The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-10
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OtAnken SGuo1oate1.
When Mr.. PARRorr was put in nomi-
nation, two years ago, as a candidate for
delegate to Congress, by the Free State
party, good men hesitated to support him
because of his intemperate habits. The
contest was between Mr.. Whitfield and
Mr.. Parrot. To withhold vote from
Mr.. Psrott was to allow Border Rufian-
ism to triumph overthe rights of the peo-
pie. To elect Mr.. Parrott was to bring |
living disgrace upon the party. What
should be done ? A choice of evils said
ELECT Mr.. Parrott this time, and at the
next election let US have a good man, OF
whom we shall not be ashamed" After
it was reported that he had publicly pledg-
ed himself that he would not use spiritu-
Gus liquors to excess while in Congress,
the Free State party came to his support
as a man, and he was elected.
Has his history, while in Congress,
agreed with his public pledges? Let the
extract which we publish elsewhere, from
the columns of his leading supporter-the
Lawrence Republican-answer.
In the late contest in the Republican
party for nominee for delegate to Con-
gress, the issue was principally between
Mr. Conway, T. Dwight Thacher and Mr..
Parrott. So Objectionable were the other
candidates, Mr.. Parrott was nominated on
the first ballot. It was not out of love for
Mr. P, but from hatred of Conway, Thach-
er g. Co.
Had the contest been with any man
who had sustained Border Rufianism in
the past, or who had upheld the villainy
of the Lecompton Swindle, all would
have Joined at the ballot box in the sup
port Of Mr.. Parrott, not because we wished
to see him elected, but because we would
have wished to see his opponent defeated.
As it is, the contest is between two old
Free State mon Of the past-between two
men who labored shoulder to shoulder to
put down Border Ruffianism and the Ls-
compton Swindle.
As We stated on a former occasion, we
have known Judge JOHNSTON from his
first visit to the Territory. We came up
the river with him in the fall of 1854 ;
saw him several times at Kansas City; at
the Shawnee Manual Labor School in
Lawrence at Pawnee, when the Bogus
Legislature assembled there, in July Of
1855; at Big Springs, on the 9th of Sep
tember following; at Topeka, and every
few weeks from that period down to the
present. We hare never Seer, him drink q
drop Of spirTtuo,ss liquors, neuer salo hin
'0hen he appeared to be affected to til,
smallest ertent from its use, and have never
heard any person speak of his using it tC
excess, or otherwise. As member of the
Grand Division Sons of Temperance o
Pennsylvania; of the Grand Temple O
Honor of Pennsylvania; member of the
Brotherhood of Temperance Watchmen
and of the Good Templars we make thi
statement; and we only regret that VIZ
cannot say as much of Marcus J. Parrot
The latter we are also acquainted with
having met him during his first hour il
Lawrence; served on the Executive Com
mittee with him, which had the entir
management of the Topeka government
and its machinery during its inception
and having seen him in camp while W
were prisoner, in 1866, and repeated,
in divers other places, both before an,
subsequent to that period, we can speal
of him from our personal knowledge. Whel
his friends shall take issue with the asser
tons of the Lawrence Republican, in tina
matter, then will be time enough to fur
nish our own evidence in the premises.
: We do not wish to be understood a
saying, OF intimating, even, that Judg
JOHNSTON never uses spirituous liquors
for we believe he does SO occasionally
+ but we do not believe he uses it to sucl
an extent as to injure his intellect, or t
produce, in the smallest degree, intoxica
o ton. We wish he did not use it at all
e and are not sure that be does SO, thougl
a our impressions are to the contrary, moi
i however, from anything we have eve
5 seen in him, or heard from others.
, We give it as our opinion that we d
e not want man who would bring "livin
i disgrace" upon us in Congress. Better
thousand times submit to the mortifca
e ton of defeat, and labor to bring abou
n that defeat, than to send such perso
. as Marcus j. Parrott into the councils @
the nation. And if the Republican part
Q has no better men in its ranks-those VIII
7 are no better qualified to represent them i
: Congress than II. f. Conway, t. Dwigh
Thacher, Marcus j. Parrott, or any othe
of that stamp of men-better by all mean
go to the Democratic party for candidate
until supply can be imported from
+ abroad.
The Border Troubles
Montgomery and his friends held
meeting few weeks since in favor O
: "Piekles,n at which series Of resolution