The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-19
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fHerald of Freedom.
roa THE THIRD VoEUhE,
LAWRENCE. KANSAS TERRITORY



eral years in western PENNSYLVANIA which was
devoted mainly 70 the promglgetion OF moral
and reformstory questions, and bad devoted
temperance and anti-slavery reforms. An en-
thnsisstic lover Of the right. be never hestateG
to advocate any measure he deemed Just, %.
cause It gas, for the time being. unpopular. u
always afforded him pleasure to combat error
whether sustained by Individuals or masses. and
it was his delight 20 see Eltraisa on the one hand
and seass,ra;::H On the other. yielding to 18TH.
When the Missouri Compromise 1as repealed.
in the Spring of 1854, he looked over the field OF
his lab0rs in that section Of Rennsyiyania. saw
the great revolution there effected, and the germ
Of still greater reforms taking rosts snd looking
out upon the exposed condition of the great
West. and the strong probability OF Its beccming
desecraed TO slavery, be resoly eatiy as tne
fore part of March Of that year, IN adedRee o. any
Emigrant Aid Company movements and n ad-
vance OF any other movement IN any other direc-
tien in the Northern States. &c remove TO Kansas
with his family and press, and through me lnsn-
t." in building up on the soil of Kansas those
restrictions against slavery, which demsgnsues,
for sinister purposes, had broken down In the
From thai time forth the protector of this pa
per labored continuously to organise company
to enigrate to Kansas. 1t was net until more
expedition that Mr.. ID. heard cf the EnIgfans
Aid Company. or Of its organization ID Masset-
ch9set:s lie eonnnS ss n's enGI's - aSs % i;
sue of the Herdld Of ffeedo1s weTS gwen 20 tne
public Nom his power press IN Penns5iysna-I
Sircumstanees over which ne haa 20 s; c0pKs sn
sas until the ID Of January, less, when ne sec
ond number was issued. II continues 20 oe pus-
lished With great regularity until me aesF ;,e-
was imprisoned. and the paper was Temporarily
suspended. Through the exertlons OF MS.
Brown. and the generous contributions OF me
revived on the LIST Of November. lsSs. SINCE that
time, with the exception Of three weeks in Asrch
il has been regularly issued.
The plan adopted by the publisher Tor restor-
ing freedom to Kansas, was not By anti-siayery
agitation, nor q crusade upon Southern institn-
tons, but By developing the resources oil the
from the States. believing that interest snd
early education would result in the exclusion OF
slavery from the Territory.
Devoted from youth to the UNION 81 the Sia.es.
triumph Of the hight. he never turned eSido
| from his purpose. At times bis journal vas Tio-
lently assaied for its eoHseTratisE "a ana the VeI
rsonian abolition press, with the LsteetoS 81 rs
! head, denounced il Ia unmeasured terms; vhile
the pro-slavery press, because Of Its violent oe,
nunciatiohs of the invaders from Missouri. ana
denounced il "a an abolition affair, and when the
leaders Of that party could not suppress II 2y
other means. its editor was imprisoned and the
press destroyed.
With its revival and the addition Of Mr.. WAT
TIES, as one of its editors, who had been long
known TO the anti-slayer public, and WHO was
the eo-laborer and joint proprietor with StHas
| ton Of the PAldRthsopisf, nearly quarter o. .
century ago, in Cincinnati, and who had contln-
ued devoted and active friend OF the es1s se
down to the present, il was deemed proper TO let
by-gones be By cones as far as possible, ana 70
90 10 work again with as little acrimony as pos:
sible, to invite among us q heavy emigration OF
permanent settlers, with the view OF c0ntrotlins
the future destinies of the Territory.
As both of the editors had always opposed war
| and violence, il was deemed proper TO discard
4 - H.
of the ballot box for g redress ct car pollticai
When Gov. GEARy came here It was deter
mined to sustain his administration so long Is u
seemed TO the editors he was pursuing an Impair
| tial policy. This brought them IN eonnecton
with him, aud the motives for many OF MS acts
Which were not sppaFen, 70 sns pIbU S them. but
| the confidential relations existing between the
parties forbade lis publication, hence they Eere
compelled for time to rest under ialse lsRnes
| on the one hand or explanations to the pubic
on the other. They felt that their long deso-
ton TO the cause, their saerlhees IN lts oensI'
and their exerticns continuously to secure tn
umph Of principle, entitled them to the conn
dence of the public; and though assaiied NO
lently by partisans for pursuing this policy they
continued In the path marked out, end saw IN
the end their course approved by the kepubiican
press, which had been particularly severe upon
them. an,
| same line OF policy which bad governed the IN
terconrse of The editors with Gov. GEABY. char
aeteriEed their intercourse with that functl9nafy
With no abandonment of their Independence:
and without relaxing one iota Of their hatred Of
slavery, or of the Democratic party, from Nnien
they had suffered so much; and with an eye IA
tent only on making Kansas Tree sta'e, W, 49,
out regard to its influence on parties OUTSIDE,
Of the TERRITORY, they engaged IN lheil w9 ;.iS
with renewed zeal. They had no quarrel sitn
Coy. WALKER, deemi1g that ne Parv so, MIN
in collision with him, but that every thing mlght
be sacrificed by blind opposition TO federal au-
th0rity. ,
and b!oodshed of the year previous, the descla-
ton caused By war, and the extreme snnerings
incident thereto, spd they resolved % exert 81.
