The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-31
PR0sPECrUs
OF THB
Herald of Freedom,
roR THE THIRD VOLUME.
LAWRENCE. KANSAS TERRITORY
CIV. BROWN, and A. wATTLEs. Eaiiors.
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| its third volume. It's protector had been tne
pu hiisher nf fsi6epetde7t news journal lorSeF
| eral years in western Pennsylvania, which wa,
devoted mainly to the PRONUNCIATION OF mora
and refOrmatory questions. and had devote2
| great portion OF its columns to the discusslohR
temperance and anti-slavery reforms. An en-,
thusiastic lover of the right. he never hesitaseS
| to advocate any measure he deemed Just, be-
cause it was, for the time being, unpopular. l,
| always afforded him pleasure to combat erreE
il was his delight to see IItraiszs on the onehanA
and conservatism the other. yielding TO TRUTH
When the Missouri Compromise was repealed
in the Spring of 1854, he looked over the held OF
his labors in that section of PENNSYLVANIA, saw
the great reyolutisn there effected, and the germ
of still greater reforms taking root, and looking
West, and the strong probability of its becoming
desecfated TO slavery he resolved as early as tne
fore part of March Of that year, IN ddcdace OF aS
Emigraut Aid Company movement; and IN ao-
vance of any other movement in any other dlree-
tion in the Northern States, to remove 70 hansas
with his family and press, and through the inEa-
tvs in building up on the soil of Kansas those
restrictions against slavery, which demagoeues.
| for sinister purposes. had broken down IN the
From that lime forth the protector Of this pa
per laboreG continuously TO organize company
| to emigrate to Kansas. 1t was not until more
expedition that Mr.. B. heard OF the knigrant
| AID Compsny or of its organization IN MaSsa-
chusetts He continued his efforts 9ntil tneseth
sue 81 the Md ae Of sos were given To the
public from his power press in Pennsylvanias.
Circumstances, over which he had no cohsaUa, ,
/ delayed the publication of his Journai IN nan
sas until the Sd of January, 1855. when the sec
ond number was issued. Ii continued 10 pe Pae-
ished With great regularity until the aesIs liz
/ ton ef his Office, in May, ls56, when the edi.er
was imprisoned, and the paper was temporary ~
suspended. Through the exertiens OF Ms.
Brown, and the generous eonirieSsons Sr Oi ss sss
| revived on the lst of November. ieSo since mat
time, with the exception Of three weeks IN MarcG
" Fhe pian adopted bS the publisher for rester-
| ing freedom to Kansas, was not by anti.sias.sIs
| agitation, nor q crusade upon Southern insttp-
| tions but by developing the resources OF .ne
country, and encouraging bona .fde emigration
| from the States. believing that interest ana
early education would result in the exclusion OF
| slavery from the Territory. -
Devoted from youth to the UNION Of the States.
| and with implicit confidence IN the uitimaso
triumph of the RIGHT, he never turned aside
from his purpose. At times his journal vas vlo-
lently asssiled for its cORseydisSH, and the Gar
rsOnian abolition press. with the LfoefdtoF u i.s
head denounced it in unmeasurcd 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 eause,
denounced it as an abolition affair, ana Wnen inc
leaders of that party could not suppress u py
other means, its editor was imprisoned ana the
press destroyed. -,
| With its revival and the addition of Mr.. VAT.
TIES, as orc of its editors, who had been iohs
| the co-lahorer and Joint proprietor with JAMES
q. BIRNEy, in the establishment and Pubiiea-
ton of the Ph1dafhT0pfst, nearly a quarter oi
century ago, in Cincinnati, and W no bad eontih-
ued devoted and active friend of the cause
down to the present, ii was deemed proper 70 lev
b. y-gones be by-gOnes as far as possible, ana 10
go to work again with as little acrimony as pos.
sible, to invite among us heavy emlgratlpn. OF
permanent settlers, with the view OF controiiihg
the future destinies of the Territory.
As both of the editors had always opposed war
and violence, it was deemed proper 10 discard
the bayOnet, and resort to the remedial lnnuence
of the ballot box for a redress OF our poiitieai
When Gov. GEARY came here it was deter
mined to sustain his administration so long as u
tial policy. This brought them in connection
with him, and the motives for many OF ms acts
which were not apparent to the public; were u1l.
