The Evansville daily journal., 1856-10-09
Truth and FaIsehood.

Truth and Falsehood
We yesterday commented at some length
on communication upon Kansas affairs, pur-
porting to be written by the Hon. Grampee
". Hardin, once a celebrated member of the
observation-disclosures as a nonentity) and
more recently high private in the Border
Ruffian ranks in Kansas
We have probably given more notice to this
distinguished gentleman than he deserves; yet
as he seeks notoriety we intend to aid him in
the exhibition of himself We fear however
that after all, it will prove with him as with
the dromedary-that the farther he is from
sight the better he will look. We shall see.
AS an Offset to the statements of W. Hardin,
we publish, by permission, the following letter
from Fielding Johnson Esq. to friend in this
city. Mr.. johnson is one Of our most respec-
table citizens, and well known in all this part
of Indiana He has been several weeks in
Kansas, on tour of ob.eryation; is a man of
intelligence and his opinions and statements
may be relied on with entire confidence. This
letter was a private one, yet the occasion will,
we think, warrent the liberty taken with it in
its publication:
TOPEKA, KANSAS, Sept. "a, 1856.
DEAR SIR: Since the arrival Of Governor
G5ary in the Territory the excitement appears
Co be Calming down The Missourians have
quit the field, and returned home, which viii
Z. Il.
Kansas.
Geary in his proclamation takes very we'll;
how he VIII act, the future will show My
own, impression is that he will enforce the
territorial bogus laws. This will work no ad-
vantage to the free State party, who do not
and will not acknowledge the.r validity.
The Territorial authorities are busy making
arrests, but they are all on one side. have
not heard of a single instance where the laws
have been enforced against an individual of the
pro-slayery party. There are now at Lecomp-
ton from eighty to one hundred men who were
taken aller the attack OF Hickory point, who
are charged with musder and treason and found
guilty by the examining court. There was
stationed at Hickory Point d band OF pro-
slavery villains who ior weeks had been steal
ing horses and pIunderlng the free State cit
izens in that vicinity. On the 18th, they sacked
and burnt store and burnt several houses in
the town Of Grasshoppor. Tie Free State
men worn out by the system OF plunder and
Of which they were the victims,
unable to obtain redress from any source what
ever, attacked and captured the fort. Imme-
diately after, the U. S. Dragons with the
Marshal arrived and arrested the captors, and
as before stated they are now held under in
1t painfully evident from the arrests that
have been made, and are being made, that the
acts Of the free State men in driving out the
robbers and murderers against whom they in
yoked IN vain the protection o. the authorities
and the U. S. troops, are to be construed into
open rebellion and treason; and the General
Government has now undertaken to accom-
plsh what Missouri Rufianism could not.
Persecution and want of protection have
driven hundreds of free State families from the
Territory; but | am glad to say that there are
two arrivals to one departure.
One great object in making arrests at this
time is to drive as many men as possible from
the ,erritory, so as to secure the election of
pro-slavery delegate to Congress, at the cleo
ton to take place October 6Jh. The autnor-
ties might save themselves the trouble as [ do
not think free state vote will be cast in the
territory.
The free State party in Kansas are looking
with anxiety to the result of the Presidential
election. The election Of Fremont they con-
sidel would put an end to their trials and tri
whereas should Buchanan be cleo
ted the troubles cf Kansas have probably only
commenced.
There always has been, and now is, a large
majority of the actual settlers who are deter
mined that slavery shall not be forced on them
by q minority. And my impression is that
Kansas must and will be free State. No
earthly power can prevent it. If Fremont is
elected, it will become 50 Immediately; but
should buchanan be successful it may take
years to accomplish it.
Kansas is the finest country | ever saw, and
do not think a better exists on the face of
the earth. For fertility Of soil and natural ad-
yantages l think it unsurpassed. The lands
are rch well supplied with lime and building
stone, stone coal and timber, and we'll watered;
and had it not been for the slavery difficulties
it would now be q densly populated country.
The sale of the Delaware Reserve lands will
come off the Goth next month. l am conf
dent that large profits may be realized from in
vestments in these lands. The Southern men
who came here with view of making Kan
sas a slave State are a drunken set of vaga-
bonds and spend all they getfor whisky. The
free State men have been so harassed that the
most of them have spent what money they
brought to the territory, and very few have
any lett with which to purchase lands. There
is not an acre that | have seen, but will be
worth at least ten dollars per acre.
Mr.. Hanes, of Indiana, arrived here last
evening from Lecompton. He says the free
State prisoners there confined, are treated
more ike brutes than men. They are guarded
by set of drunken vagabonds. Yesterday
L-dna Catn 1ras drunlz and flourishino his re-