The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-14

SALrxA, KANSAS, MARCH :, 1872.


SALrxA, KANSAS, MARCH :, 1872.
Correspondence Of the Journal.
l owe you an apology for not having
my manuscript in your Office in time for
the last issue, us promised in . former
notice. You are very much mistaken
in your notice, that the last funeral Of
the late contest will be preached CT Lin
coin county, or that shall do It. have
nothing to do with that part Of the mat
ter. II in any way touch upon facts
connected Herewith, SO he it.
l am friend to Lincoln county aud
all Western Kansas, and the late tradge
dy in Lincoln county is very much ex
agerated in eastern papers in Kansas and
elsewhere, which is creating prejudice
against us quite unfavorble in the way
of immigration.
We truly regret that such scenes -
the late affair IN Lincoln county did &C.
cur. The difficulty between the partie.
was Of long standing, and no one just
fies the first murder, neither does any
law abiding citizen justify the second
murder by the mob after the first par.
ty gave themselves up to the officers OF
the law, claiming their protection and
willing to abide the penalty Of the law.
Such scenes generally give character to
the locality as place when a set Of out.
laws live. We often hear of mobs and
riots in the east amid intelligent commu-
mites, and it passes of, but scenes like
the late one Is an awful thing away gu,
in Central or Western Kansas, and would
make believe not one lived out here but
. set Of heathens. We admit we have
some bad men in the West, but those
few must not give character to the whole
community.
We speak whereof We know, that Lin.
coin county will compare favOrably with
any county in Western or Central Kan.
sas in point Of an intelligent population
and law abiding people, and will wipe the
foul stain from its records as soon as the
law can have the proper course. Be.
cause q few abuse the law and take il
into their own hands, it does not justify
the public in condemning the whole.
The law abiding citizens OF Lincoln
county should have the sympathy of u
generous public. We know of letters
written from the East to parties there,
advising their friends to get away quick
as pOssible-thcy would all be killed.
They know but little about the county
think it inhabited with set OF heather.
Will our Eastern friends think moment
where all these heathcns come from
They certainly did not grow in Western
Kansas country only settled within u
few years and just reclaimed from the
rowing savages Of the plains. They came
from away down East, from the Middle
States, from the South, North and West
the bone and sinew Of the land, men and
women OF enterprise, intelligence and
moral worth. However all may not be,
but where did they all come from. They
were not all made here, that is certain.
Some no doubt arc refugees from Justice,
and may fall in with the righteous and
be reformed; but some may fall before
the great event happens, As We have
some jewellers in the West occasionally.
Did our Eastern friends think it worth
while to visit Lincoln county, they would
find as fine country as the sun ever
shone upon, rich and turtle valleys, gen.
tic rolling uplands, water powers for all
kind Of manufactures, plenty of timber,
rock salt and stone coal for all practical.
bic purposes, fine villages springing ny
along its valleys full Of business and en-
terprise, school houses costing from $500
to $500, churches and sabbath schools
being organized in almost every com.
munity, mail routs and post Offices in all
the new and border settlements. They
have semi-weekly mails, and soon will
have . regular line Of stages from SaIina
to the forks of the Solomon, BY the way
of the Spillman creek valley,a d this is
not all, it is only question OF time until
the iron horse will travel up the Saline
valley and develop its greatest resources.
We say to the people Of Lincoln county
let your general interests be paramount
to all local interest, or petty difficulties
and you will soon out-ride the late con-
hiet. Your local matters may not be
settled for some time to como. In regard
to your county seat matters this howev-
er need not interfere with the general
progress of the county. The mail route
petitions / distributed through your
county please send in at an early date.
Received only one from Pottersburgh.
We might add many more items OF in
tersst of Central Kansas and Lincoln
county but have not time now.
Yours Truly, .. p. HANILroS.