The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-05-02
Kansas Correspondence.


We are In constant receipt of cor
from Kansas; but most t
Of it is so evidently written in the in
.erest of special land speculations,
that we suppress it rather than run the
risk of misleading the public. When
ever a man or a company invests
largely in any part of the Territory.
it becomes his interest to induce emil
grafton thither from the North and
East; and the most feasible means of
forwarding this object is by sounding
the praises of that particular locality
through the Eastern press. Under the
innocent and apparently disinterested
form of correspondence, therefore, very
many of the leading journals of this
section of the country, are filled with
the most extrayagant accounts of the
rapid growth, the great promise, the |
favorable position, de-, DC, of par
ticular sections and towns in the Ter
ritory. These statements may in the
main be quite true, but there are so
many inducements to exaggeration
and misrepresentation in connection
with them, that they should not be
acted on hastily or without due inqui-
ry in quarters less open to suspicion.
We make it rule to decline publish
ing all such letters, unless fully as
sured by knowledge of the writers,
that they ale disinterested and thor
oughly reliable--as We are unwilling
to run the risk of misleading persons
of small means into investments
which may prove as deceptive and
worthless as Parker Vein or Potosi
Stock.-N y Times.
| While the editor of the Times has
his hand in, and he is talking of Kan
sas correspondents, he should have
mentioned that these perSonages are
in the habit of exchanging news with
each other and, in addition to this,
some of them write for five and ten
papers each. In this way the leading
presses of the country are always sup
fplied with the same items simultane-
ously; and they agree strictly in their
statements. They remind us of wit
nesses in Court who, it would seem,
conspire together to see what they
| will tell, and, hence, are sure to make
out good case for the party which
has subpGned them. A thorough
cross-examination of these witnesses,
separately, and they often tell different
tales from what they otherwise would,
and leave a different impression on a
| Jury. Wonder if the effect would not
be the same with Kansas letter-wri-
tiers?
Some three or four months ago they
commenced an attack on the Herald
of Freedom. It was followed up
| briskly, but our list increased so rap
| idly under the influence of their letters
that they were induced to take another
direction in their correspondence
The facts were, when the Herald of
Freedom was revived their "occupa-
ton was gone" One of the corre-
spondents of the leading eastern jour
nails boasted of making $40 a week
| in writing letters. 70 wonder such
persons opposed Gov. Geary and de-
aounced the Herald of Freedom, for
one had restored quiet to the country,
and the other was supplying the news
for the eastern press, quite as fully and
accurately without the heavy cost
which it had been to them.
We have some developments in re-
gard to Kansas Letter Writers"
which we are half inclined to favor
the public with, and we are not quits
sure but we may do so in due time.
We wish it distinctly understood that
we believe there are some honest let
ter-writers in Kansas, but we are also
convinced that some of them would
assail private character, and do any
other censurable act for the accom-
plishment of their private purpose.