Freeman's champion., 1858-06-24
LIBERTY OR DEATH"
PRAIRIE CITY, K, T., JUNE "a, 1858.
Capt. Montgomery.

The following description of Capt
Montgomery, who has oflate obtained
anunduo notorictyin Kanzas matters,
is from the pen of former resident
of Lawrence correspondent Of the
New York Evening POST
"In conversation he talks mildly,
in calm, even voice, using the Ian
guage OF cultivated, educated gen.
tleman. His antecedents are unex-
ceptionable; he was always a Free
State man, although coming from a
Slave State, where he was noted as a
good citizen, and for his mild, even
temperament. In his daily conduct,
he maintains the same character now;
but when in action and under fire, he
displays a daring fearlessness, unit
ring perseverance, and an indomita-
BILE energy, that has given him the
leadership in this border warfare.--
His discretion, courage and acknowl-
edged 'abiltyahave gained him what
he will continue 10 receive--the con-
fidence and support Of the people in
the southern tiers Of counties. Mont
'gomery's enrolled company numbers
from four to five hundred men, all of
whom are old residents Of the Terri
tory, and are, consequently, familiar
with the peculiar mode Of fighting
pursued by Border Ruflians. Some
are desperate men, and could their
histories be told, you would not won
der that they followed their Border
Ruffian prosecutors I'd the bitter end.
There are two boys in that company
whose dying father charged them to
revenge his cowardly murder. Five
bullets entered his body as he stepped
from the door-sill I'd extend the hos
pitalities of his cabin to his murder
ers. Others have beenrobbed at their
homes and on the highway, and not
one of them but has suffered some
outrage or indignity from those viii
lains headed by Brock Eettj Hamilton
and Titus. Notwithstanding every
incentive to retaliate actuates these
men to demand blood for blood, yet
Montgomery is able to control and
direct them. He truly tempers JUS
tice with mercy, and he has always
protected women and children from
hahn, and has never shed blood ex-
cept in conflict or self-defence. On
the morning Of last Thursday / saw
a man who had just left Montgome.
ry's party, and who had been with
him since the affair with the y. s.
dragons. He gave me q recital OF
their doings from that time up to the
day when they took dossession Of
West Point, which town was searched
for the Moneke assassins. No inno-
cent men had been robbed. no women
outraged. They had, however, clear
cd Lynn and Bourbon counties of ev-
cry slavery man who had been
directly of indirecly concerned in any
persecution Of Free State settlers.
"It twill be asked, Is not this, to
d certain extent, following the tao
tics Of the enemy, and is it right ?
TO either Of these inquiries ! answer:
For two years past, Fort Scott has
been the headquarters of q desperate
gang Of wretches, who, under the
lead Of this Brockett, Clark and Ham
ilton, and acting in concert with the
slavery settlers and kindred spir.
its in the State Of Msso ri, have car
ried out a persistent course Of out
rage and crime npon Free State
squatters, This was the history Of
last summer, and il was the history
sof last spring, up to the tinie when
Brockett killed an innocent man In
his own bed, before his wife and
children. eiNr .la. nh
"Ilhen the people rose up and said,
We will not endure this any longer