The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-10-05

DOUGLAS MISSION, August, is a.
Last week-the Lord be praised for all His met iei
To His unworthy servant!-I arrived (,
Safe at the Mission via westporti where
I tarried overnight to aid in forming
A Vigilance Committee, to send back,
In shirts of tar and feathers. doublets quilted
With forty stripes save one, al Yankee comersS'
Uncircumcsed and gentle, aliens from ~
The Commonwealth of Israel, who despise
The prize of the high calling of the saints,
To plant amidst this heather wilderness
Pare gospel institutions, sanctiGed
By patriarchaI use. The meeting opened
With prayer, as was most fitting Half an hou
Or thercaway groaned and strovo and wrestl |,
As Jacob did at Penuel, till the power
Fell on the people, and they cried" Amen"
Glory TO Cod" and stamped and clappsd he
hands;
And the rough-voicod boatmen wiped their oyg'i
" Go it, old hoss!" they cried and doomed the nil
Fulfilling thus the word of prophecy,
Cursed be Canaan" After prayer, the mectil I
Chose a committee-good and pious men
A Presbyterian elder, Baptist deacon,
A local preacher, three or four class-leaders, :.
Anxious inquirc,s, and renewed back-sliders,
A score in ALTO watch the river ferry,
(As they of old did watch the fords Of Jordan,)
And cut off all whose Yankee tongues refuse
The Shibboleth of the Nebraska Bill.
And then, in answer to repeated calls,
II gave a brief account of what saw
In Washington; and truly many hearts
Rejoiced to know the President and you
And General Gushing, regularly hear
The gospel message of Sunday morning,
Drinking with thirsty souls of the sincere
Milk of the word. Glory Amen and Selah =
Here, at the Mission, all things have gone well
The brother who, throughout my absence, acteh
As overseer assures me tsat the crops
Never were better have lost one negro,
irst-rate hand, but obstinate and sullen;
He ran away some time last spring, and hid
In the river timber There my Indian converts
Found him. and freed and shot him. For the rest
The hcathens round about begin to feel
The influence of our pious ministrations
And works of love and some of them already ),
Have purchased negroes, and are settling down
AS sober Christians Bless the Lord for this!
1 know it will rejoice you. You, hear,
Arc on the eve Of visiting Chicago
To fight with the wild beasts of Ephesus,
Long John and Dutch Free-SoiIers. May your trr
Be clothed with strength, and on your tongue b
found
The sweet oil of persuasion. So desires
Your brother and co-laborer. Amen!
s. Ais lost Even while in grief writo Tres
lines,
The Yankee Abolitionists coming
Upon as like food-grim, stalwart men,
Each face set like flint of Ply mouth rock
Against our ipstitutions-staking out
Their farm lots on the wooded Wakarusa,
Or squatting by the mellow bottomed Kansas
The pioneers Of mightisr multitudes-
The small rain-patte ere the thunder shower
browns the dry prairies. Hope from man is mol
Oh for quiot berth at Washington
Snug naval chsplsincy or clcrkship where
These rumors of free labor and free soil
Might never meet me more. Better to be
Doorkeeper in the White House, than to dwell
Amidst those Yankee tents, that whitening, show
On the green prairie, like feet bscalmed.
Methinks hear voice come up the river
From those far bayous, where the alligators
Mount guard around the camping ilibusters
" Shake off the dust of Kansas. Turn to Cuba.
There mayst thou, underneath thy vine and fig ire,
Watch thy increase of sugar cane and negroes
Calm patriarch in his Eastern tent"
Amen: So mote it be. So prsys your friend.