The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-03-01
Te1ms-$2 oc FER Year, in Advance
New Line of Policy.

OF TIE Herald OF treeGom IN Kansas, up
wards of a year ago, We were charged by
certain class of politicians and editors
with beirg neutral or conservative on
the Slavery question" We have pursued
tie even terror of ,ur way, kept right
on" and tie result is. ole of tl.ose jour-
nails is now boasting of being "conserv-
alive" whilst those who were acting
with it year ago are denouncing US
violently with being tanatical on the
slavery question. We are not conscious
of any change on cur Fart. Looking
back throug the whole period of our
connection with tie press, We cannot OBJ
serve single cLange in our political
course or feeling. If we have expressed
ourself more strongly at one time than at
another, we Lave felt compelled TO do so
because the surrounding circumstances
seemed to demand it.
Our paper is tie organ of no party or
person, save oursclf. No person is re-
sronsible for a single thought OF word
expressed by us. aid so we wish all the
world to understand. We always have
and always expect to publish an in
dependent journal, and when we cease to
De able to Go this We shall abandon the
Lusiness, and engage in some other pur-
suit where We shall not be enslayed.
Our opinions areour own. Those wish
ing them can lave them, as expressed in
our journal, at S9 a year. Those not
wanting them are desired to seek some
other market. and buy a different COM
modify.
Those who are finding fault with the
tone ofthe Herald of Freedom are not Its
Iatrons, and most of them never were.
lftLey Lave read Tie paper atall, it has
been in the characterof borrowers. Such
persons, all men knew, are not qualified
10 ioln. correct opinion of any paper;
and Tor US to charge tie tone or charac-
ter OF ours to suit the caprice of such per-
sons, would lie showing asubserviency to
the demands of insolence which we shall
never submit to. Besides this, we Lave
TO political weather cock by which te
shape our course. The motto of ouI
COURIER in Pennsylvania was,
Pledged mt to Truth, to Liberty and Law
No Jar@ sways Us, and no FEAR shall awe.
Practically, that is and shall be ou
motto in Kansas. That which we op
pose we shall denounce that whicl
meets our arrrobation will meet wit
cOmmendation, and this whether on
man or all tie would differ from u.s..
Theeastern press has universally com
mended ourcourse, as have our subscrib
ers. Epery letter from different section
of the country, in bringing renewals G
subscriptions, have spoken in the high
est terms of appreciation. Not this alone
Look at our receipts for tie paper. Wha
do they prove? While other papers, pur
suiing a different POLICY, are hardly abl
TO keep afoat. the Herald of Freedom
which for time was borne down by thei
calumnies, is now beginning to live
The indications are, that it will be glori
ously sustained the coming year.
That the slavery propaganda in Mis-
souli are dissatisfied with the tone of tn
paper, We are we'll aware. That the
are laboring to njudice Free State me
against it, is also true. They have eve
urged that it was the duty of the Ere
State party to destroy it, urging that thi
is the cause of all the present troubles i
Kansas. The Industrial Luminary wa
bad sheet. Popular opinion was man
uisctured against it, and twas submerg
ed in tie Missouri. The Territoris
Register, which never dared breathe
whisper against slavery, was in the wa
of the Rufians. 1t met the fate of tll
Luminary. The Herald of Freedom
in their way. They decreed at til
Shawnee Mission that it should not sa
certain things, thinking thereby to Ell
Slave it. 1t continued its course, an
bid them defiance. They came with a
army from Missouri on two occasion.
each time swearing before heaven tn,
tie press should be destroyed and th
editor hung. Both are yet active in dt
fence of the Right.
/" Silence that cannon there. It is dc
ing usmore mischief than all other wear
ons combined" An army is sent ou
TO destroy it, but return and report ths
they were. unable to do so. A secon
army is sent out. partially charged wit
that task. They return withontsu
ing, and another line Of policy is marke
oatfor. its destruction. The press com
mence their anathemas, and individual
join in the eherus. They say: "That ol
rusty gun there ofyours. which has bee
charging home upon US, is doing yo
more harm than good 1t is keeping u