The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-24


dred of the citizens of Lawrence. was for
warded on Wednesday last. TO the Gov
er1or and Secretary, inviting them to visit
Lawrence and take up their residence
among US. We have comfortable quar-
ters here and can make those gentlemen
comfortable during the unpleasant autumn
and winter, if they come to town, as we
hope they will.
Since the above was in type, and part OF
our edidion was worked off, we have the
response of the Secretary and Governor,
which we insert below, with the letter of
invitation, emitting the list of names at
tached TO the bottom from the citizens Of
Lawrence.
LAWRENCE, Oct. 10th, 1857.
10 has EIceHency RoBERT j. WALKER,
Governor Kansas Territory, and Hon. I.
2. STANTON, Secretary Kansas 1sT7rt'y.
GENTLEMEN - We, the undersigned,
your fellow-citizens, having heard that
your just action in rejecting the fraudu-
lent returns from Oxford, in this district,
has created great excitement against you,
among certain persons now assembled at
Lecompton, and that they are threaten
ing violence; deSirous of preserving the
peace of the Territory, we respectfully in
vite you to remove to this locality, and we
pledge you hearty welcome, and full
protection against the fiends who would
crush you, and trample upon the dearest
rights of the people of Kansas.
Respectfully yours, j. III. LANE,
G. w. BROWN,
RICHARD REALF,
and one hundred other citizens of Law
renee.
+ LEcoMPToN, 21st Oct, 1857.
GENTLEMEN We have reed your
communication of this date, inviting us
to remove to the city of Lawrence, and
offering your protection against personal
violence, which you suppose has been
threatened by certain persons in Lecomp-
ton.
1t is quite true, gentlemen, that the
evening succeeding our reception of
the Oxford returns, small meeting here
of fifteen or twenty persons, denounced
our course, in connection with the Ad-
miniStration of the affairs of Kansas but
no threats of personal violence were made,
as far as we have learned; and we enter
tain no apprehensions of that nature
Even if such menaces had been made,
our official duty requires our presence now
at Lecompt0n, and no hazard of personal
consequences would deter us from remain
ing here.
Whilst, therefore, we must decline your
invitation to remove TO Lawrence, we
tender you our sincere thanks for your
hospitalities SO kindly profered. We
thank you also, gentlemen, for the appro-
baton YOU have been pleased to express,
of our course in regard to the extraordina-
ry returns Gas they are called) from Ok
ford. From our first inspection of that
document, we never doubted or hesitated
! as to its rejection. But besides the in-
trinsic evidence on the face of the paper
itself, we deemed it our duty, by visit to
that precinct, to ascertain the facts which
are set forth in our proclamation of the
18th instant. From the period of our
entrance into this Territory, it has been
our determination, so far as within our
power, to enable the people of Kansas, in
the true meaning of the Organic law, to
control their own government; and to
this policy we shall continue steadfastly
to adhere. Influenced by these consider
ations, we have rejected the spurious and
illegal returns from McGeecounty as well
as from Oxford. Accept, gentlemen, most
sincere assurance of the respectful consid.
Grafton of your fellow-citizens,
r. J. WALKER,
/ FRED. P. STANTON.
| To Messrs. Lane, Brown, Realf, and up.
wards of one hundred citizens, &c, &c.
To our Friends who are wishing TO come 10 Kansas
We are happy to be able to say to those
who have been waiting with anxiety tn,
result of the election just passed. that they
need hesitate no longer, but come at one,
remembering, that those who come first
will fare the advantage of the present de
pressed condition of prices all over tn
Territory, ,occasioned by the unsettled ques
ton of freedom.
We firmly believe this question is nov
settled, and no one need fear to invest il
the rich and fertile soil of Kansas, or il
her thriving towns, very many of whicl
are destined to eclipse any of their easter
| sisters i'll capacity OF growth and advanta
ges for procuring speedy fortunes.
Capitalists have never yet visited Kan
sas-we mean by this that most of tn
men who have invested here were men @
small means, whose fortunes were in th
} future, men counting their thousands b.
tens and hundreds, have been lookin
with longing eyes, to the time, when ou
!, political horizon should be clear; when II
murky cloud of despotism threatened ou
, future, such men invest only on eertaintiei
they know too well the value of property
to throw it away in any state or territor,
| where every plant and shrub is rendere
| sickly, by the blighting breath of tia
cursed institution, peculiar to our souther
! states and which,-"like the worm th:
: never dies"-has for many years bee
: eating at their vitals, supposing each Lis
2 her very life blood, the carrying effect
every where seen, and no sane ma
J, would dream OF increasing his income,
: becoming stakeholder i'll any speculate
J. in a country, where the woolly heade
negro was tie First God worshipped by i
inhabitants.
t In view of our present condition an
:. future prospects, We cannot but be chez
: tul, we are certain of being represented /
:. the .frst time in Congress by one of O.
= OWL Free State men, who viii look to Il
interest of all parties, in his endeavors
n place Kansas as Whole, properly befo
: our national council, this of Itself is su
e ficient Cause for graduation and thank
II giving to that providence who rules t
/ nations.-Wy Wyandott Citizen.
= Land Office Decision.
'e In recent case, where an individui
10 unable to surrender his duplicate cert
Ut cate of location, applied for the delive
IA 20 hip, of his land ratanf fhat n.