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

ton OF Mr.. JOHNSTON, as Delegate to Con-
gress, over Mr.. PARRoFT. We understood
thoroughly, atthe time, what We were
doing; and We were also well aware that
in SO doing we would bring down upon us.
to aeertain extent, the maledictions of our
party press and party leaders-of those
who see no good in any political move
ment unless it be for the triumph of party,
even though such triumph may result in
the ruin of the country. We say we
were prepared for this; and hence when
the Leavenworth Times and Register only
us with such very eminent and
persons as Judas Iscariot
and Benedict Arnold, and charge us with
having sold out "body, soul and breeches,"
for gold-aye, Government gold"-we
feel that we have been very kindly dealt
with indeed. We expected much worse
than we have received, and are very thank-
full to our ootemporaries that they have let
us down so easily.
But, to speak more seriously upon this
subject, both the Times and Register will
find that they are behaving very silly in
charging every Republican who thinks
their pet caudidate-Mr. Parrott-should
not be elected, with being guilty of apos-
tacy, treason, and all manner of crime
They will find Traitors, if that be the
standard of treason, as plenty as black
berries by the time of the election; and
that Government gold has been profusely
distributed over all the Territory, or else
that Republicans can be bought mighty
cheap, if every one who cuts Mr.. Parrott
and votes for Judge Johnston, is to be
as traitor, and mercenary,
and as having "sold himself" That kind
of pleading will not answer. The people
are beginning to think and act for them
selves, aside from the instructions Of
packed political conventions, and will try
and elect those men to offices of trust who
can contribute most to the general welfare
Because mans party should nominate a
person to position of high trust and con
fidence who ought not to be elected, it, is
the sheerest nonsense in the world to
charge those who bolt such nominations
with being purchased with "Government
gold" The charge is stale-itis fiat-it
stinks, and won't win; and no man pos
sessing candor and integrity himself will
urge it against his neighbor. v--y.
We can repeat, for the benefit of all
concerned, that we oppose Mr.. Parott's
election because he did nothing-literally y
nothing-for Kansas, in the two years he
represented us at Washington; and we
think it worse than folly, merely for the
sake of putting another ten or twenty
thousand dollars into his pocket, to go
through the farce of electing him again.
Let him stay at home, and let the people
elect somebody who will put forth some
effort to accomplish that for which he is
alone sent to Congress. That somebody
else, under the circumstances, must be
Judge Johnston-not because he is a
Democrat, but because heis prominently
before the people, aud the only opposing
candidate to Mr.. Parrott; and because
from the past history of Mr.. Johnston and
his high character as man We have the
most positive guaranty that he will work
assiduously for the good Of the Terri
tory.
Judge Johnston being Democrat,
however, is not, under the circumstances,
an Objectionable feature; from the fact
that the Administration and the Congress
being Democratic, he will be much more
likely to succeed, as Democratic Dele.
gate, in obtaining for the people of Kan.
sas those great measures for the relief and
prosperity of the Territory.
With respect to the charge that we have
"gone over to the Democracy" we have
simply to say that 1t is not true. But, il
addition we will say this; that if gres
principles are to be tested by the charac
ter of their expounders; that if the wors
political cha-lstans; the merest thimble
riggers in politics; persons bankrupt il
reputation; fools and fanatics; liars ant
hypocrites; jay-hawkers and murderer
are to be taken as the reflex of Republi
canism, then, let it be understood, we wan
none of it. There is either somethiD,
rotten in the principles, or else it is yer,
badly represented in Kansas. Profane
licentious and obscene men expoundin
the Sermon on the Mount" would 500
bring the Christian religion into disreputt
and cause it to become mockery and
by word to the intelligence of the age
! So Republicanism in Kansas must 500
shake off the bad men who represent
or it will become stencil in the nostril
Of every honest man in the land.
There is no use mincing the matter
The Republican party has got to pnrif
itself "as by fire. or 60 under. And
it does not cast off the corrupt men wh
profess to be Republicans par excellenc
the sooner it dies the better. There
only one way in which this purifcatio
can be effected, and that is for the hone
and fair minded portion of the party
act independently Of party dictation. F.
them to select from the various candidate
presented for their suffrages the men be
qualified to subserve the public good al
elect them, and to do this in defiance
the howlings and lashings Of their par
organs or party leaders.
1t is this view of the subject that i
duces us to lend our support to Jud
Johnston, believing that his electi'
. and Parrott's defeat will be the fl
great step towards relieving the peoI
nom the miserable misrule of the ct
upt partisans now infesting our Ter
tory.
Let the people do this-let them Z
independently, and let them elect for
few times such men as Judge Johnston
: men of character, of capability and wol
; Ito positions of trust and confden
and the result viii soon be, that tn,
political mountebanks s-mere gambl
E for official station, who, like the harpi
render impure everything with VIII
they come in contact, will soon beta
u themselves to other and more oonger
climes-"A consummation devouily to
wished. ."-7bpeka Tribune, Sept. 10
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