The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-13
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Who Is the TFaiiori
By certain wordy and windy cotempo-
rary we have been accused. irst of acast-
ing in the midst of the Free State party
the fire brand of division and discord." :"
Again. "a purpose to quietly accept the
Lecompton Constitution in case it Is thrust
upon us, to make it ours 10 live uader,', 2,
The first proposition is the rennosest OF
our intentions. That the journal afore-
said is dssirous Of fermenting discord. and
producing divisions We only need TO al
lude to the recent election, when two
tried Free State men. regularly nominated
by a full Free State convention, were
ostracised by its peculiar friends and sup
poftefs, andthe mostshameIess frauds and
misrepresentation were made use of to
make their scheme successful ~ =
The second proposition is simply sus-
tnte.
Here is the head and front of our of
Tending:
In the last number of the Herald, in an
article upon the purpose of the impend-
ing Constitutional Convention, and the
policy of the Free State party in the
event of the admission of Kansas under
the Lscompton Constitution, We expressed
ourselves as follows -
In the event of the admission as afore-
said, We say then that our policy, and our
only reasonable and practical policy, is to
take the government under the Lecomp-
ton Constitution, and through it provide
for the adoption of new Constitution for
the State of Kansas.
Thisis pronounced by the journal afore-
said as treason 20 the Free State party.
If these are reasonable sentiments let us
see how much less than that are the fol-
lowing remarks of the same journal, in
| the indentical issue in which is found the
grave charge above.
1t says, (the aLecompton Constitution
being received by eongress.) in case the
Free State men have majority of the
Legislature and the State Government is
in the hands of the hands of the pro-
slavery party. tho plan for the Free
State party is simple and straight for
ward
"Purge the body. until two-thirds ma
jority is obtained, and, if the people do
not create vacancy in the Office of Gov
ernor, leave him no laws to enforce, de-
stroy all means for perpetuating the nm
holy concern and then adjourn sine die,
and allow the Peoples Government to go
right ahead"
We leave this by simply asking that
sapient individual who penned the above,
''fiow are the Legislature to purge this
body without qualifying under the Le-
compton Constitution and chow .means
for perpetuating the unholy concern areto
be destroyed without working under the
Lecomptoa Constitution e'' and, show is
the pro-slayery Governor to be left with
out any law to enforce without repeating
the entire bogus code?" This is rank,
'streason." Here is Free State journal
which advises the Legislature elect, under
the Lecompton Constitution, to recognize
that Constitution By solemn acts of lsgis1a-
tion. Again, in the same article from
from which these quotations. are made,
occurs the following:- -
'Let the Legislature under' the Lecompto1,
Constitution assemble, refuse to pass a sin
gle law or do a single thing, then adjourn
sine die, and leave "a clear road for tho
Peoples Government
The Legislature is to assemble. Yes,
so advises the oracle. But, why assem-
bic, simply to adjourn again? The act of
assembling is recognition of the Le-
compton Constitution. If the Peoples
Constitution can be put in force at all
without affirmative acts we should be de-
cidedly in favor OF not ascending.
We hope that We shall after this hear
of no more charges of treason to the Free
State party from that source. AS to the
desire on our part to get up discord and di-
yilion in the party, we believe from what
has recently taken place with the acqui-
escence, if not the support of the afore-
said press, that it win see with what i'll
grace any reference is made TO that sub
ject at all by way of censure or complaint.
~ What pity it is that certain politi.