The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-09-26
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shows conclusiyely that conservatism is
the order of the day in Kansas. Like the
ill-fayored and lean-heshed kline which
Pharaoh saw in the dream to eat up the
seven well-favored and fat-feshed kline,
tie lately tceak aad Insignificant conservative
party has entirely stgaltotced tie radical party
sate Il fer Of IFS leaders ,rao ,rere too tough
far its-digestioa. However, that any harm
will arise from this consummation, if the
thing is rightly managed, non Sequttur,
any more than harm arose in the Egyp-
tian famine, through the wise forethought
of Joseph. His not an ultra conservatism
that has taken possession Of the minds Of the
people, but one that has resoiUed to sUait and
see. With hardly any opposition, Mr..
Parrott was nominated as candidate for
Territorial Delegate. and it was voted,
with only one dissenting voice, to go bold
ly and enthusiastically into the October
Election. The radicals found themselves
party Of leaders a0itlioutmez to lead or driUe,
and consequently, after they found them
selves entirely routed, 'horse, foot and
dragoons," retired. for the most part, with
infinite good nature. They may console
themselves on their escape: for he who as
pires to be leader here, in these days,
ought to be thoroughly fitted for the task,
and prepared for either erent.
THE NEXT STEP.
Revolutioni Let not the northern
doughfaees be startled, or shake in their
moccasins. 1t is a sentiment as deeply
seated throughout this Territory as the
bottom of the heart, that when they (the
free State men) have tried turf long
enough, they must see what virtue there
is IN stones. And here rests tie only differ
erce bettCeen the radicals and the conse1va-
tues, to day; the radicals are for firing
stones not0, while the conservatives are de-
termined "to plug" the enemy with turf
little longer, hoping that they may be al
lowed to throw down the last turf on the
ignominious grave of the pro-slayery par
ty in our beloved Kansas. We can rise
at any time, and the united troops in the
Territory, if they attack us, would be but
cherry in our mouths. The Border
Ruffian legislature would be dispersed
quicker than Cromwell scattered the
Rump Parliament or Napoleon the French
Assembly, and if they returned peaceably
to their farms and merchandise, would un-
doubtedly be unmolested; if Gov. Walker
interfered it would be necessary to take
extremer measures, and perhaps the Gov
ernor himself might be seen crossing the
isothermal line, in very much the same
manner in which Louis Philippe crossed
the Channel few years ago. The Gov
ernor perhaps thinks, that by troops here
at Lawrence, "one sword keeps another in
its scabbard," but he will find that there is
a point beyond which even conservatism
ceases to think that endurance is virtue
THE UPsHOT.
Free and independent! A sovereign,
ready to knock at the doors of the capitol
for an admission to the sisterhood of States.
| am aware that much blood will be the
price of this treasure, that the radical lead
ers, who are now standing back, will come
forward and undoubtedly suffer martyr
dom in the holy cause of liberty, but still
the boy, proslavery, must and will come
from the tree, from that lofty position il
which he has so long perched himself
We know that the North as a body will
be with us, and there is now Free-soil
strength enough in Missouri, thank Hea-
ven! to keep the river open, atlast. The
South has already given us up and will
not be disposed to fight for split milk
Buchanan will be our bitterest enemy,
and he unluckily has the most power IN
his hands, not enough to crush us, for,
Del grdtid, the spirit of Liberty can never
be crushed; but enough to harrass us,
enough to arrestand string up our most
prominent men, enough, in fine, to sink
hinaselfto depth ofinfamy which Pierce's
plummets never sought to sound. These
preceding opinions are not my own merely
have had an opportunity to converse with
many men in the Territory, both protesseo
leaders and private citizens, 10th radical,
and conservatives, and they hare all aUithOa
exception, uttered some such sentiments as
these. God grant, however, that at the
October election, the Free State men may
have their rights, then will all other things
''ring in" as merry as marriage bell"
Who "Lightfoot," the author Of tint
above may be, We do not know; but ht
has stated some truths which are widely
variant from the general class of such let
tiers. "The weak and Insignificant con
servative party has swallowed UP the rad
/ icals save few of its leaders" TIL.
reader will recollcct that we quoted from
one of Phillips letters in the Tribune, il
which it was claimed that the ''sagaciou
leaders, had alWays been in favor of vo
ting. 1t is evident that the leaders of tn,
radicals" as 'Lightfoot" calls them, ar
different persons. "The radicals" say
Lightfoot, 'found themselves party O
leaders, without men to lead or dTice."-
This agrees with an article of ours tw'
weeks ago, in which We stated that tn
division still continued between the Ere
State party, as formerly, and that this di
vision embraced the people on one side as'
the letter ,crfters on the other. We under
stand that Redpath, and Tappan, and VIM
Hutchinson, and Realf, and Hinton, are still
/ opposed to voting. They constitute tn
leaders" no doubt referred to, and are de
sirous of driving the pro-slavery party gu
of Kansas with stones.
If the whole body of letter writers wer
as honest and truthful as 'Lightfoot," j
the above extract, our controversy wit
them would be at an end.
The difference between the eOnServa
tives and radicals; according to the Tras
eler's correspondents, and which we believ
is true, is, one wishes to pitch in generally
and at once, while the other is for exhaust
ing peacable remedies first, according to tn
Big Springs platform.
t Discovery of Salt -
! The United States Surveyors repol
several large and valuable salt springs i
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