Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-03-23
For the Standard.


OKALoosA, KANSAS Feb. %, 1859.
EDITORS OF STANDARD: When wrote you short
time since from this place, our Black Republican
Legislature had just convened, and quiet and order
reigned throughout entire Territory. Peace
seemed at last to have permanently settled among
us. The past scenes of our strife and political diff
culties, which in this country, affect not only
POLITICAL but also our social relations appeared to
be rapidly passing away from the memory of those
who had participated in them, and it seemed to be
the desire of all permanent settlers of every political
creed to bury the past-cease all political strife, ex-
cept at the ballot-box and work together for the
common good But this suspicious event, which
was matter of congratulaton to all good and law
abiding citizens did not by any means, suit the
aims and ends Of the Black Republicans, for agita-
ton in Kansas has been the 6 life giving food to
their lawless party and when that agitation ceases
it greatly mperls their chances for such success as
they have had for the past few years. The presi-
dental campaign for 1860 is rapidly approaching,
and therefore turmoil and strife must be kept up in
Kansas for their benefit 1t is undoubtedly owing
to this fact that the peace and prosperity which we
were lately enjoying has been ruthlessly dis
turbed and the scenes of outrage and crime, which
characterized the history of this Territory in 1856,
have been renewed with such lamentable effect.
People in the States unacquainted with the utter
lawlessness of the Black Republican party, may well
wonder as to the cause occasion for these late in
state of profound peace; the pro-slavery men had,
to great extent left the Terrtory-the few that
are here, were powerless from their great minority
the Missourians at home attending to their
business and the government of the Territory, with
the exception of the federal officers and few ofthe
judiciary, was entirely in the hands of the freedom
shriekcrs But notwithstanding all this, excitement
necessary, and the hired tools of Black Repub
licanism, who have been sent here by the Emigrant
Aid Society to war against the constitution and
Southern rights. were they ever have been ready
and willing to do the bidding of their Northern mas
tiers. Brown and Montgomery commenced by col
lecting about two hundred men apiece, and Selling
and destroying the Records of the Courts, which
contained indictments against them and large num-
Der of their lawless party for their many acts of
villiany and crime heretofore committed, and then
followed up this mild act, with numbering several
proslavery men, without the least provocation--
burning their DEMONSTRATING their property and
driving their helpless families out of the Territory.
The proslavery men, who escaped with their lives,
compelled to leave that portion of the Terrific
ry and sacrifice their property to the rapacity of
these Republican vandas.
Brown with about three hundred men crossed
over into the border of Missouri murdered two Mis-
sourans in cold blood i'm their own houses and stole
eleven negroes from their farms and then boosted
of the deed in letters which he wrote to the Law
renee OK. IT, Republican and the New York Tri-
bune. While these atrocious crimes were being
committed in Southern Kansas, Black Republican
mob, in Leavenworth City, forciby took from the
officers of the law, negro boy, who was owned and
claimed by Kentuckian and defed the law and
law-abiding citizens. In Lawrence, large meetings
were held and resolutions passed to hang the Post
master and several other citizens of that place, for
no other crime than being Democrats and having
assisted in enforcing the law, in regard to fug tive
slaves but they fortunately escaped and now dare
TO hair and Eooh
county, when the U. S. Marshall found it necessary
to posse in order to arrest the negro thief
and murderer Brown, who was taking thirteen Sto-
len negroes out of the Territory, he could not get
over twenty men in that large and populous county
to assist in enforcing the law; and while the Mar
shall was collecting his little posse of twenty, over
| two hundred and fifty armed men came to the res
cue of Brown and triumphantly escorted him and
his stolen booty out Of the Territory. might men,
| ton many other similar occurrences, but deem it
unnecessary as the ones which | have mentioned,
| and which true in fact, will serve to show you
| the lawlessness and criminal propensites of the
dominant party here.
You might properly insist to know, what action
our Republican Legislators took in such state OF
affairs When Gov. Medary, in special message,
called their attention to the unparalleled atrocities
and crimes committed by Brown and Montgomery
and their lawless bands in Southern Kansas, they,
in order to promptly meet the case passed law,
called the " Amnesty Act" which pardoned all the
offences which they had committed, and made it lille
gal for the courts to prosecute any of them for any
crime which they had DONE and further required
the courts to dismiss all criminal prosecutions which
had been commenced against them for their previ,
Gus acts of villany and crime. This was the relie
which the good citizens of Kansas received for the
many wrongs inflicted on them by the Republican
bandtti. Brown, Lane, Montgomery and their mer
had only killed and robbed pro-slavery men ano
Democrats and Of course it was subecting such true
and loyal Republicans to too much annoyance to bt
tried for such slight offences, and hence, the Legs
lature pardoned them This Act" with another
one approprating 81 900 of the public fund.- to the
defence of DIR. boy and son, who are now in Mis-
souri, Jail awaiting their trial for stealing negroes
will clearly show to the world the patriotism ane
virtue of Black Republican rule.
Such are few of the novel occurrences which
take place in this Territory under the sway of thu
champions of freedom" Enemies, alike to law
order civil and religious liberty, the constitution
and country, they have established in their polt
ical creed cardinal virtues which never known
before to entitle the possessor of them to people,
confidence and esteem-to steal negroes, kill pro
slavery men, outrage their wives and daughters rol
the weak and defenceless defy law, and trample I'm
der foot the constitution of our common country
are high recommendations for the honors and re
wards of that lawess party. / could cite many in
stances to show this, but have not space. | hav
written more than anticipated but could not hav
said less, and now will close by saying that unit
the campaign of 1860 is over, we do not expect eli
Their peace or prosperity in Kansas
Yours truly,
w. N ALLEN.
THE RATEJGH GAS COMPANY