The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12
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Herald of Freedom,
FOR THE rHKD VOLUME,
LAWRENCE, KANSAS TERRITORY
CIV. BROWN, and a. wATrLEs, sass..


The HERALD OF FREEpos. the Oldest Fres
State paper Published in Kansas Territory. WAS
established in the Autumn Of le54, ana Is noun
Its third volume. ifs protector bad geen tho
pnolishef Of sn sadspas6sat news lournst iet sew
ersi years in western PeRnsyiysnia. when WIS.,
devoted mainly 70 the PRONUNCIATION OF moral
and reformatoIy Questions, sad had cefoted ,
CREST portion Of its columns 10 the discussion q
thJisisstic Lover Of the right he never hesitated
~ advocate any measure he deemed Just, DC
ca,iSs il was, for the time being, unpopular. IL
always afforded him pleasure 70 eombst error;
whether sustained By Individuals or masses, and
it was his delight to see tttrdssa on the one hand
and conservation on the other. yielding TO TEuTH.
When the Missouri Compounds WAS repealed:
mis- labOrs in that section Of Peunsyivania, saw
the great revolution there effected. and the germ
Of still greater reforms taking root and looking
mt Ws. upon the the exposed 81 q ia
deSecrated to sayery, he resolved. as early Is the
fore part Of March of that year, in daeanes Of any
Elnigrsnt Aid Company movement; ana u a.
ton in the Northern States. TO remove % Kansas
with his family and press, and through the inna-
ence of that press. cid. By "sguattsr sovereign
restrictions against slavery, which denagogues,
for sinister purposes, had broken down IN the
Halls of Congress.
per labored continuously to organize company
to ezigrate to Kansas. 1t was not until more
than two hundred names were registered for the
expedition that Mr. B. heard Of the Eplgiant
Aid Company, or of its organization IN AsSSs,-
chusetts. He continued bis efforts unth theath
of September when 81 800 copies Of the nrst Is
sue of the Herald ef Freedom were given 70 the
public from his power press in Penns.is ANA
Circumstances, over which he had no CONTROL
delayed the publication Of his journal m Nan
sas until the Sd of January, 1855, when the sec
end number was issued. Ii continues 70 DC pup
lished with great regularity, until the desiTuc-
tion of his Office In May, 1886, when the edltor
was imprisoned, and the paper vas temporary
suspended. Through the exertions ct Mfs.
Brown, and the generous contributions Of the
friends of the cause in Kansas. the paper vas
revived on the LIST Of November. 1855. since that
time, with the exception Of three weeks IN march
1t has been regularly issued.
The plan adopted b. the publisher for restor-
ing freedom to Kansas, was not by ann.sissery
agitatiSn, nor crusads upSn soso ns. n TIE
country, and encouraging ooaa .Fde emigranon
from the States. believing that interest ana
early education would result in the exclusion ef
slavery from the Territory.
Devoted from youthto the UNION Of the States,
and with implicit confidence In the uitlmaie
triumph Of the Blight. he never turned asioo
from his purpose. At times his journal was yio-
lently assaied for its coHseredfisH, and the Tar
rsoniau abolition press, with the Lfordfor a It's
head, denounced 1t in unmeasured terms; while
the pro-slavery press, because Of its violent de,
nunciations Of the invaders from missouri, ana
its unrelentng devotion to the Free state cause.
denounced il as an abolition AFFAIR, and when the
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! other means. its 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 i0ng
known to the anti-slayery public, and who was
the cO-laboTer and joint proprietor Win JAMES
G.. BIREEY, in the establishment and pubilca-
ton of the PhlaRthropist, nearly quarter q .
century ago, in Cincinnati, and who had contin-
ued q devoted and active friend OF the cause
down TO the present, it was deemed proper TO let
y-gones be by-gones as far as possible, ana 70
go TO work again with as little aerm0ny a. pos
sible, TO invite among US heavy emigration. oil
permanent settlers, with the view OF controiilng
the future destinies of the Territory.
As both Of the editors had always opposes VAT
and violence, 1t was deemed proper TO discard
the bayonet, and resort to the remedial influence
of the ballot box for redress OF our Politacal
difficulties.
