The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-11-29
rro,,, The souatter SOVEREIGN.

It is giving more importance 10 such
matters than they merit, still We
cannot resist the inclination to publish
the following extracts from the Squat
ten SOrersiga, as showing the bearings
of the pro-sIavery party at this time,
in Kansas
Coz. GEaRY AsSEcosD JAossoN.-W e
have lust learned that our Governor IS
endesyoring to ape the immortal "Oid
Hero" by ordering the arrest OF man
whom Judge Leeompte had released
on bail, the Governor thinking that the
Judge had not acted rightly in the
cause. We presume the next move will
be to arrest and imprison the Judge,
should he release the prisoner, under
the writ of ho6ecs corpus, still more to
persenate, or rather to ape the Old
Hero.
Bat, seriously, tbs is really The clinaas
to ecerythissg perpetrated By the kaaare
Reeder, or the FOOL Shannon. In a
time Of profound peaee-for which
GoY. Geary has ordered a day of gene
raj thanksgiving Governor to tram
pie under foot the edicts of the highest
judicial officer in the land, and call up
on the military to execute what he con-
ceiyes to be Justice, is certainly the
most saprenely stupid piece Of high
LANDED outraqe-we won't dignity IL by
the name of tyranny-tllat has yet been
enacted in Kansas
TIE moa mast surcly Be insane. An
able lawyer, or more honest man than
Judge Leeompte does not live in this
Territory, and Governor G. will find,
we opine, that he does not lack the
nerve to discharge his duty against any,
whether they be in low places, or high
ly digRifed
We are very much surprised to see
that the Lcavenworth Journal thinks
the President will justify the Governor
in this outrage President Pierce is
too good lawyer for that. This is a
beautiful commentary upon the Gov
ernor's first text-.sThat the laws must
be obeyed" If he can set the decis-
ions of the Courts at defiance, surely
every one else may do the same. Pres
ident Pierce must surely have appoint
ed all our Governors on Frideg, to
have been so very unluek Y.
Governor Geary- We see by the
dispatci1es-published in the Washing
ton papers-forwarded by our enterpri-
sing Governor, "That many notorious
agitators. af eli parties, have left the Ter
ritory" since his advent, and that peace
reigns in the land, DC.
We are ready to accord to the Cover
nor all that is his due for the energy dis
played by him since his arrival, but must
most emphatieally deny the inuendo con-
tanned in the dispatch above referred to,
namely: that there have been any agita-
tors here of more than one party, the abb
olitionists; or that any pro slavery men
has left the Territory for fear of Cover
nor G. We utterly repudiate the ides
that any disturbance in Kansas has ever
been caused by the pro-slaTery party
They have always acted IN self-defence.
We hope that Governor G. wrote wha
he did from information deemed by hin
reliable, as we are not willing to think he
is yarn manufacturer. We would alse
caution the Governor not to be too san,
guine about peace being restored, for i
the abolitienists are to be believed, they
VIII make another incursion into GU
Territory SO soon as the result of th'
Presidential contest is known, aud ''the1
say, the next time they mean to fgh
Gov. Geary, the United States troops
End the Border Rufians. We beliey,
Lthey intend it, and hope Governor G
will keep out any more armed bodies, a
a winter campaign is disagrecable.
The HERALD OF FREEDOM. &c. W
Brown, of Lawrence, K. T., is out again
with his famous Sheet We admire hi
pluck but damn his principles.
Thus much from the Sovereign. W,
thank the editor for his complimentar,
notice. 1t is more than we expected.