The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-17
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Herald of Freedom.
FoR TEE THRp VOLUME,
LAWRENCE. KANSAS TERRITORY.
q. W. BRowE, and a. wArr1Es, aal,os..

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The HERALD OF FREEpoN. sshe Oldest Free
State paper published in KaD.as Tarrstorx -
established in the Autumn .,f 1854. snd Is now II.
It's shlrd volume Its Protector had been the
eraj xears \, Hn news journal for sew
oeyotee mainly to Ihe promulgatien of moral
ana refefnatoty Questions. and had devoted a
tsT.s its columns to the discussion Of
thuslastic lover Of the right. he never hesitatea
! 70 adyocase any measure be deemed lust, be-
cause II iEas, for the time being, uHponular Il
always afforded him pleasure to cors(sNf error.
whether sustained by individuals or nassSs. and
twas his delight to see sitrdfSas on the ono hand
and conservation on the other. yielding 70 TRrTH.
When the Missouri Compromise was repealed.
IN the Spring of 1854. be looked over the held of
ms labers in that ton Ct Pennssfyania. saw
of still greater reforms taking root, and looking
ont upon the exposed condition Of the great
| west and the strong probability Of its becoming
fore part of March Of that year. in 0aedRce of any
Emlgrant AID Company movement; and in ad-
vance OF any other increment in any other direc-
tion IN the Northern States, to remoye 60 Kansas
with his family and press, and through the inau-
enee of that press, aid. by "sqnatter sovereign
ty. IN building up en me soli Of Kansas those
for sinister purposes. had broken down in the
Halls of Congress.
From that time forth the protector of this pa
per labored continuously to organize company
| to emigrate to Kansas. X was not until more
| than two hundred names we're registered for the
expedition that Mr.. b. heard of the Emigrant
ehusetts. He continued his efforts until theseth
OF Sertember, when q .eno copies of the first Is
sue Of the Herald Of Freedom were given 20 the
Circumstances. over which he had no coptrol.
delayed the publication OF his journal in Kan
sas until the 3d of January, lss5, when the Sec
| ond number was issued. 1t Iteentiuued TO be pub.
lished with great regularity, until the destrac-
| tlon OF his ONCE, IN May. 1856, when the editor
was imprisoned, and the paper was temporarily
Brown, and the generous contributions Of the
/ friends of the eause in Kansas, the paper was
revived on the lst of November, 1856. Since that
time, with the exception of three weeks in AaTcht
| 1t has been regularly issued.
| The plan adopted BY The publisher for restor-
ing freedom to Kansas, was not BY anti-slayery
tions, but BY developing the resources Of the
country, and encouraging bona fde emigration
from the States. believing that interest and
early education would result in the exclusion Of
Devoted from youtht to the UNION of the States,
and with implicit confidence in the ultimate
| triumph of the RIGHT. he never turned aside
from his purpose. AT times his journal was yio-
iently assailed for its conservatism, and the Gar
risonan abolition press, with the Lfteydor at its
head, denounced IL in upmeasurcd terms; while
| the pro-sayery press because Of its violent de-
nunelatl0ns of the invaders from Missouri, and
/ Its unrelenting devotion to the Free State cause,
denounced II as an abolition affair, and when the
tenders of that party could not suppress il by
other means, ats 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-slayery public, and who was
the eo-laborer and joint proprietor with sNEs
tion of the Ph1dtstbropisf nearly quarter of
century ago, in Cincinnati, and who had eontin-
qed devoted and active friend of the cause
down to the present, it was deemed proper TO let
| by-gones be by genes as far possible, and to
go to work again with as little aerimsny rs pos
sible, to invite among us a heavy emigration of
| the future destinies of the TERRITORY
AS both OF the editors had always oppressed war
and violence, 1t was deemed proper to discard
the bayonet, and resort TO the remedial influence
Of the ballot box for q redress Of our political
| difficulties.
When Gov. GEARY came here it was deter
mined to sustain his administration so long as it
seemed TO the editors he was pursuing an impair
tial policy. This brought them in connection
with him. and the motives for many of his acts,
derst0od long time in advance By them; but
| the confidential relations existing between the
parties forbade its publication, hence they we're
compelled foT a time to rest under false impufa-
tiOns, preferring such to breach of confidence
on the one hand, or explanations to the public
on the other. They felt that their long devo-
and their e1ertions continuously to secure tTl-
| umph of principle, entitled them 10 the conf
denee Of the publie; and though assailed yio-
lently BY partisans for pursuing this polcy, they
continued In the path marked out. and saw in
the end their course approved by the Republican
press, which bad been particularly severe upon
i them. -e--
When Gov. WALKER appeared in Kansas. the
same line of policy which had governed the in-
| tercourse of the editors with Gov. GRARY. char.
aeterzed their intercourse with that functionar.
