The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
a,a ana Comfort.


We have charged the Kansas Free
State with being false TO its position, and
recreant 10 its professions Of freedom to
Kansas. We gase in our last issue but
one, a quotation from Its columns IN
which theeditors charged The people OF
the north With being mercensry in their
motives; that they did nothing only as
they were moved by the almighty
dollar, which was seen in prospective
All winter it has been pursuing us be-
cause we were not ultra enough on the
slavery question, and all winter we have
more than suspected that it was pro-
slavery iournalin disguise, and more than
once have heard others express them
selves to that effect. L has been believed
by many that the hue and cry. which it
has got up against us, was done for the
purpose of diverting attention from its
own tergiversa.ions.
Well, what are the facts? In its issue
of April 1tl, the same number from
which we made our former extract, 1t
gives aid, comfort, and cheer to the ene-
mics of freedom in Kansas in its leading
editorial, from which we mako the follow
ing extract. The italics are ours
"On the day preceding the election,
large numbers of persons In wagons from
Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Virginia, made their ap-
pearance near the polls in the various
precincts. The great majority were from
Missouri. There were near 700 came to
this place before the polls opened. They
were sccI equipped with good teams, wa
CONS and plenty of provisions. Il greai
many of them, 10 oar surprise. ssere as
fine looking class Of Aissoari0ns as zoe
hape ever seem Considering the large
crowd, and the fact that there wasa good
deal of liquor among them, they behaved
erceedmgly weH. This was all owing tc
their being well disciplined, and under
the command of good leaders. They
were all well armed with revolFers
knives, and double barrelled guns We
were told by some of their company tha
they had brought along two '.six poun
ders," SO as to have them ready in east
.of emergency" @
Not word of reproach is found there
but the invaders of our rights are com
plimented as .ine looking" and sex
ceedingly web behaved" They wer'
"weil equipped with good teams. plenty
of provisions dc, but no word of cen
sure, not in the least,
Whilet the editors take occasion to speal
of the bravery aud prowess of the Mis-
sourians, every pains istaken to represen
the people of Lawrence as a set of pol
troons who had no courage whatever OF
election day. The editors had no cause o
alarm, for while money would set TIL
Free State press in motion for Missouri
ans, as was directed, they had no caus
for apprehensions of violence to thei
persons or property. They confess tina
they were with the Missourians through
the day, as appears from the following
4 ~
extract:--ssg see :
eve mingled among the Missourians
eenversed freely with good many, try
ing to form acquaintance and learn thei
plan of operation, AID also to proven
any outbreak of violence a
In another place they tell us what ttei
policy is, which is declared 10 be,
TO cultivate the &C
quaintante Of pro-slavery men-to ap
proaeh and converse with them in /:
/ gentlemanly manner, and we have thu.
formed a good many personal friends
among them" e
/ In another sentence they say "wo
have no enemies in Missouri, and there
were no harsh expressions heard agains
u.s." All very true, gentlemen, and they
would have proved false to humanity
had they used harsh expressions to per
sons who were in their employ, OF threat
ened them with evil so long as they coult
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accomplish their purpose by resort t.
milder means. e ~ -
] We have theFree State of April ] Ill
on file, and purpose to preserve it 70
future exhibition. The day viii conn
/ when the document will be valuable.