The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-06-18

cal Topeka had shirked her previous en-
gagements with radical Brownville," and
formed an alliance with the previously
conservative Free State township of
Burlingame," for certain purposes; and
those two towns, with their illegal addi-
tional delegates, forthwith proceeded to
the disorganization of the Free State
party. The objects of the Topeka-Bur-
lingame treaty or alliance were as follows:
First. Topeka to have the member of
Assembly. Second, Shawnee county to
be divided, so as to make Burlingame q
county seat for new county; and strip
of Calhoun to be added to Shawnee to
strengthen Topeka. Third, The county
seat to be surreptitiously removed from
Tecumseh to Topeka, under pretended
election, in which only BurliDgsme and
Topeka should vote; and Brownville,
Wakarusa and Tecumseh be induced to
refrain from voting by Withholding any
legal notice, and pretending acquiescence
in Gov. Denver's opinion, that NO legal
election could DO had under the county
seat law of 1858 without further legisla-
ton.
Thus Brownville would be crushed as a
rival of Burlingame. The action of the
people of the people of the whole county
who desire central locality as county
seat would be forestalled, and Wakarusa
and Tecumseh be made to bite the dust
and come to Topeka for political favors
and influence! By boiling the action of
the regular convention, that clever fellow,
Hon. Mr.. Holmes, was put forth as Free
State candidate by bedroom caucus,
assembled at IL P. NJ. He was subse-
quently elected, as Republican candi-
date was soon put in the field who claim
ed to run as Republican exclusively. AS
. such, he could not carry Tecumseh or
Wakarusa, and the shrewd game of To-
peka and Burlingame triumped The
spoils Of -pictory scere all naonopOlized By
Topeka First, Topeka elected her mem
Der of Assembly! Second, Shawnee
county was not divided, nor was any ad-
| dition made to her boundaries. Conse-
quently Bur!iugame could not become a
|, county seat. In lieu thereof the Shawnee
a representative and councilman both voted
: to make Superior City" two and hall
D or three miles from Burlingams, a county
!, seat. The rival triumphed over the con-
t spirator Third, Topeka became the
/ county seat of Shawnee county, according
to programme.
The same scheming, treacherous policy
$50 say the Brownville people, character.
lied the late county Convention to nomi.
nate Republican candidates for the Con.
stitutional Convention. The Brownvills
: delegates unanimously named Mr.. Fox
Q Topeka presented, in addition to thu
g names of Greer and Richie, the name o
: Mr.. Hale of Brownville, and then, alleg
J. ing want of unity, rejected Brownvifle'
o claims and sought to reconcile Burlin
game with the name of Mr.. Preston
g This course was arbitrarily pursued, ant
= the opposition of Brownville en- masse wa
n a natural result.
Is Owing to Mr.. Ritchie's well known Alb
l. clifton sentiments and proclivities, it wa
l. at once seen that antagonism to hin
% would result in the nomination of an op
n position ticket. To prevent that and a
g the same time to preclude Tecumseh o
3 Wakurusa from presenting formidabl
70 candidate against Mr.. Richie, as well a
a. to secure to Topeka all the benefits tina
T. might possibly result from the election o
TO an opposing candidate, the ex-Rev. j
IL Murphy, nicknamed by Mr.. Richie, il
y his wig waggery, az "Little jerry" wa
a. brought out by some of the Topeka poll
y ticians as the most formidable Cooking
Us democrat" at their command. Between
20 Mr.. Murphy, a Topeka Democrat, {!
IN and Mr.. Fox, the President of the lat
Osawatomie Republican Convention,
be league was made-Mr. Murphy and tw'
st of Mr. Fox's mouthpieces stumped tn
c. county in concert and together, agains
as Mr.. Richie. In consideration of Brown
IN vile giving Murphy her vote. Murph
ce pledged to Fox the vote of Tecumseh.-
er He had evidently forgotten the exampl
+ of the illustrious parsonage about WHOM
ID he had preached SO often, who too
60 another to the top of very high noun
OF tain and made certain offers, withou
er owning what he proposed to give, &c.!-
~ Tickets were everywhere distributed fc
MS Murphy, Fox and Greer. Had the Dem
ocrats nominated a ticket, it is hardl
n possible that the two latter gentleme
to would have been selected as their cand
be dates. The truth is, there was no Demo
ny cratic ticket nominated no conventio
be held no concert of action effected n
to authority given to any one to proclaim
of himself as regularly nominated Demo
81 cratic candidate. The GOODNESS wit
e. which the assertion is made in your papt
ms that Mr.. Murphy was such, is an admirs
w BILE exhibition Of personal modesty an
as Irish wit. The people of Tecumseh re
id spect Mr.. Fox as aworthy gentleman, bG
they could not consent to be placed in
cd false position, and as q test Of politics
of sentiment could not vote for him. n
to Ritchie's views, however, honestly er
I'D tertained by him, rendered him obnox
ct Gus to the prevailing sentiment Of Tecum
of sch; while Mr.. Murphy's political tel
q giversations were too well known to en-