Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1857-09-05

spoS<te during Ids! SedSu1 lIotH 1eoutileI.
net, except from young mail from South
Carolina by the name Of Kinney. car
penser. who worked for me short time,
who had some thirty or forty dollars IN
money In his pocket. and askedsme TO keep
it for him until he was done work. which
I did, and know he will say returned it.
Thus, fellow citizens, have and others
who have labored for the South In Kansas,
been slandered from one end of the Union
to the other. Similar charges have been
made against General Atchison and every
other man who was looked upon as prom
inent Pro-Slavery man. and i have no,
doubt with about as much grounds for the
charges. The dirty scoundreis who orig
mated and circulated the charges well knew
that 10 SANDER all the prominent men. of.
party is The most successful way of running
the causethey espoused. - - s..sae.
I say, fellow citizens. God save us from
such Pro. Slavery or Free State Democrats.
The provisions sent here were. Eus in the
ware house, and distributed among those
whom It was thought needed them. Mr..
Blassingame had charge of them. and when
l returned from Missouri they were all
gone. received no benefit from them, i
know, except the qualification of seeing
those partake of them whom supposed
honestly entitled tothem. Theywere sent
% me by my friends and relatives for the
benefit of myself and co-workers.. and ] :
tihonghs + had rssbllys concentrated them
"Next." said the Colonel. - an Ensse.lzssa
with selling myself and the town of -Atch-
.ison 10 the. Abolitionists. / WANT it UNDER
stood that have no apology TO offer for
selling my property TO any one ] may see
proper. But to the facts" said he. He
then read a circular signed by the citizens
of Atchison, dated November Is, 1856.
and directed to all the world, inviting the
people 10 come to Atchison and settle, and
stating that they and their property should
be protected. without regard To either poIit-
ical or religious opinions, provided. tkey
did not officiously NEEDLE in other peoples
matters.
81 wrote the circular said he, sat the
request of number of citizens. and I
then looked upon it as a bid for Free State
men. as well as others, to come and settle
among US. signed that circular in good
faith. with my eyes open, and, gentlemen,
let others do as they may, / never back
down IN such matters. Let the consequent
ces be as they may, when | promise TO do
anything. if, in my power, 1 always per-
form. Has every man who signed that
circular kept It ia good faith2 (See the
circular in another column That circu-
FAR was gotten up after the wars were end
ed last year, when everybody seemedto be
of the opinion that resort TO arms would
never settle the slavery. question in Kan
sas, and our people thought they would do
as all the other towns were doing, invite
every body TO come and settle; and as the
South was sending no Pro-Slavery men
10 Kansas perhaps by association and
kindness, We could convert honest Free
Statemen. Since that day, fellow citizens.
| have treated all men who came here. as
gentlemen SO long as they conducted them
selves In a like manner, without inquiring
their politics yet | have not sold my prin-
eiples. il, others think they have, by Sign
ing the circular 70
During the winter the whole Southern
press seemed to give up Kansas as lost
all had was IN Kansas, and principally
about Atchison. What we had, cost us
but little money, but General StringfeIiow
Ind myself were indebted for money spent
in Kansas, amounting to over six thousand
dollars. and at ten per cent interest, and
some of our creditors were getting restless.
Property here was low, and il sales had
TO BE forced we were beggars. In Janu-
airy and February, after the unprecedented
sale about Leavenworth, some little dema nd
sprung up for properly about Atchisen. [
told Strlngtellow we must go TO fnancier-
ing, that property must advance at Atchi.,
son. / commenced selling Atchison stock
for cash, and buying on time at from ten to
fifty per cent advance. In, this way I
sold in the town of Weston. Missouri, in
one week, ten thousand dollars worth of
property here, and paid over nearly all the
money to creditors before left the town.
and bought the same amount on time, at
the advanced rates named. j got the mon
ey from Free Sellers mostly, and paid it
to Pro-Slavery friends, and told them what
| was doing. Time rolled on. April
came, and still there was no. advance in
Atchison worth noticing. Finally Mr..
McBratney and General Pomeroy came
along, and concluded If they could get IN
interest in Atchison to justify it. they would
build US mills. hotel, railroad--in a word.
would build up Atchison and make US all
rich. General Pomeroy l had met at
Lawrence last spring, when the town wa
taken by the marshaIl's posse. The lead
ers of our party there introduced him tome
as about the only gentleman about Law
renee who could be relied on-that be was
a Free State man. but a gentleman and
opposed to the Free State rebellion. Our
hoys were cautioned about offering him
any sort oil insults. Mr.. McBratney was
also introduced to me as a reliable gentle
man. but belonging 10 the Free State par
ty. Now, fellow citizens, what do you
suppose did 2 Sold the town to the Free
Suffers, as matter of course. No did
not Atchison was not owned by me. on
~ owned about one-twentieth OF 1t; and
nine-tenths of it was owned by as rabId
Pro-Slavery men, avvwedly. as live IN.
Kansas, Missouri. South Carolina. Georgia
and Virginia.. was proVerbially Pro-