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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12
A Family Quarrel.

The Pro-slavery Convention at Lecomp-
ton, on Wednesday last, to put in nomi-
nation candidates for the several Offices
under the State Government, nominated
Gen. Marshall, for Governor; ". G. Ma
thias, Lieut.. Gov; W. T. Spicely, Sec'y
of State; and Mr. Carr, of Atchison, for
Representative in Congress. The Con-
yention was boisterous one. A bitter
quarrel ensued between the Pro-slavery
men and their allies, the National Demo-
Gratis, who have been acting with them in
the past. The Pro-slavery men triumph
ed, and ruled that none but Pro-slavery
men could be delegates to the Conven-
ton, or take seats in the same. Even
District Attorney WEER, who has been a
part and parcel of the National Democrats
through the last season, took umbrage, we
are told, at the action of the Convention,
and bolted its nominations.
It is said that another Convention of
the Democrats will be called that an en-
tire new ticket will be nominated, and that
the Conservative Democrats, and mod
crate Pro-slavery men, and some Of the
Free State party who are in favor of vot-
ing, in case the Free State party make no
nominations, will give their influence for
it and that this ticket, made up proba-
bly, mostly of those who have heretofore
co-operated with the Pro-slavery party,
will triumph in spite of opposition; and as
that they und erstand the wires of the Pro-
slavery fanatics, inasmuch as they have
aided in laying them, they will use
those wires to crush their inventors.
The future is rich with interest. We
shall be disappointed if tall results are
not the fruits of this little family quarrel.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12
No Decision on the Question.


An effort is being made to make it APP
pear that the people are determined not
to elect officers under the bogus Constitu-
ton, with the view of defeating its ac-
ton. 1t should be borne in mind that the
Delegate Convention, in session at Law
renee on the End inst, nor the Mass Con-
ventions at Leavenworth nor Lecompton,
did not so decide. They did decide not
to vote on the 21st of December, for the
very good reason that should they vote
Constitution without slavery" the in
strument would be more Objectionable
than now, inaSmuch as slavery would be
still sanctioned by it, without the power to
emancipate the slaves now in the Terrific
~, which the clause favoring slavery very
clearly gives TO the Legislature.
1t was hoped by each of the Conven-
tons that such decided action would be
taken at Washington against the Consti-
tuition, after Gov. WALKER should arrive
there, that there would be no necessity of
doing more than to record our votes, un-
der provision of the Legislature, against
it; but as Mr.. Buchanan has determined
to sustain il, and as the country is con-
scious of the powerful influence of a cor
rupt administration in buying up votes,
we are confident the people will not al
low that infamous instrument to be sad
died upon them; but will, on the con-
trary, use euery means, legal, or otherwise,
to defeat its action. One of the easiest
and most harmless ways of defeating its
action is to take control of the offices I'M
der it. and this we trust they viii do, thus
turning the battery they seek to employ
against US, against its trainers.
For the sake of the cause, We do hope
bad councils viii not prevail at this time,
though we confess there is great danger
Of it.
mad the free state party consulted
their best interests, instead of standing on
etiquette, as they did in June last, they
would have pitched in" and elected
1uy delegate to the Constitutional Con-
yention. Then. if they had wanted the
Topeka Constitution as their fundamen-
tal law, they could have clothed it with
legal sanction, 50 far as appearances are
concerned, and now We could have been
half way out of the woods, instead of
being surrounded with difficulties, which,
at times, seem insurmountable We have
. long chapter to write on this subject
some day that win put different face on
this statement from that now seen By
many Of our readers.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12
For tie Herald of Freedom,
n VOICE iFolu now jersey.
NEWARK, Y. j., Nov. 20, 1857.


