The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-02-21
eonnuaiicafioas.
Letter from WIN. Hutchinsoa.

paper litigation, ana have hoped never
Ito Be compelled to. / have Just been
suffering, and ana still. from a weary
and affective journey, and on my ar
rival here IN Vermont. l eagerly look
| ed after the back numbers of the Her.
aid, to learn the passing events in
Kansas since my six weeks absence
I there observe different communica-
tions touching the duties and action of
the Central Committee. that. in JUS
tice to myself, particularly owing to
my absence, and to the whole board
generally, call for statement Of facts.
that viii disprove many of the soph-
isms and malicious charges there al
legged.
/ will first refer TO your correspond
ent, "H. L." in your issue of Dec.
13, and he shall surely have both
hands open as he calls for. lie says.
in his opinion, we have taken wrong
course in publishing the names OF
those who have been compelled TO ask
for aid. Now it was the opinion of
those who ought to know best, that it
was due to both ourselves and the re-
cipients, to publish their names in
full, and one of the strongest argu-
ments ia favor of so doing was, that
"H. L. and others like him, were
seeking to poison the public mind, by
circulating the most monstrously alb
surd statements concerning the gener-
al system of discussing aid by our
4Committee, and the public could be
undeceived and all parties set right in
no better way than by publishing the
lists as we have done.
I Again, he uses the term "pauper,
which we ignore in that relation, and
always regard the unfortunate sufferer
as an honest claimant to what the donor
has presented or rather paid him. He
next complains because we did no,
publish the value of the articles Civ
en-. do not see how that could ma
iterially change the complexion of the
case much, but it would seem imprac-
ticable in the outset, from the fact that
it would extend the reports considera-
bly,, while we were limited to one col
umn per week in the Herald.
| That more than half of the clothing
sent is "second hand," is no matter
of ours. most surely. That q mere
triae of the goods sent have been sold
is true-probably not S25 worth, and
they were always articles that would
be styled larurieS and not neeessaries.
and the avails were paid for -four or
freights.
None but monomaniac would ever
talk about our first requiring appli-
cants to sell every thing that would
bring money enough to keep us alive. 81
As to what pay tile Committee receive
L will answer in reply to another cor
respondent.
He then says, al should like to
know more about the funds that they
are entrusted with" / left Lawrence
on the 4th OF Dec, and up to near
that date had acted as Treasurer of thu
Committee. and not one cent had then
passed our hands that | am not willing
to let "H. L." and all the world
know all about. / even proposed to
publish just such a statement before
left, but was opposed in so doing BY
/, members Of the National Kansas Com,
mittee for reasons that do not regard
as very weighty, and / have no doubt
but my successor will show ''tke Free
State settlers" the same favor. to
avert that universal cry" with which
he would fain devour us.
: / next notice, in your issue of Dec
. 9th, communication from L. j. Ad'
dis upon a similar topic, which de
serves reply, not SO much from tn,
evil it might do in Kansas as here il
the States. With Mr.. Adds, have
ever been on the most friendly terms
, both in and out of Committee, and III
has certainly no just carse for tht
seeming assault upon me, with the en-
, tire Committee, in the article referred
, to. Stern justice knows no friends
so I viii speak of him as I am com
PEELED to by the tone of his represent
ations.
; He commenced by saying, we hav
) published " but a partial list of arti
eles given out, &c." which must b
false, unless there are errors in tn
book of receipts, as kept by the clerl
in the discussing room, for they wer
copied entire up to the time ! left, ant
| have no reason to distrust their cor
rectness. He then gives historica
t sketch of the origin of our Commit
tee, and insinuates that our provinc'
i is purely political, Which is not true a
the term political is usually applied
Our organization should subserve eve
ry interest essential to the freedom o
Kansas, politically, socially or moral
lily, and thus, while it may be con
structively political, it is in no sens
partizan, any more than the Nationa
Tor State Kansas Aid Committees are
That "up to the time of Afr. Army
{ first visit to the Territory, we had n
a definite connection with any commit
tee in the States." is sheer fabrica
tion, as more than one agent had be
e fore that day shown us the write
: proof.
$ 1t was not cat the second meetin
: of the Committee that Mr. HilIye
moved that they be paid for thcirserv
ices" but several meetings afterwards
: I do not propose to discuss the propri
e ETY. of that act any farther than to stal
facts. At that time. several of th
members were unable to pay their cur
= rent expenses while attending session.
n and were then owing for their boar
: during all the sessions since their AZ
pointment. They were rendering va
uable services to Kansas In yafiou