The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1857-11-21
A Noble v;ns,e.,;.n

A Noble vindicatien.
The \. Y. Tines, vindicating itself
from the attack of the n. Y. Tribune, be-
cause the Times sustained Gov. Walker,
says, in the progress of its article:
We have endeavored to Judge fairly
and candidly what Gov. Walker has said
and done, and we have bestowed praise
or censure in strict accordance with our
estimate of his deserts.
The active Free State partisaHs of Kan
sas have not done so. They, and their
representatives here, have waged war
fare, personal as well as political, of in
tense bitterness, upon Gov. WALKER,
from the date Of his appointment to the
present hour. They have condemned
everything he has done, whether right or
wrong, without discrimination; and, not
content with this, they have impugned
his motives and assailed his personal
character, with the grossest and most un-
justifable violence. When he was first
appointed, they asserted that he was 60
ing there for the express purpose of forcing
Slavery upon Kansas. They denounced
him as insincere in his professions, as
falsely pretending that he would impair
tally administer the law, and as intend.
ing to deceive them by the pretext that
they should all have fair chance to vote.
They asserted that he was in league with
Judge CARO- to enforce the payment of
Territorial tax as condition of voting,
and declared that, in spite of all his pro-
testations, the PRONUNCIATION of this opin-
ion was with his concurrence and at his
instigation. They refused to register their
names or go to the polls to vote,-alleging
as an excuse his determination to exclude
their suffrages and to secure Pros Slavery
triumph at all hazards. They have stead
lily persisted in these misrepresentation
from the very beginning, and have added
to them the most shameful falsehoods in
regard to his personal habits and charac-
ter. They have stated that he advised a
known Missourian to vote,-thai he was
seen in the streets drunk, with his arms
around drunken soldier,-and that he
was grossly and habitually incorporate
statements which, as we have abundant
assurances from gentlemen personally
cognizant Of the facts, are utterly and
grossly false. And during all this time,
as the event proves, Governor WALKER
was doing everything in his power to Sc
cure to the Free State men the right to
vote, and to obtain full and fair express
sion of the popular viii. He was accused
by them of favoring and aiding the frauds
in johnson County; and when he proved
the falsity of the charge by rejecting the
returns and giving the certificates to Free
State men, they tainted him with having
yielded to their threats of personal vio-
lence, and conceding through cowardice
what he would not grant from sense OF
justice. And even now, after they have
secured through his efforts-against not
only their enemies, but their own per-
verseneSs-their Delegate TO Congress and
majority in the Legislature, they are
none the less incessant or vehement in
their vituperation.
That these things are true can readily
| be proved from the record, and by the
correspondence from Kansas published
in the leading organs of the Free State
Party in chicago, Boston and New York,
! The Tribune need scarcely 90 beyond its
own files to find abundant evidence oil
them all: And we submit them TO It's
consideration, as affording conclusive evil
dence thai Gov. WALKERS treatment
/ from the Free State men mas been neither
generous nor juit'' They could not have
treated him worse if he had actually en-
tered into alliance with the Border Ruff
! fans aud fastened Slavery upon Kansas
in spite of the will of its Inhabitants
! Indeed, their whole course prompts the
suspicion that they would have been much
better satisfied with such result. than
with the actual issue of his official labors
| 1t is scarcely necessary for us to add
that we do not include the great mass Of
the Free State men of Kansas in this cen.
sure. We refer only TO their active and
ultra leaders-and more especially to EioS
among them iCho make 1t their business to SHp
PLY several EaS journals Nth paTtia
aud prgudiced reports of current eUents IL
the Territory. The great body of tn,
Free State men, as the event proves, hav,
been more moderate in their views ant
more just and less passionate in their ac
ton. 1t was by their efforts that tn
counsels and endeavors of the more vic
lent faction were overcome, and partic
ipation of the Free State men in the cleo
ton secured.
These lien deserve the thanks of tn
whole country for the fart they have ia
ken in restoring peace to the Territory
Their influence may still be needed Il
render the triumph they have achieved
of any permanent value. We trust i
will not be withheld"