The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1858-04-24
PR OsPE 0TUs
OF THE
Herald of Freedom,
FOR TEE rzMD voiusGs.
LAWRENCE. KANSAS TERRITORY
CIV. sRowH, Editor.


established in the Autumn Of 16S1. sld Is ncw IN
It's third volume. Its preecser had Sesn en- Ia. ne
sral years In western Pennsyivania which weS
devoted mainly to the FORMULATION o. morsl
ana nfornatoEy questions. ara 80 devoted e 2
temPerance and anti-sisTsry reforms al en-,
thusiastie lover Of he right. be nsver hssita.ed
to advocate any measure he deemed JUST of
always afforded him pleasure % combat error;
whether sustained BY Individuals or masses: and
1t vas his delight 10 see slsFasss e9 the oae saaa
. When the Missouri Connprumise was repea,ed:
in the Spring Of 1854, he looked over the heid OF
his labOFs in thai section q Penasylysnia' saw
Of still greater reforms taking root, and looking
ont upon the exposed condition OF the ereat
West, and the strong probability OF It's escen.nz
fore part Of March of that year, in adeanes Of any
Emigrant Aid Company movement; and N aa-
vance OF shy other movement IN ans ether dlree.
ton in the Northern States. to remove 20 ksnsas
with his family and press. and through the init
enee of that press, AID, oy "Equastsr s0verelgh-
ty," in building up en- the soii OF Kansas tnoss
for sinister purposes. had broken dswn in the
From that time forth the protector Of this pa
per labored continuously TO organize company
to emigrate TO Kansas. It was not until more
than two hundred names were feEtsteree Ter the
expedition that Mr.. b. heard OF the kmigrsnt
And SSpsRR or Fl ss sEs until
Of September, when 81 60 copies ef the FIRST Is
sue Of the Hsruld Of Fnssioss were given 10 the
public from his power press IN Pennssis s,s,.I
DELAYED the publication Of his Journal N nan
sas until the Sd Of January, les5, when the sec
ond number was issued. lt continued 70 ee pad
ton Of his Office. in May, ls56, when the editor
was imprisoned, and the paper VA: tempofsrlls
suspended: Through the exertiees Of hfs.
friends of the cause In Kansas, the paper was
revived on the LIST Of November. 1e56. Since thst
time, with the exception Of three weeks IN march
il has been regularly issued.
The plan adopted by she publisher for ressOr-
ing freedom to Kansas, was not By shti.slafery
agitation, nor crusade upon Southern insutn-
tions but 5y developers tne Ie 81 - ;os
from the States. believing that interest," ahe
early education would result In the exclusion OF
Devoted from youth to the UxIos Of the States.
and with implicit confidence In the uitimase
triumph Of the RIGHT. he never turned asiae
from his purpose. times hls louInai Sss e. s1e-
risonien abolition press, with the Isoeraso7 a. us
head, denounced il in unmeesured terms; while
the pro-slavery press, because Of It's violent De-
nuncistiOns Of the invaders from missouri, ana
its unrelenting devotion to the Free State cause.
denounced il as an abolition affair. and when the
leaders Of that party could not suppress Il py
other means, its editor was imprisoned ana tae
With its revival and the addition Of Mr.. W At
TIES, as one Of its editors, who had been long
known to the Rnti-slsyery public, snd She sss
G. BIRNEY, in the establishment and pablisa-
| tionsof the PhtlaHthropSss, nearly quarter q
century ago, in Cincinnati, and who had eonsln-
ued devoted and active friend Of the eaase
down to the present, il was deemed proper TO let
by-gones be by-gones as far as possible, and TO
90 to work again with as little acrimony ~ pos
| sibie, to invite among as heavy emigration OF
permanent settlers, with the view of controlling
the future destinies OF the TERRITORY.
! As both Of the editors had always opposed war
and violence, il was deemed proper 20 discard
the bayonet, and resort TO the remedial influence
Of the ballot box for 9 redress OF our poiitieai
difficulties.
mined to sustain his administration so long as it
seemed TO the editors he was pursuing an Impair
tial policy. This brought them in conneetlon
with him, and the motives for many o. nis acts
derstood long time in advance By them; put
/ the confidential relations existing between the
parties forbade its publication. hence they were
4 compelled for q time to rest under false imputa-
/ tions, preferring such to n breach OF cenhdence
on the one hand, or explanations 70 the public
ON the other. They felt that their long devo-
ton to the cause, their sacrifices in its behalf
and their exertions continuously to secure tri-
/ umph Of principle, entitled them TO the conf
dence of the public; and though assailed yio-
lently BY partisans for pursuing this policy, they
continued in the path marked out, and ssw IN
the end their course approved BY the Republican
| press, which had been particularly severe upon
When Gov. WALKER appeared in Kansas. the
same line of policy which had governed the IN
I tercourse of the editors with Gov. GEARY, char
aeterized their intercourse With that ianc
and without relaxing one 10Th OF their hatred ~
slavery, or Of the Democratic party, from which
| they had suffered so much; and with an eye in
! tent only on making Kansas q free State, with
out regard to its influence on parties outzide.
