Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-19
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Our readers remember how every act OF
cruelty in Ksnsas which was pnblshed last
summer was called Black Republicanlie,
As there Is no political capital now 10 be
made by denying the facts OF history, the
Enquirer aud its kith are now giving cre-
dence TO the most horrible Of those bloody
deeds The following Is from the Enquire
Of the 10th inst g yTH e sbnol3
Fuorr, the precocious young wretch whose
infamous and insane act Of numbering and
scalping Free-Siats man, during the late
troubles in Kansas. created so much horror
and supplied the shrekers with such an IN
nammatory theme, has al last been arrest
ted, committed, and bail refused by Judge
Lecompt We hope he will swing II Il
time that some persons were hung 10 Kan
sas, where, under the pretext OF furthcring
tho enc or the other Of tho political factions
abandoned men gave full reins to their pas.
sions, and perpetratsd deeds Of the darkest
character.
Fueets history is that ofnot a few yonths
in the South and West He was an orphan
boy who had been taken caro- OF by some
Missouri planter but very carly proved 90
ungovernablo n charge that bis, guardian
was happy 10 get rid OF him. he went into
Kansas 20 engage in tho tumults Of that
| Territory, and was prominent on all COCA
sions Of violence and disorder His natu.
raj propensity for bIoodshed and combats,
was infiamed by the constant imbibing OF
the wretched poisons that are sold for spir-
it's in the Western towns. He was always
nearly intoxicated On the occasion ofthe
horrible deed for which he has been com.
mitted, he bad been drinking 10 great excess
and Mt low doggery, proposed to bet with
one Of his companions that he would ride
out and kill aud scalp Free-Statc man
within q certain time Tho bet was taken
and Puget mounting his horse, rode out on
the highway leading towards Lawrence.
hourishing bowie-knife in his right hand
Every person he met was stopped by him,
and asked whence he had come, and II
he was "Pro-Slavery OF Free-State." At
last be met an old man, who, In answer
20 these queries, said that no was from Law,
renee and that he was Free-State man,
whereupon Puget shot him through the
body with revolver and then deliberately
scalped him, and returned 10 town waving
the bloody trophy over his head. He de-
manded the wager and was paid by his boon
companions, with whom he had o grand
frolic 10 celebration of his achievement
As soon, however, as the news Of this bloody
deed began 10 noise abroad, Puget fled into
| Missouri, concealed himself and, on recent
ly emerging from his hiding-place, thinking
that his crime was forgotten, he was arrest
ed by Pro-slavary man, delivered into the
hands Of the officers, by whom, we trust, in
due process OF law, he will be handed over
TO the hangman. To hold any political par
~ or people responsible for such deed rs
this, Is downright dishonesty. -, IA
This is substantially as the affair was sta
ted at the time, by the papers not in the en-
ploy Of the South. The begging Of the En-
quirer not TO be held accountable for tho
deed, comes too late The pertinacity with
which il denied itatthe time, was conclusive
evidence that II true, II initiated against the
party which made and sustained the law,
under which such murders were committed
with impunity. It's too late to deny par.
" connivance at all the outrages which the
Free State men in Kansas suffered. The
burning Of Lawrence, the destruction Of the
presses, the dispersion Of the Free State Leg
iulature by government officer, the impris
onment Of Free State men, on false charges
these and thousand equally outrageous
proceedings, were either defended or con
nived at by the Democratic party during the
canvass, IL in no other way, by pronoupcing
every man liar, who believed them to be
true, II is too late TO avoid the odium Of
such cruelties, by saying the party is not re-
sponsible for them. Had the President do.
sired II, and had the party demanded II. no,
one In a hundred Of the murders would have
occurred. Ono tenth the anxiety which ia
manifested in regard TO Utah outrages
would have saved hundreds ofvaluable lives
and thousands Of valuable property. But
there were hopes that free men could be
frightened from the territory. TWAS vain
hope, and now that freedom is likely TO tri
umph in spite of the government theirs il
an acknowledgement Of some Of the wrong,
perpetrated 10 give that land 10 slavery.