The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-27

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members of the Territorial Legislature
viii soon be held. If We mistake not,
nothing has vet been done in the way of
nominating candidates for the different
Offices. Perhaps it is the intention of the
people to wait until a few days before
the appointed time of the election, and
then, when it is too late to effect union
of the friends of freedom for the sup
port of true men for the Office, there will
be no other way than for each one to
vote for the man he considers best quail
fed and we shall have at once several
political aspirants in the field, which will
surely cause division of the anti-slaye-
ry party and nothing will be affected.
If We are divided, we are sure of being
beaten. A division of our forces is
what the slavery propagandists most
desire and if, by any means, they can
effect that object, it viii certainly be
done. If accomplished, the slave pow
er will have control of the Legislature,
and laws viii be enacted detrimental to
the cause of freedom In Kansas.
We hope that the result of the last
election will teach every voter the impor-
tance of being up and doing; take ad-
vantage of every moment, in order to Sc
cure the election of tried friends of lib
erty to represent our dearest interests in
the Legislature. Kansas is to be the
great battle-ground of freedom: for here
the question is to be decided whether the
accursed institution of human bondage
shall ever be legalized within our bor-
ders, and these beautiful prairies cursed
by the whitening blight of oppression
whether another black State is to be ad-
ded to this Union. Or shall we do what
we can to make this model State fol
God helps those who help themselves
He has placed a power in our hands.
which, if rightly applied, viii be sure tc
secure the good we desire. But if We
remain quiet, and do nothing, and never
use the faculties given us by standing a
a sublime personation of our highest con
ception of right and duty, We should be
and will be, defeated. It is an unchang
able law of nature, that no reform can be
brought about unless there be earnest ant
true men engaged in it-men always viii
ling and ready to work for the good O
mankind. We hope the people will man
ifest determination to do something te
secure the election of at least all men o
the right stamp from this district. We
have but little hope of the other parts o.
the Territory, thinking they will be con-
trolled by the slavery propagandists.
There is class of political aspirants
in almost every community, men-not
true friends of the people, desiring the
good of community, but to satisfy theil
own ambition for political preferment-
who are ready at all times to put them
selves forward as candidates for Office
and by gaininga few co-laborers who viii
work for them, they cause division in
the ranks, and the consequences generally
are defeat and ruin of the party, which
needs perfectunanimity of action in order
to secure its triumph. But few men,
whose only object of life seems to be to gel
into Office, and to exercise political power,
will notunite with the friends of freedom,
and together elect true and tried men to
represent their interests in the Legislative
halls, if there is shadow of supposi-
ton in their own minds that it is possible
for themselves to get the Office. The best
interests of the party are laid aside, con-
sidered of minor importance, compared
to the advantages the people will derive il
81" am elected to the coveted Office
And so it goes. Men want Office, they
are ambitious to sit in what they consider
the high places; and when their vanity
is satisfied. how they swell themselves,
and with what earnestness they use the
pronoun I; and they walk among their
friends as new created being, with SUI
perior capacity for governing the smaller
fry. With what astonishment the boys
look upon them and as they behold the
person of the Esq. and officeholders,
moving in stately manner through the
town, they are apt to hope that when
they themselves get to be men, they,
too, viii occupy the high places.
We hope We have no such men in Kan
sas, but that the people will meet in Con-
vention and decide upon the best men as
their candidates; and when the time
comes, to unite aud elect him to the Office,
where he can exercise moral influence
to the advantage of the whole people. Il
win soon be time for the people of this
district to exercise the elective franchise,
and to appoint men to the Territorial
Legislature. Let US, then, endeavor to
conceive the magnitude of the question
to be decided, and go to work at once, do
all we can to advance the best interests
of the Territory, and. like true friends ol
freedom, set aside all personal and selfish
feelings. and meet together for one great
object. remembering always that united
We stand, divided we fall.''
Preaching.
Rev. Wx. w. HAIL. Baptist Home
Missionary, viii preach at the house of
Kannady & Fry, on Sabbath next the
28sh inst. at 81 O'Clock, P. X, and in the