The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-03
PEcrUs
or THR
Herald of Freedom, ,
FOR THE THIRD VOLUME,
LAWRENCE. KANSAS TERRITORY.


to advocate ans mea<ure he deemed lust. BE-
e'iGse it was, for Inc time beirg. unpopular IL
Shether sustained b. individuals tr naassss al 4
It was his del ght to aatrdisB on the mr. hard
and e0Rse.vdtissa on the other. yieidirg ts TRrTr
+. When the MiSSsa ari c. mpr' mise wss Repeated
IN the Spring of ls5i he leak ed ever the field e
| ms tabors In that section cf Pennss leenss. saw
the great revelation there effected. and the germ
af still create reforms taking root, and sekiIg
| cut upon the expcsed csnditiun e the srr@t
West and the strerg pr, bah; lit, its bees H.irg
fore part of March Of that year. in sirdace 4 ary
Emgrant aid Company movement; snd in at
vance of any ether M yement in ans ether diree
tion in the Northern States. 20 remove t. Kansas
with bis family and press, and through TIE iHfu-
euee Of that press, aid. b. "squa'ter sOyese;gh-
ty," in building up en the sell If Kansas tiass
for sinister purposes. had broken down in the
Halls Cf Congress-
Frrla that lime forth the pr, jec,Or of this ra-
| per laborcd continuously TO organise q q mpany
| to EN- crate 10 Kansas. It Eas not until mere
than TWO hundred names were registered fer the
expedition that Mr. B. heard Il che En- grant
| aid Company, or If its organization IN hasa
chusetts. He continued MS Efforts ustii sofh
Of SepteInber, when q go copies ef she first is-
public frcm his power press in Penns, sFaIie---
circumstances. ever which he had 10 centrsi,
delay ed the rnblicaticn Of his urnal ~ Kan
sas until the 81 s.f January, les. when the Sec
ond number vas issued. ], essntiEned te be pEb-
h~ssd 1ish eat n gnlarsfx. unti the dsssfae-
ton OF his office, in Mas, lss. when the editsr
suspended. Through the exertiors of MTs.
Brown, ard the generous contributions of the
revived on the lst of November. ls56. Sisceth that
time, with the exception of three weeks in March,
it has been regularly issued.
The plan ad, pied b5 the publishe fer restcr-
ing freedom to Kansas. was not b, anti-ssyery
agitation, nor a crusade upon Southern iIstitu-
tons, but by developing the resources tf the
country, and rrgiEg 6o1o ade emigration
frem the States. believing that interest and
eariy education would result IN the exclusion Of
slavery frrn the Territory.
and with implicit confidence in the ultimate
triumph of the RIGHT. he never turned aside
fr"m bis purpose. at times his j. urnal was vie
leRtly assaicd FIR its coRseFrdfisaa, nd the Gar
risonian abolition press, with the LfEerator q. its
head, denounced ii in unmeasured terms; while
the pro-slayery press, canse Cf its violent de-
nunciatiOHs of the invaders from Missouri, and
ITS unrelenting devotion TO the Free State cause.
deneunced it as an abolition affair, ard when The
leaders Ct that party could not suppress &c by
other means, its editor was imprisoned aud the
press destroyed.
With its revival and the addition IF Mr.. War.
TIES, as ore of its editors, whc had been Il ng
knC wn to the anti-slaseE public. and who was
the eo-laborer and jpin. proprietor with JAMES
tion of the Eh2Intaropisf, nearly quarter of 8
century age, in CiDcinnati. and who had eOatin-
ned devoted and setive friend ef the csuse
down to the present. il was deemed proper 10 let
b. -goles be by cones far rs possible, aad TO
go 20 work .gain with as little acrimnn! rs pos
sible, to invite amerg US q heavy emigration ef
the future dcstinies of the TrrritoFy.
As both cf the editors had always opposed wRr
and violence il was dermed proper to discaTd
the Nyone., and resort To the remedial influence
of Ihe ballot bCx for redress Of Cur political
difficulties.
When Gov GEARY came here IL was deter
mined to sustain his administration 50 long a. it
seemed to the editors he was pursrT an impair
tial pclicy. This brought them in connection
with him, and the motives for mary &c his acts.
which were not apparent to the public. were nu-
derstood q long time in advance b. them; but
the confidential relations existing between the
compelled for time to rest under false imputs-
tions, preferripg such 80 breach ef confidence
on the one hand. orexplanstions 20 The public
on the other. They felt that their ioIg dsys-
tion to the cause their sacrifices in its behalf,
and their eXer.iens continuously TO secure a tri-
depe S Of % and nnss se e.se 70 shs s
ieGtiy b. pariisans fr pursuing this p'liey, they
continued In the path marked ont. and saw Ia
the end their course apprt we'd b. the Republican
press, which had been particularly severe upon
When Gov. WALKER appeared in Kansas. the
| same line 6f policy which bad governed the in
. tercourse of the editor: with Coy. GEARY, char
aeteriZed theirint curse With that fuDc tiunaFs
Wi With no abandonment sf their indsPsndsac
: slavery, or of the Demoera. parts, frem which
: they had suffered muel and with an in
2 tent only on making Kansas free State, with
out regard 10 it's influence parties outside,
of the TeTritcry, they ergaged in their woik
with renewed zeal. They had no quarrel With
/, which they acted could gain nothing hy csmil
in collision with him, but that everytl.irg ghs
be sacriiceQ by blind opposition to federal
thority.
