The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-07-09

uiudteS shOutd De men OF eminent eXecu-
tive ability, enlarged and liberal views.
accomplished education, experience in |
public affairs, of comprehensive states. |
manship, and last, but not least, of pure
and sPotless personal character? We |
would not forget the genius and spirit of |
our free institutions. We must select |
men who have a sympathy and regard
Tor them. We must remember that pop |
ular virtue and intelligence are the foun-
dations of all free government. We must
respect and encourage free labor as the |
basis of our prosperity. We must hold
in remembrance the maxims and princi-
pies of the great and good men, who, in
days past, have impressed their philoso-
ply of human rights and duties upon our
institutions.
Our candidates must be known to be
sound upon these subjects, or they can
never command the confidence and the
votes of the free, conservative and reflect
ing people of the nation.
Have we not such master minds in this
Mississippi Valley? If we have, are we
not neglecting our duty, in not present
ing their names, and urging their nomi-
nation? We deprecate mere sectional
organizations, and we do not desire to
build up merely local interest. But we
cannot forget, and we ought not to forget,
that this great section of the Union has
pre-eminent claims upon our common
country. We do not express mere sec
tional feeling when we declare that to
this great Central Valley, of right, belongs
the candidates of the next Presidency.
We have cheerfully voted for men from
the North and the South, the East and
the West. We expect to do this again,
but we express the opinion of hundreds
OF thousands of not mere partizans, but of
liberal and rejecting freemen of al sec
tons, when we urge the peculiar claims
of the Center, to the candidacy of 1860
We ask the ireemen of Ohio, aud indeed
of every State, to reflect upon these
things, and to ask Of themselves the ques-
ton, are We not right in these general
! views
We do not believe that we shall find
opponents to our generalities. But the
practical difficulty will be to unite upon
men. We have reflected long and anxious
ly upon the subject. We have scanned
the claims of our distinguished public
men, not as a partizan, for we have no
such bond upon our limbs, but as a citi-
zen, having at heart the best interests of
our common country. We know the diff
ficulty, yea, the impossbility of satisfying
all, but we Iylop the desire of our heart,
to decide for the best interests of all. I'm
PEELED by this feeling, we announce our
ticket, the ticket of the people for 1860
For President, SALMON P. CHASE, of
Ohio; for Vice President, EDWARD
BATES, of Missouri.
THE CLAIMS OF SENATOR DOUGLAS.
In former article we discussed the
relative importance of the great Central
Valley of the Mississippi to our common
country; its claims upon other sections,
aud its right to be heard in the selection
of our rulers. We also expressed our
choice of candidates for President and
Vice President. In the present article,
we propose to discuss the reasons why, in
our Judgment. certain other candidates,
whose names have been presented, should
not be nominated. We are aware that
this is delicate and difficult task. The
! people of our country have permitted
themselves to be bound too strongly by
party ties and associations, and they find
it so difficult to lay them aside and con-
slider dispassonately the reasons that ex-
list against their personal preferences, that
the task may seem to many to be almost
hopeless. But, as an independent public
journalist, we have duty TO perform,
and we have yet so much confidence in
the good sense and integrity of the masses
as to believe that they will read what we
have to say, and WILL in spite of precon
ceived opinions, give our reasons a careful
and candid consideration. They know
we do not approach them as partizan.
The prominent candidates for the Pres
; idency at the present time, are Gov.
Chase, Gov. Seward, and Senator Doug
las. Others have been named: Gov.
; Banks, Senator Hunter, of Va, Howell
} Cobb, of Ga, Senator Grittenden, of KY,
&c. Let us first consider the claims Of
Mr.. Douglas. AS a citizen of the great
Central Valley, his location is not an OBJ
lection. But he does not in his principles
sufficiently embody the great leading
idea of the times. He is not up to oul
I standard as the advocate of free labor. He
, does not sufficiently sympathize with the
Jeffersonian idea of practical republican
! ism, as best exemplified by securing tc
free labor the possession and benefits OIL
, the Territories of the Union. While he
opposes the new and monstrous PROPOSE
ton that slavery, by virtue of the Con-
stitution, is fastened upon all the Terrific
ries; that neither Congress nor the people
, have the power to prohibit or abolish it
and that it is the duty of Congress, by
express legislation, to uphold and protect
slavery therein, yet he does admit thai
, the Constitution carries slavery with it tC
} our Territories, but the people have thu
c right practically to prevent its establish
ment by refusing to pass laws for its pro
r lection. We understand that he fully
3 admits the correctness of the bred Scot
9 decision, and proposes to evade its logica
effect by claiming-f for the Territorial Leg
4 islatures the right to discourage slavery
( by declining to pass laws to carry out tht
T slavery code. Popular Sovereignty with
d him is made subservient to the slave
: power. He does not admit the right o
3 the people of Territory to prohibit sla
g very, nor does he stand by the Jefier
D sonian doctrine that Congress possesses
e this right. He yields, it seems to us, tbs
. eptire ground upon which the friends o
free territory and free labor stand, ans
: have stood from the foundation OF on
: government.
: Now, we take it for granted that tn
, great mass of the people of the Mississip
, pi Valley, and of the entire Union, hav'
Q an abiding attachment for free Institutions
: They have studied the philosophy of ma
: terial progress enough to see that the bes
S interests Of society in all its aspects o
e morals, intelligence, and prosperity, ar
(; indissolubly connected with the system
: of free territory and free labor. The mass
: es Of our people obtain their support b
4 their own efforts. They are workin
n men. They appreciate the necessity Q
such q state of society as shall honor an
o respect honest and manly toll. The