The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-02-21

liars from the National Committee !.
Chieago. to purchase merchandise ana
provisions, to be paid in three instsl.
ments, DC. Butf am prepared to stais
that Nlr. Blood never has had an,
such money, merchandise or proyis.
ions from the National Committee =,
any body else. Consequently, that ".
ever demanded " secrecy" in trans.
action which never existed, is ner.
ruse. Then, after affecting to Law
open to the public such a monstrous
wrong he surprises them still more b.
playing /" cheek by jowl" ]" with loaa
parenthesis. and telling them-whs.
/ trust viii be trns while he lives
that Mr.. Blood is one in whom eth,
people here have full confidence"
That ga report from that Commit.
tee, of disbursements and receipts
has been asked for, but " net vet Civ.
en-" ] believe to be wilfully false. |
wish, also, to correct statement you
made as an editorial comment in III.
same number. when ] say, that gave
Mr.. Army full and complete report
of debt and credit on sash account,
saitk souekers. before ! left, and If the
public ask more than that must de-
muir. That one ceat was paid to mem.
bers for services out of the one thou.
sand dollars paid as by Mr. Amy, il
untrue, and claim to know quite a
well as the writer who thus charges me.
These whose names ne gives did re.
ceive their pay from me, but there is
no such provision existing now.
That "the present Committee s
not the Central Committee appointed
at Topeka, July 4th." is true in two
instances. and Dir. Adds is party to
one of the changes. The Fifth Dis.
frict for which he was appointed, and
not our Committee as he states, did
by a public meeting duly certified to
me as Secretary of the Committee,
vote to excuse Mr. Adds from further
service upon the Central Committee.
because he had removed from the dis.
trict and at the same meeting they
elected his successor, who came On at
our next meeting with his credentials,
and was received. Therefore, Ar. Ad.
| dis has been SO deluded as to call us,
in his communication, "ihat self-con-
stituted committed" who have "vot.
ed out some of the original members
and associated others in their places" !"
There has also been a change in the
member from the 9th or 10th District,
owing to some misdemeanor proved
against the former member, and not
withstanding what | have said above,
our constitution provides for our fill
ing all vacancies in our Committee
Still we have never used the power,
but have invariably referred The ques-
tion to the citizens of the District in
which the vacancy occurred.
What he says of the labors of Messrs.
Hyatt and Army was not true when |
left, and what has occurred since my
absence | can neither affirm or deny
As to the origin of " those infuen-
ces which have lisheartened and al
most ruined the Free State. party in
Kansas" it must be evident to all.
that the discontinue of Mr. Adds by
his own onstituents-aet as-has not
little to DO.
| have ns further comments to make
at present, and what have said has
seemed necessary in my own defence.
At this distant standpoint il is i'm
possible to speak of recent events with
precision, but this statement is COM
lnensurate tn my present knowledge Of
the action of our committee. and TO
tie people alone we stand answerable.
Yours for the right in "high places. "
WM. HUTCHINSON.