White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-08-13

en- days. At the appointed time. xUO TO 4
$50 Of the most respectable and inauen.
tial men in the County met. and quietly
ratified the proceedings Of the former
meeting. In the meantime, eonscisn-
tious. anti.politician Watson hsd come
down furiously on the 6rst mestisg. IN
his paper. denooneing Il y mob. . fla
grant violation Of Law. and . usurpation
Of power-something which be had never
done in relation to JEFF. Davis and the
Southern Confederacy. He denounced
al who had anything to do with the sf-
fair. Is Black Republican. Abolition.
gger-stesling. civil war makers-said
that be had once suffered at the hands Of
Q mob himself, and knew how it went.
Therefore, at the last meeting. some res
olutions were offered, denouncing him -
. traitor, unworthy Of the patronage Of
Union men. Watson was present; and
after discussing the resolutions. and freely
expressing their opinion Of him. the meet
ling supposed the hint would be sufficient
to shame him into decency, and therefore
the resolutions were Withdrawn, without
being put to vote. But they were mis-
taken. He claimed that be bad fright
esed the meeting into Withdrawing them,
and straightway vent deeper into the dirt
than ever. He abused, personally, oil
Republicans and Union mon; declared
himself . Democrat of the "Pssce"
school; actually stated, at one time. that
Vallandigham would be suitable caudi-
date for the Presidency. in 1854: and
wrote . strong (for him) article in oppo-
sition to the Conscription act, heading it
The Poor Mans Drett"-appealing to
the people to know whether they would
tamsly submit to the yoke Of tyranny
that was thus about to be thrust on their
necks, and calling upon them to arise
and hurl from power the tyrants and des-
pots who were now doing all they could
to enslave them. The more respectable
portion Of the Copperhesds became dis
gusted with him. and his intimate friends
and associates were confined to Q few low.
mean. trifling men. socially and politi-
cally-all traitors.
One of Wstson's sureties for the pay
ment of the note given for the press, .
respectable and prominent citizen, now
went to him and told him be desired to
be released. Watson wanted to know
the reason. The other replied. that when
w. took the press. be pledged himself to
publish Union paper, and that be was
then his friend; but by the course he had
taken. he had forfeited his friendship. ss
well as that Of oil other Union men; and
that. having swapped" of his old and
tried friends for another class. be suppos-
ed the latter would accommodate him As
be had once done. Watson replied that
be would not release him /: that he had
him now where he wanted him. and in
tended to hold him there. Watson hay
ing given his sureties mortgage on the
press. at the time Of purchase, (which.
under the laws Of Iowa. entities the mort
gagee to the possession Of personal prop.
erty, the gentleman referred to demand
ed possession Of it. Watson refused to
deliver it. and the gentleman at once re-
plevied it, to secure himself against lia-
bility on the note. The press was left
for few days. BY the officer Of the law.
in the room where he found it, with
Watson's consent, and assurance that it
should not be touched while in the custo-
dy Of the law. But notwithstanding this
promise, he at midnight struck of half
sheet, and thus svsiled himself of the
last opportunity to most cowardly and
shamsfully abuse the gentleman who bad
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