White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-07-21
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS:
Thursday, /: 49,: July 81, 1882
A Few Hints to the People of Brown.

we nave d lew uiutS " IulOh Ouh III
the consideration Of our Free State friends
in Brown County. 1t may seem like
words thrown away, to recommend vigi-
lance to the people Of County where all
the votes are on the Free State side but
this latter fact is the very thing that in
duces us now to speak.
Two years ago, when parties were cal
led Pro- Slavery and Free State, the for
mer party had County ticket in the
Geld, and confidently expected to elect It
At that election they pOlled about 10
votes. Since then. they have offered no
regular opposition to the Free State par
ty. What has become Of those 10 votes?
Some few of the ringleaders have left the
County. One Of them, having in vain
sought Office in Brown, has crossed the
line into Democra Nebraska, where he
will probably turn up as an Office seeker.
Several have gone to Holt County, Mo-,
where one is now candidate for Office.
Others have gone in other directions ;
and some remain in the County, "lying
low for ducks" A number of the rank
and file have voted the Free State ticket
at several elections, as they had no ticket
Of their own, and as they saw the Free
State side was Bound to triumph. The
question now is, if these men voted the
Pro Slavery ticket, in opposition to Free
State, will they not now readily vote
what is called a Democratic ticket, ia
opposition to the Republicans?
a number of persons, red-hOt Demo
Gratis, have moved into that County, since
the last Pro- Slavery fight was made there,
who, from motives of policy, have kept
still on the subject of politics, or sided
with the Free State party. There are also
few who have heretofore voted the Free
State ticket, whe have become frightened
at the cry Of "Black Republican" and
the old word Democracy" has not lost
its charm to their ears-these are ready to
go back to the wallow, and there founder
the balance of their days-for when a
person has once been driven from the
Democratic ranks by such outrages as
Kansas has witnessed, and then, with all
these things fresh in his memory, again
embraces the party that perpetrated them,
he is lost to hope.
The Free State people of Brown, con-
scious Of their large majority, and having
had no opposition to meet, have grown
slack in the duty Of voting and they
generally poll less than half vote. This
carelessness is growing on them, and be-
fore they are aware of it, will prove fatal.
These Democratic, or Pro- Slavery ele-
ments, that ne have spoken OF, are uni
ting silently and slowly, for fight-not
an open fight, upon principle, but by
means of emissaries in the Free State
camp, to stab in the back. The plan was
set on foot at the time Of the visit of
Judge Petit and his topper crew, to Brown
County, of which we gave true account,
sHd for which we have been so soundly
abused by hireliug lick-spittleS.
The Democrats of Brown, as we
have said, are at work. For the Fall
election, they will probably support a
ticket partly their own, but mostly com
posed of boilers from the regular Free
State ticket. They are now using their
seductive wiles, to induce good Republi-
cans to come out as independent candi-
dates for certain offices, whether the Re-
publican Convention dominates them or
not. In several instances, they have ia
ken hold of the wrong customers, and
met with a rebuff; but there are some
men of easy virtue, and we fear these will
allow themselves to be seduced. One
mode Of working is to be by exciting To-
cal prejudices, which every one knows
are very bitter in Kansas. They will
stick the locality argument under the nose
of every voter and they may find many
ready to suck them down. They will
also work strongly upon personal matters.
They viii endeavor to excite hatred against
certain candidates, and manufacture char
ges against them, to work to their injury
we have heard of several Free State men
who will probably help them along in
their dirty work, principally under local
and personal pretences.
1t therefore behooyes the Free State
people Of Brown to so to work actively,
and every man to turn out and VOTE
These local and personal affairs should be
strictly guarded against, and thorough
organization effected. If bolters'ticket
succeeds, no matter whether it contains
the name of any professed Democrat or
not, the effect will be bad. The Slavers
will proclaim it throughout the land, as
Democratic victory, and it will induce
the wavering to desert to the enemy. 1t
should also be remembered, that Dele