White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-07
Kansas lAtb, and Lawrence.

Kansas 14th, and Lawrence.
Says the Lawrence Tribune. in answer
to onr article relative to the difficulties
between the members of the Kansas 14th
and the citizens of Lawrence
This article hardly does justice to Law.
renee or the Fourteenth. As Q regiment,
it was not q bad one but it hsd some
very bad men in it. After the men came
here. they regarded its officers IS having
no control over them. and about forty
bad men who had been enlisted ont oI
Southern prisons threatened to destroy
Lawrence. because they couldn't kill come
'nigger" or "sbolitionist" without him
drsnce. Our efficient police filed the
jail with these fellows and subdued them
They swore vengeance. and organized
for destroying Lawrence. We heard
men among them say Quantrell had moi
done enough. and al they blamed him
for was that be didn't kill every aboli-
zionist" in town. and burn all the town
down.
As to the Injustice done them in hurry
ing them here. Lawrence had nothing to
do with it. The papers were delayed in
some manner unknown to us or our peo.
pie. 1t is customary to bring regiment,
to their own State, and we see no reason
why they might not as we'll come to Law.
renee as any other point.
It is great injustice to the brave and
honorable men OF the Fourteenth to BE-
held responsible for the villainy of q fsu
fellows who naturally belong to the bush.
whackers rather than SO gallant and wsr'
thy q regiment.
Inasmuch as our statement Of the diff
6culties was taken from the Lawrence
Special to the St. Louis Democrat, wher.
it was mentioned on several occasions, w
cannot see where we have done any ipius.
tice to the 18th. We are aware that thu
regiment contained hundreds of good
men; and also that it contained many
boisterous. quarrelsome fellows, who vert
doubtless No. men in fight. but toe
noisy for q peaceful community. As to
the hatred Of "niggers. we are com,
PEELED to say that the feeling was not con
fined to men en- listed out of Southern
prisons. As far rs our knowledge ex.
tends, almost the entire regiment stand
together on that question. Why it is,
we are unable to say. and perhaps they
are in the same fix. They hate them be.
cause they are "niggers." The only 9th.
er reason assigned wss, that they had
seen niggers treated better than white
people; and for this not very commends.
bic taste on the part of q few whites, they
would make the niggers suffer.
1t is fact. that among a very large
proportion OF returned soldiers, hatred oil
the negro is prominent feeling, and that
they would rather see foil civil rights
conferred upon rebels who have been bush.
whacking them. than npon negroes who
befriended them while in the enemy's
country. There is doubtless some cause
for this. and We think it may be traced to
the officers. There is no denying the fact.
that officers have powerful influence over
the opinions of msjority Of their men,
as we'll as over their acts while in the ser
vice. And upon looking over the Geld,
it will be foand that very large proper.
tion Of the men who have secured shoul-
der-strsps, are persons who were troubled
badly with ''nigger on the BRAIN" and
who, while taking care to not let the dis
ease die ont, have done their utmost to
inoculate their men with the virus-to q
great extent successfully. As q result.
we see hundreds of men who would have
knocked down any person who asked
them to vote Copperhead ticket. being
insensibly but more surely drawn into the
rebel clan upon the nigger hobby. Con-
ventions of soldiers are being held. acting
upon the single issue of "down with the
nigger;;" while Oopperbeads stand back
and chuckls over the division they are
creating in the Union ranks. The Cop
perheads. after keeping up Ere in the
rear on the soldiers for four years. abus-
ing them, and slsndering them and their
families. are now effectually using them
to neutralize the grand results which they
achieved at the caunon's mouth.
We have slightly departed from the
subject upon which we commenced. but
that was wha. We designed doing. These
are matters worthy to be considered. that
speedy means may be taken to counter
act the insidious rebel policy.
SOMETHING NEw.-We call attention
to the advertisement of the Duplex El-
liptic or double Spring Skirt. Though >
recent invention. j, has become very pop
ular. and is rapidly obtaining the prefer
ence over other kinds in use. The rods
in it are composed each Of two delicate