Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-11

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TAe Laas ''Kansas lgnfdsss."
The Gssstls ofwsdss.dsy publishes
numerous sktsaels frsm tie Kansas
correspondence Of the n. Y. Tri5sas
and other equally reliable abolition
Journsls, in which the recent occur
RANGES in Kansas, in which eleven lee
State men" we're killed, arc misrepre-
sented and distorted for the purpose Of
throwing the entire blame upon the
"border rufIians" instead Of placing i
70 the credit Of The cot thsoas Mont.
gomery where il belongA The men
who lost their lives in the ARRAY are
represented BY the Gazette, - having
been peaceable and inoffensive "ffee
State men" who had given no provo
cation but were taken by this horrid
band of @border rufians" from their
homes and fire sides and from the bos-
oms Of their families, and shot by the
pro-slavery men ont ofpure malice and
for mo offence bat their opinion. -
The Democrat some few days since
published the details of this occurrance
from an "ofiicial" source, very proper
" placing no confidence in the state
ments Of James Redpath the notorious
lying correspondent ofthe N. Y. Tyi-
bsas. The people, without the late
exposure by. this individual Of his
swindling operations with General Jim
Lane, have had satisfactory evidence
of the fact that no reliance whatever is
to be placed upon his representations.
The statement which we Published
was from the report Of . person who
had been dispatched ito the scene Of
the occurrence by Gov. Denvor for the
purpose of learning = true account of
the matter.
The following are the facts:
"The messenger further learned that on
the Wednesday following these outrages.
Capt. Chas. Hamilton, late OF Georgia pro-
L. L.
back with twenty eight men-returned to
the trading post; they were all armed with
double barrelled guns. The people hearing
Of his approach, many Of them, say to the
number Of fifly.fve. placed themselves un-
der command Of Montgomery to oppose the
other, ard as Hamilton and his men came
up they fred. wounding one of the latter
party in the breast, killing horse and
shooting fine mare upon which Hamilton
rode. They then ran toward the river
Hamilton and his fellows followed, took five
prisoners, killed six men and wounded five
others. The five prisoners were then taken
into the ravine, and, least they should be
rescued, shot by the order of Judge Lynch.
This done there was . general rising Of
the Free State men. The ancient feud was
revived. The Sheriff of Linn county, by
name Calvin Mcdaniel. who is Brigadier
General of Militia under Jim Lane, called
upon the militia to turn out and together q
force Of about one hundred and fifty men
was raised
This statement, although we cannot
countenance the resort to lynch law,
even in this instance, places the matter
in a very different light from that in
which it is viewed by the Gazette.-
The men who were killed, instead Of
being "peaceable inoffensive" citizens
belonged to the very band Of cut
throats unde, command of the ruffiian
Montgomery who during the past
month have been engaged in stealing
horses, burning houses, robbing stores
plundering settlers, turning six men
from their beds, threatening the lives
Of Judicial officers, declaring their in.
tention to hang Captain Anderson o.
the United States army and his com
pany on the highest trees in the terri.
tory Of Kansas, resolving not to allow
the laws to be administered, murder.
ing peaceable.settlers and outragiue
delicate women and compelling them
to stand before their party in a state
of nudity; and instead Of being taken
from their homes and fircsides and
from the bosoms Of their families, they
had placed themselves in ambush and
deliberately fired upon = party Of men
whom they had robbed and driven
from the Territory and who we're re-
turning to collect the remnants Of theil
property. We are not attempting te
excuse the action Of DR.. Hamilton in
shooting the portion Of this band which
were taken prisoners by his party-hi'
proper course would have been to de.
liver them to the civil authorities fol
punishment; but although We con
denim him, We can yet feel no particu.
lar sympathy for the members Of the
band Of poor, peaceable inoffensive cut
throats, who suffered. They deserved
the punishment which they received
although it should have been admins.
tered at the hands of the civil authori