White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01
More or she tio,t Fight.


More OF the tfSSi Fight.
Now comes the lawrence Tribune. full
tilt at US. on the Hoyt controversy. 1t
passes by the John Brown matter. and
answers the Rsd-Leg charge. 1t accuses
us Of making statements npon hesrssy.
and then gives its own version-princi-
pslly hesr.sy. The editor of tho Trib-
une was never in the field with Hoyt.
neither were we-theresore, we both get
our information from those who wers
The editor Of the Tribune has doubtless
seen much Of him. out Of the army. As we
said before. we are not acquainted with
Hoyt. We met him once. for few min
utes; and II we were to form our estimate
Of his character from that meeting. we
should say Hoyt was quiet. pleasant.
gentlemsniy fellow. But We are com.
PEELED to say Tia. his reputation. ss stat
ed BY those who were with him in the
army. is generally bad.
The Tribune asks ns how msny mem.
bers Of Hoyt's regiment we are arqusint.
ed with. When we spoke Of his regi
ment, we meant the Kansas 7,h. We
are acquainted with about two hundred
Abont one hundred were from Doniphar
County. snd . large number from Whit,
Cloud. We have not heard one. fourth o
the two hundred speak Of Hoyt at al; bu
ell who have spoken Of him to rs, hav,
spoken unfavorably. When Hoyt was
candidate for Attorney. General. he los
heavily in Jefferson and Lyon Countie
said to have been the votes OF soldiers
who were shocked at his army doings
The particulars wa never learned. Blu
those soldiers certainly we're not Copper
heads nor Beshwhackers. We havs no
taken the word Of any except Rspubli
cans against Hoyt.
The editor Of the Tribune does not sur
pass us in admiration for . brave and
true soldier. Bat one who was wauton
ly brutal, who was lswless because h
had the power and backing. or an Office
who was tyrsuical. overbearing. or vii
fully neglectful of hi. men. we cannot en-
dure. The editor OF the Tribuse can
not despise Tom Ewing more than we do
and we are willing. for the wager Of
new hat. 1--WE need one. to try whic1
can say tho meanest things about him
And the editor Of the Tribune does no
mortslly hate Bushwhsckers more tbs
We do. He has suffered keenly at thei
hands. and We have not; bpt If It wer
given to him and ourself to punish then
to our full satisfaction, we are thinkin
that he is the one to whom they would ap
peal for mercy irst. But We insist that
is not fair for him to hold up his dead il
defence OF every outrage or unworthy &C
committed by q soldier on ths Unio,
side. We do not care to squsbbIe wit
. man over the dead bodies of his mur
dsrsd sons. evep though We believe v
are in the right.
II tho editor of the Tribune will refe
to our article. be will find that We sal
We could not charge the lswless acts {
the Red-Iegs upon Hoyt personally. br
spoke Of him IS their leader. Thos
who operated smong the Sniabar hills
may have been the brave and true me
he represents; but we emphaticslly den
that all Of the Red-Legs were 20. w
spoke Of those whom we had seen. or ha
heard Of from undoubtedly reliable sourc
es. II we formed our opinion Of tn
whole, from the only ones We bad seer
, it was not our fault that the opinion W,
bad. Those men did all we charged
our article; and from accounts. it was III
same in many other parts Of K.nss,
II they were organized to operate on tI
border and in Missouri. why were the
scsttsrd throughout the interior Of X o.
sas. where there were no bushwhacker,
no rebels in arms, and where even COP
perhesds vera afraid to whimper? an
why did they plunder men whose loyalt
bad never been doubted: Those thing
were done BY Red Legs. and were outrsg
no matter how brsvely these same me
may have fought against rebels. or bo,
snugly the editor Of the Tribune and our
self were housed at home. We said ths
it had been admitted that Hoyt wa
chief Of the Red-Lega. and We gave tn
true character Of those Red Legs We hs'
seen and heard Of in Northern K K.usss; On,
oil the Tribuns's lsudstions OF brave sol.
diers aud denunciations Of bushw hackers
are efforts spent to prove nothing.
| She KSEw.-Ths last good one come
to Us from such source that it were
sin to doubt it. Not long since. . wed
ding took place 10 one Of the FIRST fsmi