil Of Kansas.
Weare not surprised, when such atroci-
ties as this, and the horse stealing outrage
ut Lexington, are perpetrated almost dai-
ly on the border-we are not surprised Ia
< learn, rs We do from sources eminently re-.
liable. that the rro--l.very sentime nt !. ahon.
% react.
~ Just such conduct at this that has
coined freesoilers out Of slave state men, dis.
sussed many pro-slasery citizens Of Mis-
eoufi WIN a cause associated with cruelty,
| oppression and wrong.
The following is the statement Of Mr..
! McCracken
sT. Louis, September 6.-~I emierated Ia
i.eayenwnrth City on the "a day Of October.
1863. After remaining there = fcw day, I
rented property, came To ST. Louis and
bought a stock OF groceries, aud have since
been engaged in the grocery, provision, for.
wardlng and receiving business, at which
occupation employed myself moss s,udi-
ousiy. was highly pleased with the appear
nnce u the town, its location, dc. en-
aeasored to keep myself out OF Improper
piaces,avoiding all the collections where there
was any probability Of getting into any dis
cuss'on on tue exciting questions which were
the cause Of numerous I, onblas .ua Ant
RACES throughout the territory. Ifreou.ntlv