The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-24
The Mysteries Of Kansas Politics and Poli;i-
clans


We have for some time been laboring
under the delusion that we understood
the drift of politics in the Territory of
Kansas, but recent developments from
that quarter wraps the matter in mystery.
The last Leavenworth Journal, which is
considered the leading Democratic and
pro-slavery organ in the Territory is filed
with appeals to support the Democratic
ticket. and among Others We find the fol-
lowing moroccan plentifully interpersed
with flaming capitals and italics to catch
the attention:
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEoPLE.-That
Jno. ]. Moore. the abolition candidate for
Probate Judge, came all the way from st.
Joseph, Mo-, ON his pony, with his bread
and meat in one end of his saddle bags,
and his horse feed in the other, with his
blanket tied on before and his bundle of
hay behind him, to vote at the first cleo
ton in Kansas. That he voted for Gen.
Jno. w. Whitfield, proclaiming that he
was Missourian, and voted because he
was pro-slavery man. That he now
claims to be Black Republicans, think
ing that that party "would win."-Policy
versus Principle.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,-That
H. Miles Moore, one of the Black Repub-
lican candidates for the Territorial Leg
islature is Kno10 Nothing, that he was the
first to originate the order in Weston, Mo.
That he held the highest Office in the
lodge Foreigners can you vote for such
man? Can you vote for the chief officer
of Know Nothing lodge?
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,-That
81. Miles Moore was the second man to
join the Platte county Blue Lodge. That
he has acted with the pro-slavery party
from It's inception in Kansas till the for
nation of the Democratic party, and who
now says that he is Black Republican
from interest, and has not one drop of DEM
ocratic blood in his Ueins, Democrats can
you vote for such man?
With plenty more of the same sort
The editor urges the Democrats not to
vote for such fellows, and as will be seen,
bases the objection on the fact of these
men having come from Missouri and voted
the pro- slavery ticket at former election.
This is certainly rich, considering that the
party which is now making this objection
| to the qualification of candidates, is the
very one that invited the voters from Mis-
souri, and with their help, secured the
| first Legislature and delegate to Congress,
and made the code of laws which now
governs Kansas. We do not know the
antecedents of Democratic candidates in
Leavenworth, but presume from the
above that they are not obnoxious to the
charge of having come from Missouri and
voted the pro-slavery ticket. Some of
them are said to be ardent free soilers of
long standing, and Gov. Ransom, the
Democratic candidate for delegate to
Congress, is known to be real Wilmot
Proviso, free soiler of the straightest sect.
1t must be truly refreshing to those in
| Missouri, who have spent so much Noo,I
and treasure TO make Kansas a slave State,
to see their former friends in this enter
prise, holding their actions in this matter
in the light of public disgrace, and coolly
| appropriating all the advantages that may
have accrued from it, to the benefit of the
Democratic party, or rather for the office
holders of that party.
The Wings and Americans in Missouri.
the Benton men never having mixed in
the matteF-can now appreciate the kind
use that has been made of their money
and help for the ostensible purpose of
making Kansas a slave State, when they
see their services so coolly repudiated by
those who got up the matter, and the
actors branded as being unworthy the suf
frages of Democratic and foreign voters.
Although many strange pianks have
been introduced In the Democratic party
of late years, We confess that this objection
to Missourians voting in Kansas was one
we did not expect to see so soon adopted
by Kansas politicians who were the au-
thors of the whole movement.
Whether it is the intention to make
voting in Kansas an objection to candi-
dates for Office in Missouri, we are not at
present advised, but nothing calculated
to advance the interest of Democracy will
be left undone, and we should not be sur
prised next summer to see Democratic
papers in Missouri holding up Mr..
and -, as unworthy of the votes of
the people because they are Know Moth
ings or Wings and went all the way to
Kansas, with provisions in one end of their
saddle bags and corn in the other, for the
purpose of voting for Whitfield and the
ro-slayery candidates to the Kansas
Legislature. We shall see.-Erchoaoe.