Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-07

KANSAS RuFFIANIsN.-A letter to the Irish
AMERICAN IRON Leaveuworth. Kansas, under date
OF September 10th. says:
Ii Is seldom that take my pen IN hand to write
articles intended for publication but Deng con
slant reader of your paper, and never seeing any
thing that portrayed the true state ot affairs IN
this country during the stay among OF General
James Lane, as officer c recruiting, leel il 10
be my duty as a citizen OF Kansas to let the pub
lic know how that business conducted here
have no complaints 10 make, nor 10 | wish TO
be personal in NV remarks; but | wish 10 state
the naked facts before the public. aud let them
Judge for themselves. You have no DOUBT
heard OF the organization OF regiment oi ne
groes IN this Department; but question whether
YOU have heard the latest use 10 which Mr.. Lane
has concluded 10 put those negroes. Well, | will
give Zou little OF my experience. Ii seems
tlat they to act in the capacity of soldiers.
and be waited upon by such white citizens OF
Leavenw0rth and vicinity can not by clrcum
stances attend the dull every evening at three
O'clock Now have been ia the State OF Kan
sas some i've years-haye served in the army
during the three months campaisn-haye always
been an unconditional Udion man. but. untortu-
nately. a Democrat. There being sickness in my
family found II impossible 10 attend the drill
Was waited upon 10y an officer in command of
detail tor arlestns citizens. tried to explain to
this officer why 1t was that could not attend the
drill but il was of no avail. he told me that
was a G-n Democrat, aud that every one OF Us
would have 10 go ami wait on the nIggers. | was,
with seven other citizens, accordingly taken 10
Camp ID ARGUE. and there put 10 the very dc
sirab.e occupation OF waiting on the nisgers.
Really thought this was an age of progress
had oeen IN the habit oi seeing the aigger wait
on the white man, but this was something new IN
the annals of my experience. ] will not 60 into
details respecting The manner IN which we we're
treated Suffice II to say that we were constantly
at work. guarded by those soldiers of color, anu
il We complained OF beng tired, We were called
Irish SONS OF -, aud M any other such
pFessions One OF the officers told me that he
intended burning down every ID Democrats
dIers more respectfully.
On one occasion OF Us could not perform
3 piece of work imposed upon him by negIo
Captain on account OF having but one hand, aud
the Captain gave the guards orders 10 tre upon
the ID irishmen II ne refused; that able or
not able. We had TO perform the work The
Captains name Is Lyon. Where those men got
the authority 10 ueAt men IN this way h mystic
~ TO me: and why lrishmen should DE al object
OF their luminosity Is also my stery unless il be
that thew are Democrats, and consequently are
objects y. particular hatred 10 these gger steal
iug Aoolltionists. Ii Is use Tor u 10 say that
We are Union men. or that We have Leen soldiers
in the L mon army. We are lrlshDen and Dean
ocraIs. and that Is sufficient. This Is how Mr..
Lane and his Abolition friends conducted <he
busine = of recruiting ia this Departments.
Very respectfully.
A CITIZEN OF LKAvFSwoKTS.