the influence which their position and energies
could command to prevent like occurrence.
Though malice. calumEy, vituperation, ana al
the baser instrumentailties OF bad men. hsSe
been employed to its injury, yet the paper pas
continued to increase in circulation and INN.
enee, until il has now weekly clfcuia!lqn OF
nearly 1850 copies, more than l,Uo0o OF Enlcn are
to single subscribers in the Terrltory OF kanSas.
Its influence IN restraining the passions, IN pre-
venting civil strife, and IN inspiring commence
at home and abroad is second 70 no other journal.
Its reception Is everywhere hailed with pleasure
by its Thousands of interested readers SAGE oy tse
fer poificidFs whose hope Of PgSDaesis - cepss-
denton q pTOl0ngdtton of our KdnsGe ssFaggtes.
There is not locality in Kansas where the Hers
ala OF Freedom is generally circulated, where its
policy is not fully approved. That 8 lev men,
disappointed in their hopes Of once, have de-
IN Il an obstacle to the success of their ambition.
are laboring to Wrest from it its well earned iaur-
els is also true but it is not true that 1t Is OPP
posed By ans considerably number OF It's pafons'
either in Kansas or outside Of X.
The pepsioned letter writers OF the eastern
press in Kansas found il in the way OF their pro-
mitigating falsehoods, hence, As eerly Is February
last, they entered into conspiracy 70 acrtE: g
d0sra From that time to this, nearly ever ietter
they have sent TO their respective Journals has
abounded with the most infamous mlsfeprssen-
u .~nAa ANn
! continued 10 prosper and increase in popular
favor. a..
old we'll tried friends Of the cause, We md oEr
nol;ey aouroYed b. nearly the whole Of them
To name them would be inVidlous, and YET We
distinctly assert that We are eDthhsisstica! sus-
leaders Of the Free State party, whose struggles
and sacrifices commenced on kansas son. eotem-
poraueousls with oar own.
The Herald Of Freedom processes 70 DC SD "
fndepeadenf of all parties other than the free
| State party of Kansas. IL does not design 70 give
aid and comfort" 70 any party other than 70 t9e
and these It will present 70 the public, shorn O
malevoience, and With view tothe extension o.
/ tuth, We have no var upon any person, ssge
those who labor e erus rs q I ins. h II osr
nature, and Of self-preservatlon, impel us ~ -
fend the reputation of our journal from ne a.
saults Of it enemies w1stneF oRen ar. q soIse
t | of The HERALD OF FREEDOM. We zee no oseassgh
10 change cur programme. Our purpose = the
. ssn.e 81 fhst which characterized ne Two years
: 40 to combine the esffre euti-siaFefy or FREE
) State influence ard form . SINGLE PAsTfs snd
E | fnaf without regard TO the former cgnsleuons
- sstioa Of those who unite With rs. While re
confess thai we have mere confidence IN ne Ssd
long sTd ariuosssly with rs in yeass past 70 sx-
tend the area Of freedom, ret We hsEe no lnelina-
fion 70 drsVe from our ranks those S0nsefsetfte
Free State Democrats VINO have labored Up "a
the present with their party in the States. nen
: Kansas shall become Free state. ana SLAYER
D shall be excluded from the Tefritory by sct o.
law and the question is permanently settled saen
viii Be time to consider those minor issues WHICH
divide parties In the older States. ..,,,.,-,
Oar position, We repeat, Is IkDEPEEDni.NL
We promise feaity 70 no party, faction ot cness
hut shall laboras ssdspesdezf 5osnctfsss ID 49,
ever pesiti0z We think viii best advance ~
cause Which planted car jonrn p H boea raf
Z Can violence. We ask for il the support o. -
f good and tEue-those who can tolerate Spposs. :
opiaasas without believing that tnoss. 49, =.
s. Entertained for fnereensfy purposes. -,
; 10 the conscientious Of az parties iol ~;