Kansas weekly herald., 1855-03-09

White Stats Ee5fY They have adopted
this name eo4rndistihetion Of tle BlseA
State party " ha sugl ed shd
of making nsu 20 dega. h95jhs herel
to catch ths4y and unsuspecting. i
is a trap baited with smooth and specious
words. processing great respect for the rights
of shareholders, Q6E3teH al factiohs, and
unite then4ogetherin making free State.
In the la9guags Of fhe Herald of Freedom,
published at Lawrence, the purpose is 'td
wsite,=azd siisEzzsls.azii issues
the auestionsbe frst, ,lass, and all the time,
Kansas q Free Ssats:! This. is the, watch
word of the Abolitionists, proclaimed from
Head Qqagtsrs at Lawrence. - All other
issues-such as free-soil,and abe!ition are
ftos be dropped for the. present, and the whole
| of them are TO unite in making Kansas a
Free State. a This being accomplished, the
first step is takeng and the most important
onerT.7ine in giving aid and comfort to the abo-
itionisss: For disguise it as they may, it
is an abolition movement, tosecure the CO.
operation of all who might favor a Free
State, under certain circumstances, and with
certain restrictions. go .is'i ~
| Seventeen men publish a "Platform of
the Free White State Party of Kansas Ter
ritory." This embraces the whole Terri
tory, and this handful of men undertake to
speak for the whole party. While they
may speak their own individual sentiments,
do they express the views of the whole par
tys And are they authorized to speak for
the rest or only themselves? 55.
At Lawrence, the Head Quarters. of alb
olitionists, and the Emigrant Aid importa-
tion, they have held meeting, and adopted
a Free State Society. From their publish
ed proceeding we discover, there was di-
yersity of opinion. Some were for meet
ing the issue of slavery upon its true merits,
and for taking the broad ground that "Sla-
very was sin against God, and for denounc-
ing it as both morally and politically wrong" !"
Others were for temporising course, in
order to secure more strength. The milk
and cider policy prevailed, and society
organized as the Free State party. It in
cludes in it, men of all views, such as abo-
litionists, free soilers and free state men.
The I'd Article says, 'The object of this
society, shall be union of effort to make
Kansas free State" Thus it can be seen
the abolitionists at Lawrence, and the Free
White State men of Leayenworth, are MAX
ing ''union of effort to make Kansas a
Free State. But does any one believe the
objects of this party are to stop at thata Do
they believe if this party get the power,
which they can only hope for, by the impor-
tation of Northern voters to an enormous
extent, they will respect slave property, and
carry out sin spirit and to the letter the fu-
gitiye slave law!''
Why is it that other men of the Free
State party, did not sign this Platform2-
Does their party consist only of II? If
more why do not their signatures appear?
But this Platform being eoncocted in secret
conclave, may account for the meagre num-
Der of names attached to it. But where
are the leaders of that party, and why are
their names not to this manifesto? Where
is McCrea, Leib, Cody and jolly? Leib
says he is Vice President of the organiza-
tion, surely his name should have been ate
tached. And McCrea, the spokesman and
orator of the party, the best exponent Of
their principles they have-why is his name
left off. His name was signed to the in
strument, and it appears erased with huge
black lines drawn over and around it. Why
is all this. There must be something rot
ten in Denmark. Has Mac. rebelled that
he should receive this treatment, or is he
discarded from their party2 His name was
put to the Platform by himself, and erased
without his authority.
This Free White State party say they are
for excluding Free Negroes from the Ter
ritory. Where will they send them? Ger
tainly not to the Slave States, for they wont
receive them. But they are for driving
them out, regardless of humanity or right,
careing not what becomes of them. A
Free State. we should suppose is the very
place for free miggers. And if this is made
free State, despite the II signer,s it
will be the harbor of free negroes, and
runaway slaves.
If a few undertake to erase names
without authority, may they not adopt
platform without authority, and do any