The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-07-11
Ihe I}efaio Of freedom.
Lawrence, Saturday, July II, 1857.
A Democratic State.


A gentleman writes us from Boston,
and says: "Yeu want a Free State, and a
free Democratic State" If the author is
reader of the Herald Of Freedom. he
has not read us Understandings to draw
such an inference. Time and time again
we have shown our bearings, and that to
be with the Republican party, as organi-
zed at Philadelphia under the platform of
last summer. There is not plank in
that platform from which we differ, and
every action and vote of ours from the
time we first commenced our political life
has been in furtherance of that platform.
The senior editor was a free soiler in
1648, and voted for the Buffalo platform
of that year. In 1852 he endorsed the
Pittsburgh platform, and voted for JONI
P. HALE. In 1856 his sympathies were
with the Republicans, but being in Kansas
was not permitted to vote.
Since coming to Kansas he has seen
nothing to make him love the Democratic
party more than he did while in the
States. Instead of this, he holds that
party responsible for all the outrages upon
life and property which have followed in
consequence of their neglect. The adj
ministration at Washington has played
such fantastic tricks'' upon freedom as to
induce this continued hostility.
1t is not the motive of the editor, or the
Herald Of Freedom, however, to make war
upon the administration or its appointees.
We want the harmonious action of all
Free State men, let them belong to what
party they may, to make Kansas free.
We viii not submit to any division, and
those people or presses who counsel
the formation of parties here no,g are not
loyal to the cause, as they prefer party to
PRINCIPLE. When the freedom of Kansas
is secured, and parties are organized under
State Constitution, then the parties here
will be organized so as to cooperate with
the respective parties with which they
sympathize in the States, but not until
then. Every attempt to get up Repub,
lican or Democratic party, here until thai
period arrives, should be discountenanced
Are we understood ? We wish to be
and We. wish all the world to know JUS
where we are, without any concealment
whatever.
Persons might as well charge us will
being false to our temperance convictions
as to our Republican views. We have
thought it advisable not to enter into
discussion of the temperance question un
til the freedom of Kansas and the right tt
free speech and free press was first de-
cided. That question settled we resume
our warfare upon the rum traffic, and W,
shall try and give the system some hare
raps, and convince the world that drunk
ard making is a bad business; but the vote
of liquor vcnder counts as much as tina
of another person, and we have no ide;
of driving him from us in the presen
crisis by inscribing temperance principle
upon our banner. 1t is for the sam,
reason we would not drive the Free Stat
Democratic party out of the field becaus
we need their help. There is common
ground on which we all stand. Let II
whip out our mutual enemies, then vii
be time to see which of the other partie
is the stIongest-whether Republicanisn
or Democracy, whether the rum influenc,
or those opposed to it shall predominant.