The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-01-02
pROsPECTUS
OF fEE
Herald Of Freed ON,
- roa TIE TE1ED VOLUME.
LAWRENCE. KANSAS TERRITORY
6. W. Brown, ma 4. wATTLss. EAliors.


: G. w. BROWN, ma q. WATzLEs. Ezitors.
The HERALD OF FRKEDox, the Oldest Free
State paper Published IN Kansas Tef1torJ, Was
established In the Autumn OF le54, and rs ncN N
its third Volume. Its prejeetof had been me
publisher Of an sndeyezdest news 1oarhaa .9f ss..
devoted mainly 70 tbs rfoTaulgsfien OF merat
and reformatcry questions, and hed deyeted .
great portion Of its columns to the discussion OK
thusiastic lover Of the right be neyer hesitated
70 advocate any measure he deemed lust, pc
cause Il vas, for the time being, unpopular. IL
always afforded him pleasure 70 combat eTor;
il was his delight to see slsraisaa the onehsnd
and oo1ser0fts1s on the ether. yielding 70 fRrfH.
. When the Missouri Compromise was repea,eds
IA the Spring of 1854. he looked over the hsid OF
the great revelation there effected. and the germ
OF still greater reforms taking root, and looking
ont upon the exposed condition OF the great
est, and the strong probability OF It's beooining
fore part of March of that year. in edoaace OF any
IMMIGRANT Aid Company movement; aHd IN ad-
rance Of any other movement in ans other direc-
With bis sig a pFsss and through tie ia
ense OF that press. aid, By "squatter sovereign
u, IN building up on the soil Of Kansas those
restrictions against slavery, which demascsues.
i9r sinister purposes, had broken down IN the
From that time forth the protector of this pa
per labored continuously to organize eempany
7? emigrate 70 Kansas. 1t was not until more
than two hundred names were registered ior the
expedition that Mr.. B. heard Of the Emisrant
AID Company, or Of its organization IN Massa-
ehqsetts. He continued his efforts until theseth
q sRs Saa P s SSR Rsrs y r as the
public from his power press in Pennsylysnia.-
circumstances, over which he had no control,
DELAYED the publication Of his journal IN kan-
eos NATL Ah1 - han n a.
ond number was issued. II continued to be pub
lished with great regularity. until the destruc-
tion OF his once. in May, 1855, when the editor
sa ns Th roa me tie ps exsross q Ms
Brown. and the generous contributions Of the
friends Of the cause in Kansas, the paper vas
revived on the LIST of November. is5e. since that
time, with the exception OF three weeks IN March
it has been regularly issued.
The plan adopted BY the publisher Tor restor-
ing freedom to Kansas, was net by ane.slsxefy
agitation, nor 9 crusade upon Southern insite-
country, and encouraging bona fds emigration
from the States. believing that interest ano
carly education would result IN the exclusion OF
devoted from youth TO he UNION of the States,
and with implicit confidence in the ultimate
triumph of the RIGHT. he never turned ASIDE
from bis purpose. AT times his Journei was 1lO-
lently assaiIed for its conservatism and the Jar
risonian abolition press, with the Lsoerdsor at It's
head, denounced it in unmeasured terms; while
the pro-slayery press, because Of IFS vloient oe,
lis unreienting devotion 10 the Free State cause,
it Is an abolition affair, ana when the
leaders Of that party could net suppress 4 ny
other means, its editor was imprisoned and the
press destroyed.
With It's revival and the addition Of Mr.. W Ar
TIES, as one of its editors, who had been long
known TO the anti-slayery public, and VINO WAS
and Joint s M'p pabca
ton Of the PhdaafaSopist, nearly Q quarter OF
century ago, in Cincinnati, and who mad contln-
ned q devoted and active friend OF the cause
down to the present, it was deemed proper 70 let
by-gones be by-gones as far as possible, and to
20 to work agnin with as little acriBony as pos
;ible, to invite among us heavy emigratlen OF
permanent settlers. with the view OF confronting
the future destinies Of the Territory.