Of the Territory, they engaged in their Wcs
with renewed zeal. They had no quarrel With
Coy. WALKEE, deeming that ne party with
in collision with him, but that everything might
be sacrificed b. blind opposition to federal su-
thnrity.
They looked over the country saw thh violence
and bloOdshed Of the year previous, the desoia-
ton caused By war. and the extreme sufterings
incident thereto, and they resolved to exert all
the influence which their position and energies
could command TO prevent ike occurrence
Though malice, calGmny, SituQefatior. anc ali
the baser Observation-Disclosures Of bad men. have
been employed to its injury, set the paper has
continued to increase IN circulation and inHu.
cnee, until it has now q weekly organization OF
nearly GO copies, more than 1.ot9 CT which are
TO single subscribers in the Territory OF kansas.
Its influence in restraining the passions, in Pre-
venting civil strife, and in Inspiring confidence
at home and abroad is second 20 no other journal.
It's reception is everywhere hailed with pleasure
b. its thousands Of interested readers. sdce ~ ne
f10 politicians Uh0se hope Of PFsfes7Hesst fs depes-
dent on a prolongdtion Of our AdHsds strssegtes:
There is not q locality in Kansas where the Her
als Of FFssfona is generally circulated, where its
| policy is not fnlIy approved. That few men.
/ disappointed in their hopes Of Office, have de-
nounced il, is very true and that others, Who see
in il an obstacle to the success Of their ambition.
laborng to wrest from it It's well earned iaur-
els is also true; but IL il not true that it Is OPP
either in Kansas or outside of il.
The peusioned letter-writeTs Of the eastern
press in Kansas, found it In the way OF their pro-
last, they entered into q conspiracy TO icrits Il
dozen. From that time TO this. nearly even lettes
/ they have sent 70 their respective journals M.
/ s5ounded with the most infamous misfepresen-
/ tations in regard to us and yet our journal has
continued to prosper aud increase IN popular
favor. =
old well tried friends Of the cause, We md ous
policy approved by nearly the whole OF them
! To name them would be inyiaiSus, and yet VI
distinctly assert that we are enthusiastically
tained in Kansas by Beariy all the prominent
leaders Of the Free State party. whose struegei
and sacrifices commenced on Kansas soii. eotsfa-
Ths HsTa.d 81 Fresdoss processes 10 be and q
fadepesdeAt Of ell parties other thsn the Fret
Stale party of Kansas. IL does not design 20 slst
aid and comfort" 70 any party. other than g %.
and these IL will present TO the public. shofn o
maleFolenee, and with 9 view 20 the extension Of
/ truth. We have no var upon aGy person. save
of The cause We advocate. The instincts Of eul
nature, ana Of self-pressrvsticH, impei Is 70 de-
fend the reputation Of our journsl from the g.
E1ulLs eDeuliccs WHITLEY Jf1A ul1E 11r-A
In making ont the policy Of Che third TelHn,
Of the HERALD or FREEDOM We see no occasi1z
10 change our progrsmIne. Uur purpose u 30
farne as that which characterized Is two ye4n
ago. 10 combine the ssfSre antisstsSefy or Ere
State influence sRa foFna 6IsSLK PAETY. ana
that without regard 20 the former correction
or action Of those who unite with Us. While VI
confess that We have more confidence In the " el.
suti-siayery guard" those who have struesie'
long and asdnously with us Is years past 70 ex
tend the area Of Freedom yet Ee have no nc INA
ton 70 drive from our ranks those cCnseTTetly
Free State Democrats who have labored E2 z
the present With their party in the btates. Wnei
Kansas shall beeome Free State, aRd SLAYER.
shall be excluded from the Territosy q get 0
Law. and the question Is pernsaeat! setae ne
viii be time to consider those minor issues Hhlei
divide parties in the older States;
Our position, We repeat. is iSpEfENDHsT
We promise feaity to no party, faetlon o eslSae
but shslI Iaborss iadepesdest }gsFHdfssss N what
ever position We think will best advance th.
cause which planted our journal z Asase.. a.
re-estahIishea il when destfOsed % Dczder r4t
- -sT1c-e. We ask fer IL the sdBDrft Of &C.