The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-07
Coz. Robinson and oursolf.


and others, in the summer of 1856, per-
sonal difficulties arose between that gen.
tleman and ourself, which alieEated US
for the time being His resignation of the |
Office of Governor, under the Topeka Con- |
stitntion, and his subsequent withdrawal |
of his letter of resignation, gave us an OPP
portunity to use little pleasantly" at
his expense. This being communicated
TO him, with other exaggerations, by
class of individuals who were peeuniarily
interested in reducing the circulation of
our paper, at time when he was about
addressing the people of Lawrence on po-
litical topics. and he being particularly SEN
sitiye, as every gentleman should be, at
attacks upon his character. he retorted in
bitter, dennnciatory speech, charging US
with the grossest political regeneration.
Not hearing that speech, only from the
lips of others, and after we had learned
that each of the professional letter writers,
save two, of which there were about a
dozen in the place, had sent an account of
that speech East, we determined to reply,
and did SO in the same spirit in which
it was delivered. Annoyed with the
charge, which every Republican journal in
the East took special pains to copy, and
feeling that the Governor was responsible
for all, we followed up our thrusts at him,
to be denounced again in return.
The summer of 1857 followed, and in
October we found ourselves on common
platform, each exerting his best energies
to secure a triumph of the Free State
cause. The convention of the 22d of
December camo on. Again our views CO.
incided. We were present, and saw the
unfair and ungentiemaply attack made
upon Gov. ROBINSON, on the evening of
that day, by Phillips S Co. On the fol-
lowing day we saw that the enemies of
the voting policy, by triclery in packing
the convention, and by other undue means.
would succeed in carrying the anti-voting
policy through the convention. We felt
the result of all our struggles and sacrif-
ces in Kansas were dependent upon that
decision; that if we did not get control of
the offices under the Lecompton Swindle,
a pro-slavery Congress would fasten that
Constitution, and Slavery pih it, upon
the people of Kansas not upon Kansas
only, but upon the whole region of country
lying east of the Rocky Mountains. We
conversed with all the old leaders of the
Free State party who had struggled with
Ills in the past, aud all of them who were
present, to.tto@ single exception, coinctded
auth US. Then was time to forget ones
self for the triumph of a cause Then
was time to lay aside personal bicker-
ings for the public good. Though eighteen
months had interviewed since we had inter-
changed common civilities with Gov.
RoRINsoN, or even recognized him by
nod, yet we cordially extended to him
cur hand, which was accepted by him, and
shaken with warmth The past was
wholly forgotten for the time, and the
great question, What can be done to save
the cause of freedom to Kansas % was
only considered. We exchanged ideas,
not for self, but for Kansas 1t was our
fortune to know the motives which brought
Gov. ROBINSON to Kansas. He knew the
same in regard to us; and whatever either
had said under the influence of passion.
each knew that the other could be relied
upon on the great question of freedom, as
ourpast history, for several years, had been
identical upon the slavery question. The
convention decided as we apprehended it
would. a ticket was nominated by some
fifty or sixty persons, who met at Masonic
Hail, but were driven out by rabble, and
afterwards met and closed their labors in
Browns Cellar Kitchen" That whole
ticket, thus nominated, was triumphantly
elected, and the vote of the I'd instant
was the last seal of condemnation by the
People OF Kansas, upon that wicked at
tempt to force slavery upon our infant
Territory.
The move of PhiRips d Co., inaugu-
rated on the evening Of the 22d of De-
cember last, to strike down Gov. RoBIS-
son, has been watched with deep interest
by Us. We knew the motives which actu.
ated these men, and though no explana-
tons have passed between Gov. r. and
ourself, yet with the feelings of man,
we could not consent that he should
be stricken down in the base manner at
tempted, and for no other cause. We
recognized in that movement continua-
ton of the damnable means employed to
crush Us. 1t was movement to do. in
detail, what they had not the ability to do
at once in mass. First ace must be crushed,
because we had press which had inde-
pendence enough to resist their wicked
ness. Gen. PoMERoY was then assailed !:
and as he had no motive in resisting, and
had retired to distant part of the Terri
tory, he was considered out of the way,
and then their whole paper artillery was
directed upon Lieut. Gov. RoBERrs.-
Judge SMITH must next be pursued And
by lying inuendoes, Judge SCHUYLER was
pushed aside, and Jud ye WAKEFIELD
was treated with that contempt of which
these men abounded. DIR. DAVIS was
branded with Democracy, and he was con-