The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-07-03

The last Cedar Democrat contains a
a letter from one Goodwin Taylor, for
mer a resident Of this county, which
perhaps deserves a few comments. Mr..
T. says "my political course is well un-
derstood in Upton" This is true; and
we now find him where we supposed he
belonged, with the worst Of "Boraer
Ra6ians." Mr.. 7. says that Capt. Mont
gomery is under the leadership of Jim
Lane. This is q mistake: "Jim Lane"
took away Montgomery's commission in
February last; so that the attempt to
make the Free State party responsible
for Montgomery's acts, will not win. A
large portion Of the Free State men, in
and out of Kansas, disapprosc of his con.
duct, and would be glad to see him arres.
ted; at the same time It is impossible
not to admit that he is but paying off old
scores, even if he is doing as represented.
Mr.. Taylor says, "Missouri, be it said to
her credit, has not nor will not NEEDLE
with the affairs of Kansas" We will
not attempt to settle the question of We.
racity, with Mr.. T on one side and q
host Of democratic Congressman and ed.
itors On the other; neither will we at.
tempt to reconcile it with what follows in
this same letter lie says, in speaking
of the murder Of the FIVE men in Linn
county, "a goof' (the italicising is Gu,
own) "Dem ocrat, Mr.. Hambleton, living
within two m1es of my cabin, was ordered
to leare the Territory; not for any crime
except his political views--he did leaf,
in fear of the safety Of his person and
property. Hanbleton selected about forty
men, and returned to his neighborhood
aud captured ten of those who had drove
him of and marched them out on high
mound within one half mile Of my house
and shot the whole down." Now why
We ask, is the name of Capt. Hamilton
one of the notorious band Of robbers ant
murderers who went to Kansas unde,
Col. Buford, and has continued his dep.
relations upon the Free State men up t.
the present time, been changed to Ham
Me-ton2 Was it an attempt to disguis.
the name SO that the real character Of the
man would not be known? The fact is
that the most Of the men who were with
Hamilton when he committed this cold
blooded murder were Missourians. And
by the way, Mr.. Wells, who has been ar
rested as one concerned in the above
murders, says that this Mr.. Taylor cam.
into West Point, Mo. after these mer
had been "shot down" within half milt
of his house, and reported that there hat
been fight between the Free State mer
and the border ruffians, in which thes,
men had been killed. This report wa
circulated to produce prejudice agains
the Free State men. Farther on, 7
says: ~ was taken prisoner by Handle
ton, but after he learned my name," (h,
lived within two miles of him, "and
fen other things about me, he released me
saying | was not the man, or the kin,
Of man he was after" So we can judy
pretty well what "kind Of a man" b
was taken to be.
We are not surprised to read, at tn
close of the letter, that ssfor the safet
Of my family l have done what hundre
Of others have--left my home and ar
living in Missouri, near West Point
where / have found some friends" &c
There is great danger Of civil war, i
the south part Of Kansas, but to say tina
it originated in the robberies Of Montgc
merry, is to falsify the whole history .
! kensas.
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