The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-11-13
ueEu.LX OF NIzs. HARVEY.

EDlfOE NEWS. IHcIO was III
most n column issued in THE EMPo-
RIA News, 10th month, 23rd, head
ed "Slandering Kansas-An ImpO-
sition on the Eastern People,"
which reflected so heavily on me
that | feel that great injustice has
been done me, and l ask the writer
and the public to read my defence.
The writer was correct in guess
ing me Il nonresident of Kansas,
quaintances there, many of whom
are honest, energetic people, and in
whose words the greatest reliance
has long been placed, who have
written TO myself and family, tell
ing of the great loss they and 9TH
ers have sustained; first, by the
death of SO many of their cattle in
the spring; then the raid of the
chinchbugs, grasshoppers and
drouth-the real truth of which we
did not for moment doubt, and
felt it to be our christian duty, we
who are so beautifully blessed with
the good things of the earthly,
to render assistance ourselves,
and rs | was travelling extern
sively, with the unity OF
my friends at home, it seemed right
for me to enGeayor to make ar
rangements for others to send aid
to whom they pleased. Some OF
the railroad agents authorities
(proper) very kindly promised 10
freight free as far as their privilege
extended, but desired one common
center, and to send to some distin-
guished person. From my acquaint-
ance with James NJ. Harvey, U. S.
Senator, l was satisfied that he
would make right distribution OF
any thing directed 10 his charge
and at the time of my visit to Kan
sas five years ago his home was in
Topeka, and he then had it in pros
pcct to move TO Emporia, since
which l have not known of his
Whereabouts, excepting that last
summer i met him in the city OF
Washington, ID. 4. Immediately
after it was proposed that all
| freights should be sent to his care,
l wrote him, asking whether such an
arrangement woald suit him, and
directed TO Topeka, thinking if my
letter did not find him there it
would be sent on to his Office, to
which 1 have as yet received no re-
ply.
1t was through no disrespect that
the Ohio State Journal published
as it did, neither TO myself, nor 10
the people in Kansas, neither have
I felt any disrespect toward the peo-
pie III Kansas in anything that l
have said or done, bnt, instead,
sympathise. As TO, my obtaining
goods and money under false pre-
tents, I am clear of; and further, l
HAVE NO UNITY WITH ANY ONE
THAT WOULD DO SUCH AN ACT. I
was put in possession of an article
printed in the Columbus Dispatch,
headed Suffering in Kansas" 1t
was an earnest appeal from an or
ganization in Reno county, Kansas,
to their friends in and around Co.
lumbus, Ohio, for help-which so
exactly corroborated with other &C.
counts received from other parts of
your State, that it seemed right for
me 10 bring the subject before the
people in the way did, not asking
that anything be handed me, but
thinking it might save at least
freight for large quantity to be
sent in the same channel.
We understand that Gov. Osborn,
after a tour through some of the
stripped districts, said that it would
take ten million Collars to restore
the damage, and that one million
was needed then. / noticed in q
paper from Kansas, at the same
time, that the Legislature had net
in extra session, and made arrange
ment for present relief for nineteen
or twenty counties named, which
paper stated that the amounts
would be about equal to two
dollars and fifty cents 10 each
individual in those counties. We
also have it in letter, dated 9Th
month, 23d, that fifty-six wagons
passed Emporia, moving east, in
one day. A few days before /
learned that anything was in print
respecting myself, in conversation
with an individual inst from Empo.
ria, was informed that Senator
Harvey's residence was at Ft. Riley.
Immediately arranged with the
proper authorities of railroads to
forward TO another person and
point. / have g clear conscience in
the matter. / have endeavored 10
follow the golden rule, and il
mistakes have been made, they were
entirely unintentional on my part.
Respectfully, ISAAC HARVEY.