The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-03
p. R.x.rd j. 10. fer q. 1ssersrs.

In politics, as everywhere else, thos
sbo do the work, and on whom the bur
len Of labor devolves in builIing up
,,artv, or advancing cause, are pushe,
side to make room for those who hav
lardly bestowed a though, much less a
.xeriior, to advance the interests of tha
aTty. or cause.
To whom does the Republican party o
q day owe is existence2 Ii was not t.
ToHN C. Fremont, neither is it to any o
prominently before the country. OIL
,nti slavery laborers see JOHN QUINcI
lDAMs and JOSHUA r. GIDDINGs as til
nen of all men who laid the foundation,
f that party, and the Buffalo Platform
f 1948, and the Pittsburg Platform
1852, were but the steppin- stones to tn
Philadelphia Platform of 1856. The lM
er grew - legitim stely out of the form
,r as effect f,ll,ws cause. Dir. Gidding
xas the man who upheld and sussaine
he Buffalo and Pitishllrg Platforms be
ore the country, and but for his labor
continuously in extending his views, th'
long night of slavery woul,i have set er
his. and the last hope of freedom woul
have expired in this country.
While this is our honest conviction, W
ire conscious that outside of his own dis
rict Mr. G. is very unpopular, and a
home has many bitter, very bitter enemies
Why is this? Is he immoral, intemper
ale, or ffof:ine? Is he heentious, or :
Sabbath breaker, or is he destitute of thos
Esnlobling qualities which 90 to make u
he true man? Oh no! On the contrary.
Mr.. G. is a nun of very exemplary habi :
strictly temperate, member of one q
he orthodox churches, and the sympa
rhetic tear is aroused as soon in his cas-
is that of al other public man. He ha:
heen charged with penuriousness, but thos'
" ho know him understand that he adopt
as mnt,o BE just before you are gei'
erous," and as he h,s becom, involved t
some extent in business way, he is sav
ing every dollar to enable him to liquidat'
an honest claim against him, which shoul
have been laid long ago.
But j. r. Giddings is no longer vener
,;:ed outside of his Congressional distric
and is repeatedly referred to as fanatic
an enthusiast and other aPprobious Ell
thets, which are designed to bring him
into still greater disrel ute, and this b,
men who are taking more radical an,'
extreme position than Mr. Gddings eve:
dreamed of occupying. II is not imProb
able that to morrow he my be brande,
with being pro-slavery because he c.lnio
keep up with the strides of the new cou-
verts to his views. So goes the world.
What is true of j. r. Giddings is true oi
other men who have sacrificed everythin.
for the cause, hut who are struck dow
when victory is in their grasp. Their
are men now in Kansas, claiming tn,
honorS and rewards of the Free Sat,
party, who profess TO be better Free S att,
men than maiiy of us who have devote,
life time to the cause, and who are bit.
ter against all men who chance to diifer
from them, who, two and half years
ago, were acting with the border ruff u
parry, and who invaded the Territory an,
rast their votes at that time with tha
party; while others who were vascillatin:
between the two Parties, uncertain whicl
to join, are Eow 0ccul wing the front rank'
in the party. We love acressiorS to th'
Free State party, but we deprecate vitu-
peration AID bitterness from new conver;,
sainst better men than themselves, an,
for the sake of the cause we trust the,
will keep quiet hereafter, else go back t.
their first love.