The5 looked over the country, saw the violence
and bloodshed of the year previous, the dcsoia-
tion caused by war, and the extreme suferiLgs
incident thereto. and they Tesotyed to exert ell
! the Influence which their position and energies
e.uld command TO prevent q like occurrence.
; Though malice, calumDy. FItuperatl6n. and all
j the baser instrunentaiities CT bad men, have
been enployed to its j. jury, yet the paper has
continued TO increase IN circulation and iniiH-
enca, until II hs. BeE q weekly circulation sf
nearly GO ccries. mere than I,te0 Of which ere
r TO single subscribers in the Territory ef ansas
Its influence IN restraining the passions. in pre-
: venting civil strife, and iB aspiring confidence
at home and abroad Is second % oIheT jsnrnai.
. Its reeep:i.n Is ever where hailed With pleasure
y by It's Thousands IF interested readers, sIrs JE The
Ter politicians Uhsse koTe n ffE1sesf Is deI s7I-
\ dent on pTotongafion Of oar BdRsds stysgglts.
There j. not q locality in Kansas where the Her.
aid of tfeedona is generally circulated where its
pelieS Is no: fully approved. Tha. few men.
disappointed in their hcpes Of ofiee, haze de-
nouheed IL, is very true; and that Others who see
in it an obstacle to the success IF their ambition,
are laboFiDg to wrest frem it its we'll earned iaur
= els, is also true but it j. NOS true that il il ep-
= posed by ans considerable number of its patrons,
; either in Kansas or outside of it.
: The pensoned letter-Hriiers Of the eastern
press in Kansas found it in the WY Of their pre-
mitigating falsehoed., hence, ns early as February
last, they e7steraa into eosE iraev to seriEe u
doen. From that time TO this, nearly every letter
thcy have sent TO their respective journals has
. tations in regard to us and set cur journal has
continued to prosper and increase in popular
favor.
Ia looking over the country, and cut upon the
old well tried friends of the cause, We find cur
!. policy approved by nearly the whole Ct tbere.-
distinctly assert that we are enthusiastically ss-
tanned in Kansas BY nearly all the prominent
leaders cf the Free State party, whore strEggisl
: poraBecusiy with our tHn.
= The Hsvr'lt IF FreodOza prefesses TO be and Z.
Is fRdePesideHt of all parties other than the Frcs
e State party Of Kansas Il does moi design TO give
4 aid and comfort % party. than 10 the
parts Of freedom. Its parposc is TO deal IN acfs
and these il viii preseBf to the public, stCra oi
n msieyolenee, and with view to the cztension 81
truth. We have no war upon any person, save
those who L Dor e crush as 2 who are snenls: M
nature. and Of selfpTeserFation, iu1pel us 10 de-
feBd the reputation Of cur journal from the =.
' IA marking n in % out the poiicy Of he third vsIns
5 Of the HERALD OF FREEDOg, We sec 10 oeeasies
: 10 ocbange our gr. sFamfus Cur Purpese Is tht
age TO combine the entire 8Efi-zlaFery CT Fres
ID State influence and form slSGLE PARTY, aBt
Ie that without regard to the former conviction
Df or action Of those who unite with Us. While y,
ca confess that ne have mere confidence in the els
rs anti-slayery guard" those who have struggled
long and sEdROusly with rs in Sears past "a ez
l. tend the CT freedom, yet we have ineiina
ton to drive from our raHks those conservative
: free State Dsmoersis Who 5aye .aeefsd s2 {.
Kansas shall becs me q Free State. and siasefs
. shall be excluded frcEn fbe Territory by act =
ie law, and the question permanently settled.
d will be time 20 consider those minor Issues Hhfes
20 divide parties in the elder States. es...,,..x,,,
=, Our position, we repcet, is fNDkPEtDEAT
We Ftmise fealt5 20 10 pzFts, faction or Clique
bat shall labor as ind Pesdsf j0ayHcffsLs ia Hh4f
ever pceition we think viii Dest advance th.
cause which planted cur 50arBal IN hsassss an1
re-eztabiished IL when destroFed D. ecrdsr fsf
a fan violence. Aeask for Il the suppsfS nf -
ii good and frGe-th9se Bho can t0lerate fpp0z1t
opinions. without be;iesigg that those views 80
entertained for nere enars purpoees. y sPps.
To the causciensfous 81 al parties fer sqpF=st
ss5 rsIeirs tbeg, that il shall be our end sn ein
81 10 mako ; fearless and true newspaper shiel
shall oppose crimes in high pisces asld aeIn uEzt
wee wherever found. DeEEag gses, tr1sklit.
ns noIit;c;ans and aspirsats for psrutar frafs wb
be are alike destitute ef bead and keasi; asa q
is those whs seek 70 mzke the "BEAB FzofLs
u sneyz heveEs cf wot q and drawers Il HaseE
- for their personal aggraRd; age ezpcetc
IL. to eat cur aeGsainfaDee. Asking flr ne o1ei
% and seekisg 10 position. se feel that &c can