The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17

Scion on Lying.
As we have stated on former occasion,
the principal candidates for Delegate to
Congress, at the late Republican Conven-
ton, were 7. Dwight Thacher, N. F. Con-
way and Marcus j. Parrott. Thacher is
the principal editor of the Lawrence Re-
publican, the leading, central organ of the
Republican party Of Kansas. Thacher
saw his own weakness in the nominating
Convention, so he stepped aside, and the
contest for nomination lay principally
between Parrott and Conway. For weeks
before the Convention, Thacher was tell
ing his readers what kind of candidate
the people wanted, and what kind of a
candidate would ensure defeat. At the
head of our editorial columns we publish
an extract from that paper of June 3Oth.
We understand that S. o. Thacher, IN
the Republican Club, last Monday even
ing, denied having alluded to Mr.. Parrott
in his paper, and was very severe upon
the HERALD OF FREEDOM for its statements
in the premises. Since the noIze SoLoN
has come to the aid of his cousin, will he
be so kind as to explain who he had in
his mind when he was running parallel
between the different candidates, in his
issue of July 21st? We copy:
Upon next Saturday, the Republicans of the
various precincts in this county are to select
turn. is to choose nine delegates TO represent the
county in the Territorial Convention for the
nomination of DELEGATE to Congress. So far
as the voice of Douglas County is concerned. the
that candidate shall be. Let the people look
well to this matter. 1t is for them to Say whether
we shall have candidate who will stand square
up to Republican Principles-who will make an
open aud manful tight, or one TchO tCiU carry tie
Repu51ican Tag at half mast. and make a sort of
hdlf-tody coRspronise 6eftcee8 Repu5licdRisna and
Democracy. II HteU be for them TO say schether that
candidate shall be a man Of pro6ity and moral
have shown him to be fit law ker for others,
or whether he shall be Just tie opposite Ii will
be for them to say whether that candidate shall
be man who, II elected, will go to Washington
active interest in their welfare-be worker, or
one who Will live gay, easy, lazy life and con-
F1e ms dtteiftons TO Jetc JdrOred localities in
,ehichhe may hdre some personal interest. 1t will
be for them TO say whether that candidate shall
a man who will consider himself as the repre-
sentative Of the Territory or merely of some one
fo,on; It will be for them to say. in short,
whether that candidate shall be MAN, and a
sound, ardent Republican, or q mere political
trickster, with no fixed political PRINCIPLES ex-
cept to eat the loaves and fishes of office, and
keep on the strong and winning side.
Who was this candidate who it was
feared would carry the Republican flag at
half-mast, if nominated ? Who was it
that was 'just the opposite" of ''man of
probity and moral worth?" Who was it
that would live "gay, easy, lazy life, and
confine his attentions to few favored To-
calities," if nominated ? Who was it that
would mot be man and sound, ardent
Republican, but mere political trick
ster, with no fixed political principles
except to eat the loaves and fishes of
office ?" Come, Thacher, tell the pub
lie who you had in your mind when
you indited that article. Were you
endeavoring TO make the public believe
that 7. Dwight Thacher was the man
you thus indiscriminately denounced ?
Or was it Martin F. Conway? If it was
one of these, it seems you, also, had
very serious objections to Mr.. Parrott, for
you gave him an article nearly column
In length, in your paper of that week, fol-
lowing the one from which we make the
above extract, in which his name occurs
about dozen times. The article is head
ed Mr.. Parrott." That article, we sup
posed, furnished the KEY to the person al
luded to in the one from which the ex-
tract is made. 1t shows that Mr.. Parrott
has given his attention, principally, to
Leavenworth; that he has "had a good,
easy time for two years." that he had
been defeated in his own county, and that
it was mot always good policy to- elevate
the general of the broken-down and de-
feated division to the position of COM
mander-in chief of the whole army, as
reward for his defeat"
We shall look after SoLoN again, when
we have more leisure, but hope he will
favor us with an early answer to the above
inquiries