Freeman's champion., 1857-07-09

1
er Of the Border Ra6fdn at West
port, Mo-, has lately published a
card in his paper, showing up the
gallant leader of the ''chivalric sons
of the sunny south" in the conflict
at Blackjack. in rather an unenviable
light, Mr.. KING knows Mr.. Pate
We publish . portion of his card
1t will be seen that Mr.. Pate has an
opportunity now to display some
more of his valor: ''' y"
"Pate, the pittiful spittle-kcking
tool of band of robbers, tl(ought
that he could trample upon me with
impunity-ste my money and call
it tinanceering-abuse me, and call it
smart, funny and witty. For which
| I pronounce him a thief, a liar and a
coward, and will now give a sketch
of his brilliant career, and place him
for burial by his dear friends, (Ossa-
wottamie Brown and Others, in a
coffin surrounded by eet.smelling
skunkweed and assafedata, and deco
rated with dogfunnel and mullen
stalks, as a reward for his great
achievements.
Two or three years ago, one H.
Clay Pate went to Westport, q brief
less, pennyless, fve-cent lawyer, and
after trying to practice law and fail
ing, he hired himself to the st, Louis
Republican as its Blood and Thunder
Kanzas correspondent, in which ca
pacity he assisted materially in ma,
king Kanzas an Abolition Free State
The reports that Pate had edited an
Abolition paper in Chillicothe, Ohio,
and made Free.soil speeches in Ohio
and Indiana, followed him--they have
never been disproven--the facts are
on record. Finding his fortunes
waning, he raised large sum Of
money from the South, Ito canvass
Virginia for Kanzas. He went to
Virginia, canvassed the State, received
largo sums Of money and brought
TWO men to Ka VI. None Of the
money has ever been accounted for,
1t may be sunk in the fathomless
abyss" Of Pate's pocket. When the
Kanzas war broke out, Pate raised q
company in Westportto invade Kan
zas. He rode out Of town with all
the pomp and circumstance Of war,
and returned looking like chicken
after hard rain, and should imme-
diately have been covered with glory,
tar and feathers. But no, he had
money, and was safe. He led his men
to Black Jack Point, selected suita-
Bile position to have them oil muir
dersd, and after many of them had
been wounded, some crippled for life,
him and old Brown had private
talk, and he ingloriously surrendered
his brave men to the old murderer,
knowing at the time, that he was
booming portion Of them to certain
death, but the brave fellows scorning
the treachery of their leader, and bid
ding defiance to their foes, broke
through the ranks and escaped
Loud and deep were the curses be-
slowed upon him by his men, and for
allowing him the use of my columns
to bolster up his fallen fortunes, Twas
severely censured. His men all say
that there was but one coward a,
, Black Jack, and that was HULL Q
PATE. Long may he wear hif
bloodless laurels. g . 4.,Ht n
"When he returned to Westport,
} I done everything in my power tc
shield him from disgrace not dream
ing that I was warming into life vi
per that would sting me. Such are
the tn anks Of an migrate and a traitor
When o meeting was called by the
citizens, in Westport, for the pur'
pose Of denouncing the southern boys
and when denuncia.ory resolution
we're passed, and | pre'emptorily re
fused to publish them, then the plo
was laid to rob me-the plot succeed
ed. Pate he's done everything that h
is capable of doing to traduce anC
!. villify those noble boys who left thoil
sunny southern homes to die on tht
! plains of Kanzas. He has bought ,
,, subscription list. Yankee like. BY
peddling pinch-beck jewelry and cs
sence OF nonsense. When old Gay
was murdered, he was apparently
, very anxious to have his murderers ar
rested. He paradcd the streets with
a seven hundred dollar reward in one
hand for the arrest Of the murderers
ard a petition in the other, for him
self, 20 be appointed in Gays place
, and before Gay was cold in his grave
!. Pate was on his way to Washington
for the appointment. He was, how
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