The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-21
Lecompton, K. T., May II, 1855

to proceed forthwith and arrest said band
Of lawless, armed men, and ali Others
whom you may discover to be engaged in
such practices, and take them before the
proper tribunals that they may be punish
ed according to law.
And ifin the discharge of these duties
you shall find yourself unable to obtain
a sufficient posse, upon application to me
you shall be furnished with force of
Uuited States troops sufficient for that
purpose. And you are also authorized to
call to your assistance, and to command
the services of any sheriff or constable, in
any of the counties ofthis Territory, in
the discharge of the duties herein imposed
on you.
You will, from time to time, report to
this Office your proceedings.
Governor of Kansas Territory.
Comment is unnecessary.
Capt. w. says, "nor is it true that I en-
ployed Montgomery and his band"
But little further along he says, in
speaking of collecting his posse, "nor did
I ask if they were Montgomery's band"
How does he know then that he did not
'employ Montgomery and his .band."
Again he says, when calling for volunteers
to search houses, +" two men stepped out,
whom I afterwards learned to be Capt.
Montgomery and one of his most trusty
men," So, then, you did employ Captain
Montgomery, Notwithstanding you say
you didn't.
Ofcourse shall not say that Captain
W. tells any falsehoods, because if did,
his sense of honor would require him to
shoot me, and l am afraid of being shot,
but ifI were as quick to resent an insult
of that kind, as the Captain, most GER
tainly would shoot myself, for if Capt.
W. has not given himself the lie, no one
can do it for him. l have often heard it
remarked that no one but person addict
ed to lying will threaten to shoot another
for disputing his word. wonder if
such is the fact.
However, I have found no fault with
the Captain. l simply stated what he
did, in my report, and he does not deny
anything said, or if he does, he admits
it again before he gets through, or the Gov
ernors order sustains me. So I think he
had not better cut me from his list of half
a dozen senators, for / should feel very
bad if could not get his support. l
think 1 can get that five acres of Della
ware land for him, if he will drop all his
other candidates, and go for Thacher and
myself. Thachers paper can get him
elected sheriff, and then there is the five
acres of land. Certainly it is worth think
ing about.
Some statements in Mr.. Tappan's let
ter would bear little examination, but
he evidently feels bad enough now, and l
will let them pass.
One word about my christian friend,
Thaeher. I am sorry he is so bilious,
and feels so bad. "John Milton" did
wrong to excite him SO this hot weather,
as he may be thrown into malignant
fever. Were permitted to prescribe for
him, should say that he had better take
things cool, use ice freely just above the
ears and not attempt, in future, to monop-
olize all the printing, all the preaching, all
the writing and all the talking for the
great city of Lawrence, and Territory of
Kansas. It is too much for any one
man to undertake. It will be sure to
break down his constitution, if persisted
in. And, then, there is Brown, do let the
poor devil alone. Don't you know that
he was taken from the same mud-puddle
with yourself, and has common destiny
with the rest of Us. He is mean enough
Heaven knows, SO are we all. There are
some people such fools, however, as to be-
lieve that Brown Is . much better man
than both Allen and Thacher, and myself
thrown in, and what effect does your
everlasting blackguardism have upon such
men? And then there are some who be-
lievs that Brown may, by some trick or
other, get into Heaven, if 50, what are you
and / and all the other good folks to do ??
Must we stay outside to all eternity, just
because Brown has got in ahead of Us ?
But sincerely, what grest wiekedness
have / done, to make the editors Of the
Republican, go into fever of "blushss"
for my manliness?
A few weeks since, I wrote commune
cation which / desired the readers of the
Herald TO see, and I accordingly sent it
to the editor. It was no particular favor
to me that he published it. The next
week wrote another, relative TO ; ma
licious attack of the correspondent of the
N. 2. Tribune. knew that the Republicans
had endorsed this correspondent in ad-