The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-01-30
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Herald of Freedom,
Foz TIE THIRD VOLUME
LAWREECEIKANSAS TERRITORY


g. w. BROWN, and a. WA11Azsss S1anss.
State paper published in Kansas Territery, sss
established in the Autumn Of ls5l, asd ls ncE IA
its third volume. Its protector had been the
publisher of an SadspeadsRf news journal for sew
devoted mainly 10 the promnigation Of moral
and reformatory questions, and had devoted q
great portion Of its columns to the discussion OF
thusiastic lover of the right. he never hesitated
TO advocate any measure he deemed Just, oe-
cause it was, for the time being, unpopular. Ii
always afforded him pleasure % eomoat errot;
it was his delight to see alrdtsn on the one hand
and Conservatism on the other. yielding to TRUTH.
When the Missouri Compromise was repealed.
in the Spring of 1854, he locked over the heid OF
bis laboTs in that section Of Pennsyfyania, saw
the great revolution there effected, and the germ
Of still greater reforms taking root, and Ioohlng
ont upon the exposed condition Of the gssS
desecratsd TO slavery, he resolved, early es the
part Of March Of that year, IN ededHee q a1y
Emigrant Aid Company movement ana N so
Of anE other y N any osHe ta
with his family and press, ana through tne lnle-
snce of that press, aid, BY "squsttsr sovereign
ty," in building up on the soil Of hansss teose
for sinister purposes, had broken down in the
From that time forth the protector Of this pa
per iabored continuously to organise eeampany
TO emigrate to Kansas. Il was not until more
than two hundred names we're registered Tor tne
expedition that Mr.. b. heard OF the Emsl.sEaht
Aid Company, or of its organization n aaSSs-
chusetts lie continued his EFFORTS eassi ~ tne &c, -
Of September. when 81 600 copies Of the hrst Is
sue Of the Rerald ef Freedom were given 10 the
public from his power press in PennsSivanla.1
circumstances, over which he had no eontroi,
DELAYED the publication Of his Journal IN nan
sas until the ID of January, lass. when the sec
ond number was issued. It continued 70 be pub
lished with great regularity. until the desirac
tion Of his once, in May lese. when tne ee,i1r
Through the exeltions OF Mrs.
Brown, and the generous contributions OF tne
friends Of the cause in Kansas. the paper VS.
revived on the 1st Of November. ls5s. Sinse Ihss
time, with the exception Of three weeks In March
it has been regularly issued.
The plan adopted By the Publisher for restor-
ing freedom to Kansas, was not oy aha:siassLY
agitation, nor crusade upon Southern insntu-
tions, but By developing the resources OF me
country, and encouraging bona Ede emigration
from the States. believing that interest a1a
early education would result In the exclusion o.
Devoted fromyouthto the UNION of the States,
and with implicit confidence in the ultimate
triumph Of the RIGHT: he never turEed aside
from bis purpose. At times his journal was Yic-
ently assailed for its conservatism, and the SaI
risonian abolition press with the Lfoerdtor al us
head, denounced it in unmeasured terms; Wniie
The pro-slayery press. because OF i,s siosn' ni o
Is unrelenting devotion to the Free State cause.
ii as an abolition affair, and when the
leaders Of that party could not suppress II py
other means. its editor was imprisoned anu inc
press destroyed.
With its revival and the addition Of Mr.. w At
Tiles, as one of its editors, who had been long
known to the anti-slayery public. and who was
G. BIRNEY, in the establishment and publisa-
ton of the PAildathropist, nearly q quarter OF q
century ago, in Cincinnati, and who had coniln-
ued devoted and active friend Of the canse
down to the present, it was deemed proper 10 let
by y-gones be by-gones as far as possible, and to
20 10 work again with as little acrinony as pcs.
sible. to invite among us heavy emigration OF
permanent % settlers. with the view Of controlling
he future destinies of the Territory.
As both of the editors had always opposed war
and violence, it was deemed proper to discard
the bayopet and resort TO the remedial influence
Of the ballot box for o redress Of our political
aificuIties.
When Gov. GEARY came here it was deter
seemed to the editors he was pursuing an Impair
tial policy, This brought them In connection
with him, and the motives for many OF his aets
which were not apparent to the public, were un-
derstood long time in advance by them; but
the confidential relations existing between the
parties forbade its publication, hence they were
for a time TO rest under false imputa-
o0 ON The one hand or exnlanations to the public
on the otheT. They felt that their long deyo-
tion To the cause. their sacrifices in its behalf,
and their exertions continuously to secure q tn
umuh of principle. entitled them 10 the conf
denee Of tbe publie: and though assailed vic
IertIv nv nartSsans for nursuine This policy they
continued in tbe natb marked ont. and saw in
The end their conrse anproyed by the Republican
nrszs 1b;ch beS bean partieularIy severe upon
them --- S
Wbar Gov WI1KvR annearod In Kansas. the
49,. " = i;' &c .oI;cS ,sb;,b 6ed Governed the in
farno,,rse f H. e;tnrs With fiy (fELRY. char
eotav;.aS o;-;ntercourae Seith that fu uetianary
W;th 81 ahandnnment &c their independeDce.
"a atn ~ Ia;,- enc toto of their batred of
ana nI'nouI az n.ns; 0s ~; sartv frnm xvh;ch
siiafel ,, pI va .nS SS LII an ava in
snet naH suheieS 80 K.s. 81 frae State with
et eon. onis Yt =. IN ;anenea on nartias oufside
oes - tesennsu ly -ss IL 49, ssa3 In their yxcrE
oL Lhe leIIttois, 'nTz entSaSS - - an.,reI viii
G Glen 1Snens1 H 1ed. da,,;I .hst ths narty with
UI;: 49, antoJ co.,id se;n nothing by coming
=; = II; tnSs th / in, hi tb.f everyfb;ns might
- - H. a Hind ovvos;tion to federal au-
ye tg 80 Iihooo W O'inu OPpo'''-0- ~
NJ All. .aunt-v savz thh violence
.,d hI.sS ~ ~ he xe nrexious the esola-
ion s,sss5 hS svar e,d fha extreme sufferings
ne;sa1t tba,.to s,,d tbav resojved In exert all
II in|,ne,,ca ,s;eh tba;r nosjtion and energics
.o,.id camT, md f ,,ravsnt n jike occurrence
Thonob malice cs1nmny- yituperation. and all
he Sss ssa- Observation-Disclosures IN of Rad men. have
naen emnloyed To Ifs iniury. vet the paper has
sont;nnad fo incrcase in ATTENUATION and infiu-
snce nnfil II has now a weekly Circulation of
nee T. GfEl cor:ss more than 1000 of which are
- sirgis suhser;hsrs in the TerYitorY of Kansas.
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