Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-07


journal.
Similar statements to the foregoing were maGe
by the State Journal of Springfield, Illinois, and
the Chicago Tribune. The Springfield Register
in noticing these infamous ISLANDERS, remarks:
We can only do justice to the unparalleled
mendacity of the above by branding it as a DELHI
crate. wilful aud intentional lie A lie direct,
studied AMI enormous. A lie uttered BY a man
who goes to church regularly, and on his knees
makes formal pretensions of his love 10 God, to
his fellow man and to truth. A lie without the
slightest excuse or justification.
Having thus filed our demurrer" we call
upon the Journal to furnish its 'indubitable evil
dence." Do this, OF stand convicted as a liar
and a slanderer. unworthy the notice or associa-
ton Of honorable men.
QUASrRLL il an assumed name. The man
who passes under that cognomen, is a partizan
chieftain. who has no connection. whatever, with
the Confederate army. We understand he was
formerly = stage driver and in that capacity
eirned sufficient money to purchase a small farm
in Western Missouri In the border difficulties
between that State and Kansas his farm was
desolated. and a brother who occupied it was wan
tonly murdered. These difficulties probably
occasioned the recent terrible tragedy in Law
renee and in the raid he was undoubtedly assist
ed BY Missourians Who had been subject to similar
grievances and all arising from the p~artizan bor-
der warfare which has grown out Of the so-called
Kansas troubles. We state these facts not to
extenuate the conduct Of QuAsrRILL and his
band I'm the attack upon Lawrence, for we have
condemned it as without Justification or apology,
and as deserving the severest punishment, but 60
show that it arose from personal and local
difficulties. which might have occurred under
different circumstances from those now existing.
In heartlessness and wickedness there is no dis
tinctson between QUASrRIL and SULGRovE- The
latter daily suggests and advises just such forays
upon his political opponents that the former had
courage to execute. There is no difference be-
tween the two in innate sickedness Of heart and
purpose. but one lacks the personal bravery and
daring that the other possesses. In this connection
we give the following personal history of QUAs-
TzILL. which we find in the St. Louis Republi
can: <f8H T
Quantrill was an early resident of Lawrence,
where he went by the name of Charles Hart. as
any we'll posted Kansas man will tell you. In
1854 re was anything but a "Border Rufian, /" in
the sense ia which the Press applies the term. He
was. ION the contrary. quite the reverse" He
wasa member Of j ennisonis regiment. and proved
himself an apt pupil under his tuition. o flste
years he seems to have subordinated the question
Of politics TO hat of brigand &c, and although
, be now PROCESSES to be n rebel. holding a com
mission of some sort from JEFF Davis, il makes
very little difference to him by what name he is
called so that he gets all the plumber he wants.
HIS relations with all the leading brigands and
the Red Legs OF Kansas we're Of the most friendly
ckaracter-so much so that they never did each
other much harm in battle or otherwise-and
Qu1ntriE's plumber Of horses, mules, cattle and
y~aluables have frequently been found il he
market in Kansas. ff'