Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-08-03

There appears to be good deal Of excite
fnent On the Western frontier Of Missouri
growing out Of the proposition to colonize the
adjacent Territory Of Kansas with Northern
freemen. e
The Platte (Mo) Argus Of July 22d con-
tains the proceedings of meeting, which
seems to have organized an association similar
to the Vigilance Committees Of South Carolina
and Mississippi with . view to ferreting out
and Furnishing abolition under the Lynch code.
The most unwarrantable invasions Of the rights
Of individuals are resolved upon, such as |" to
investigate the conduct Of every person in the
community, whom We may have cause to sus-
pect and diligently search for evidence tend
ing to show whether any person suspected is
in fact an Abolitionist,' Sc. They demand
the removal Of the free negroes from the coun-
ty, and propose other lawless and tyrannical
measures. These rowdiss and ut-throats style
themselves g the Platte County SelfD Defensive
Association"
A writer under his own name, in the Same
paper, recommends similar proceedings for the
Territory of Kansas.
II is evident, that whore the champions of
Slavery have sway there can be no freedom
for white men, much less for blacks.
The following article, from the Boston Ad-
vertissr, presents hopeful view Of the Kansas
question. Our knowledge Of the country, de-
rived from Fremont's and Emory's Reports,
confirms the account given by the writer. The
country is very high, and in that latitude can
not be favorable to the staples on which Sla-
very thrives.
aAs far as the political destiny of these new
Territories is concerned, the general appearan-
ces are, that neither of them will over come in
as slave State.
for hemp; but even if hemp should be cultiva-
|, ted, which for the present is almost out Of the
question, since al settlers begin with the rails
ing of corn-even II by and by hemp should
| be cultivated in 4nsas, this would not be suf-
fcicat to make slave labor generally profitable.
| Nor can the few slaves who are brought here
out of spitc by some stubborn slavery propa-
gandist stamp it as slave State. II is we'll
understood here, that Kansas will be essential
ly farming country, and that the handful of
slaves who are now brought here are brought
here at loss not for any industrial purposes
but simply for the fanatical and ridiculous
purpose OF giving to the North an exaggerated
idea of their power to extend the institution
In the instance Of Kansas, the fsnaticism Of
the South for universal Slavery will wreck
against the decree of Providence, who, as if to
assist all honest men in their opposition to the
niquity, has untitled the soil Of Kansas or Ne
brasks for any labor which is not the labor OF
freemen. Let them, therefore, bring their
slaves along. The miserable bravado viii on
ly hurt the shortsighted men who follow
blindly their bad passions or their rotten po-
liticsl leaders, without reference to their own
benefit and to the benefit Of their fellow
men,
Let the emigration societies press on the tide
Of free population. With energy, there can be
no doubt Of success and we incline to hope
that the emigration movement may not only
keep Slavery out Of Kansas, but root il out Of
| Missouri G..