Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-22
The KANSAS 1MrEAcHMENr CASES


W COiiamcfei Confirming false and malicious
charges against myself. In the morning OF the
same say carried to the office the accompanying
reply, which the editor declined to publish except
In garbled form, leaving out all showing the
connection Of General Lane with the impeaeh-
mert cases in kanses To attempt history a
those eases, tgrosing the part taken by General
LaGe, would he like Forrest plsyfng OlbelIo
without AeRssf Iago. . 1890 :
Until came TO this city could not unaer,tana
Wny tue profesSed organ Of the Republicsn f@rtv
vas simply the organ Of oeneral Lane. hntf an
informed the reason IL that General lane who
claim: to control the appointments Of the Presi-
dsn', mas promised 10 procure life Office In this
civ Tor the edleor Of the RtpublSeas, pToyid I'd
tost paper win snbserve bis ends II this be true.
may the Lord eave mercy on our party while rep,
ftsen;ed cv such en- organ, = r-sl I.
Respectfully, C. RosIssos,
WAsHIEe roN, April Is, 1881
Editor hspHtftedn-Sir: In yoar paper OF thIs
morning, under the caption of cease In Kan
sss, ''yOu publish what purports 10 be na ~ S =
letter from Geo. w Collamore an rpbi;.bed In
the LeaveHworth COH5sIUdfics As your rr,ns, "a
supposed 20 oe the organ Of the Republican par
~, thus giving degree of impoftance 70 It. A.
iectiols rot attaching to local sheen desire 70
say word relative 10 this i'm mpeanhrnsnt mate,
eseeelslY rs this letter is evidently produced for
elect In this CITY sEd az this time
Fhat the casa may be understood ~ Is nscas.
saIy 20 relate brief chapter of history:
IL VIII re remembered that during the winter
Heore o' less was Eaid IN the papers about a
Southern Expedition from Kansas. someti1,s,
GO Led the " Lane ExpeditIon.n A numerous
star wes appointed, a tfiumphal march was had
hom washington to Fort Le4venwoFth, and as
.siIdlng on, teelr sTmor Is Is generally made
IN "pntting IL of "
For some reason unknown to the ,ubscrihe,
tne great lane expedition, so called % met with
SAD disaster, or was "run into the eroundn At or
near Fort LsdvenwOrth. Gen. Lane aaId be fslt
toough uain OF cars had run over him
. mething must be done, and a RESOLUTION wa,
sent over 10 Topeka, 10 be adopted nv Tbe Is,is
lature, endorsing Gen Lane as a suitable nefson
70 take command Of The ''Sout b-fn expedition,, ,,
and Tor Major General. ThIs resolution was
inroaacta into the lS@er House. and was re-
teeted. Gen. Lane then visited Tonek, In na,
son, teld his friends that Robinsonss IpHusncs
must be otosen down both In kapsas and ei.e
Matie, apo they must get up an impeachment.
%IetNet guilty OF in.5cent. About dozen can.
dlda,es for tue United States Senate were imna
usnCy wailicE 70 step into Gen. Lanc,s seat ana
ne toid tbsr1 there was but one way to get tim
oatoI g. liz be was made Msj0r General b. yyould
teavs u; and If the Legislature would epfiorss
niGl Tor that position the FresIdert would nj
hin In twenty-four hours sftsS the news reached
. a.nihS on. as nearly oil tie candidates were
assured hy Gen. Lane that their election Sonld
ce certain IL he vas out CT the way as he yvonId
give Them Its support, all went IN for fhs en-
dofsemest, and II wentthrough both houses with
nut oPposluon, many voting for il who regard
citizen. = : >''" "0' 9 . Gnu
In tue meantime, the Impeachment committee
accom- pushed their wefk. A "b1nd swIndle,
was ch1sged, en3 Z bitterly psrtIzan commgttee
appointed to Investigate. They found no testi :
mony 20 connect ms with any sale of bond. In
ang MsY, put aid hnd testimony directlv disco n
i'ecHhg me with any such sale. TIE committee
however, reported they believed l was fmpl!
