The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-04-09
These Statements Conflict.


which have been in the interest of the
Jay-Hawkers, when they read, week
ago, in the Lawrence Repqblican, in com.
munieation headed Politics in Linn
county" directed TO the Lawrence P.pub.
hcan, and dated March 21,t, the following
at has been charged that the Repnbli
can element Of this county was to be found
with those who have been engaged in
lay-hawklng AM committing acts o,
lawiessness heretofore This is an entire
mistake. fi1o-L thirds of The M kles Strte
men 81 the county haze alDqgs condemned
these things, and yet ! venture to say tha,
taree-feurths of the old Free State party
VIII ultimately vote Repubicanisn.
"As proof that majority of the Re.
Pabilcaus are auti-jay hawkers when the
question may be put, | would state tha
the convention which selected the abov.
delegates, voted down Mr.. Montgomery
ior that position, when one of his friend,
Cess ludiclous than himselO introduced
ms name as a nominee. What saw th,
advocates of preserving the Free Stat,
party intact, to that %
And We add: What did those mensav
who have been charging the opponents OF
jay-hawking with being Pro. slavery men
when they read that letter?
Nj WATTLEs, in letter published in
the same paper, dated March 18th. head.
ed Statistics Of Parties" says: There are
about 500 voters in that county. These
he divides into, 1st, 200 Republicans :;
I'd, 90 who differ somewhat from the Re.
pubIicans, but always vote with them :;
81, 25 jay-hawkers; making 275 in the
aggregate. Ga the other side he classes
LIST, 200 Free State Democrats s: 81 25
Pro-slavery men; Sd, balance of the 500
border rufians. [ouey: How man,
borderruiiians are there p lie says the
40 were former supporters and readers Of
the Heraitc Of Freedom but now they sus
tam the Republican, &c, and that the II
81 r. Is now scarcely noticed 10y the first
class aud that it ''iinds its principal sup.
porters" among the latter, '':lot because i,
4p'"Iy advocates slavery, or Democracy
but because of its Tone
II there were but t,oenty fire jar
h1'o6ers in Linn county, why is it thai
Linn and Bourbon couuties have SO loDs
been outraged by those vile desperadoes
and Tor whole year the two counties con.
vuIsed, and the prosperity of the Terri
tory defeated by theiract;on Ailatonce
since 'he jAy-hawkers have been routed
l'seems they are treated as of ma account /;
ana Montgomery, who was claimed to be
the political savior of that region. in a
convention of his friends, could no. be
elected to a seat in the 0sawatomie Can.
vention A few months ago he was hon
or'd with suit cfnew clothes by the la
dies--so the report said--and yet be WAS
voted down" in the house of his friends !
In regard to the circulation of the Hsr.
nh Of Freedom in Linn county. it gives us
pleasure to state that We have nearly
double the number of subscribers in tba,
county which we had a year ago, or at any
other time since that couaty was organ.
iEed' and still the circulation is rapidly on
the increase.
From Mr.. Wattles' statement, it seems
that there are but 25 Pro. slavery men in
that county; for he says there are but 500
voters in the county; 275 of whom are
ha'ers of slavery; 200 are Free Stat.
Democrats, and tho balance. IS, are Pro-
slavery men and border rufians.
The ouirases IN Linn county, according
TO the veracious statements of CORRESPOND.
enis, were confined to little difieul,,
between the jay-hawkers, (25 only, in
number, according to Wattlss,) and the
Pro- slavery men and border ruffians-also
set down BY Wattles at 25. Nobody else
has been interfered with no other out.
RACES have been perpetrated-ouly 25
1Jay-hawkers agains: 25 Pro- slavery men |!
When armies of two b,nlI
s,en dev.s,o,;n, a.. -. ',O"S were
srv.na -'u Ou 0
that !, wo. .I, :. .:, =, ASSulsa
ONLY 25 mar to-. '.e-' A,usiou 'na'
ia. = r.. N',,"ou, On eilner
,.sms - d;..nrras,s ~, " a,'ies, 100
ana ,.,,. ~ ,ts. 80. '-s'e ayinAskerS'