The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1857-11-07
Tine Ir ice TO Gov. Walker.

VERITAS.
True II ice TO Gov Walker.
Since Gov. Walker arrived in the Ter
ritory, there is no man who has been the
subject of so much abuse, no man who
has been assailed by such concert of pur-
pose, both for what he has done and what
be promised to do. With the excited
state of mind which existed here when
he came, and for long time previous, it
should not create surprise, that he should
have been received by the people of Kan
sas with reserve, or even suspicion. 1t
is now well demonstrated fact that Ue1y
large majority of the citizens of this Ter
ritory are Free State; this was known to
all who cared to inform themselves upon
this subject, long before the recent cleo
ton; yet this class of citizens, notwith-
standing their superiority of numbers. had
no participation in the government that
presumed to control them: nor did this
state of things have its origin in any fac
tious spirit which refused to submit to the
will of the majority, whatever may
have been their subsequent action. The
fact that the government of this Terrific
" has been in the hands of contemplate
minority, to a considerable extent, hav-
ing their homes and interests in a State
which the people of this Territory have
neither rights nor interests in, except they
be of the nature which induced our neigh
bors to interfere with the governmental
affairs of this Territory, and which from
the fewness of our numbers, we could not
exercise, is fact too plain to admit of an
argument at this late day.
Under circumstances like these, we say
| it should not excite surprise that the Ex-
ecutive was received with distrust. So
much was natural. A man who could
Sloear to support e,aetaents called laacs,
known to have been imposed upon the
people by foreigners, men deserving of
rep7obatioa and punishment, instead of the
respect and obedience which they had the
aHdaeity to demand, should be possessed
of a larger amount of patience and good
nature, and be content to win the peo-
pies confidence slowly and by executing
deeds, as often and as fast as promises
matured.
| Let US enquire into the facts and see
how the Gov. wal appear when viewed
in the light of them.
In the various speeches and proclama-
tons which the people have received
from the Gov, since his advent into the
Territory; they have been told that he
would execute the laws impartially-that
he would labor, to the best of his ability,
to place government in the hands of the
majority--that he would see that the peo-
pie should enjoy the benefits of fair
] election, in which neither fraud or vio-
lence should enter-that all the citizens
who were by law entitled to vote, wheth-
er registered or not, should enjoy this
privilege-that no tax should be required
as a qualification for votiDg-that the
Constitution, about to be framed, should
be submitted to vote of the people, or
would join with them in any reasonable
measures to defeat the object of the Con-
ventiun.
We unhesitatingly assert that all those
| pledges, with the exception of the last
named, have been faithfully kept. That
notwithstanding the country has generally
suspended, the Gov. has promptly met all
his promises, and the people have receiv-
ed the specie as soon as they had right
to demand it.
That it has cost the Governor no in
considerable effort to meet the just ex-
pectations of his friends, or those who took
him at his word, Is very apparent That
it will cost those who labored most assidu-
ously to embarrass the Gov. in all his eff
forts to effect reconciliation and harmony
among the people, quite as great an eff
fort to do him justice, We cannot doubt
We only hope they viii be as prompt in
the discharge oftheir duty as the Gov
was in the discharge of his. Time viii
tell whether the most noisy and denun-
ciatory, or those awho study the things
which make for peace" are the better
friends of Freedom and progress Wheth-
sr those who constantly predict evil, who
represent the Territory as unsafe for any
one, either to remain in, or settle in, are
those who strive to make what is bad, BET
ter, and say of the future that If ne do not
realize our most sangaine expectations
sufficient unto the day is the evil there
Off
Beyond the distrust which Ne saw was
natural, let US enquire what are some of
the causes which have led 70 the unpar-