eaied, refused to rerort the testimony, ,showing
hoo 10 Pd.t IN tuS sale, end recommended an ion :
Parchment. One MEMBER Of the committee stated
IN bis seat in Tie House gross falsehood touch
ihS tn= case and TIE parties 10 the conspiracy re-
ported Wat had fed the country. then being
~ VIt LeaHehworth by request Of Gen III unter
Under thiS pressure the repof. OF the committee
was adopted before the testimony had bsen read
hg the members OF the House.
W ben the testimony was puh shed "a snDe.rea
that while 1 was In no way implicated 6ecersI
Lane and some Of his friends were While the
heSoiietor Of the bonds testified that had no ic-
terest directly or indirectly IN TIE sale be ,l.o
testified that ore O: Gen. Lsnss ipttnate retaIne-s
did receive S5OO IN money ard promise of S5O0
nese for bis influence. Also, one Of the State
nceis tes.lSed tnht Gen Lane proposed to hin,
70 negotiate The bonds himself and retain several
tooasapd collars OK the proceeds General Lane
biBSsif 9 stfed tefore the committee and il 4.
aIrsedy sscer,alnsd he will be 1aily contredicted
IN several instances by several Of the most prom-
neht men in the country and by his own sigma
ture. Thisis part Ct the history OF the iu pescb
nent casc, y but not all. Not daring to have a
tIisl and fsling utterly TO convince the prope Of
ther own purity or patriotism IL has been stealth
ny but summarilY quashed as TIE fol- OWN, letter
from rnY attorney in the case will explain
TOPEKA, Kansas, April 2, 1s62.
Ger. RobiEsos-Dear Sir: There is nothing
upon record 10 snow that any articles of i'm peacb
tGcnt were presented and allowed in the n ouse of
Representatives against Chsrles Robinson Gov
ern9F. OF Geo. 3. Hillyer, Auditor, OF said State
tSigned) NATHAN p. CAsE.
As the auditor is the officer to whom Gen. Lane
made the corrupt proposition, there is good rea-
son why he should be dropped with myself
M Callamore Is the first mau who has dis
covered that the " impeachsd'' State officers have
lost III h Cnces In consequence OF the adoption of
afesolunoE CT impeachment through the lower
House Of the Leg gislature. The Legislature cor
tnued TO TeeogniZs them, sending their sC Is to
the Governor for approved, waiting upon him Of
deiallY bY committees, &c, an1 the officers of the
Federal Government continue TO TecoynlZs them
usual. Even Mr. CallsmoFe con,inued TO re-.
cogni1e them after a. Impeachment" transactfng
ocacial business with them until he was removed
from his position Of Quartermaster General for
cause. Then he arst discovered that although
had the power TO appOint--for he applied for a
tsa2Pointment to 81 ageney-after Impeachment
bad No power 10 remove.
With reference to the proposal to Z" 90 down 70
Ledvenwofth and get some Of those poor mis-
cradle devils to enls; and pay them SIS apiece with
The understanding fer them to desert the next
day." 1 have only 20 say that the statement js
false and the proposition 10 so absurd on is face
under the circumstances, that Il Is unworthy OF
credsnee- In the first place, / had no spare funds
70 invests aRd. secondly, TX lad could invest
them more satisfactorily TO myself than ia buyipo
recruits Tor the army; and, in the t6ird Mace II
10 notorious that when that regiment (the hrstl
was organized several hunored men that desired
20 be received had % be rejected. Such was the
desire TO be admitted into that regiment that
nearly hundred men in a body waited upon me
with view TO compel me by init midation TO re-
eelve them. or this fact Gen: stone, who is In
the city, was witness, as he aided me TO appeaA
these who were disappointed. 80
Respectfully, c. RosrSsos
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