Mr.. BRowN-DEAR SIR Il have for
these several years been an earnest obser-
yer of the contest goisg on to establish
Slavery in Kansas; fhd you have always
had my most ardent desires for the final
triumph of freedomHin Kansas, which I
have strong faith will yet eventually pre-
vail, Border Rufian villainy and United
States dragons to the contrary notwith-
standing. have before me what pur-
ports to be a copy of the Constitution just
adopted by the Convention just closed at
Lecompton, and which is to be SCI to
Congress, whether you, the people of
Kansas, approve it or not the people be-
ing allowed to vote, not whether they
will reject or adopt the Constitution, but
whether they will adopt one article of it.
And this insulting farce is to be called
{" Popular Sovereignty" the people reg
ulating their own institutions in theirow
manner, just as they think proper" Well,
my opinion is, that this game of fraud
and villainy will ultimately win SO far
that Kansas will be admitted into the
Union as State with this Lecompton
Constit tuition, whether the people wish it
or not.
What are you, the Free-State people
going to do about IT /? If the President
and majority of Congress are so far under
the control of the Slave power that they
viii admit Kansas into the Union with
this Lecompton Constitution, the people
of Kansas, even if they are unanimously
opposed to its admission, cannot prevent
it. The argument of the SHAREHOLDERS
and doughfaces viii run about this
wise: The Convention was chosen by
vote of the people, the Slave article has
been submitted to them, the people have
voted On that article, and have adopted
the Constitution at any rate" And this
the shareholders and doughfaces will call
an approval by the people. This kind of
submission to the people, (submitting the
Slave article only the Washington Union
calls submitting the Constitution to the
people, and now insists that the Kansas
controversy is ended. It is to be pre-
sumed that We may reasonably under
stand from the semi-oficial declaration of
the Union, that Buchanan approves Of
this way of settling the controversy be-
tween freedom and slavery in Kansas,
and that the President viii approve of
the admission of Kansas under the
aforesaid Lscompton Constitution. Well
if Congress chooses to admit Kansas as
having adopted this Constitution, the peo-
pie of Kansas cannot prevent it. II fifty
or an hundred wTetches In Kansas should
choose to get up an instrument and call it
Constitution which embraced the Span
ish Inquisition, or the Hindoo custom of
burning widows, as part of the Consti-
tuition, and Congress should see fit to ad-
NIT Kansas as a State with such Consd-
tuition, the people corld not prevent it.
What are the people Of Kansas TO do?
They must change their line of battle
array against slavery as the circumstances
may require. The people must vote
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12

This is the name of new town, located
on the Verdigris, seventeen miles south of
Emporia, near the center of Madison
county. The Verdigris is never failing
stream which rises near the south bank of
the Neosho, and runs south, with quite
brisk current to the Arkansas, of which
it is tributary. The bottoms are wide,
and said to be equally well timbered and
fertile with those of the Neosho. The
emigration has been very heavy to that
region the past season, mostly of those
who have come overland with teams,
hence they are superior class of settlers,
having teams and families with them,
and ready at once to cope with the diff
culties of new settlement. Besides this
they are permanent settlers, and viii not
leave the country, and their claims unoc-
cupied as soon as they shall pre-empt the
same.
Reports, gotten up by interested indi-
yiduals, have been sent abroad prejudicia
to the health of the country. We have
repeatedly met with persons from that re.
gion, and from every one we have heard
those reports contradicted- They say
that outside of the bottoms there ha:
been no sickness whatever; while there
has been less, even on the bottoms, owing
to the living streams, and rapid current
than in many other portions of the Ter
ritory.
i Our informant states that the tow
Company compose many of the best mel
in the country; that they are now build
ing, at the expense of the Company,
hotel on the town site !; that store ha
already been opened there and that
sawmill will be set in motion early in tn
spring. There is no doubt but Hesperii
will be the county seat of that portion o
the Territory now known as Madisol
county.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12
Seriously Injured.

Our friend E. HoAGLAND, Esq, of Te-
cumseh, was seriously injured at Lecomp-
ton on Monday last, by span of spirited
horses running onto him, forcing him
against tree with such violence as to
produce conclusion of the brain. 1t is
hoped the injury will not prove fatal,
though there is great danger oft. Mr.. Fl.
tho not acting with the Free State party
in the past, had determined to join hands
with the people in putting down this
fraudulent Constitution, and came to Le-
compton to lend his influence with the
people on that day. We hope soon to
have the pleasure Of recording his recov-
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12

u Our friend Judge CONWAY is in
favor of getting the control of the Lee
compton Constitution by electing all the
officers under it, as is the case with vasi
majority of the Free State party of Kan
sas, and as viii be the case with many who
roso oppose the movement, when they
learn that that is the popular side of the
question.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12
Rsnor,. from the verd;er,s

