The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-06-12
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White Cloud Leader.
We have received a copy Of nineeoiumn pa
per, patent outside, bearing the above tue-'f
rather the more pretentious one Of ksHsas Leader,
puhli .hsd a, Whit, Cloud, by Yard & Overh"it-
ANY favorable notice We may have been disposed
"a, oive IT, is of course preclnded By the fact that
IL contains several Rrstuitous attacks upon Our
..If-upproyoked, uncalled for. and unjnst-and
conclude, one of these offensive items with, "Let
MS have peace
NotwitbstanAfng tho personal assurance Of the
eflitsr of the Leader, voluntarily made several
weeks ago, that he desired to be upon friendly
relations with ns. We are not surprised at its
course VIC have heard. for some time, that one
of its principal objects was to help in the great
work of using US up. It has been started for an
object, and must accomplish its mission, then
die. As its destiny is evidently to be tho special
mouth pi-ce of men whose hatred Of rs OVERHEAD
ows all else. it is well enough thst it hoists its
true colors st the outset.
Now, we emphatically say, that the editor Of
the Leader has not ssea and cannot 6nd in our
paper . single wsrd, sllusou or inuende directed
against 2imself or his paper, for nothing of the
kind has ever been written or printed by rs. 1t
is coming TO . nice pas, when We cannot write
upon any general subject, and that, too, in an
swer to paper in distant part Of the State,
without some touchy and Jealous minded person
squeezing and torturing It into an inuendo
against himself, and therrupcn abusing us for it.
To render the Leader man's attack still moro
contemplate and ridiculous, it is but necessary
to call attention to the fact, that the article
which it thinks hurts it, alluded almsst wholly
to transactions that occurred before ever heard
| of him, and while be was yetluxuriating Oh paw
paws amidst the fastnesses Of Grand River. But
| "his attention was called to then." Ay, there's
the nub of it-his attention was called to them.
We have no doubt that the ssme mon who called
his attention to them, have been calling his At
tention to our disadvantage, from the first day
| they saw him; and no matter what We may say
or do they will call his attention TO tie fact that it
is all wrong Any man with commsn perception
ought to be able to comprehend the whole game,
the very first half hour.
Since the editor of the Leader talks 30 iuently
about our course, and Our motives for the same,
we vi ish to ask him few questions. How did he
fnd out that we regretted quitting that field
How much patronage did We receive from the
men who are so quick in calling his attention to
our "squibsf" What friends have we gone back
| ont Was it men whom we had always favored
| and spoken well Of bnt who, the moment we
took our departure, candidly and fully giving our
reasons therefor, commenced treacherously and
shamefnlly slandering aud abusing us, and doing
their utmost to break.us down! Come who were
those loving friends whom We have desertedi
Was it lazy lout who was kicked ont If office
c,. ;,,,lo
on us for not interfering to fastcn him upon the
publicf Was it man who trnmped up against
citizens, and compelled them to pay, hundrvsls of
dollars, when he had not just claim for ten, and
whose bitter hatred We incurred for simply hint
ing that it was an imposition upon the tax-pay-
ers! Was it man who committed perjury to
save few dollars If taxes, and who hates us be-
cause he instinctively feels that We look upon
him as q scoundrelf Was it man who swindlcd
an old friend out of the money advanced him to
get start in business, and save him from starv-
aiionf Was il = man who takes the last five
cents from degraded, bloated wretch. whose
family is suffering for the want Of 1T Was 1t .
man so steeped in vice nd rascality that he car
ries birthstone smell around with him. and for
neglecting to expose whom, We often encountered
the dsPieasurc of our frse frientlsf Was it u man
who docs not hesitate ts betray and slander Q
friend, if he can gain point by it, and who, by
an unaccountablc success in series Of rascalties,
has become 80 bold that he Is now attempting to
rob God Almighty Isit Tom, Dick or Harry, who
has no reason in the world to assign, except that
we may have favored them on some occasion aud
they neglected to pay us in any other wayi
But enough of this. When the editor of the
Leader has done as much as we have To r,rsetical-