The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-02-04

tenor of nv prevous and that would be in making
permanent record Of what should say leave my
urtrrances to be reported by Mr. A. something Mr. b.
had told him that Mr.. c. had said that stated.
With tins mueh Of comment and explanation of some
hadozen cases selected fum Judicial service of about
four years and half might be content to close this
but should lo by ammittin= some
considerations which it ought be pass
cd in silence True that to such aspcrsons consist
Of the Of opprobrious terms such Border Ruan
Judge the tool Of the slave power" the ohsequi
all the Federal aPpointees nstiRcts snd trranca
reputation for crimes committed in those days odd
shyster internal villain. holding Courts amidst the
fumes of tobacco and whskey committing prison for
no reason but holding Of Free opinions the
Jrries Of Kansas drunken wretch, and such others
as the rivalry ingenious effort By the de-
corums taste may invent response be made II
life of twenty years anterior to that date passed in
sociaton with refined and cultivated society and in che
prosecution If euuobins profession and since
its close disngushabe by participation in unscrmly
disturbances If the Prprirtics of social intercourse if
tant hbertinsm Of malgnity charge of the in
culcatiou of pencinus principles exhibition disgust
ing and degrading practices infractons of the high
legations Of marital paternal social demands in
stance Of riotous rufany demonstrations bro
nor discourteous aet-if such life and that ale
cations Of like prucves tn these have bern attributed
it, furnish protection against these clumniatons
being made satisfactory reply. it would De idle
tn add disclaimer denial Those who comprehend
how an isae,i period of four five years of life
shall have been characterized by and practices rad
ieay unlike the whole of all the anteceents and the
sequents of the much longer may find comati-
by the vices of the with exemptions in those Of
the Others 1t would be Indicative Of strange want Of
confidence in the refined faith Of truths ultimate triumph
to doubt that the general sentiment will rather adopt the
thenry Of irreconeable rrpusnance and discard the
ceptions surely the creations Of disempered Pru
dice. .-ze-.---s-
OF those who cavi and solutions of the conflict in
nice easuistc dissertations the will find will the
few that like the mirage Of the desert the solution
eees they advance and is remote at the end Mt the
of the chase and abandoning the vaary Of
reconciliation the may be expected is the
truth under the eye the Aeeng that the pon has
but the obqued vision of those who
what is be while the few, stern in their de-
termination not to believe, though from the
dead" will still ffy probabilities possibilities and
truth and believe Ee If not to be damned in the
placid hope that it may damn another
1t is my task to phinsopise have charter
denounce. The multifOmy of the species is proverb
ial. and
I'm the catalogue all 20 for men;
As hounds and grey hnunds, mOngrels spanies ours,
Shoushs. and nIi-wolves, clcped
All by the name of dogs;
and various be their modes of thought and diverse
the ends they reach starting from the scroll and
working out their results from the data 1t is
sume authority that wheh hurls denuneiaon at such
happen have attained conclusions. Even where
the goal reached is that harmony with the humane
sentiments il is not always paronabe to assign proba
BILE grossly perverted grossly debased percep
tiOn.
There is but class which this explanation might
almost without exception to be permissible that
crime indeby set in the inner portals Of their soul u
cessany preyng like the vulture upon the heart of Pro
metheus, gives respite in relaxation but mpels per-
petualy the wrrtched subject of the mastering abosm
that prompted his deed to everactve and uneeasing
plotting of mischief and evil the only possible solace
like the march march! march! of the wandering jew
to the neverceasng Of the up
him.
have thus my dsar sir and can but fear at weari
some length said what have thought necessary
buse the minds of those honorable and dspassonate mcn
who under impressions received tn. sources already
Indicated and heh have had opportunities but By OBJ
rusively presenting myself before the public correct
ing may have judged unfovorably but willing to
know the truth have also intended thereby fortfy
and sustain the respect Of those friends who knowing me-
personally for many have accorded their
CARDS and confidence in spite ofsimlar preju
diees have also had in hope but less confidently to
obse those Passionately prejudced such moii
cation of their judgments knew and trusted to
convince them fairly due TO truth and Justice have
also designed {" purge s0called history Of its most
founded calnmnrs; and while written it is such rs
1t Is If cannot o.irrae its falsr the pages
where they I shall least put in a form where
more di>pttrrstrd crEIpcrs. In the future may see il;
my own s'lrnn GsSrNerations which, if still borne down
by eurr'Lt too strI. to he srmme will nevertheless be
As vorr fm the dead to protest against the uiquty
Of the injustice.
For tr tone Of ynnr editorial uf the 7th have already
rendered you my sincere naks Forgiveness Of wron. is
noble quality the exercise of is magnanimous the
Recommendation Of il is generous. This magnanimty
this generosity yoa have shown But my dear sir what
have written, what yet have to sIy is protest
against the implication upon which forgiveness based
fnr when thcir has been wrons d"nr there Is nlng
to forgive. The forgiveness is due from r u:cr side
'r"n toward those who have ccntlibur the past
to d. and nov, to the extent of trr power als by
b" means limited "ns) pcrctntin- upon injustice
md wrun that have rarely been surpassed ought to
have been enough for the malrrucnt have black
med my fame to the that it done during the
'ary years of our Territorial existence can with diff
nifty comprehend how much exist without
'rovocaiiun evBce in the disposition after the IaI,
u 50 many years to sIjcct to the sunpynce Of being
made target fr every vile epithet AMI de- grading charge
hat any unscrnul"us editor nriy please to hurl at me.
have now reach Il tI- p where il Losumes neces
airy to explain why it is that became the complaining
witness in prosecution by the State against d. r. An
h"ny for libel Ind whence have proceeded the hurtful
nd wrongful Hu-ons tn by the p,-sI of the State
rhieh led me- upon seeing Of d,Sinar character in
he Kansas Chief to ask you the favor space in your
1idely real paper for this article.
This explanation and the unavoidable reflections that
'llow will end the heavy taxing your space AMI your
idulsence, 50 kindly and generously given.
In the Autumn IsT3 d. r. Anthony published in the
Times than seven different