The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-03
zf,hi Track Again.

through It's Stlitof w nch VIC tN'ineu ~
article from that journal several weeks ago,
pivisiDg the eop!e Of Kansas to vote al
rhe October election: and when we read
hat ariirl" al the G ;Itrnpolis Convention
he people were tul that this alyice az
Nr GREELY WAS given in ignorance of the
Unjust and wicked apporiionm mt; aud
has it would give dffere' ad. C; cttr.-
eceivi' g that apportionment. We hAvr
seen informed by gentlemen who held
.divate conversations with some of the re
;s,rters there that day, tn It when ivisei
o Join hands with the Free Safe I'arr!
md the Tribune in Kansas. one Of them
rmarked; "Why, political opinions are
.ot regulated 10y the Tribune, on the coz
rary, the course of the Tribune is resula
ed 10y us," evidently ala Iirg 10 himself
md ffllow rel orters, some FIVE or SIX oi
!, hom were oh the ground.
But the Tribune, il stead of changing is
curse to suit the convictions of "us'' ol
he reportofial profession, his pursued
IN independent course, and has gone S"
ar as TO administer withering rehuke t..
Our Own Correspondent" Dir. Phillips,
- ho seemed to think that the destiny oi
Kansas, and the reputation and character
..f It's principal citizens were in his keep
ng.
How must Our Own Corresl ondei;'
eel when informed that the editors ''have
eit impelied oIce or Rice to demur to
he POSITIONS of our Special Coresl ont
mt whose fidelity, &C., has lei him at
times 10 speak snhartabty IF those toho tool
he opposite, and, IN OUR CONCEPTION, MORE
PoLITIC CoUR<E
"0ur Corresl ondent" felt he was re-
huked at Centrol oils, hut he congratulated
himself that The Convention was small,
, Walker Convention, as he WAS pleased
q stigmatize i, gotten up by BRowN, of
the HerakG Of Free Tom, and other renegade.
from the Free Safe parry. He SAW, how
ever, the hantl- writing on the wall, and
began preparing himself for defeat by
showing that the ''sagacous Leaders" had
always occupied the same position as that
aiken at the Centrol oils Convention.
When our "Brougham- like correspond
ent" stool up at Gfasshopper Falls, and
'he people showed Il determination not 10
near him, he Introduced resolution there,
he Object of which was to make the
October election mere farce, by adjourn
ing the Legislature to be elected in 0cto-
Der to give place TO the Topeka move
ment. The eolle lut that question TO
test, as they will DO as often as it Is sprung
~ on them. And yet "0ur Own Cores
pondent" was fattering himself hat he
held complete sway over the Tribune,
ID its two Or three hundred thousand
readers. Alas, the uncertainty of human
ambition!
We extend our hand again to the Tri-
jane and assure it that from this forth it
occupies the same renegade position totoarI
tie Free Stufe party IF Kansas which we
have occupied for the last four months
We give the following extract from the
Tribune of the 18th ult., in proof of our
,sseriiop, and recommend its POSITIONS as
wotthy of cummsndation:-
"While all the outside enemies of the
Free State nell of kdrsas have been very
lrte i'll giving dictatorial and celis0rious
i,ltice as to- the proper course tO he taken
by that party (slich advice l'eing all these
ever did give 10 the Free S ate cause),
! we have preferred to let the true men oi
Kansas decide on their own course, AMI
;0r our own lrart he content to .uppnr:
them ther,.jn to the extent of eur almIi V
We did this, Lot in blind servility, hut IN
the conviction that they, who hail all the
material facts in full view, and whose
stalk G in the controverSy was more imme-
late and palpable, mist be better quail
fied TO Judge in the premises than any
uthers cuuld be. These considerations haze
| impeliei as once or ttDife to de1aur to the po-
s,tiioHS q 0af' Speini KanSas torreSpor,tent,
whose t.leli V to Freedom none CAN douln,
/ hut whose strong conviction that the
Free S5ate men ought never to counte-
nance nor defer to the laws and authori-
ties imposed on Kansas by her Missouri
invaders, has lei him at times to speak
lacisGyftsdly Of th,se WLo took the opposite,
an, I'm oar cOnception) more polite uieiO
I'VE rejoice. therefore, that the great
boiy of the Free Safe men I'VE decided,
at the GrasShopper Falls Convention, TO
vote ut the Territorial election next month,
and we exhort those who have hitherto
opposed the policy of voting todefer heart
liy and fully TO the m.jority's dccisioI.
However preferable the cuurse they favor
ell may have been, they must realize that
there is lao longer room for debate on this
point. The great mass OF the Free State
men have resolved to vote, and .ciH vote,
at the Territorial election; no action et
the minority Can now prevent this There
remaius, then, but this question to be coli
sidered-'Since the Free State men viii
at all events try to carry til 1t election, is
it preferable th.t they shoull succeed or
fail in the attempt?' Can it be seriously
doubted that such Legislature as has
hitherto assembled at Topeka would he
more conducive TO the security, liberty
and prosperity of X ,ns.ls. than such one
as made Lscompton hiieous during the
last winter?
ave know it will he urge'l by m my of
our friends that the Free State men have
no fair chance-that the infamous App.T-
tiohment, the bogus officers of elections,
the designed proximity OF nearly every dis
trict to the Missouri frontier, and the pre-
tense, fortified by Judge Gates opinion,
that nune can .ote but those who have
paid tax 10 tn; LOCUS authorities, will
secure to the pro-slavery and affiii lteI
National Democratic minority triumph
in this contest. We do not deny the
probability of this view, especially with
regard to the Legislature; but We do NOT
see that even this can change the position