derstood a long time in advance by themi but
the confidential relations existing between the
parties foi bale its publication, hence they were
compelled for time to rest under false imputa-
on the one hand. or explanatidhs to the public
on the other. They felt that their long devo-
tion TO the cause, their sacrifices IN It's pehan,
and their exertions continuously to secure d TIL
umph Of principle, entitled them TO the conn
dcnce of the public; and though assailed yio-
lently by partisans for pursuing this pOlicy thef
continued in the path marked ont. and saw IN
the end their course approved by the Republican
press which had been particularly severe upon
them. ~
same line Of policy which had governed the IN
tercOurse of the editors with Coy. GEARntehar-
acterZed their intercourse with that IunctiSnafy
With no abandonment of their independeneet I
and without relaxing one iota OF their hatfed OF
| slavery or of the Democratic party, from Wneen
they had suffered so much; and with an eye n
tent only on making knnsas free state, WIN
out regard to its influence on parties 9utslde,
of the Territory, they engaged IN their Work
with renewed zeal They had no aGarIte rt WITH With
: which they acted could gain nothing oy coming
in collision with him, but that every thing might
be sacrificed By a blind opposition 10 ieGerai aa
They looked over the country, saw the violence
i and blOodshed of the year previous. the aesola-
tion caused by war, and the extreme suHerlngs
incident thereto, and they resolved 10 exert all
the influence which their position and energies
could command to prevent like occurrence,
Though malice, calumny, vituperatlon, and all
the bascr instrumentaities Of bad men, nave
5 been employed to its injury, set the paper has
: continued TO increase in circulation ana inHu-
enee until IL has now a weekly circulation of
$ nearly 900 copies, more than IO1o vi when are
to single subscribers in the Territory OF hsnsas.
Its influence in restraining the passions, IN pre-
# venting civil strife and in inspiring conhdencs
r at home and abroad Is second TO no otnsr journal
5 Its reception Is everywhere hailed Win plesaIre
by its Thousands of interested readers sGoe ~ hes
fen politicians inkOse hope Of IrsTae's ss dePe'-
dsnto on q pSoloHgGsion ~ Oar Kansas sfrHggtes,;
There is not locality in Kansas where the Her-
aid If FFtedoER is generally CIRCULATED, wnefe lt'
| policy Is not fully approved. That lew men
= disappointed in their hores Of Office, have de
nounced it, Is very true and that 9sIsr,
a are aboring TO wrest from 1t Its Wen eaTned Iaur
els is also true; but it is not true tnat u Il op
> posed By any considerable number of Its patrons
| either in Kansas or outside of 1t.
The pensioned letter-writers OF the easteri
press in ansas found IL in the way OF tneir pro
mitigating falsehoods. hence, az ear5 a eoTaeI
last they entered into cOHsptFdeg 20 er,te
fosea From that time to this, nearly eFery ie1
5 they have sent to their respective Journals "a
abOunded with the most infamous hisre Ss
> tations in regard TO US, and set our journal "A
= Continued to prosper and increase IN p0Pusa
favor. -. -, Al
y old well tried friends of the cause. ve ana OF
r. noliey approved by nearly the whole OF tneln--
- to name them would be inyidious, ana ,et "
distinctly assert that We are m ,h rronipen
leaders Of the Free State party, Nhose seess,o s
and sacrifices commenced on Kansas son. Soteni
? H. Gra.G ~ Freedom processes TO be and
E. indepeadeaf of all parties other than tne IIe
te State party Of Kansas. tdOes not design 70 eis
aid and comfort 10 aIs RIs /. r. deal In Tc
Ill and these IL will present TO the pubic. sheIn
n maleyolenee. and with view 70 the exIeasion .
truth have s - no crusb ns5 as or who are enemie
az the cause we advocate. The ins1nsts " ~
natnre. and of seif-pTeserFatior, imPei us 70 es
fend the EeputaslSn Of fs[ open Or di.xuss 3
In martine out the policy Of the third voIuIa
| OF the HEE AID OF FREEDoh, We see no oceasls
to change our programme. Ual t. sea, =,
= sxo-, TO combine the entire aBti-slAyefy or IRE
State influence and forIa a SINGLE PARTf. an
that without regard to the former cgnylctioE
Z. or action of those who unite with us. W hie y
eanfess that we have more confidence IN the d
= anti-slavery guard, those who haTs stfegsle
n long and aTtiuousiy with rs in years past 20 e.
tend the area of freedom, yet We have no ineilni
ton to drive from our ranks those eonserystil
I Free State Democrats who have lsbored Up
n the present with their party in the States he
~ Kansas shaII become Free State. and slaEel
I- shall be excluded from the TerritoTy % act
{. tsW and the question is permanently settled the
o. will Be time 70 consider those minor issues Hhie
Ell divide parties In the older States. .-,>,.-,
nne nne Our poeition. We repeat, Is IsDEfENDEni
ke We promise feslty TO no party, faction OF eisz
ae but shall labor as sBdepedeBf jorsdtf.'s IN "a
Al ever position se think will best seyanee s.
NJ cause which plantsd ens journal II kaBsszs -
re-established IL when destroyed % oofesI y
ian violence. We ask for il the supper "a I, I.
good and true-t1oge who can IoleLals o<po-l
spi,lioas. without believing that these - slebs q
entertained for BeseeDary gGfposes. y = ~
10 the conscientious of az parties lor Suppl
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