White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-06-17
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ana calls upon Us " toh eos6
mite against him, that will amount to
more than insinua,ions. When We OBJ
ice, to q man, We think We have cause.
at least, and have no delicscy in speak
ing out. We have NO grudgs against
Col. Hoyi. and are not personally &C.
quainted with him bat our upfsvorabls
opinion of him is confirmed by the tessi-
,nony Of those who have been in posi-
,iou to know him, and have seen him
under circumstsscss thst would bring
on. whatever good or bad qualities be
possessed.
To begin with. there is nothing OF
him. except Now. There is nothing in
him and the only practical purpose hs
has ever served, has been to illustrate the
iuordinate love Of large portion Of the
people of Kansas for bumbugs.
We have never heard . soldier who
served in the army with Hoyt. speak
we'll Of him. They universally pro-
uounce him overbesring. tyrsnnical. and
treacherous. He had NO concern Tor the
welfare or the lives Of bi. men. Under
the gnise of lighting rebels in earnest,
and cleaning thcm out root and branch.
be committed enormities that shocked
even the most hardened men in the army
II there was an opportunity for pluudsr'
he did no. take much pains to sscertsir
whether the victims were rebels or not
be gave them the benefit Of the doubt
and called them rebels His who'll
bearing and conduct was that Of insig
ni6cance clothed with . little brief 90
thority. If Hoys we're candidate To-
Office to-day. and only those entitled Il
vote who served with him in the army
he would be overwhelmingly defeated.
It bss recently been acknowledges
that Hoyt was the chief Of the notoriou
Red.L.gs. Those Rsd-Legs were sim
ply horss-thisves ssd hishwsymen Of tb
worst character. The Jsyhswkss wer
harmless compared With them Tb
syhawkers were known to act withou
any authority bot their own sverybod.
knew how to take them. and very ofts
could protect themselves against them
But the Red. Legs csms with pretends'
commissions, % official Detectives. Th
country was ovsrrun with them. The,
entered stables and residences. demands
keys. snd halted men upon the bigifway
Every one was compelled to accept tbsi
documents as genuine. without invest
CATION; and If any msn resisted thei
demands, they shot him down, an
claimed that he was resisting lawful au
thority. They seized mems horses ant
ether property, claiming that it had beel
stolen. They carried this property Of
saying tibet ifit provsd not to have bcer
stolen, It would be returned. But nom
was ever returned-st least not willingly
and not without great trouble and ex
pence on the part Of the rightful owners
The Red.Leg thieves took it of and sole
it. and pocketed the money. In thi
way. loyal and disloyal. honest and dis
honest men. were plundersd indiscrimi
uately, and the proceeds Of their propert!
went into the pockets of these official. o
pretended official thieves. We canno
with certainty ssy that Col. Hoyt or 90,
other particular individual personsll!
did these things but As be was chief o
the gang. we hsvs no doubt he knew a.
approved Of their practices: and from
the style Of the man, it is passing strang
if he did not make . full hand at th
business.
It has been favorite practice Of Hoy
and his strikers. to keep prominently be
fore the public, on oil occasions. the tra
dition Of his having defended old Johl
Brown-ss il Brown bad no other Do
fence. and Hoyt had brsvsd danger. m
aided and alone. in his behalf. I:
time that huubug were exploded. Whs,
Brown was captured. . fund was rsiset
in the North. . considerable portion o
it st Oberlin. Ohio. to meet the expense
Of his defence, with the understaadin,
that what remained over should 70 I,
the benefit Of his wife and family. wh,
were in destitute circumstances. Brow,
desired Judge Tilden. Of Ohio, for hi'
counsel; but Tildsn could not 90, and
HhAm Griswold. (uow Of Lesvenworth.
was selected, % next choice. Griswold
went. and did for Brown all that legal
ability could do. Dan. Voorhees. oI
Indiana. went to defend one Of Brown'a
comrades. st the rrquess Of the Governor
Of Indiana. and probably had more inliu.
snee with the Virginians thaa any otbss
lawyer engaged. But se Browns trial,
along came . cacklipg little fellow from
Boston. - . volunteer counsel. calling
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