The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-12-25
A War CT Rnaaa

It has been represented to us that a
triangular warfare, of very singular ma
ture. is now going on in Lawrence, and
among the newly organized Democracy of
Kansas, in regard to the Lawrence Post
Office. 1t is said that there are several
persons who want the post of our present
efficient and very gentlemanly postmaster,
and each are laboring hard to secure it.
Whether DR.. GARvIN is laboring equally
hard to retain it, or whether he wants it,
we do not know, but as all the candidates,
with the present incumbent, are personal
friends, we can only look on and laugh at
the product of the Leavenworth Conven-
ton. The three new candidates are said
to be JAMES CHRISTIAN, Esq, DR.. HUsoN,
of the firm of BLAcKLIDGE & HUsoN, of
the johnson House, and Mr.. HoLBRooK.
Besides being personal friends of ours, they
are each good looking, gentlemanly in their
manners and department with the public,
and either of them would make good
postmaster, as does the present occupant
And as for the claims of those men upon
the Democracy for the Office. we believe
them nearly equal.
We made the acquaintance of Mr..
Christian while confined to our bed with
infiammatory rheumatism, in the winter of
1885. He visited our room, and long
conversation followed, in which he de-
clared himself Democrat Of the old
school, and moderately Pro-slavery in his
views. We have known him in every
phase of our Kansas history, and only
as an unyielding Democrat, who has
always kept aloof from the Free State
party, although numberless inducements
have been thrown around him to swerve
him from his position. In the summer of
1855 an attempt was made to induce him
TO enter into the support of the Topeka
movement, then in embryo, but it failed.
| His observations of the practical workings
of freedom and slavery have moderated
his views somewhat, and to-day we have
no doubt he would vote to make Kansas
a Free State, yet he has ever been true to
his party, and has held himself aloof from
the Free State organization. Well, SO far
as Mr.. c. is concerned, then, his chances
would seem pretty good if change is
made in the Office.
But here is the present occupant, DR..
GARvIN. He, too, is an old Democrat, for
merly a moderate Pro-slavery man, we
believe, and now undoubtedly occupies
the same position with Mr.. C. on the
slavery question. They were formerly
both applicants for the Office, and their
chances seemed nearly equal, but the
Doctor came out ahead.
Of DR.. HUsoN's Democracy we know
but little, as he is comparatively recent
conner, and was not in the Territory, we
believe, during our former troubles. In
fact, he is one of those pleasant gentlemen
it would be difficult to get into a contro-
versy with on politics. He was in the
Leavenworth Convention, and gave uu-
mistakable evidence, we suppose, that he
was at home in that organization.
Mr.. HoLBRooK has always claimed to be
member OF the Democratic party, but
like DR.. H., has not been "mixed up' in
our Territorial difficulties.
For ourself, we would love to see all
those gentlemen succeed, and were zoe to
select between them, we should feel like
tossing the copper, and let chance settle
the question.
We only mention this to let the public
know what is going on in the political
world, that they may not be disappointed
with the result, whatever it may be. We
may state, however, that we are rather
suspicious that the President will do as
politicians usually have done, and reward
the new converts, or the less active of his
party.