White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-06-16
For the Chiefly
What I Saw, and What I Think of it

the other day, and witnessed wnS' ne'
er expected to see, viz: Free State men
(who blcd at every pore three long years
for Kansas-in fact, kept Shapes rifles
and other arms about their premises to
kill the "Slavery dictators," as they
called them, using all means to get their
brethren to vote for "Slaveryites," to an
extent that will be ascertained at the can
collation. of the poll-books. They used
the old, orn-out arguments Of the Dor
der Ru1ians, and even insulted old
b" wheel horse Free State men. by cali
ing them A5OlitioRists! 1 stood amazed;
and like Saul, who went forth to perse-
cute, the 'scales fell from my eye" and
1 was astonished! Had Elijah risen
from his tomb.% six days before the cleo
ton, and told me such would have been
the case, l would have said: "Eliah,
thou lest /! it can't be did ! Fire and
water may unite, but Free State men can
never straddle Slavery extension, and call
their brethren in arms traitors" Men
whom heard hot headed clerk at an
election, two short years ago, brand as
\ liars, Abolitionists. &C., now turn about
and use the Same epithets that he 1.-THE
clerk J used, rer5dtim ct EterGtim, and he
1.-THE clerk stood by. AMI Eel: how foolish
snch arguments sounded, coming from
the AnOldS," as he termed them, Of
the Free State party-whirh could ulti-
mately result in 10 goOd, but in the
overthrow OF that which they fought and
lied to accomplish; and on the eve oil
|, crowning their long cherished desires with
success, they sell themselves to the enc
my, whether they were bought or gave
themselves away, it is not my purpose to
say, leaving that to their own guilty
: conscienccs but l think they will haunt
/ them as Danquo's ghost did "McFad-
gins. +" for what purpose, cannot see.
+ The Democratic nominees were five
Pro Slavery men; or, three Pro-Slavery
and two other concerns" formerly any.
+ thing. properly nothing. But it is moro
than the Democratic delegation dare do
to make anything else than an out-and'
out Slave State Constitution dc tactO ,
for if they did not, ire rcd-hot would b.
heaped upon them. Oh ! thou dupes
who betrayed thy old companions il
arms to the enemy! Long You fought
and hept your flag from trailing in thu
dust, and won a reputation that was call
ing forth the admiration of even you
foes; but your cowardly desertion draw!
from them their disgust and hatred, ant
a they look upon you as traitors and turn
coats ever are, with suspicion, ridicule
and lerision. Could you have persuaded
I them to leave their ranks? No. Yot
might as well call upon the sea to give
UP ITO uCA'tB as " aoh OOutHeiH man u
so Free State. But ye patriots Of "shirt
t tail" battle notoriety, will ground you
: arms without even an asking, and hear
/ vituperation upon your old companions
whose heads have grown white in fight
ing the battles OF Justice, and who neve
suffered their beloved banner to trail il
. tine dust, until ye " Arnolds" sold then
to the enemy; and they were stabbed BY
you in the back, fighting for Liberty
Nobody, however. grieves at losing
i You. Nobody is pleased at the acquisi
tion Of such doubtful troops to the rank
Of the Pro-Slavery army, for cloud o
dust would scare your cowarlly heart.
4 out Of you. Christ was once betrayed by
Judas; and Judas wandered, ever after
wards, a by-word anil an outcast upor
the face Of the earth. Cain slew Abel
and the reward he rcapel was more thar
he could bear. Arnold betrayed hi,
country, sacked his native city, burned
towns, and imbrued his hands in Oh,
1 blood Of his former associates. lie diet
$ in foreign land, unhonored and un
| known. Not even n stone marks hi.
resting place, if such traitors have rest;
; when his page might have been as brigh
as that of any of Americas sons-woult
q have been the brightest in the annals o
S the heroes Of the world, save that alone
Of Washington, had he only been true
But he faltered as the star of Liberty
Frightened in the east: and when the sta,
2 OF Freedom had almost attained its re.
NTH, ye Arnolds have plunged the dagger
into the hearts, ye hoped, of Freedom,
Liberty, and FranchisementI But 60
: the red-hot iron of public scorn has bran.
ded TRAITOR" upon your brow
and who ever removed from his escutch-
, con the word traitor? Yes, traitor will
hang over you as does the murky fog
around the filthy pool, and Your deaths
will be as ignominiOus rs your lives arr
odious. Outcasts. with the mark Of Cain
upon you, the stencil of Traitor in youl
nostrils, wandering over the face of the