When Gov. GEARY came here IL Was deter
mined to sustain his administration SO long as IL
seemed TO the editors he was pursuing an impair
tial policy. This brought them IN eonnecaon
with him. and the motives for many OF his acts
which were not apparent to the pub bic: were un-
derstOod long time in advance by them; put
the confdentisl relations existing between the
parties forbade its publication. hence they were
Compelled for time to rest under false imputa-
! tiOns, preferring such to a breach oil commences
on the one hand. or explanations to the pubic
un the other. They felt that their long aev fs
ton TO the cause their sacrifices in its behalf,
and their exertions continuously TO secure tIi-
uHtph Of principle, entitled them 10 the conn-
/ dence of the public; and though assSiled NO
continued in the path marked out, and saw IN
| the end their course approved By the Republican
press, which had been particularly severe upon
When Gov. WALKER appeared in Kansas. the
same line Of policy which bad governed the IN
tercourse of the editors with Coy. GEARf, ensr-
acteriEed theirintercourse with that fqne tonaIy
! With no abandonment Of their independence:
/ and without relaxing one fota OF tneif natreo u
! slavery, or of the Democratic party; from Wnicn
they had suffered SO much and with an eye N
! ont regard to its influence on Parnes oltslde,
I ut the TERRITORY, they engaged IN their Meik
! with renewed zeal. They had no quarrel VIII
which they acted could gain nothing; by coming
in collision with him, but that ever thing might
be sacrificed by blind opposition TO federsi au-
thcrity. :,
They looked over the country, saw the violence
1 and blOOdshed of the year previous, the desoia-
! ton caused BY war. and the extreme suherings
incident thereto, and they resolved % exert an
| the influence which their position and energies
could command to prevent like oceurrence.-
| Though malice, calumny, vltuperntlon, ana I'll
the baser instrumentalities of bad men. have
been employed TO its injury, ret the paper mas
continued to increase in circulation ana innuc
cnce, until it has now weekly clrculsilon OF
10 single subscribers in the Territory of Kansas.
Is influence in restraining the passions IN pre-
venting civil strife, and in inspiring confidence
at home and abroad is second to no other journal.
It's reception il everywhere hailed with pleasure
by its Thousands of interested readers sace ~ te
JcsO E0liticSGns srtoss hope Of rf5Dlet IS depes-
deaf on a DrOloh0dtiOn Of oar kdasds struggles.
There il not Iocaiity In Kansas where the Her
aid Of Freedom is generally CIRCULATED where aus
policy is not fully approved. That Few men,
disappointed IN their hopes Of once, nave oe-
nounced IL, is very true: and that others, who SEQ
IL it obstacle to the success Of their am iton.
are labOring to Wrest from IL Its well earned iaur-
els i also true; but il Is not t[ue that u - OPP
posed by any considerable number OF us Patfons'
either in Kansas or outside Of it.
The pensioned letter-writers OF the eastern
press in Kansas found ii in the way OF their pro-
mitigating fslschoods, hence, as early es ebruary
Las, they esasered into conspiracy 10 tcrfte II
dosca. From that time to this nearly ever ie.ter
they have sent TO their respective Journals has
abounded with the most infamous misrepreSen-
taiiOns in regard 20 Us, and yet our Jonrnal nas
continued to prosper and increase In popular
favor. fs 4,
In looking over the eountry, and out upon the
ED well tried friends Of the cause, We Ind our
policy approved By nearly the whole OF Them
10 name them would be inyidious. and yet We
distinctly assert that We are sus-
tnined In Kansas By nearly all the prominent
lenders of the Free State party, whose struggles
and sacrifices commenced on Kansas soil, eotem-
poTaneausly with our own.
The Herald q Freedom processes 70 De ana =
iadsDeadest of all parties other than the free
State party of Kansas. 1t does not design 70 give
laid and comfort" 70 any party. other tnen 70 the
party Of freedom. lts purpose Is t9 deal "A Lees
Iaaeyolepcs and with 3 view TO the extension Of
truth. We have no war upon any pefson, save
those who labor To erush a., OF VINO are enemies
of the cause we advocate. The instincts OF our
nature and Of self-preservation. impei as 70 de-
fcnd the reputation of our journsl from the ~
sauIts Of it, enemies, whether open Q. disguised.
In marking out the policy Of the third volume
of che HERALD OF FREEDOM. we see no occasion
10 change cur programme. Our purpose Is the
same as that which characterized as two years
aga, to combine the entire anti-slsveJ or Free
State influence and form q sISGLE PARTY, and
, that without regard to the former conyictious
OF action Of those who unite With rs. Mhiis ye
confess that we have more confidence IN tue " old
anti-slavery guard" those who have struggled
long and srduously with rs in years past te ex-
teBd the area Of freedon. yet 1e have no iHeiina-
ton to drive from 0ur ranks those conservative
Free State Democrats who have labored up 70
the present with their party In the states. " nea
Kansas shall become Free state. ana saver
shall be excluded from the Territory b{ scs o.
law and the question Is permanently setaee. Inen
viii be time to consider those minor lssaes "aaeH
divide parties in the older State;
0urp0sition, We repeat. Is NDhfEnDn1sSL
We promise feltY 20 no party, faction q cirque;
but shall labor a iadspeade IN SAT
J ever pOsition we think viii best sayance ne
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