The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-02
lbs 1tefaI0 Of Ffseeoh.
LAWRENCE. x. It.
Saturday Morning, Oct. 2. 1858.
spsseh of Hon. Ell Tharsr-


Hon. ELI THAYER, the originator and
FIST President of the Emigrant Aid Com
pany, has recently made one of his char
scteristic speeches, in Republican Con-
yeltion, against slavery. We have just
concluded its reading, and hoping it will
give as much qualification to our readers
is it did to us, we transfer it to our col
umns. Mr.. Thayer is one of the strong
YEN of this country. He grasps readily
the strong points of proposition, and
i,lcing himself upon it, he GOES TO WORK
% make it a realization. He does not
zeal in distractions, but in living practi-
able realities.
We are proud to find that we still oc-
clpy the same platform with him, as we
10 with all the active agents who set on
BOT the scheme of organized emigration
% Kansas, to defeat the schemes of the
,Avery propagandists, 1t has been our
7leasure from the first dawning of this
movement to cooperate with " THAYER,
DOCt. VERB, AMOS A. LAWRENCE, Gen.
POMERoY, Mr.. BRANsCOMBE, and with the
exception of n bitter personal controversy,
which We have announced long since as
healed, with Doct. ROBINSON. But we
rs keeping the reader too long from the
speech of Mr.. THAYER, which we copy
below: . -.-.
Nh. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CITIZENS
lresret, as know you will in few min
aics that the gentleman who preceded me,
and who yielded the floor for the purpose
1f enabling me to occupy it, has declined
further 10 proceed. know not what to
nyt3 you concerning the politics of Mass
lohusetts, unless it be to congratulate you
upon the very great unnnimity which now
exists here against the "holy Democracy"
Applause. If there is anything what
ever to deprecate, it is the fact that there
SC much harmony that it may lead to
. aaction.
in relation. to our national pla, form.
'hich is not yet perfected, l have only to
eAy, that there is every prospect of its
sing made good and strong, and large
nOugh for victorious party to occupy
n 1850. Loud Applause. Your reso-
utOns have already proclaimed your SEN
tnents upon several topics. You have
oppressed your love for the Union. 1t is
Low fact, l think undisputed, that we
f' the greatest Union party on the con-
tlenk Where are tho disunion members
the Republican party to be found ?
Aud where, south of Mason and pixon's
sae, are not the disunion members Of the
UemoCratic party to be found ? You have
lFeady expressed an opinion concerning
'ae tariff, which l believe is not extrava-
Saat in any direction. You have ex-
pressed an opinion on the acquisition of
er'ltOry. Well, gentlemen, | have avery
wong tendency towards land--the acqui-
AHOn OF territory by fair means only. l
Aa opposed TO circumscribing the mission
tns government as much as circum-
MSiloing the mission of any individual in
'-S government. will not say to any
y LAu mat ne cannot exercise his powers
y sr mind and body for the good Of his
,'l'oW man outside of the town in which
y resides; and L will not say to this
SG.sltry s..ity that her sphere shall be confined
rse'n the limits of the United States.
'rhk u, her mission is beyond that.
Inea we are certainly tending now
J"stus S',s certain positive principles--a
ra!'SFm St:S OF positive principle, without
,.n rn.1a no party can ever succeed N this
s,elIment If party is ever to be any
s Ing Out an opposition party, it must
v;n Ssre some object in view for which it
M, T., contend. An opposition party is
!. Ip'y y the historian of the party in pow
I O.Stne = tne Wing party used to be of the
M: ;~Ocratlc party. But l trust it is the
mn"S Ho,Oa a OF the Republican party not so
tb;rI 70 write history as to make it. l
otb.A A tnat hereafter we will have it for
Fnal -rls 70 record, rather than be ourselves
Son"! me recorders Of what Others have
H., FOR this purpose, it is necessary
L,T, We should have positive policy. We
ior. ~ spoken upon several issues now be-
ism. 1 'ae !; country, but the greatest national
Ems nm 'ne question concerning the gov
Ib,TIh1 OF the Territories; and what
psr,r % y the position of the Republican
b,T: upon that question? We already
" SUI ie position of the Democratic par
sboIaa srbsJsa :, as It is. They hsvo professcd
~ bus 1 @ me doctrine of popular sovereign
ill., ba' where has been the practice of it ?
beam Oeen theory only the practice has
sb.s spotlsn'. Three times, that party,
dT ptoiessed to be the author of pop
ta' 'stelsnty, has repudiated that doc
"fspudiated it BY refusing to vote