The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-02-27
Personal viudiasiiOn.

iuACA ~ . tCuis1kA VI Iii. GtIdltou, q ASp-
resentatiye from Doniphan county, in the
Territorial Legislature, In which we stat
ed that Mr.. s. had said that he chopped to
God the Lecompton Constitution would
pass through Congress- Without deny
ing the use of the expression. he publish
es ina cotempOrary long letter, in which
he assails us personally ia violent man
ner. Were it not that there is proba-
bility some may see it. and, not knowing
the facts. may suppose he was stating the
truth, we shall copy his allegations and
lreply to them. In response to an ingui-
~, whether he wished to see Kansas ad-
mitted into the Union under the Lecomp-
ton Swindle, for the purpose of s'inaugu-
Irating civil war ?' he answers
9Yes if there is no other way to gain
our liberties yet, should such a state of
affairs exist, | fear our patriotic eEitor
would again seek safety in fight from
the very troubles he had been instrument
tai IN stirring up, and finding when dan
ger threatened, that his courage was ooz-
ing out of the ends of his fingers, quietly
allow one Of McGee's negro sEaues to ar
rest and deliver him over to the tender
care of his enemies, without ever attempt
ing to use in self-defence one of the sfr.
revolvers that he at certain time had in
his pocket. 1t is singular that brave !?
men-men of great physical strength, like
the editor Of the Herald, for instance,
should, when danger thickens around
them, have such urgent business in the
States, and show so much anxiety to Sc
cure large supply of material aid, - and
that that .taid,o like the sir revolyers.
when once IN the pocket, would not come
forth.,'
Mr. S. here conveys the idea that zoe
fed from the Territory when embroiled in
difficulties, to escape personal danger. He
has shown himself wholly ignorant of the
fsctss When the difficulties in the au-
tumn of 1856, broke out we were at our
post, and contributed our share towards
the defence of Lawrence. Besides hold
inga commission as aid to Gen. Robin
son, we volunteered our services and
joined a company of horsemen, under
Col. Blood, and always responded cheer
fully to bis cali to go out on scouting par
ties, or stand on guard until the siege
closed, as our honorable discharge will
still show. Dhrins the whole winter we
remained in Lawrence, and did not leave
home until the first day of April, when
we were appointed by cur citizens, one of
committee with Mr. Blood, Mr.. Hutch
lnson and Mr. Mute, to look after COM
tmercial connection with Alton. We re-
NAMED absent, attending strictly to our
business, and were in the cars at Chicago.
bound for Cincinnati, when we read the
news IN the Chicago press, of the shoot
ing of Jones. Calling to mind the re-
marks We heard from Missourians while
gong down the river on the first of April.
that @as soon as grass should beginsto
grow they would drive on. every d-d
aoolitionist from Kansas we thought our
services wereneededint theTerritory. twas
then, when wholly removed from danger
and without hardly moment of thought
we left our seat in the cars and hurried to
the depot of the Central Railroad from
Chicago to Alton, and at 12 O'Clock at
night, instead of finding ourself in Gin
cinnati, where we had indicated by letter
we should be-. we found ourself at Alton
Using all possible5dispatch we hurried ND
the Missouri, with the intention of ioin-
ing our friends in Kansas, and sharing
with them the dangers to which thew
were exposed. ~
At Lexington we learned of the arrest
OF DR.. Robinson, but disregarding the |
threatened personal danger to ourself. we |
continued our journey, and arrived at
Kansas City on the 18th of May. Here
we learned the full particulars of the es- |
cape of Robinson, Reeder, and Others, from
the Territory. and were urged to cross the
river and go to Iowa, to remain until the
troubles were ended. To all these solici-
tatiens We objected, determined to stand |
or fall with our friends in the Territory
On the morning of the 14th of May we |
lett the hotel in Kansas City, with Col. |
JENKINS, of this city, for Lawrencs.-t
While on the highway towards Lawrence, |
and only mile out from Kansas. we
were stopped BY Col. E. NJ. McGee, and
two Others. who were armed with mus |
kets, and taken to McGee's house. where |
We were detained, and subsequently re-
moved to the Territory and held for four
months prisoner, guarded, during a
greater portion of The time, by United |
States troops.
So much for our 'iagaia seeking safety
in fight"
1t is simply false that we were arrested
by negro. or that we had half dozen
revOlyers upon our person, or any num-
Der approximating to il.
1t is false that We ever left the Terrific
~, on any occasion, to avoid personal dan
ger, and it is doubly false that we ever So
hcited farthing of material aidn for I
Kansas, or that any funds placed in our
pocket for Others. did not come ont agree
ably to the instructions of the donators.
To prevent rsfsuing 70 this again, let US
state
The only sums ever placed in our
hands for the relief of the destitute or ne
cessitous in Kansas. were, list, one hun
dred dollars sent to US by John BEMExT,
Esq, Of Geneva. n. i. This reached the
hands of o,,f .larl Mics erz.s..