Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1864, JULY. 371 PROCLAMATION. A lI{UULA1lAll(,). . July .2()L}e11. Fisk appeals to the loyal 111011 of 11ortl1wester11 .Iissouri for 5,000 voluiiteers. He says: Your neighbors are bei11g murdered. and their 111upe1t. given to the torch. Houseless women are eeing to 111ilitary posts. Ilundreds of Unionists are pleading at 1113 lieadquarters for protection, that I an1 unable to afford, 1ro111 the liinited force at 111) (:o1n1nand. The abundant l1arVests are rapidly going to waste. I11 tl1e nan1e of loyalty. humanity, and Cliristi-an civilization, I implore you to delay not a hearty response to tl1is appeal. MEETING AT PLATIE CITY. July 23-Fron1 the Border Times of the 20th: At a mass- Ineeting at Platte City. H. M. Aller was chosen chairinan, and G. Y. Belt secretary. Resolutions were passed denouncing bush- whackers, and aiiother meeting appointed for Weston on the 25th. Judge Norton denounced busliwliackers, confessed tl1a.t he had been deceived by the 1awpaws." acknowledged that he had something to do with ar111i11g theni, a11d that the opposers of the Ia.wpaws were right and l1e wrong. He concluded that the organization o-f the militia. must pass into other hands. He en dorsed Gen. Fisk. Among those participating in the meeting were: A. G. Brown, Vm. Gabbert. Henry Lamar. M. Miles, L. W. lIcSchooler, Thom-as Quinn, Ben. Sniither. a.11d J. B. Vright. July 28The deceived Pawpaws are now hiding. One by one they come i11 a11d surrender to some loyal friend. who takes them to St. Joseph. a11d recominends their ba11isln11e11t to Iowa, or elsewhere. This is preferred to in1p~risonn1ent. or even to hang- i11g. The jails of St. Joseph are crowded with the disloyal. Busi ness is suspended. a11d the county offices are closed. AUGUST. Aug. 1By accui-ate count, there are only 19 n1e11 i11 Platte City. Maj. Hilliard is i11 com1na11d at Weston. He makes the Val1ingford house his lieadquarters. Col. Jas. A. Price is at Fort L({lVCl1W0l11. recruiting the 16th Kansas. In a circular. he announces himself a candidate for sheriff of Platte. but witl1dra\sbeforc the election. THE DISLOYAL LIST. Under General Order 111. 24. tl1edis1oy:1l citizens are required to give bond, a11d are disfrancliised. A list is furnished each precinct. The following is a partial list: 0. Q. Alcott. Henry Basye, Newton Ba.il~e, He11derso11 Brown. A. J. Pnurne-tt. S. Buck- heart. XV. Cunninghain, (linton (iiockrill, (has Carpenter, A. H. Cox. Robert Douglas. E. M. Dobson. A. Deaii. Israel Doughc~rtV. P. IV. Ellington. Jas. Graves. Elijah Justus, G. W. Long. Eli Link.