The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-03-20
BLEEDING KANSAS.

New YORK, Feb. 16.-Jack Henderson,
of Pennsylvania, was schoolmate OF
james G.. Blaine at Little Washington, a
California pioneer OF considerable aG-
venture and leading officer of Buford's
Ruffian Regiment IN 1878. He was
editor of the Leavenworth JOlr3adi, and
clerk to the Convention which made the
Lec0mptoi constitution, which he took
to Washington City. He left the south
ern element because they were indifferent
TO the ruin OF the democratic party. 1T
the beginning OF the war he joined the
Union army, and carries many severe
rebel wounds.
lie Is a spare, tall, auburn haired,
| high tempted man. | give some conver-
sation with him:
"What became of JEFF Buford, Col.
Henderson; he who headed the border
ruilian regiment from Alabama?'
He was q delegate IN the secession
convention of Alabama in 1861. He did
not appear in tho war so far as | know,
and died at It's close. Buford had been
an Indian fighter in 1886, and was an
unsteady, ideal kind OF man, OF no
good except for episodes"
.
Southern civilization which was to have
been introduced INTO Kansas
1.-The South is full of ignorance; you
can hardly go into any part of the world
and find more ignorance among white
people than III North Carolina, Missouri,
and Arkansas. The last two states, with
Kentucky, took the principal hand i'll
brutaliZin8 things in Kansas, SO that
they could sell their negroes and obtain
large tracts of land to work them on. /
! remember one land sale at Leavenworth
where there were ST, coo, 600 in that town
to pay up. [ made most of the money |
ever had in prospecting and locating
towns; had [ kept 1.-THE Of what lots [
had in many Of the tiOurishing towns of
Kansas and Colorado, [ would be very
rich man. But gambling and rowing
seemed insepeTable from my life. The
atrocities committed Ill Kansas have not
been exaggerated, yet there are two or
three classes Of Democrats there. and
many Of them became rcsolate Union
men. The South showed III the Kansas
war its entire lncapacity as q military
and monetary power. Instead of organ
lziug the state well, creating a good mill
tia, and obtaining the good opinion of the
country, which was the conservative, its
scum was sent forward, ,and their murders
aroused the North, which also poured in
copious money, supplies and arms, and
no end of emigTantS with good conscien
ces, while the Southern politicians and
capitalists contributed nothing to speak
OF: they left the defenders of their cause
unsupported and exposed to the contempt
of the world This was brought out in
Helder's book, in 1857"
"Nho were the best men on the Dem
ocratic side in Kansas?'
Both Charles Ewing and Tom Ewing
were there, and General Sherman, their
brother in-law, who was then of very
little force in either business or politics.
The Ewings lost 4 good deal of money in
Kansas. They were Free State Demo
Gratis. John Calhoun, who headed the
/ pro slavery party, lost his influence by
/ his action III Kansas. Yet l have heard
! Stephen \. Douglass say that the only
man he dreaded in a political debate was
1 Calhoun. George VI. Clark, one of that
party now lives in the City of Mexico,
and edits q paper. L. y. MacLean,
another, was an immense Scotchman,
/ between six and seven feet high, who
/ became adjutant- general of Sterling dur
| ing the rebellion. He objected to some
loafer getting a furlough 10 so home, and
this fellow cut him in two or ripped out
all his bowels with bowie knife. Hen
~ Pollard, afterward assassinated IN
Richmond, was my assistant editor"
KANSAS GOVERNORS.
(Which OF the governors of Kansas
sent out by the administration was Of
the most importance!'
"Denyer was the coolest; Robert J.
Walker had the most dignity and respect.
| The administration sent several conserv-
ative Pennsylvanians to the scene. Even
old r. ?. Flanagan of Uniontown. was
made governor. and was called Robert
'Fompous' Flanagan. Reeder, OF Easton,
made tie best historical reputation.
| Walker was q singular little fellow, hard
| " bigger than baby; and ! remember
once when las got drunk the irish land
/ lady thought il was about time for him
/ to 60 to bed. and she SAID: Governor,
L must take you up stairs. She lust
took him like an infant, full rs he was
/ on the palms OF her hands. aid carried
/ him up to bed. Geary was perhaps tho
/ biggest failure. He came ont there with
two fellows named Holster aud Gihon.
who were brought for the purpose OF
writing him up. They sent me barrel
OF whlskey as soon as they got there,
which knew was to conciliate my paper.
To talk to, Geary was a very agreeable
man. l remember visiting him at the
capital OF the territory, and he had a bar
rel of whisaey at hand, which he drank
and dispensed with much kindness. He
was not, however. man of any moral
courage, and, although a soldier. his
physical courage was such that he slipped
away from Kansas by stealth and issued
his farewell address from Kansas City,
on side of the jurisdiction. You can