The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-09-05

CC9EuHC6. NOOue VINO mas not 0earu Lane,
can know the bitterness with which he pro
nOuneed these words. 1t was the growl OF
the red tiger and the hiss of the rattlesnake,
in its 6erceness.
When in Missouri. the other day, took
special pains to inquire the whereabouts of
the most reliable Union man in the county,
and was referred to Mr. Hook, living on
Grand river. l rode several miles to see
this beau ideal of Union man in the bor-
der counties of Missouri, and when l found
him l asked him where he was from
Kentucky" What were his politics
Union of course. What did he mean by
Union? "The Constitution as it is and the
Union as it was" He meant by the Union
as it was, the right TO own niggers,- and to
get them back. when they ran away, under
the Fugitive Slave Law. And if he could
q It have the Union as it was, then he was in
favor of the Southern Confederacy, under
which be could have all those rights and get
his niggers back. This is Union man in
the border counties of Missouri. l asked
him if he had seen any bushwhackers. He
saw some the other day, when lot of
Quantities men came along and ordered
dinner for fifty; he had talked with them
often. The bushwhackers have the best
regulated commi ssariat in the world; they
go ahead and order dinner, aud then sit
down and eat it. A voice-"What did
you do with him 90 He's in hell We
left him in the hands of our executioner.
They had report in Missouri that Lane
was dead-shOt through the ear; and out of
curiosity, aud to convince people over there
that he was still alive, we shot all we could
find Through the ear.''
In the opinion of your humble speaker,
there are no Union men in the border coun-
ties of Missouri. Within few days, Kan
sas has has lost one, two, and perhaps three
millions of property-aud it has all gone to
jackson, Cass and Bates counties.
There has been an order issued, to take
effect on the 9th of September. inviting all
the people in those counties to leave them
and go to certain points and certain reser-
vations-Hickman' Mill. Westport, Pleas
ant Hill, and Kansas City. Within that
time the bushwhackers will all be in the
brush. Iapprehend there will be few found
on the reservations.
l propose, then, that on the 9th the peo-
pie of Kansas meet at Paola, ready with
their writs of replevn to go into Missouri
to recover their property. l have heard
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90 into Missouri A voice-''D-n the
military authorities - The Constitution
provides that every man may recover his
property wherever he may find it; and, pur-
suing the strict letter of the Constitution,
propose to try to recover the property lost
last Friday. If the military authorities in
terfere, we will carry the question to the
highest authority in the Government, and
let him who dares interfere with the people
of Kansas IN their peaceful and quiet march
to recover their property. l don't believe
that military man lives but will say to US
Come 10 and help catch the bushWhack
ers ~ Let them carry wide spread devas
ration to every house and barn, to every
field of corn, every hog and head of stock
which, if not destroyed, will be used by
those who are prepared to murder US.
take the ground here of vengeance for blood
and devastation for safety. Here follows
sentence which we failed to note. The
military authorities will certainly grant VI
the poor boon of searching for our owl
property.
In the history of the world the MASSACRE
at Lawrence is without a parallel. Plac
yourself in my situation. 1t has been sal'
that Lane never sleeps, and does not know
! when there is danger; but we depended
: upon the military authorities for protection
! and were surprised, or we would have pro
2 tected ourselves and whipped the rebels llk
: h-ll. You who have known me in Kan
sas for eight years know this. l don'tpro
g pose to blame anybody, but it was misplace,
confidence in the military authorities tina
r caused the slaughter at Lawrence.
! What were they doing at that time
e What was Schofield doing? Administering
e oaths to bushwhackers. and trying to NO
them back to their allegiance, instead {
q killing them Millions of dollars hav
: been wasted in pursuing this Elusive ide
i of Cancellation; and now Schoield goes bac
D to 81 10 renew policy which all sensibl
: men have long ago ignored; and while thu
2 engaged, one of the bulwarks of freedom
r Kansas has been torn down and destroyed
! / ask you, then, to adoE
$ a resolution demanding the removal of SchC
e field and the appointment ola man of hear
! The removal of conservative Schofeld an
L the appointment of radical man instead
}. The Constitution as it is is played out
IF technical definition Is the restoration OF sid
d very, and | am ready to see any Kanss
rs man shot down who favors the Union as
was. I am IN favor of the Union as it wi
Of be if free to ALL IF you want man wi
d will vote as a Senator for closing the Wi
l. while the shackles remain upon one slav
o. select some other than Lane.
re have children, and if ] am not badly huT
2, my family may be larger / have rep
IS tation for industry. and don't propose
CT lose 1t BY any action of mine.
be Among my first recollection
-, tba bx7 South CaPoliDa II bif
i, was crushed out by the iron heel of o
K Hickory. For thirty years the North ha
On been slaves of slavery, and would pref
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