The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-12-03
Tor ns Hrdld ef Freedom.
From a Lawrence Republican
LAyREScE. Nov 26. 1859.

notice the violently partisan and un-
truthful attacks made by Republican edi-
tors upon Judge HALDERMAN. This at
tempt to fasten upon him an Endorsement
of the border rufian outrages and usur-
pations is notoriously untrue, as every old !
Kansan is well aware. We, at least, can |
afford to be just to our opponents, and It
was q qualification to me to see in your
columns short time since, a letter from
Leavenworth Republican, which l can
heartily indorse as true in respect to the
past career and personal character of the
Democratic nominee for Congress.
That Mr.. Conway has done some ser
vice to freedom, is no reason that we
should deny to Judge HALDERMAN any
credit for his services, or overlook the
faults of the former, which have been and
still are stumbling blocks in the progress
of our cause. Conway has been an ex-
tremist, often battling against his fellow
laborers more bitterly than against our
common foe; while Judge Halderman,
as a conservative, has done much towards
securing the freedom of Kansas. From
his position, Conway could do nothing
with the Democracy and conservative men
of the States, when we needed their help
20 enable US to overthrow the Lecompton
swindle. The extravagant statements of
reckless men, sent from Kansas to the
East were secuted as untrue, and such
partisan statements were believed only by
the Republicans who were in minority in
many of the States. Just after the So
called adoption of the Lecompton Con-
stitution, such men as Judge S. w. JOHN
sToN, Ii. B. DENMAN, JAMES CHRISTIAN,
JOHN A. HALDERMAN, Gov. WALKER and
Secretary STANTON, took ground against
that fraud, and the ballot box stufing re-
sorted to to sustain it. This movement,
set on foot the Oath of December, 1857, at
Leavenworth, by such men, was the elec-
tric shock which awakened the conserva-
tive masses of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
Pennsylvania, to that action which result
ed in the overthrow of the Buchanan dy-
nasty in those States.
Nor was Judge HALDERMAN content
merely with drafting and passing resolu-
tons. He contributed money freely to
buy and sustain press in Kansas, which
took open opposition to the Lecompton
Constitution. Mr.. Conway, all this time,
favored revolutionary movement for the
overthrow of the Border-ruffian usurps-
ton, and desired direct conflict with the
U. S. authorities.
At Democratic Territorial Conven-
tion, held December oath, 1857, to take
action against the Lecompton Constitu-
ton, committee of seven was appointed
on resolutions, which were reported and
unanimously adopted by the Convention.
JAMES CHRISTIAN and JOHN A. HALDER-
MAN were members of that committee
In the first resolution, they
Resolved, That WE UTTERLY REPUDIATE
THE ACTION OF THAT Uecompton) Con-
vENTIoN, as anti Democratic; as contrary
to the true exposition of the Nebraska
Kansas Act; as an iufraction
of the Constitution of the United States"
&c.
In tho seOond resolution, after dvuuunU-
ing sectionalism, they
Resolved, "Nor does this Convention the
less deprecate and denounce every inva-
sion of this Territory by persons living
outside its limits, with a view of controll-
ing its elections, and out of which inva-
sion have sprung great many of the dis
turbances and troubles in the Territory,
and which have led to innumerable and
gross frauds, both disreputable to those
committing them and at war with the
rights and interests of the people of Kan
sas.'
In their third resolution they declared
that large number of the votes returned
for the Lecompton Constitution on the
21st of Dec, were fraudulent, being cast
by non-residents of the Territory. They
also earnestly protested against the ad-
mission of Kansas under the Lecompton
Constitution" or any other instrument
which had not been legally submitted to
full and fair vote of the people.
Such was the position of Judge HAL
DERMAN-such his denunciation of the
Lecompton outrage. NJ. F. Conway, at
that time, was bitter in his denunciations
of Lec6hpton, and equally bitter in his
denunciations of Douglas and the Democ-
racy whom he apparently wished to drive
into bs,support of thae swindle. Still
moro bittefwas his denunciation of every
Free State man who favored going into
an election under that constitution to OBJ
tain control of isSAiSes.
From that timeeo, Adge HALDERMAN
has been an unwaveri9s Douglas Demo-
crat. Mr.. Conway hA5Ssd the ultra fac
tlon, and to-day advocates the doctrine oil
Congressional sovereignty over slavery,
although the Osawatomie. platform, on
which his party stands, denies that prin-
ciple. -
fsfssbove his competitor. No one, who
h&sssn the trickster politicians of Kan
sas at work for tfsSast year, can have any
kc1nAdence in Conway's integrity. A
principle always suffers when bad men
profess to advance. R by the use of the
lowest and meanest political tricks. They
thus prove that they have no faith in the
principle-that they do not believe it
but merely wish to use it as a stepping
stone to power. Conway's employment