The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-17


lection to their property; but soon as the propo
sition was made to organize Kansas and Nebraska,
and leave the emigrants to decide the question of
slavery for themselves the Colonel shifted his posi-
ton, and we hear no more from him about the i'm
portance Of an immediate settlement. But if his
zeal has abated, the zeal of the pioneers has not.
They are pouring into Kansas by the thousand from
Missouri and Arkansas and into Nebraska by the
thousand from Iowa and Wisconsin. / see that
Horace Greeley and other active abolitionists are
attempting to raise fund to coonize Kansas with
abolition propagandists and kidnappers. This may
be fun for Horace and others of the leaders Of the
dsunonists; but can assure him and them, that If
persisted in, it will be death to the innocent
end misguided fools who are sent there. The
pt neers OF the West, and the men of Kentucky and
other slave States, have no objection to respectable
Northern people, who to the border as settlers
in coed faith resolved to act as upright and orderly
citizens, anxious for the promotion of the common
good Of ALL but they cannot be expected to yield
inch, and certainly will not yield the tenth part Of
one. TO the myrmidoms of O band of men who have
already proclaimed their determination to break the
tonds OF the Union and expose the Southern States
TO the horrors Of servile war. Kansas will be a
slave State in spite of the efforts Of these incendares
and advise only such of them as come with arms
in their hands and hearts to WELD them, to enter
into this unhoy crusade. Ere this reaches you there
will be more resolute men in Kansas determined to
crush abolitionsm and free soism than can be mus
tered BY Greeley and his gang in twelve.month to
come. 1t is to be hoped that the Indian titles along
the border will be soon extinguished. They occupy
by far the most valuable portions of the country and
when they are removed q prosperous community
will soon spring up.
A few words Of meditation, and am done. The
rambler over the plains, who is not annoyed with
wagons or goods or troubled with tent, with only
o blanket for his bed and saddle for his pillow,
has bis Imagination night after night put upon the
wing. Having nothing to do, he usually lies down
as soon as
Night stretches forth her leaden sceptre
and then his eyes turned to the broad deep blue
paDse, where not dark line or spot is visible filled
with the blended light of every star whose rays have
reached during the Lrofsund six thousand years.
And he may trace the light flmy clouds careering
through the heavens, curling into unimagined forms
Of beauty hanging in graceful folds like veil of Cos.
samer, streaking the distant horizon with varied
and pickering colors, or rising in masses like the
outlines of far off mountains, whose submits are
crowned with eternal snow. How profound is his
wonder that amid the busy and grovelling scenes OF
toll and business, his mind has 80 seldom been ee,
vatt to the contemplation of things so grand and
magnificent; that their sizes, their motions, thdr
sistarces, ard tie vast and various circles in which
they move, should have occupied 20 little OF hi, at
teption and been 20 seldom appealed to to elevate
his feeling, and animate his gratitude to theis Di