White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1868-03-12

coll, and Barney O'Driscoii' oos VINO
signs himself simply B. O'Driscoll. oc.
copies over . column in last weeks Wa.
tbena Reporter. in what be calls defence
Of himself against charges made By the
Chief. pending the rscest effort to relieve
him from the operations of the Coustitu-
tional smeudment disfrsnchising rebels.
The article (by which We are pleased to
see that be is an attentive reader of the
Chief) is principally q re-chewing Of
Pro-Slsvery barbaric ideas very common
in Kansas doEcn years ago. bat which
were so efsctually exploded with the in
stitutiou which they were designed to
uphold. thst man only makes himself
ridiculous BY harping upon them. The
only thing that O'Driscoll really denies.
10 his whole communication, is charge
which We did not make. but merely sta
ted that ws bad heard it asserted. and
did not know but that it Was true-thst
be had been bushshscksr, He says he
fought in the /. .rseulsf, rsbel army.
Bu. oven here he leaves the public in the
dark. He does not state whether be re-
eeived an honorable discharge. alter hav
ing served out bis term Of enlistment. and
done his duty in shooting Union soldiers;
or whether he deserted. thus turning trail
tor to the Confedsrscy as we'll as to the
Union.
He pretends to deny the charge that be
declared that Northern women who work
ed for living were prostitutes. Since
we published that article. half dozen
men have told Us that they heard him
make the assertion, in speech at Iowa
Point. and that it almost created row /;
and we ara likewise informed that even
Charley Blakely. one of the roughest
Pro- Slavery men who ever lived in the
County. was SO ashamed OF the scandal.
ous speech ths: he afterwards apologized
for it. But we need not bring such tes.
timony. IS Mr.. O'Driscoll repeats the
charge 10 the very article in which he
denies it. Referring to Northern work.
ing girls. 10 whom be sppliss the term
"slusrs." (and he keeps repeating the
epitbst. IS il it ticklsd bis pslats. he
says that Z" their position is snch in soci.
ETY., that often snares are set for their do.
struction, and but seldom set in vain. /"
This is simply saying, il you want to in
itiste prostitute. go to . Northern kit.
chen gil. or "sluer." snd you have a
sure thing of it. We have no more to
soy on that point.
Mr.. O'Driscoll does not claim that be
was forced into the rebel army, or drawn
into it through evcitement-he does not
express regret for his conduct, or even
confess that be was mistaken; ON the
contrary. he eheekily intimates that the
Legislature acted wisely 10 taking him as
be was. and in in soothing him with gen.
tie words and sugar-tits. thereby not sg.
gratating bin into again going into pol.
itics. and perhaps doing something des-
peruts. But this portion Of his article is
worth copying. He says:
al will say: the bill esfranchieing me has
done more to keep me out of politics than could
two such amendments to the Constitution, az
the one 'disfianchising rebels My whole
some reflections have taught me that the whole
| thing was a sham, bogus sham, an unconsti
tutional bogus sham;' and had fully made up
| my mind to let the people have the benefit of
my Wholesome reflections But now, am
proud to say that cud' needs chewing no lon.
ger. My State, in her sovereign pleasure, has
complimented, ay, honored me; and honor
her and those instruments in my enfranchise-
ment.
"This act | look upon IS good omen in
these times Of high party excitement, to find
party in Kansas, willing to pour wine and oil
into the gaping wounds Of civil war, to the end
that healing may lead to healthy state Of the
body polite" I
This letter was written February 90 b,
shortly after Ssnstor. through neigh
borly feelings. had spoken in his behalf,
and secured the passage of bis bill in the
Senate. But be slipped up in The House.
and is still left ont to "chew that cud."
Those " instruments" did not pour in 60
much wine and oil ss they might have
done. They probably found . better
opening for the wine. The Legislature
enfrsnchised just three persons. none Of
them rebels. and none of them named
O'Driscoll. II he he feels that his State
has thereby honored him. honors must
be very easy with him. II be thinks the
disf,Aashisins amendmsniis an "unean.
stisution.I. bpg.s sSsm," perhaps he had
better test the matter, sni let the public
have the benefit Of bis wbolesoms expert
suee. We guess that it will stick. ucil
removed in legal manuer.
We believe that 10 the course Of time,
oil the rebels will be restored to the foil
rights Of citizenship. except in few sps-
cial cases and We do not know but that
this will be right enough; Bot We do not
like to zee such hurry in the matter. while
the country is not yet reconstructed. and
when the disfraschised have not 90 much
.. cid shov sra so,.v r., th.se nrsons