The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-02
rhe nail.enium Approaches.

The last indication of the approach
of the Millennium, which we know of,
is the good feeling and harmony which
seems to exist between the National
Democrats in Kansas Territory
Stringfellow has been entertaining
Jim Lane at his residence. treating
him to a good dinner, and of course
good, or mean whiskey. This may
seem like fable to some of our read
ers, but it is nevertheless true. The
fact had some way leaked out that
Lane and Stringfellow were hob-nob
bing together. Stringfellow being q
candidate fer Congress took occasion
to make speech ct Leavenworth upon
the arrival of Sec'ty Stanton, and du-
ring the speech was called upon to
explain the fact of Lanes visit to his
house. Stringfellow excused himself
by saying that Lane had come to his
house and he, being an old acquaint-
ance long before the Kansas difficult
ties, could do nothing but treat him as
gentleman. That although he had
been his public and political enemy,
against Lane personally he had no
enmity. AS an evidence of great in
fluence that the desire for Office has in
modifying a mans views in political
matters, we will give an extract from
Stringfellow's speech ON this occasion.
In speaking of the possibility of ma
king Kansas free or slave State. he
says:
1t has been charged against him, he
said, that he had expressed desire to
make Kansas Free State. In reply
to this he insisted that he was an ont
and out pro-Slavery man; that as far
as he was concerned he would use all
honorable means to make Kansas a
Slave State, believing that as such her
people would be more prosperous and
happy; and that the peace and welfare
of the Union would thereby be en-
HANGED. 1t was not for him, he said,
to discuss Negro slavery. that God
had fixed the condition OF the Negro,
and stamped him as inferior to the
Caucasian. Slavery must have been
designated by God, because, had it
sprung from an accident, it would
not have existed for SO long time
Ii he found it altogether impossible,
however, 10 make Kansas Slave
State, he should exert his influence
towards making the Territory a Dem
.,cratic Free State. He placed him
self upon the Lecompton platform and
acknowledged the right of the people
to decide this question fer them
selves.
To those who have been readers of
Stringfellow's paper, (the SCATTER
Sovereign this language sounds a
little strange, as she doctrine advocated
in that paper has been to hold no in
tercourse with free State fellows ex-
cept with the rifle, hemp, tar and feath-
erS and RATS. But every thing must
have an end, SO We see the end of the
Kansas excitement in tho cool deter
alton of its authors to join the free
State party, if they by that means can
secure a good fat office. So long as
the Slavery party had the upper
hand, these same fellows were loud in
their denunciations of Lane and his
followers, and swore they would never
stop until the last one of them was
either killed or driven from the Terrific
ry;now that the free State party is in the
majority and are allowed to vote, these
same men turn round and admit that
they are very clever fellows, provided
they are democrats.
i As Lane is an old intriguer, it may
be that he is fixing it up to give his
influence to the election of Stringfel-
.ow to Congress; but we should sooner
think he was making a tool of String
fellow to feather his own nest.-Indc-
psndence, Ao., Messenger.