Mr.. Hunt, just up from Emporia, and
Hesperia, reports that in his travels
through that region he has discovered nu-
merous quarries of sandstone, which are
convenient of access, and of very fine
quality, adapted to building purposes.
The limestone is of better quality than in
more northern portions Of the Territory.
This observation agrees with ours, in oul
tour through that region last February.
The coal on the yerdigris is reported to
be of excellent quality, and vein on the
claim adjoining the town site Of Hesperia
is said TO be equal to that discovered IN
any other portion Of the Territory.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12
r The walls of the EIdridge House,

Or The walls of the EIdridge House,
notwithstanding the unpropitious weather,
are nearly finished. The roof is being
put on. and preparations are in progress
for having it finished with the opening of
Spring. It is the finest structure west Of
St. Louis, and would do credit toany city.
Thanks to the indefatigable energy Of the
proprietors, Messrs. ELDRIDoE BRcTHERs,
for pushing the work through in spite Of
so many obstacles.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12
Governor Walker has Trsurnphed.

The long agony is over News has
reached US at last from Washington, and
the result is before the country. Gov.
WALKER has not proved false to the peo-
pie of Kansas! Thanks to him for his
manliness. He has stood up in Washing
ton, before the President and all his adj
visers, and declared his determination
to stand by the pledges he gave the OPP
pressed people of this Territory. He
gave the President a history of our
wrongs, and showed how desparadoes had
sought to enslave US. He declared his
determination to continue with the peo-
pie of Kansas-the President might re-
move him, but he ,eopld not resigni Mel
ther would he be thrown out of the Dem
ocratic party, but planting himself on the
principles of the Kansas Bill,
he would go before the country, and he
would triumph.
Our readers everywhere will rejoice
with US. Those who have been so bitter
in denunciatiOn of the Herald Of Ffeedom
will now see that we understood Gov.
WALKER better than they, and that oul
policy towards him was the true one.
When the Missouri Compromise was
repealed we saw no way of making Kan.
sas Free State, save through the ballot.
box. When that was wrested from u:
We again appealed to Congress. That
body decided against us, and sent u.
back to a polluted ballot-box for redres.
of our grievances. Gov. WALKER came
here, and inspired confidence in the PEG.
pie. We approached the ballot-box and
triumphed. Though Gov. Walker came
from the extreme South, and entertained
Southern views, yet he was too good
Democrat to allow the people to be de
frauded of their rights. He has neve
stopped to enquire which party shoulc
triumph here, having merely asked him
self which party was in the majority.
The people in Kansas, as we have re
marked, have triumphed, and if they ow,
that victory to any cause under HEAVIER
it is the policy of Gov. Walker, and t.
him shall be the credit.
It has been said to us, time and tim
again, "Your policy will place Gov
Walker in the Presidential chair" "B
it so then" has been our response. l
Gov. Walker, by doing justly by the PEG
pie of Kansas, earns seat among tn
great men of the Nation, let him occup,
it. We shall not befoul our sheet witt
falsehood to keep Gov. w. out of tn
Presidential Mansion.
True, the administration has decided
against Gov. w. 1t is true his acts ar
not approved by the President; that
radical difference has arisen, and that tn
Governor is now opposed by the entir
cabinet. What of ii? They dare no
throw Gov. w. overheard They dar,
not attempt to put him outside of tn,
party. for in doing SO they only brin:
ruin upon themselves.
The people will rally around Gov
Walker. They will sustain him, and i
james Buchanan will push his hostilit,
to extremes, Gov. w. will occupy tn,
chair now half filled by the present feder
al Executive, in three and half year
from this date, mark that.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12
Importau, from wsshinzioa.

A letter from w. F. u. AKxT, bsq-
dated Washington City, Nov. 9Th, o.
says:
al saw Gov. WALKEg to-day. q
gave me to understand that the PRESIDE
and Cabinet are opposed to his ylesh
but the Governor declared to me bdt :
you'd full his PLEDGES TO The rD'f@
AGAINST all opposition"
The letter arrived Just as We NS'
going 10 press, SO We are eonPeils' "
defer its publication to our next issus
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12

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reliable Free State paper which does no;
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but keeps right on whether the wind
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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12

The Governors Message viH :
found on our frst page. The d -,
is an unusually interesting one, nse--'
the whole question row before ih'
pie; and is ali the people can desire
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12

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Office of p1hlicstien.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-12-12

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~ We learn from the Enquirer and
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Rev. JAMES BALLARD, of Grand Rapids,
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H. P. YALE, Esq, of Grand Rapids, has
received the appointment as Postmaster, vice
T. H. LYON, resigned.