The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-08-14
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| slavery uniting, ard Indeed there never
wa4 ii-pue between any Of the real settlers,
with ofe exceptions, Geuge w. Gardner,
coveting tie c!.i;n Of Rev. John q. Bird.
At the next meth 9 ,he setilers came in
well armed, 10 the number OF sixty cr over,
AMI / .ss,l c,nP!c &c, group by themse'ves
! Ii. a.ti,u5 e -Is. ter a. Ii en strong, and
| ai,gr "i.Iins d.-p nut'efed curses against
! M Sing w.'h the settlers, org n eel and
imm, .iiatrly adjunfn.s: To the city Of Law
81. g,i't, Thus il,, settlers were for time
! alI,we. 20 r"st ard dream OF the much COW
-tcd Ssc,Iri,v and p-s's 40 come, and by their
! ,l-.au. stii, ei themselves 10 be again thrown
| ir;a n,; r,.i ic-roi 81 Ibp r-orglniz ,tion OF
ih.; s,i-i..'y J.. la iiir tail. with the same
IN. I'll, ..ti. At IL bead a. Marshall.
may ;,.v, -s,i. md 1t may still be necessary
! 10 the n l,;iyss al Maiculm Clark. Friends
he lcir .c.e on earth whose protested favor
would M" diSgrace the living, much more
thu dead; and while i recognize the
proyeIb. DE mor;imis nihii nici bo-
nunI,' that il. concerning the dead nothing
but good, they wall, 1t nsht-mndesi, re-
member thst This WAS forced upon me by a
mercenary wretch, and although conceive
myself the creates, sufferer OF all those who
stood for freedom in Kansas aud yet lived,
| there is not one vino would be more willing
to forget the occasions al heart-burning in
the past. and 10 s,,e for peace in the future,
than | would but when am placed in a
| false ligh, before the dead, no righi-Ininded
man ur WOMEN van in jus ice ask Tile to
withhold the truth. Those who would have
a que: funeral ought To tie their own dog at
| hnue; hut If they will, on the contrary,
! place their snariing cur at the head Of the
| corIs with, 20 increase his vigil, a bone
| before him sccnled with So per column,
40 that he -naTs and bites at every passer-
| 10y, s,.ch haze no right to complain should a
stray brick occasionally hit their collin.
| Nothing wIs done IL this fall meeting ex.
cept Ia Li--uss the propriety oi continuing
| in exisrenc. ii -,c,-iy ir;lught with snch in
,afny and cri;:r. \ vote was finally taken
10 continue ii iil the Isl OF May, 1855. the
| Missourilns carried it, the settlers, without
distinction ct party, voting against It ez-
cep. lew natural assassiDs who s;ruii
abou, the city saloons, such as
| afterwards engaged IN the abduction
and u,.traging the gentle and amiable Will
liam Phillips. Nothing TRANSFERRED after
this comparatively worthy of note till the
spring election. Clark remained at his
home (Whi-ky. Point, seldom coming to
this CITY, the rufiians generally finding
this place not very safe for wing their vo-
cation. All this time kept an office, and
was in the city nearly every day, but never
saw Ii. NJ. NJ. during all that time more
than once; but this Ia now accounted for on
two hyro.he.es-oBe, the most insurmount-
able, that Uncle George did not keep a free
lunch; the otheI, that he kept his memOran-
,ium where the Democrats say be resorts for
infurmrt;on nov, tue kan.ats Herald and
r,iflisn memory, found in an empty room in
Billy Matthias garnet. 50, what he writes
as history, from personal knowledge, is en-
titled 10 special credit, and the Comn'cfoid
l. entitled 10 all praise for securing such re,
Liable information for its readers-ODe who
leaves the history of Kansas to howl over
the desolation OF a burnt distric. in Weston
several years before il Ia touched by fire;
weeping over the loss O: his great library,
and u.tering piercing shrek at the loss OF
his fathers Masonic airoH--a library CON-
sis,ing of all old volume Of the Missouri
ststuates and an almanac,
(which he did try 10 learn by rote,
That, occasion had, might quote
Aud that he succeeded, IL evinced ny his his
tory, which is without any truth except
dates. Spring was coming. and the people
looked with sad foreboding To the incursiOns
o, the ruifians or oar border. | was then
S,ch.m of the Free State Secret Society,
wi,.s. sole object was mutual alliance
against l,ersonai violence.
Consultations we're mad Tor miles around and
il was determined ii,a, ia order To leave The
rnfiians no prefexi for making raids into the
Territory. We should gather III ard vote
their society down. On the Both ui April
the rnliisns having already called meeting
in order to perpelua;e At through the snm-
mer, when the day arrived about one hun
dred settlers appeared on the ground, ire
ec,iye Of party, nearly all the decent citi-
zana Joining the ruIa! settlers, with about
thirty opposed, inciadiug the rufiians, bur
rowing about the saloons ai the city. The
me e;in. was called 10 order and Wilson, oi
Platte county, was iirst called to the stand,
be confined h.S Remarks 10 ,he Importance oi
securing the Territory ny the formation OF
strong societies, having their source IN Mis-
souri, against The inrnaGs at Northern pau
pers, horse aud Niger thieves. lie face
iiousIy told his experience among those pau
,ers near Lawrence. "a buck Yankee pau
Ter came TO spark one OF lay Niger gals,
INV boy s,smbo got jeaIons of him aud took
INV biack-snak.. and whipped him clear up
10 the Kaw. Opposite Lawrence, ard into the
river up 10 his ears, then he fioated on his
cara across to Lawrence. an | tell YOU thar
di.In', no more on nm come around my
claim.n To all of which his fellow cut
throat. responded with rLnu.s. including ii.
~ NJ. 1 never uttered a lolid word during
this discourse. | do not pretend 10 say what i
,houIJ have done i; had no other interest at
stake than INV own. bnt was anxious for the
inferred of the settlers. and soIici,ols for the
M. az YIN phill;,s constantly threatened
IN, =, month ,r,st and hear reres,ed threats
IN lii him m :; ,nor,iny. and a. often tried
10 u,,,susde him To ann himself. When
Wiis,p I.,t ID. stand | was "a led. and urged
forward. made step or two to
com,Jv when knives and pis-
tots were di.played Clark then
came toward me and said "as a
friend | warn Won 10 90 away.n an
swer.d. "weii. i warn YOU tina, i will not go
away am an Ame,ica citizen on Amer
lean soi, and l will 90 when I pie,se. 50
long as 7 ID not irfrinoe On prior rights OF
others" lie answered, "you are intru,iing
ON the rights of Others. this i. Delaware