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to other affairs. If these persons were
more truthful than in the past, we would
do so; but we hardly take up an exchange
that has not one of those letters abound
ing with falsehood. Who has not read the
letter dated from Lawrence, and first pub
lished in the Chicago Tribune. giving an
account of the reception of the news of
the defeat of the Lecompton Constitution
in Congress, representing that the intelli-
gence was brought to town in the morning
By special express from Wyandotts 1t
stated that the letter was from Mr. MediH,
one of the editors of the Tribune. Every
citizen of Lawrence knows that almost
the whole thing, from beginning to end,
scas a tissue of faisehOods. Instead of the
news coming to US in the morning, it did
not arrive until the middle of the after
noon. Instead of by express, it came
simultaneously by late newspapers from
ST. Lous and stage passengers from Wy
andott and by letter. Instead of the peo-
pie rushing to the Eldridge House by
hundreds inquiring about the news, twas
published In an extra from the Herald of
Freedom Office, which was posted up in
several places in town. Instead of cheers
and great demonstrations, it rained a
shower, and it was dark when the boys
commenced firing their cannon. That
we were all delighted, is very correct; but
correspondent of newspaper should be
truthful, and should not tell for reality
what he would have been glad to have
seen.
The Boston Journal has correspondent
at Lawrence. In late letter we find the
following:
"At mass meeting held in this city,
evening before last, speeches were made
by Gen. Lane, Judge Conway, and other
prominent gentlemen, sChich indicated the
programme adopted By the free State leaders
in reference to the future. If Lecompton
be defeated, the path is clear. If it pass
Congress, the free State Legislators elected
under it will be required, if not disposed
of themselves, to refuse it their support
and recognition. and allow the Leaven-
worth government to go into operation in
its stead. Room being thus made for the
latter, it will be supported by the people
Cat least so say their leaders, with una
nimity and at any and every cost, and
against all odds. =
"Gen. Lane has recently publicly de-
clared himself as belonging to the Adolf
ton wing of the Free State party"
The first paragraph looks and reads very
well outside of Kansas; but at home it is
simply ridiculous. "a mass meeting in
this city" conveys to the mind of the
distant reader large collection of per-
sons, met for mutual consultation. In
Lawrence such things generally are per-
feet bore. To illustrate: Gen. Lane has
been abroad from Lawrence a couple of
days, or such matter. On returning he
wishes to enlighten the people on some
grave subject which his fruitful brain has
thought of. Conway is consulted, and
handbills are gotten up stating that "Gen.
Lane and Judge Conway will address the
people of Lawrence tonight on the topics
of the day" The boys say that to see
Jim Lane perform is equal to a theatre at
any time; as there is no theatre, they
turn out to hear Gen. Lane and the
5" Young Man Eloquent" Thus the Mass
Meeting.
Lane, in susual blood and thunder
style, brings down the house. He gets
through whatever resolutions he has pre-
pared for the occasion, generally intro
duced by second person, and his claquers
and ietter-s0riters give character to the
thing abroad. As few but the Generals
special admirers turn out on such occa-
sions, of course he is, for the time being
the leader, and, with Conway added
forms the plural of that expression. They
tell US what the great Free State party
are about to do, and threaten everybody
with humiliation who dissents from theil
platform. The Judge expounds the law
and sthe path is clear" But presto, the
PEOPLE arise in their majesty, and SWEEP
their "leaders" and their nicely laiC
schemes into cooked hat"
i Where were the LEADERS" at Grass
hopper Falls last September? There wa
Conway, Phillips, Redpath, Thatcher
Walden, Realf, and Hinton. all leaders ,
of the Free State party, when they are
telling the story, all opposed to voting; bu
all are defeated, as was Lane, who labor
ed hard Gas we no,o have abundant proc
to establish) to induce the Committee OF
Resolutions to report adverse to paEticipa
ting in the October election. These
men, "leaders" we should have said, de
termined the people should not vote il
January, and no expressions were too Sc
we're on their part against those who de
termined that they would vote. Instead
of leading, they cursed and abused tn
men who engaged in that election, ant
triumphed. Now these '9eaders" hav'
Indicated" according to the Journal
l Al.
and that programme " is to require, if no
disposed of themselves" those who wer
elected to offices under the Lecomptol
Constitution to pursue certain line o
policy. The Leavenworth Constitution
is to be the sine qua ron, the ultinaatun
of all our aspirations. These "leaders'
have thus arranged the future, and caster
readers pour over those letters with de