] With no abandonment Of their independence !,
! and without relaxing one iota Of their hatred OF
slavery. or Of the Democratic party, from which
they had suffered SO much; and With an eys in
tent only on making Kansas q free State, with
ont regard to its influence on parties outside.
with renewed zeal. They had no quarrel with
| Gov. W ALKER, deemiDg that the party with
which they acted could gain nothing by coming
in collision with him. but that everything might
thority.
and blOodshed of the year prcvious, the desola-
| tiOn caused By war, and the extreme suferines
incident thereto, and they resolved TO exert aii
the influence which their position and energies
could command to prevent like occurrence
Though malice, calumny. vituperEtien, and all
the baser instrumentalities Of bad men, have
been employed TO its injury, yet the paper has
continued 10 increase in circulation and i19u-
ence, until il has now q weekly circulation Of
nearly zoo copies. more than coo Of which are
70 single subscribers in the Territory OF Kansas.
Its influence in restraining the passions. in pre-
venting civil strife. and in inspiring ecn6denes
at home and abroad Is second 70 no other journal.
Its reception is everywhere hailed with pleasure
BY Its thousands Of interested readers. sde6 bythe
Jeo politicians scAose hope Of greszaeat ss depen-
dent on proionQafi0n Of Our 1tfasas sfzH10fes.
There is not a locality in Kansas where the Her-
od oT freetoza is generally cireuiaged, where its
| policy IS not fully approved. That q few men,
disappointed in their hopes Of Office, have de-
nou1ced it. is very true; and that oshers, who see
in it obstacle to the success Of their ambition,
are laboring 10 wrest from il Its well earned laur
els, Is also true; but it is not true that il is op
pesed by any considerable number Of its patrons,
either in Kansas or outside OF il.
The pensioned letteT-Eriters Of the eastern
press in Kansas, found il in the way Of their pro-
mitigating faIsehoois, hence, as early IS February
last they entered into a coHspfrbcg 70 esrffs 9
doaon. From that time TO this nearly every letter
abounded with the most infamous misfepresen
ta.iona in regard TO us, and ret our journal has
continued to prosper and increase in Popular
favor.
In looking over the country. and oct upon the
| old well tried friends Of the Gauss. We find our
policy approved BY nearly the whole Of them
distinctly assert that we are enthusiasticaiy sas-
| tanned in Kansas b. nearly all the prominent
leaders Of the Free State party. whose struggles
and sacrifices commenced on Kansas soils eoten-
The Herald Of Freedom Processes to be and Il
ssdepeadezt Of al! parties other than the Free
aid and comfort 70 ans party. oeber than to the
party of freedom. Its purpose is 20 deal IN yicfs
and these il will present TO the public. shora q
malevolenee, and with view TO the extension %
truth. We have no war upon anT person, save
those who labor 10 crush US; or who are enemies
of the cause We adEoeate. Inc ihss,nsss @ :. % 2sf
fend the reputation Of our Journal from the as-
saults of It's enemies. whether open Or disguised.
In marking CUT me p0iics oi e1o thI.u foielno
Of the HERALD OF fREEDons We see no eecsson
to change oar programme. Our purpose IL the
saue as that which characterized us two years
AGO. To combine the ezsfffe aRtl-slsgefy or Free
State influence and form SINGLE PARTY, and
that without regard 70 the former e2nyictions
/ or action Of those who unite with uE. w bile We
confess that we have more confidence n the old
sat;-slaEery guard those who have struggled
long end arduousiy with as in years past 20 ex-
tend the area Of freedom, yet we have nc iBeiias-
ton TO drive from our ranks those conservative
Frea STATE Democrats who have ifbered mp to
the present with their party in The States. hen
Kansas shall become . Free State. a1c saver
shall be excluded from the ferritorS % sct o.
law, and the question Is peFmanentls se.slea
viii he time 70 Consider those miaeF issues which
divide PARTIES in the older sta4es. ,,,rwrv,r,r
Our position, We repeat. is INDErENDiE:E. -.
lt ssii isire = j0Brsssffsss IN what
ever pcsitien We think will best sayaI.es ne
eaase hich planted oar journal n hsns-s, a.1si
re-esfabished i Ekes destEesIia "a - - Re