The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-01

If one OF tive furious sgta.ors would keep the coon
try IN ferment.
THE KANSAS EMIGRATlON-NEW ANTI
SLAVERY MOVEMENT.
from the Manches er hxauin.r 7, SEPT
TIE slavery question has hten and Uiii be a great
difficulty IN tins United States. After 1919 20 aud
the Missouri compromise, the hope was ioduged
ba. slavery would be abolished In process Of time
at 81 events teat IL would not en5roach upon tho
political system. Both antcipai3ns have beer fast
lied. phe enormous growth Of TIE trade Of Amsd a
with the ola world has doubled, or more tcsn
doubled tie slave population since 1920. Toe slave
and the fugitive slave bill Of 1850, as well a. the
Nebrasks and Kansas bin of 1854 show how the
p,cpotionate strength Of the slaveholdirg element
has been increased. This last bin has, however,
put lfs and rDsttle in tse heels Of the abOli.
tionists. II neither the irst the second de-
feat which they bad experienced a. the nsods OF tue
powerful and combined Souths ~ interests. IL will
be remembered that the Ne Tsska and Kansas bill
left /, witn the setters, in the territory
intended to be formed into new States, - say
whether slavery should o. should not exist among
them.
1t has been calculated that dozen States may
be formed ous OF this great tract; ana IL slavery
we're legn,ized in them oil the slave sjepsnt would
be finn established IN unchsller cable security
pa.s OF toe constitution OF tbe States. TIE anti.
slavery party Ia tins prospect felt their Suse al
most hopeless, and IS II nothing VS. ess for shem
but TO maintain sGr: Of fofi0rn struggle with the
ever eBcsoac5hg uth.
very hope essness Of their prospects helped the
sbohiOnists ard free soiiers to hit upos a novel
scheme for eheckmasing toe South. We have Just
received introation OF the formation Of che Mas
sachuset.s Emigration Company" aud Of toe
exploration, by lis agents, OF tie Territory In
fenced to be Occuaisd in the far West, With q
view to resist The introduction Of the slave ele
meet The free States OF the North are known 20
be the great rendezvous f-r tie Euroeeso e,ni.
grants These emgran.s settle, for the most part,
IN the eastern Districts Of tie Union; and tas
idea is, that as new men come from Europe the
native Americans should eniigrste westward As
Congress mas given to tine future population Of
Nebraska and Kansas the power TO say whether
slavery shs exist in these Territories the Northern
States have determined to settle the question by
planting colony Of men ami women, the vast
majority of whom shall be declared enemies of
slavery. This seems to them. as il viii appear to
most oD-lookers at distance, feasible, aud the
only feasible, plan to adopt. Here we are called
TO witness race between the North and the
South. The South has decided TO leave the ques-
ton Of slavery or no slavery TO the vote Of the rev
colonists, and the North suddenly discovers j. has
by flooding the colony VITA the opponents OF the
domestic institution" For this end the North
has every advantage. All the emigration from Eu-
rope goes 10 il. The old slsve colonies receive few
or no emigrants; the Southern States have mostly
stationary population; they have certainly no sur
plus 20 spare for the rush into Nebraska and Kan
sas, 70 which they are challenged. This race has
already begun. In New York capital Of FIVE mil.
lion dollars has been brought together to aid the
sntisavery emigrants to move westward. The
Massachusetts, league will not be tar bshind in fur
nishing emigration funds and free settlers. An
other league is formed in Ohio. II is estima' ed that
in this year 10000 persons VIII have been settled in
Kansas. Tickets fer locations the virgin soil Of
the territory to be- offered at all the European
emigration ports. The whole history Of No:th
America favcrs the success of such a pooulstiug
scheme. The greatest American successes have
been i'll popuatpg the wilderness Gin no time"
The energetic men Of the Eastern States have been
year; and the rapid manner in which Texas, Cali
foTnia and otner States have been peopled while 1t
is the wonder Of the old world shows that what has
been done may be done again. At all events, that
vas. majority for excluding slavery from the new
States will be planted within the next f years, is
hey end doubt The first town planted has been
named wor,es or aud If the new city b true 70 the
traditions of the cd rendezvous of anti avery feel
ing In Massachusetts,, il viii be ONE great poIt-
cal centre of free labor influence.
II il not impoesib that the designers Of this
scheme viii have y de2lore many troubles and
crosses. They may never even receive q dividend
on their huge land and plantation investment. But
American enterprise Las borne with s1ch disap
poihtment before, and can dc SD again. fne emf
grants will az least, bacons prosperous cultivators
OF the SOIL and customers to the nspua ,turers Of
the Eastern States and Of Europe. Perhaps some
such poli,ioal difficulty" thst Of slavery was
needed 70 give impetus 70 the great loodtiie Of
some day or other cover the entire surface of the
Ncrth American Continent from the Atlantic to
the Pacific.
As TO the political efe,.s OF the "Emigra alton Ali
Con paDy, ii it do more, it may at least protect
the Northern States froIa further Entertainments,
and cnlspel the South to look to measures which
, riy tend 10 solve rather than, as in recent
Aeefs, TO comphcate the slavery diff ,uity.
THE KANSAS SEAL.
We lave just seen the seal OF the new Territory
u Rapsas, engraved according to the design Of Gov
| Feeder 1t consists Of q shield with two sup
rorters and surmounted by scroll motto, and Is
beU stic Of the life OF the pioreer and the agnouturis
Tie lower comp, of the shield contains the buf
fao and the hunter; the upper contains the mplemt ns
Of agriculture. The left hand supporter 10 phone
vi his smock frock, leggins, rife, and tomahavk
whilst the right Is the Goddess Ceres with her
.nda their feet, and between them lie fallen tree All
The motto is beautiful and striking allusicn
the pin cpie which the Territory orga azed
consists ef the Populi nata, tanslated-Bon
the popular win Tie whole design is, think, vel
tsvissd highly suggestive, and in excellent taste
hdctca PA Argus.
For KASsAs.-The fourth party for Ksnsas lett
this city yesterday afternoon, numbering s6, mostly
adults They departed in fine spirits ging songs nd
cheering They viii have seccssops the way, which
will swell their number 10 two hundred BY the time they
reach 81 Louis The next party will leave either the
]7ta the Gath Sf next month Boston Atlas, Sept. a.