As both of the editors had always opposed war
md violence, il was deemed proper 70 DISCARD
the bayones, end resort 20 the rcmediai lnnneheS
# the ballot box for redress OF our po.itiesi
When Gov. GEARY came here it was deter
mined to sustain his administration so long rs 1t
seemed to the editors he was pursuing an lmpaI-
tial policy. This brought them in eonnectlon
With him. and the motives for many OF MS acts
which were not apparent to the puh bic; were un-
lerstood 6 long time in advance By them put
parties forbade Its publication. hence they were
compelled for time to rest under false lmputa-
lions, preferring such to a breach OF coh1dence
On the one hand. or explanations 20 the pubic
'ia,, 10 tbe csnse Their saerifees in its behalf,
and their exertions continuously to secure a tri-
nmph of principle, entitled them TO the conn
tenee Of the PUBLIC; and though asssileo NO. NO
ently by partisans for pursuing this policy, they
continued in the path marked out, and SAN IN
the end their course approved by the Republican
press, which had been particularly severe upon
them.
When Gov. W ALKER appeared in Kansas. the
same line of policy which had governed the in
tercourse of the editors with Gov. GEARY, char
theirintercourse with that functionary.
With M abandonment of their independence,
aud without reIa xing one iota of their hatred of
sjavery. or IF the Democratic marty. from which
they had suffered so much; and with an eye in
tent only m makirg Kansas a free State with
bi.t regard to its ;nfiuepce on parties outside.
IF the TERRITORY. they engaged in their work
with renewed zeal. They had no quarrel with
E6;cb thew acted coaid sain nothing by coming
IN coiI;s;on vfib him huf that everything might
10 saeriHceS by a blind CONGESTION 10 federal au-
,hority-- .. E.1,-,r
They locked over the country, saw the violence
nn csnsad Sg var and tbe Extreme suferines
ncident Thereto. and they resolved 10 exert all
he influence which their position and energies
Thoneh malice. eafumuy vituDeration. and all
he 6aser Observation-Disclosures of had men have
zen employed TO its injury, set the paper has
onfinucd In increase Ia Circulation and influ-
ny, !. nas NV t s ~ vh;cb a =.
= s;1,Ia s,,hser;bsrs In tl.e Tarrikorr of Earsas
"a ;nsinencs IN restrainine the nassions. IN nTe.
-entine evil strife. ann in Inspiring Confidence
4 home and abroad 4 seeond n No other formal
H. receotion Ia everywhere hailed with pieasure
~ rs fhonsands of interested reader sdre 81 e
a. SaI5fsir,as sSose Irs 81 s,reTef5asrs q deDe
~ "a = s,SIoao9s;oa ~ car EsrasaS sf,-za0Les
fs, z: = -, : ffn.Y;.ss; Earsss 100 ~ H.,
~ ~ E;.ae,s n ansrsis ei-s,,,staS rbsr,s ita
M; :: - sf r. s-e,s; Thaf fc.r ,,,sr
:; TO- n ,begr bones n asse hsve de-
IN n IA verv tr1e and that afie-s m, sea
: = n ahstacie h fhe suceesz If their ssnhsfion-
m ~ srest fsons II lis well earned ianr
~ 4; is 80 brt r. e mi ere That n is or,
II 81 en- he St,mhsr of its ,atr,sf,s
4 :. :; Ea,.ses o. oafside ~ IL
Ths I,ens;ared ietfer-Erifers of the eastern
ress n Kanss found Il in the tsay of their pro-
.1i1a.;n. fslsstcajs hence A. earsV a. FehriIayv
:. GO .se.a5 go ~ c,ssr,S~ars q, se1sfs Il
- 800 Il az fine In this ,safiy ever ie.ter
Rev have sert - their ra.sT,eefiVe innruafs has
lon, A. z~;th fhs nsost infanaus snisrepresen
tio1s X, regarf 70 a. and vet cur ion risaI has
-. t;,s,ed - ,.rosTey ard iS,ereaes In ronuIsr
80 -. '-o- = - -
= IL it;. ova, tha eorntr ~ ana ont ss,s,r, tha
n veil t-ieed friends a. tie csose. we f,d our
,ai;cy arTrovsd hT nearly the whole of them
81 nsms hem yozld he inyiaious. snd YET We
assert thaf We are ENTHUSIASTICALLY sus-
ainssi in Kaasas by nearly asl the prominent
eeae-. ~ the Free STATE marty Whose STRUGGLES
- y sis IN Ksnsss all raf
,oraneonsIT vifh our own
THE H~rald Of FREEDOM processes TO be and IL
,depeadeat Of All parties other than the Free
;tate marty Of Kansas. Itdoes not design % give
ala ard eoFnfort0 to sng psrf,. other than 10 the
- e-e.JS-. Ia 1900 fs n 4 All IN frrke