Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-29
Jim Lane An Exposure.

When rogucs fall out De
The precious clique of land jobbers,
freedom shrickcrs, and cut throats,
with the amiable and valorous Lane at
their head, who have been at the bot
tom of all the troubles in Kansas, have
at last fallen out among themselves, and
are now engaged in the praiscworthy
task of exposing each 9th rs vilIanics.
James Rcdpatn, the notorious CORES
pondcnt of the New York Tribune,
the st. Louis Democrat and the Chica-
60 Tribune; who holds the pen of
ready liar, and owns that highly reliable
sheet, the Crusader Of Freedom, has
the advantage of the rest, and is max
ing terrible havoc with the little re-
naming reputation of that cstimabIc
champion of freedom, Jim. Lane, and
his co-shrickcrs. We know, by cxpe-
Renee, that the letters of this worthy
individual to the eastern press, upon
the subject of the Kansas difficulties,
were totally unreliable, and were in
dcbtcd for all of the horrors which
they related, to his prolific Imagination:
bHt IN the instance of the charges
against Lane-instcad of being pub
ilshed more than a thousand miles
away, where people were in possession
OF no facts to contradict thcm,-thev
are given to the world, at Doniphan,
where the people know both the accn-
ser and the accused. With some little
allowance for the very natural exaspcr-
alton of man who has been requested
and urged, and almost forced, by Lane,
to commit the foulest and most atroc-
,ous and unprovoked murders, we
think that the statements are entitled
to credit. The following are extracts
from the exposure
| LANE PROPOSES To AssAssINArE DENVER
We are ready to swear in anv court of
justice. or to make somn affidavit of the
Tact, that 1t Gen. Denver CHALLENGED him he
would have him put out Of the way by the
secret order known as the Danites.
REprArns VIRTUE REcous.
We thought that he could not he in earn.
est out circumstances, subsequently ascer.
tanned, convinced us Of our error II wos
the confederation Of this intention that de.
termined us, at whatever cost. to throw tho
human viper off. 1t will cost us everything
We possess IN Kansas press, landed proper
~ ana business prospects; but we prefer to
be free and poor rather than to remain in
the power Of an assassin.
Lanes PRIVATE CHARACTER
knew comparatively little of Lanes nr;.
vate character before came to Dominican
out my frequent intercourse with him sinee
mas fuiiy unfolded it. have found him to
oe man utterly devoid Of principle-with
out The faintest shadow of a shade of con-
sc'ence-9uscrupulous and daring, but COW.
aruiy ana snake-like in his policy He
"ouiu rum friend or woman with as little
eompunctlon as he would eat an ego and
wouid take pleasure in doing it lift would
advance his ambition by a single hairs.
Dreadtn: solemnly declare that | never
knew MN TO perform disinterested action
excepting III two instances onlv. once in
Nebraska, In assisting fug,tives TO escane
once, in Leavenworth, in giving a dollar to
citizen for widow in destitute c;r.nn, "
stances. He even blurred both Of these acts
oy cursing me among his own men for re-
fasng to take the negroes back az prise srs
10 Kansas, with my companies of armed inn.
migrants, although he privately made ar.
rangements with me to send q man from
IOWA Immediately to take them over the
Missouri river. wv '"e
Lanes RESPECT Foa WOMEN
ne insisted. also. that the widow should
nov VINO gave the dollar. Tke Xas aeen
Asr sines and did not try 70 49, ~, III"
nss should BE- mentioned ~ : rs1sssis. 81