The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-02-26


whether those persons who are spending
their time and money to se6Hfs grants Of
land fot railroad purposes in Kansas, are
greater enemies to Lawrence and the
Territory, than those persons, or that per-
son, who has done'and is still doing all in
his power to defeat them. is not fdr me %
decide. t -
Mr.. conwsy's assertion thai the Mo.
River and r. NJ. Railroad has :'eaa2sd 70
be surveyed two sections pf TIE bslawaie
Lara oppoAite bAAsenes, for tke be ginning
Of a town" is, like most Of his commune
cations, entirely false, not containing one
word of truth.
desire to refer for moment to per.
soDal matter. Mr.. c. says. Lawrence can
have no confidence in Robinson. He has
been, from the start, the worst enemy il
ever had. Has he b. been keeping the
titles to property in Lawrence in dispute
for the last four years? to the vital in
jury of every person owning q foot OF
real estate in the town." / have no quar-
rel with Lawrence about confidence. !
think Lawrence people will do me the
Justice, however, to say that never tried
to buy their confidence with bad svhisky.-
II I have been the enemy Of Lawrence,
I am sorry, as nothing was farther from
my intentions. I can think Of but one
thing that l, or my family have done, that
can De construed as hostile to Lawrence'
and that was in giving aid and comfort
by receiving to our house, without charge,
at all times, and nursing to health and
strength, the man who has done more to
injure Lawrence and the Territory of
Kansas the present winter, in proportion
to his influence, than any other man living.
For this act, if it was wrong, ! and my
wife will most humbly ask pardon of the
good people of Lawrence, and we trust it
will be granted, as we supposed we were
warming to life and cherishing NAN.
If the titles to Lawrence have been in dis
pute for the last four years, tbs not my
fault. have done all in my power for
a speedy settlement. Ny desire for an
early decision is in proportion to my inter-
est; for who should want title, if not the
person claiming land in dispute. My
claim has not been in the wayof an early
settlement Tho leading float lawyer
said, year since, that the float could have
no contest with me, as it could not be
located on school section. His position.
have every reason to believe, is correct,
am and have been, very DESTROYS of a
decision at once. Unfortunately for Mr..
c., a protest was made soon after the
assumed location of the foa, charging
that it was fraud aud swindle upon
the people. This protest was signed by
NJ. f. Conway, and the long delay has
been, in part, if not chiefly, to ascertain..if
this protest be well founded. If that
protest is correct, don't blame me, for
was not party to the fraud if not, why
don't Mr.. Conway withdraw it, and tell
the officers here that he subscribed to a
lie?
Mr.. c. says: 81 am no Republican for
the sake Of plumber" Also. he says, when
the party "passes into the hands of profit
gate spoil hunters, you may rest assured
that will make very diligent haste to
abandon it." What an upright, conscien.
tious. pure soul is NJ, F. Conway. l dis.
like very much to disturb his self.compla.
cency, but it is about time he was taught
if he has the impotence to write infa.
nous libels about other people by tho col.
umn, that his mask should be lifted, that
a glance may be had at the horns and
hoofs of this inveterate libeller. Will il
be believed that this man, who has such
a horror of 'plunder" and profigats
spoils," went to director of that awfully
corrupt No. River and Rocky Mt. Railroad
Company, which he has "done all in bis
power to oppose" and insisted on being
corrupted? So far as can now recollect
he is the only person in Kansas who has
solicited that Company to corrupt him, and
his sickening adulation of his own virtue
and incoruptibility is disgusting in the
extreme. When drunkards preach tenn.
perance, strumpets virtue, then let mer
who buy votes with whisky, and offel
themselves for corruption on the corneri
Of the streets, preach principles" and
purity 'l9a'fa o 10 'iif1H3~
Perhaps ought to ask pardon for this
lengthy and hastily written scrawl. Ids
Hike anything like a personal collision
with any one, but when the public are
liable to be misled by long series Of
Misrepresentation, it becomes duty to
expose the designing demagogue and let
the truth be known. Very Respectfully.
.+.. C. ROBINSON.
t.4. Mr.. Arny's Letter. la ,..aagF
| 81 ss WASHINGTON, Jan. 81, 1853.