Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-03-03
SURPRISING A TORY PAPER IN KAN
SAS.

crossing finely in Kansas. But early II
February they took in two men who prov
ed to be loyal to the union--Field anc
Poole, both kentuckians. These men re
ported from time to time, to union clut
in Leasenworth. TIE Copperheads hac
secured from the Ccafederates Of Missouri
fine lot of arms and kept them concealed
in the Inquirer printing office. A list o.
union men marked for assassination was
also found. Coils. Jenni,on. Hoyt and An
thony, union men, were to be murdered al
a particular time This was known through
the exposures Of said Fled and Poole, but
not much attention was paid to the inform
alton. At the time set, several men post
ed at the Inquirer Office, fired from the
windows at one of said men marked fol as
sassination, one OF the balls wounding a
soldier, another ball passing into the house
Of willow woman near 10y and lodging in
the wall near her bed. This brought the
union men to their senses and reminded
them Of the revelations OF said Field aud
Poole, which had been disregarded. A
meeting was immediately called aud resoy
lutions adopted to clean out@the Inquirer
Office and the proper persons appointed TO
had in the enterprise. The Inquirer news
paper, copperhead concern under the.
guse of democracy, was in the habitSofgsd-
iculing the soldiers. calling them "lQusy
ragamu6ins," hireling hordes of abolition
Dutch and Irish BrigoRds." and The like.
The concern was not approved by near al
its own party, for many Of the democrats
sanctioned tie cleaning out. We learn
the above facts from 10. Of Leavenwortb
papers sent to US by some friend there.
We copy as follows from number Of SAID
Inquirer now before US:
"Hireing soldiers are posted upon the
street corners TO over-awe peaceable citizens
and prevent the free expression of public
sentiment against this oboIition war carried
on against an oppressed people 10y con-
telnLtlble rail-splltter and Captain of muir
derers."
We copy as follows from the speech,
made at tile meeting hold after the suppress
sion of the Inquirer office, by Col. Jen-
nls1n:
They threatened to assassinate Anthony,
Hoyt aud myself. Now, gentlemen, have
been accustomed through six years to as
sassination. That night five men followed
me home--one OF them WAS a policeman
| am conslitulionally appointed to attend
to that creature.
The next morning saw the shots in
Mrs Dexler's house, made BY Mitchell and
his drunken gang. say when the police
men aud sherltf's deputies organize them
selves into mob, it is time every good cit
izen united against them. We didn't clean
the thing out as military necessity but
as a city aud State necessity.
The cleaning-out party was not an ire
sponsible moh-nine-te of them were
property holders in this city. went into
the office first, hoping to find the engineer
at home. | asked for arms Of the first
man | took hold Of He said there We're
none there.
But when | began to run that eighteen
inch butcher knife of mine under his ''vesk-
il" he cried out you'll find them in the
next room." and | did find United States
muskets in that rebel office.
After the "!i,t!e incideDt the police ele-
ment began 10 talk about "driying out"
McConkey WAS going to cut very Abo-
litionisl's heart out. Mitchell said there
was an organized plan to Clean out The Alb
oIitionists.
This is the same war that began in '55
we have been fighting il ever since.
The Copperheads are organized in this
State. Capt. Nelson runs lodge at Wy
andott. He swore man in the other day,
and hen it was all.done, behold he was
.Red Leg'-one of Hoyt's men! There
is another lodge in Atkinson, one IN las
ton, one on the Wakarusa.
We must put this thing down. Wher-
ever you near man Taking ltedsOhs eh0Os
him. Great cheering. Let that be
practiced month aud these hounds will
20 to Missouri when they want to talk
treason. l think there are traitors on The
police in this city.
Capt. Geo. Hoyt said:
He was proud Of being one who turned
the Inquirer Office inside Out, the way
Crockett did the coon skin.
| will never quit these rebels until the
last accused one of them is driven from
this State
The Inquirer has been telling US loyal
men for the last xix months to 80 to bell,
aud last Tuesday morning we went there
we went to the Inquirer office.
There a 9 to-day traLorous, secret con-
81 ives, all over this State. aud the object is
to oct Kansas to the dastardly policy Of
Peace and Compromise.
Ii is for you to say whether rebels in
Leayenworth are stronger than loyal men.
!; went into the Inquirer Office for the
purpose Of giving them chance to carry
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