The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-08-27
Inforua,ion Wanted.

Last week we ran parallel between
Judse JOHNSTON and Mr.. PARBoTT, can
didates for delegate to Congress, and
showed that The difference between the
gentlemen, politically, was about the same
as thar between tweedledee and tweedle-
dum. It is true one claims to be Re-
publican and the other a Democrat, but,
as we have repeatedly declared, neither
Of these parties, as organized in Kansas,
has any binding force upon us. The Re-
publican organization is bastard affair at
best. Instead of planting itself upon the
national platform of the Republican par
ty, it has stolen the principal plank in
the Cincinnati platform of 1856, and un-
der the assumed name of Republican, is
lsbOring to apply the rarty lash, and
whip every genuine Republican into its
camp-a thing, by the way, which they
will find wholly impracticable.
In the Lawrence Republican of June
goth, we find the following remarks, un-
der the head of Conditions of Victory :"
A more appalling picture of corruption and
reckless deoaucheTy can hardly be cOnceiye d,
than is this moment presented by the Oticiallife
of majority of the office holders in the United
States. Politics has become q trade-a game
Impudent tricksters, without fixed principles
political charIatans. with small brains, but
great seight Of hand,-u blushing debauchees,
reekiDg with poll luton, wh teaf-
hc in their own and others votes, crowd them
selves into every position Of honor and profit,
and, through the prostitution of partiZAn ma
ehinery, force themselves upon an unwilling
people as ascandidates for ever Office.
Tho Republican party OF Kansas owes il to
itseli and to its principles to utterly repudlate
and dls0Hn this whole class Of leoches ana para
sites. The Free-State party ruined itself, and
had we'll nigh ruined the cause, by attempting
to carrJ the crushing load OF DRUNKEN cANDI'
DATES and licenti0us leaders. The strength OF
the Republican party in 4 kansas is with that class
Of men who will not tolerate such candidates, MOI
follow such leaders. The sooner this fact comes
to be realized the better. There are nOtc IN
our pa ~ men sSeting to be cdndidtts for offices
Of high and resp0nstbe trust. whose personal
character ought to firever preclude them from
any ONCE Ut honor or trust,-TneR Of reckless and
dissipdtefmordis, dtssotHte, ABANDONED. DRUNK.
BS. II the Republican party shall blindly and
wilfully make such men its standard bearers,-
shall thus deliberately insult and trample under
foot the moral sense of community, IL will be
most shanefuily and ignominiously defeated,
and rW deserve to BE-
In its issue of Aug. 4th, speaking Of
Parrott's nomination, it says: "The nom-
ination, as is well known, is one that we
have not deemed it either proper or pru-
dent to be made"
We have more than once resolved that
we would never sustain "drunken u
candidate for any Office. II we have done
SO in the past, when the contest was be-
tween Free State and Pro- Slavery Domi-
nees, the reason does not hold wher
there is no issue in which the great ques
ton of freedom is involved. Other thing,
being equal, we would always prefer .
sober Democrat for any Office, to "drunk
en-" Republican.
The Republican, on the 30th of June
last, declared that "there are noto in oul
IRepublican] party, men seeking to bt
candidates for Offices of high and respOnsi
BE trust, whose personal characters ough
to forever preclude them from any offic'
Of honor or trust-men of reckless ant
diSsipated morals-dissolute, abandoned
DRUNKEN" The only Office to which
men were then aspiring to be "candi
dates" so far as we know, was the ofic
Of delegate to Conrress. The only "men'
who wished to occupy that responsible
station were T. Dwight Thacher, M. +
Conway, and MARCUS j. PARRoTT Wit
all the objections which were urge
against the two former of these candi
dates, we have never heard an iutimstio
that they were "dissipated, drunken" Di
the editor, then, have Mr.. PARRrTT i
mind when he penned that article, and
it true that Mr.. PARRoTT is drunken :?
If so, and Mr. JOHNSTON, his opponent,
not in the habit of getting drunk, then W
shall not hesitate to choose between then
and shall give our choice to the sober car
didate.
Will the Republican editor be SO kin
as to inform US whether he had Mr.. Pal
HoTT in mind when he penned the aboN
articles, and if SO, whether Mr. PARROT
Is Incorporate in his habits?