Kansas weekly herald., 1855-02-16

settled at Wsshihgz9n, with those distin.
gulshed and high minded Officers, Mai.'s
Mac1n, Ogden, and Capt. Hunt. Indeed.
liEaH ibis was not enough to create alarm,
nothing less, Iapprekend, than the Fying
.4Efttsqg noNFen drih at the Fort, would be
aqse g freats m im9sssion on the minds
O the Delaware sqeatfers.
The contest seemed narrowed down TO
Whitfield and Flenniken; and now. about
Mf.-Flennikeu. gentfesneh waSvery
far from being myychoiees Iyegaraea him
as an interlopef, and felt, that in IN putting
himself out of place, he was foisting him.
lself ip,the place Of better mem And yet,
Ida believe fhathei would laccompfshmore
for the Territory and .esReeiallg the
3 setIiers az an the Delaware lands. thar, Whit.
field. Ignorant Of the amount and Kind of
population then in the Territory, l thought
1t better to<keep. the slavery question out of
the issue if possible. F0thers, whose pro-
slavery. predictions no enc would presume
| to question, believed in this,3 as + did,
Flenniken, promised that he.iwould not
make that question an issue-that he would
run only as a NATIONAL democrat, who hear
7 dly subscribed to the repeal of the Missoari
Compromise. Again, worthy christian
man, who has done as much for the South
Regarding her peculiar institution as any
E6iad fhatESn be named, ,-andAWhe- saw and
conversed with Hennken daily, informed
me that he was satisfied with Flenniken's
views on the slavery question; and that
Mr. F. had told him, that personally
he wod1d prefer slave state in Kansas to-
free State. Under all these circumstan-
ces, and while several prominent pro-slave-
ry men about me eyinced notion of sup
porting him, started with Mr. +. on his
tour-really not so much to canvass for him,
as to see parts of the Territory which had
not seen. The only public speech made
on that occasion was at Lawrence, where
my pro-slavery reputation had preceded me,
through residents who had visited Leaven-
worth. Besides, stated in my speech,
frankly, that Flenniken was not my choice
that he entertained views expressed inhis
speech which preceded me counter to mine;
yet believing that he would represent US
better in obtaining the various appropriations
and changing treaties, than his opponent
Gen. Whitfield, l was constrained TO sup
port him. / confess his speech at Law
renee did not please me. On my return, /
found that nay friends had waived every is
sue save the one of slavery or free-soil, and
that the balance, In which l left then rap
idly descending below the fulcrum on the
Flenniken side, had lost ballast at that end,
and was on the point of kicking the beam,''
while the Whitfield side had nearly reach
ed the floor. On the only issue then, to
which the contest had been narrowed, and
which Flenniken ultimately appeared
to accept, was conscienciously forced. to
|, ,d,-,,r l. ri
vote for him. Before | conclude this part
| Whitfield, that from evidence received from
Washington, now believe him to be faith
| fully at work for the interests of the Della
ware Squatters, in opposition to the .fend
Mannypenny and if he proves himself
to the end as faithful to the interests of the
Territory as l now expect of him, ne will
find no friend more glad to place the laurel
On his brow than myself. So much for my
course during the Delegate election, and If
any individual undertakes to impugn my.
| integrity hereafter on the slavery question,
by reason of my course during that election,
he will do so at the expense of insulting
me.
1Do believe slavery to be moral evils
While am aware that many leading men
Of the South have so admitted it, answer
for myself, No. cannot believe that to bs
moral evil, which lam as certain that God
sanctions, as am that He created the uni
verse If Deity did not will this Institu-
ton, then is the Bible dead letter, and the
Economy of Nature misunderstood. Ire
gret the lack of room to expand upon this
thesis. sts
Do believe slavery to be social and d
political evil ? Since it be not moral evil
it cannot, properly conducted, conflict with
social prosperity; and if it becomes a polit-
icaI evil, it is because fanaticism, dissension,
and mismana cement make it so. l am
satisfied that well organized and judlciouS-
ly conducted system of slavery, constitutes
the most wholeseme-1 may say the most
natural foundation, for a tolerant and hap
py society. want no better evidencc'to
sustain me, than the most universal testi-
mony of those whose lv shrve been spent IN
towns, both, in the North, and ia the South.
The abolition sympathy for the negro race,
is wofuily mistaken philanthrophy 1t
strikes me that class of fanatics, has never
reflected that the the condition of the At
riean, In his change from the tyranny or
petty Kingdom Chief, to the guardianship
Of christian master-in his change from
fertile portion of Gods heritage, where
the descendants of Caanan riot In filth,
incidence, debauehry and bloodshed, to the
rice, cotton, hemp, sugar, and tobacco neids
Of. enlightened lands, has heen elevated ten
| thousand per cent. Z s..'9
But am asked, if in the event of my
election to the Council, I will devote my
talents and energy, to effect all proper and
L. a. IL,
interest shall demand Gentlemen If /
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