Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-22
From the Columbus (Gd) Enquirer.
The Freesou Outrage in X ansas Con-
iGrmed.

We have before Us the LeavenwOrth (Kan-
sas) Journal of June Odd, and find in it
full confirmation of Gov. Denver's proceed
ings. concerted with the notorious Montgo-
merry. the effect Of which is to keep the eXpell
ed prO-slavery settlers out of Southern Kan
sas and very soon To drive out also the rem
nant that Montgomcry's band have SO far
spared. All that we published last week in
reference to this outrage is confirmed by the
accounts before u.s. The Journal is n strong
anti-Lccompton paper, with Judge Douglas
name spread at the head of its columns as its
candidate for the Presidency, and it can
therefore hardly be suspected of partiality to
the pro-slavery party. Its editor went down
to Fort Scott with Gov. Denver, and in let
ters to his paper he gives the account to
which we refer Even he is constrained TO
admit that Montgomery and his band are
chargeable with all the recent disturbances,
aud he speaks Of them as robbers and muir
dcryrs deserving the severcst punishment.
or their attack on the hotel at Fort Scott. he
writes:
..On the night of the 9th inst. an attempt
was made by Montgomery and his band to
fire the town. They first put some hay
against the Western Hotel, set il on fire and
then commenced sending volley after volley of
ShdypS rifle balls ut random into the town.
a bakery establishment occupied by n Dutch
man, had fifteen balls shot through it, and
yet, strange to say. the Dutchman escaped by
barely receiving one ball through his coat.
He thinks they were perty bat free shave men,
One ball passed through the sleeve of lady's
dress near the shoulder, while standing in
room in the hotel-one through the window
of Gov. Ransom's house, his daughter looking
out at the window at the same time"
The following is his version of Montgomery's
first interview with Gov. Denver:
"On Sunday morning the celebrated Mont
gomety accompanied by few Of his clique,
rode up to the hotel, just as we were prepar-
ing for start and requested an interview
with the Governor. proUidmg that he Gov.
Denverl would agree to take no advantage
of it! To this. the Governor very properly
declined. We proceeded on our journey to-
wa DIS Fort Scott, with this reTy Icorthy person
agel Montgomery and portion of his band)
riding in the rear. and brought up at noon at
a place called Raysville, where we took din-
ner. At this place quite number of the
sovereign people had collected together;
large number of whom were Montgomcry's
band"
The Governor made no attempt to arrest
the villains, nor does he appear even to have
rrbukcd them. On the contrary, when they
arrived nj Fort Scott. he harshly repruved and
silenced Governor Ransom for charging all
the difficulties upon Montgomery and nis band!
But this Free State editor is constrained by a
regard for truth to admit that
From all that we could learn, we are de-
cidedly of the opinion that Mr.. Ransom was
correct in charging their difficulties TO the
Free-State party, or rather TO Montgomerys
bandn
Aud he states that the Prostate people in
the region OF the disturbances coincide ID this
opinion-ihat even the widow OF one of the
men killed by Capt. Hamilton's party admit
ted the fact. OF his interview with this lady
Mrs Colpetzer) he says.
Mrs. {. Informed Us that no depredations
had been committed until after Moutgumery's
band had been formed, and pro-slavery men
ORDERED by them To leave the Territory. Zhis
stItenei.t Is o0rro5orated by all cah ,rsom hare
eonnzsai."
Yet, with these facts before him-with a
full knowledge that he was dealing with a
band of robbers and assassins ON the one
hand, aud with innocent aud wronged pro
slavery settlers on the other-Gov. Denver,
~ DE AID If Montgomery and has brNd. forced
Gov. Ransom and the pro-slavery party 10
submit to n "compromise," the effect Of which
is To ''lst by-gones be hy-gones" aud TO give
up 10 the Freesoii aggre-sors the homes from
which they had driven the proslavcry menl
to vest In the robber hand all the horses and
other plumber they had taken by violence,
and 10 give them nadispnted possession OF The
whole region by the withdrawal Of Capt. An
der-on ard his United States troops
The Journal gscs the plan for peace" a
dopled nn the motion Of Gov. Denver, but rs
il wa correctly epitomized In the correrpon-
dence of the Cincinnati Gasste, which We cop
led lash week, IL il unnecessary 10 repeat its
provisions here. A fouler outrage On the
South Than this Is not connected with the
whole history Of Kansas; and that is saying
great a, al.
The MEASURE Of the South's equal partiel-
patton in the common territory OF the Union'
IL practically illustrated by this Federal lnode
o. driving out Southern settlers; aud IL proves
that whatever may be the ehaFaster II abe
nea tHteves'fion and Trseuire lasr pass. d by
Cong ess, they are worse han nui ity 50 ioag
as fr, esa4iI kAecuuVe h iasEusl,d "a lth tls.f
administration.