The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-01-16

The BolfeTs-Fast Action Condemned.
Since the news of the late election we
expect to hear but little moro about
aBrown's Cellar Kitchen Nominations"
The Boilers" will be rarely alluded to
by those presses which devoted columns
to ''that contemplate faction" IS they
called it which. possibly, would have
$500 votes in the Territory" Had zoe
written such articles as have some of our
contemporaries in regard to those who en-
gagged in the late election, as true as there
is Heaven, we would hide ourself from
public gaze for three months, at least
We have no disposition to rejoice over
those We have been proud to act with IN
the past, but we do hope the salutary lesson
taught them in this instance will teach
them better than to repeat the cry Of
" frauds" and we ''can't do any thing"
and labor to kill those who think they oan,
and are DETERMINED TO DO something.
We feel that we are now out of the
woods, that freedom of Kansas is beyond
peril, and that there is no longer doubt
aSto the result. It is but proper to state,
that, in our opinion, all our late troubles
have grown ont of f,the hasty, inconsider-
ate decision forced upon the people of
Kansas by the celebrated 10th of March
Convention at Topeka. Said We, in an
editorial some weeks before the assembling
of that Conventions:
ave think the time for the meeting is
premature. We ought to know what po-
sition thenew Administration at Washing
ton will take, and know what new issues
we have to contend with before any action
is taken by us, or any line of policy de-
fined It looks like a movement to fore
stall public opinion. We beg those en-
gagged in calling the Convention to defer
it three or four weeks, so that the action
of the party will not be tied up by pre-
mature decision of the Convention"
Meeting an editor of cotemporary
sheet, soon after, we repeated, in substance,
our feelings on the subject, as expressed
above, and asked him to join US in pre-
vailing upon the Convention to adjourn
to later period. We told him that it
really looked as if the Intention was to tie
up the hands of the people, so as to pre-
vent their engaging in the June election.
He replied that it was time, and said that
many were already expressing themselves
in favor of going into the election, and
that unless Immediate action was taken to
the contrary the people could not be pre-
vented from going into the election. We
complained of the movement, as very in
judicious, and thought circumstances might
be such as to require US to contest with
our opponents the election.
Soon after we visited the East on bust
ness connected with the Herald of Free
dom establishment. When we returned
we found the Convention had precipitated
matters as We had anticipated. The vio-
lent personal attack was made upon us
by conspiracy of the letter-writers and
Others. We felt that to attempt to change
the line of policy adopted at Topeka,
would not only ruin us, but our influence
for all time. Like Hthe reed which
bends before the blast" and rights Itself
when the storm is over, so we determined
to let the election pass, as we stated few
weeks ago, but until the freedom of Kan
sas was put beyond peril, zoe determined
that thereafter aDe sooald not be ebound by the
action of ANY Contention tohich decided on
doing nothing, phere there scds reasonable
hope of success, By pursuing another line q
policy.
We have thus far acted consistent with
that resolve, and though we claim moth
| ing for ourself personally. as our journal
has been the voice of the WORKERS Of
Kansas, yet as that humble voice we
trust we have contributed our share
towards harmonizing action, and produc-
ing the glorious results before us.
Had the Free State party engaged in the
election in June, the contest would not
have been so bitter in October, and the
necessity of participating in the election
in January would have been avoided, as
either no Constitution would have been
framed by our Delegates, else such one
as the people everywhere would have
approved.