The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-06-04

"And that was the last you knew about
it?"
ayes sah."
aust what you might have expected.
Did you ever get your two hundred dol
lars from Esquire Blanks?"
"No. You see the boys got it when
they went to get my ole woman and boys;
the ole woman was afraid like, so they
didn't get her, but got the money"
"You must be mistaken, Henry, about
having that money"
"No sab, not 'staken. had it, sartin.-
Prey wrote letters; said he would get it
aud send it to me-"
at has gone after your revolver; but
whose rife is this you carryF'
at belongs to Massa Virgins"
at is Aliens patent. see; does the
owner know that you have got it?"
"No sab. You see rs gwine to Parson
Grabhorse. and took it long for lection
like"
"You took it along for protection
Well, you had better go back, or the Par
son may grab you and the rife, both"
ais bound to go. Grabhorse wants me.
He says he will go with me to the State
and get my wife aud children"
Don't go, Henry. There is reward
offered for you by the man who claims to
be your master; you will be betrayed into
his hands,"
"I's bound to 60. Parson Grabhorse,
good man, holy man, abolition; he's bound
to get my wife and children"
at is only trap laid to catch you,
Henry, and get the reward offered"
That rifle has never been recovered.
Grabhorse says it was stolen from mis-
'ouse. His purse is heavier than it was,
while in Missouri there is broad built,
brawny old negro Henry, who is toiling
and sweating for man who is called his
master.
Since the commencement of this chap
ter. the writer has received a letter from
an unknown source. There is no date,
locality, or name of the author or dictator,
mentioned in the letter. 1t is startling if
true, it is surprising if false. But, whether
true or false, is left to conjecture
Whether it was intended to enlighten, or
mislead us, is equally unknown. 1t is
herewith presented, that readers may form
their own opinions of its worth:
THE LETTER.
allow you could have learned so much
Of the secret springs Of certain characters
and movements, cannot divine, and how
you dare tell SO much truth upon the sub
iect is also mystery. A few months ago
what YOU have written would have cost
you your life, and it may do so yet. i
am glad you have broken the ice, for this
secret revolution clique have nearly ruined
the Republican as we'll as the Free State
party. ] am not member of their oath
bound cabal, but am well acquainted
with those that are, and what have to
state comes from q perfectly reliable
source.
"Soon after the open demonstration at
Lecompton, general massacre OF all
Pro slavery men was secretly planned, and
orders issued for the blow to be struck in
several parts Of the Territory at the same
time. Messengers started South to carry
out their orders in that direction, and
thoir
might have been true in other parts, but
for the fortunate, or unfortunate, admls-
sion to their Lodge Of one who had the
courage to stem the tide. Although the
oath administered TO him required abso-
Lutte and unconditional obedience TO every
order of the chief officer, on the forfeiture-
of life as soon as the plan Of the massa-
ere was divulged, he Immediately de-
nounced it as uncalled for, insane, Grim
inal and internal. He gave the officer,
who developed this plan, to understand
that if he moved another step in that,
, direction, oath or no oath, he might count
! on him as an active enemy.
"Others talked in similar way, and the
scheme was dropped.
"The author Of it went South and joined
the men who were in the field under bis
3 orders, and it is reported, as soon as the
U. s. troops made their appearance, he
showed the white feather, much to the
disgust Of many of his followers.
, Before this, general league had been
3 formed, independent OF the one above
4 referred to, for the Inauguration Of gen.
eral civil war in the country, and this
official was to lead the movement. His
b signal defeat in his secret cabal very much
e hishearteped him, and he showed dis
Q position to abandon a general war, aud
, pacify his colleagues by prscticing private
individual assassination Of his and his
confederates' personal enemies.
This was the reason Of falling out
: between two prominent crusadersfn Dom
iphau county. The difference between
those gentlemen was not because one OF
. them so much objected to the assassina-
e ton, but because the other backed down
II from the general war from sheer cowardice,
as be believed.
From that time, the war project was
abandoned BY most Of the league, and
y like their prototypes-Atchison, String
e fellow e. Co.-they either left the Terri
q tory or retired to private life. A few,
however, did not abandon all hope, and
= they lowered about the southern part OF
the Territory awhile, but the machinery,
le the OATH bound organization was too valu-
~ able for ambitious ends to be thrown aside,
= and, with slight modification, It Is used
u to this day by the leading official and his
le friends"
Is Such is true copy of the singular
anonymous letter aforesaid. Many 70.
re Elections naturally arise in the mind, but
we mean to keep our promise made long
o, ago, and forbsar to moralizo.
The Yahoo Of fiction was filthy, spite
in full creature, but the Yahoo is amiable, mag
unanimous, noble, when compared with thu
ID oath-bound massacre plotting clique refer
red to in the above strange and mythology