The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-03-14

OF the sons Oh fTeeuOH Dut tue
struggle will be long and arduous.-
We may be stricken down at first, but
not defeated.
with this simple declaration we
launch our humble barque on the wide
sea of public opinion. and trust that
propitious winds and favorable cur
rents may glide US swiftly to our des-
tined port
Mr. John Spear. who published the
Medina Gazette, at Medina, Ohio, came
to Kansas in the fall to start a news
paper. He was here in September and
wrote editorials which he published
in the kansas Pioneer" issued from
his office in Ohio, and dated Lawrence,
October 1s. 1854. This paper was
brought to Lawrence and distributed,
On arriving again in the Territory,
Dir. Spcer found the Riekapoo Pioneer
under way. and for that reason con-
cludcd to change the name to Kansas
Tribune, which was issued at Lawrence
ON the 10th Of January, 1856. 1t ap-
peared under the editorial care off. &
j. L. SPEER.
This paper was removed to Topeka
in the spring of 1856. and the propri-
etors sold out to Messrs. Ross & Bros.
The character of the paper may be seen
in the address "to the people of Kan
Territory" published in the first
number of the paper.
whether a man shall hail from
the North or the South, the East on
the West, shall be no question with
us ; and we shall only desire to know
that he comes to cast his lot amongst
rs, create home on our soil, and aid
by his energy in building up and es-
tablishing great State, which shall
be blessing to unborn generations. an
ornament in the galaxy of American
States, and model of Republican
Freedom. We should act together as
Freemen, having q common interest
and common destiny-dropping all
our local prejudiccs, and identifying
ourselves emphatically as Ransans-
knowing no such distinctions as Mis-
sourians, Ohioans, or Eastern orWest-
ern men. With Kansas our interest
and our destiny are leagued. and it
should be our pride to be identified al
so with her name, and be known only
as Kansas men.
But there is question rising in
magnitude and Importance above ali
these questions. and one which we
could not avoid five would, and wouid
not if We could-a question upon which
all men must eventually show their
hands. We allude to the question
whether Kansas shall be q FREE or
SLAVE STATE. Without hesita-
ton, we declare ourselves opposed to
slavery-opposed to it from principle
as we'll as from policy-opposed to it,
because its tendency must be detri-
mental to the speedy settlement of this
Territory and the development of its
resources. The question of Freedom
or Slavery must be detrimental to the
speedy settlement of this Territory
and the development of its resources.
The question of Freedom or Slavery
must be settled at the ballot box by
the free men of the Territory when
they come to select Delegates to frame
a State Constitution. 1t must be set
tied peaceably, and not forcibly. One
Of the blessings which Americans en-
joy, is the right of self-government,
and the exercise Of the elective fran
chise is duty as well as privilege" :"
The present editors still maintain
the same principles. and defend the
rights of the people to freedom with
much ability.
Tie Kansas F''ss State, by Miller
& Elliott, was issued on the 10th of
january 1856, and advocated freedom
for Kansas.
This paper was destroyed by pro-
slavery mob, on the 2lst day cf May
1856, because it advocated freedom for
Kansas. The prospectus says it will
be
GA weekly Journal devoted to the
advocacy of the Free Princicles of our
Fathers-ofa pure Political Morality,
and of a Public policy in harmony with
the requirements ofchristianity.
Its conductors believe that recur.
renee to these old landmarks ofthe Re-
public is necessary to arrest the down.
ward tendencies of the time, and to fur
ther the sacred cause Of Universal Lib
erty and the Free State is established to
subservc in its own sphere that great in.
terest.
It will therefore oppose the realiza-
ton of the Slavery Propaganda, in SO
aggregating the political power Of the
Union in the hands OF q hereditary AFis.
tocracy, as to give to It under Demo-
cratic forms.the undisputed control oi
the politics of the Nation. whether that
object is sought by imposing the insti-
tuition of Slavery on the new States oI
! the West by the renewal of the Slaye
Trade, BY the seizure of the domains oi
other nations, by aggressions on the
Free States by whatever means it seeks
supremacy, as tending to reyolutionize
our political institutions, or TO rupture
the bonds of the Union.
II win oppose the legalization OF
Silyery by the Territorial Governments,
or in the Organic Laws Of the new States
of the West, as tending to repress the
industrial and intellectual activity oil
their people, as subversive of Demo
cratic equally. as corruptor Of the
public morals. and as at war with the
spirit and teachings of Christianity.
L will advocase the principles oil
Temperance as essential TO social hap
! piness. and eek the overthrow of the
Liquor Traffic in the only way il can Be
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