Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-07-06
.anltiS COUNTY TELEGRAPH
T'hc Troubles IIl Kansas,
POAIEROY. O.


Southern KansAs, IN the region of Fort
Scott. Contradictory statements of the
trouble. wefo persisted in by both parties.
while all admitted that robbery and MUIR
der ran riot through ali that section Of the
Territory.
In order To ascertain the true condition
Of things, uov. Denver. with an escort.
composed uf both parties, pro-slayery and
tiro-stAtS men, determined tn visit the
srehe nf disorder. make personal invcs-
tigH'ion, and compose the difficulties If
sossiblp. We have before us n full and
graphic description OF the journey with its
incidents, but have not room for the
whole. We Civ. below. the conclusion
of the report. From this we think Gov.
Denver has aho~n himself to be better
man than wSs hoped E,r by the Free State
party :; aud the only fear is that his fair
a.d impartial proceedings will C 81 him
his position. and send him of in company
trmer Governor. who have ben sacrificed
by tho administration, because they
would not sink their msnhood and give
their nan,es 10 infamy in the service Of
the Border Ruffians.
Although We should naturally mske
some allowance for tho evident anxiety to
keep in tho g',od Cruces of Buchanan, and
might therefore expect as bad II Case made
cut against tho Froe+Stat men Ss tho facts
would admit, yet from the manifest design
of the Governor 10 DO impartial. We think
all fair minded men must come TO the con
clusion that there arc hard cases on botl,
81 los, desperate and bal men, who take
advantage Of party feeling to effect THEN
personal purposes Of pillage and revenge
The statement however shows clearly
en ,uxh that Ito Fres-S,ate desperadots. il
su''h thsy mry be called. have been driver
To these cxtroms measures under the Soad
i4s sn0 in;olerablo oltrages. Butwe thiut
thcro can DO ~ doubt that bal men har,
ma le these outrases the pre'ext for carry
ing their rctsiia,ory proceedings beyon,
bounds. and have committed deeds in tn,
name of such retaliation, that are bette
rharacterized ~ robbery and murder, .nt
which arc wholly rspudisted by the. Free
S;ats men Of Kansas.
We sincerely hope that the Governo
will HONESTLY carry out the professions o
fairness he has made. II ho does 80 h
will be- most cordially sustained by th
p4opl- of the Territory, and if removed
by Buchanan, il will but add another linl
in the already dsmonstrative chain Of evi
dence which fixes on the Administration
We earnestly hope for better times in thu
ilfa,ed Territory. The following is th
narrative referred to:
Fonr ScorT, June I h, '53.
As there werr many contradic' ory Storie
NJ Fort Scott, propose to give only wha
each party admitted against themselves.
WHAT THE PKo-sLAvKRY PtRTI ADMITS.
The Pro- Slavery men admitted that ba
men who had committed out"axes an
crimes in other parts of tho Territory ha
come there for protection and found it,
As prominent among such mon the
n,ned G.n. Clark, the murderer, of Ba,
b.r. and nearly all united in speaking &,
him ns bad mnm. of Tory violent passions
wiz" hated All Free S,ate men, continual
plot,iny ng>i inst them. He was the brai
fr mH:audinX parties. which he dared nc
xu out Of the town To head.
Tie town IL guarded by United State
soldiers, and Gen. Clark never gnes out {
the range of their protection. lie has nt
been out of town for months. AMI, it wa
sail, would not dare to stay i'll il if tn
troops were Withdrawn.
The pro-slavery men also admitted ths
Hamilton. Brocket and Mckay had mad
til. town their head quarters for niaraud
Ing expeditions on Free Stato men, tbs
they brought in stolen horses and cthe
property ; and that. though the propsrt
WAS followed and proven by the "wnero,
never could bc recovered but WAS II
moved by the connIvance and even assir
!SncS of the citizens.
II 10 also admitted by them, that F.,
Il ~. RNnsom, Of Michigan, who hold
the position under Mr.. Buchanan of RI
r"ircr Of the Land Otflcs ut Fort Scot
gives all the official countenance ha ca
20 "W.r&ss"s committed BY pio-slsvery nlel
A Eow day hafore we arrived. prumineI
mAraudSr declared publicly that theI
never would ts prsn" until they had burr
".i "very Fres Safe cabin on the Msria
d" C.igne.. and proposed to organize
party To do it. GOV. Ransom. who WI
"tanding by. replied. Now you are tall
ing sensr."
Il is also admitted by some pro-slaver
men that Cap:. Anderson. Of the L. )
Army. used the troops to protect nn
sm-times even ta cooperate wi II tht'
lnwless bands. This Is also admitted b
scveral officers of tho Ermy now stHtone