Year: 1875

The editor of the 0skaloosa Independent is
making poor speculation out of the Lecompte
matter. Having pitched into MS for publishing
the Judges review, he seems to insist that We
shall furnish the evidence TO disprove his asser-
tiuns. Judge Lecompte is able to keep mp his
end of the fight. He has entered into full details
and circumstances, and demands the evidence TO
prove the charges that have been made against
him. The IHdependent replies that the charges
have been so often repeated, that it is not neces
sary to hunt up evidenee-it believes them all,
without going to that trouble, This may be
satisfactory to the editor of the IHdepeHdeHt-and
yet he claims to be fair and impartial!


If Judge Lecompte sees proper to reply to the
Independent, we presume he will make it known
in due time. We will call the independents at
tention to few of its "histOrical facts" that it
should have the evidence to back up, considering
the positiveness with which it makes assertions:


"But his record as Judge of the Territory Of
Kansas was simply Infamous" The Judge has
demanded the recOrd-why don't you produce it'


ave wish LecOmpte no HARM but all the good
possible" Therefore, you continue to reiterate
charges against him, and even to incorporate
them in a romance; and when asked for proof,
say the facts are so well known that you need
not go to the trouble of proving them! Wouldn't
u little more God somewhere else than IN the
Constitution tend to improve yOur manner of
showing good will!


"Wben Pierce removed him, and nominated
Harrison, of Kentucky the rufiians raised a howl
and rushed to Washington to save their darling
tOolD 1t seems that Pierce did not remove him,
after all. Can the Independent name single ruff
fan who rushed to Washington to save their
toolI Did any one ever rush therei


"Pierce had neglected to issue writ of super
oedeas. Where is your evidence that any Presi
dent ever issued such writf


"But he does not tell all the story. He does
not tell that his own pro-slavery grand jury found
true bill against Hays for murder in the first
degree" Suppose you read the Judges article
again. He does distinctly state that there was
an indictment. He not only tells that, but ell
ters into particulars TO explain why he took BAIL
Another specimen of your historical facts. If
you blunder thus with the document before your
ey %, what reliance can be placed in your state
ments as to what occurred twenty years agof


"LecomptO knew that murder was not baila-
BILE. offense." Do you know iti


Accepted bond which was entirely worth
less" Every man of them was large property
holder at the time, and to-day of them is one
of the richest men in I.ea~su~ortt. County


"At the same time, Lecompte refused to bail
any of the one hundred Free State men taken at
Hickory Point" Please tell us if any bail was
ever asked or proposed for these meni


"Was not only party to these judicial out
RACES and neglects, but the head and front of the
whole thing" We suppose, in addition to being
Judge, Lecompte was also Marshal, Sheriff and
Constable, with power to catch man at any
time or place, and then try him-armed with the
famous writ of hogReHtOram, which catches a
man as well when he is not as when he is


"And when the ruffans camc to name the cap
itAl of the Territory, it was called Lecompte, in
honor of this very man! What more need Le
saidi" That is a clincher, sure. However, this
may be said: that the town of Lecompte was
named before any of the outrages spoken of had
occurred and therefore it could not have been be-
cause of Lecompte's part in these outrages. The
ruffians also named a County Jefferson, and an
mother Franklin. Were Thomas Jefferson and
Benjamin Franklin tools of those rufiansf What
more need be saidi


But we'll stop. The editor of the Independent
had better oon6ne himself to God-in-the- Consti-
tuition, for in history and law he is out of his ell
ement. But if he has anything more to say, let |
him address it to LecOmpte, and not to us. We |
have no doubt the Judge stands ready to answer |
all his questions, and to give him as much as he
is able to stand up to.