White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-05-10
Coming to the Rescue.

heartily, from the fact that he has been
for long time paying particular stten
ton to Us and our concerns. That per-
son had no acquaintance with Us, and we
certainly had never done anything. d.
rectly or indirectly, to injure or offend
him; yet during two years past he has
seized upon every possible occasion. in
crowds and on the streets, to bemean and
abuse the Chief, and ourself personally.
These things, as a matter Of course, came
to our ears, through friends, Of whom,
we are happy to say, we have many in
Oregon. We let the fellow pass. but
treasured up his favors; and when he
laid himself open in a matter of public
concern, we gave him blizzard. There
are others over there of the same stripe,
who will be remembered at a fitting OPP
portunity.
Last weeks News comes to the rescue
of this person, in a column article, at
tempting a reply to the Chief-and q
very fat attempt it is, too. The editor
commences in a very calm. mild manner,
but cannot help showing his teeth before
be is through. The strong point in his
argument is, that the individual alluded
to is in the last stages Of consumption.
For that he is to be pitied; but it does
seem to us that it would better become a
person in that condition to be preparing
for death, instead Of standing on the street
corners, abusing one who never injured
him, and attempting to incits mob to
commit personal violence upon peaceable
neighbors, for daring to entertain opin-
ions at variance with his own. Yet the
News takes up this mans defence, know
ing him to be in the wrong.
While we have our hand in, we may
as well air our sentiments generally. The
News accuses us of meddling in the affairs
of its citizens: That's so-ours is free
and Independent paper, in favor of free
sentiment and free speech and in its
columns we will defend the rights Of men
who dare to call their souls their own,
against those who would Cypress them.
we care not whose citizens they are-and
especially shall we do this, when their
home press is shut against them. The
News is edited by a vacillating, plant,
cringing. lickspittls tool of the niger
drivers, who will kick him out when they
are done using him. He was born and
reared in a free atmosphere. and. we
doubt not, taught the principles Of free
dom therefore. the more shame to him.
that he has voluntarily become a tool, in
order to curry favor with men who own
niggers. Free State men are not allowed
decent hearing through the columns Of
the News. they have respectfully asked
it. and have been peremptorily refused
and all for fear Of displeasing traders in
human flesh. If need be, we can give
names and circumstances. On the other
hand, any Pro- Slavery man has free &C.
cess to the columns Of the News, particu-
larry If he wishes to denounce and SLAM
der Free State men. Under these cir
cumstances, the Free State people of Holt
County can be heard through the columns
Of our paper, whenever they ask it; and
If they desire us to write out their senti-
ments in a style to suit ourself, we will
do it. The same spirit that governs the
conduct of the News, once prevailed in
K ansas, but has been banished beyond
her borders. We have often thought, il
we should take netion to change our To-
cation, just as like as not we would move
our establishment across the river, and
open our batteries right there in the vii.
lage Of Oregon.
We are not through with our Oregon
items, by long shot. Ere long. we in.
tend to give q thorough showing up Of
certain so-called ministers of the gospel,
who. instead of preaching "Christ and
Him cruci6ed," preach crueifying Free
State men and niggers, in order to win
the approving smiles Of niggerdom and
who encourage the mobbing. tsrring and
feathering of other ministers, for not be-
lieving in the Divine practice of selling
niger babies away from their mothers.
The News will then have something to
howl over big. The only reason why we
de not ventilate the subject right here and
now, while the spirit moves us, is, that
we expect to be absent from our post for
q brief period, and will not be able to
follow the subject up properly [; for we
expect to be able to produce persons and
papers to substsntiate what we intend to
say and when we commence the bust
ness. we mean to "sit up" with the
News. and all the scribblers it can call
TO its aid.
After that, we shall change the pro-
gramme. and give what the News will
probably call a dirty attack" which