The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11

Ter, with six cents in their pocket and no
Sense in their head.
Another item: Tony certainknowl-
edge. for Il speak BY the cards. mora
than one haifof those who return from
Kaasas and carry such vile and forsba-
ding tales with them, were never in the
Territory at all; bat homesiek by the
aanoyances of a fifteen hundred or two
thousand miles travel, having landed al
Kansas City, No., within sight Of the
Territory, and taking the back track
Hqon the next Steamer down proudly
and pompously assert to their friends
that they had been to Kansas, they have
"seen the elephant and they are fully
satisfied he has horns.
Let it be fully understood we are not
regrettihg the absence of this class of men
from among us. No, no; not at all.-
We do not want them here. We would
not be cursed with their presence. Blu!
we do regret that the poor, silly, Lillipu-
tian ninny hammers ever left their homes
to come among US at all; or having come
among US and again returned to their
homes, that they are not bleSt with sense
enough. or moral honesty enough. to
represent our true condition.
But there is another class of emigra-
tion that may feel sighted. if We fail to
give them a proper and conspicuous no.
tee through the medium of the public
journals They certainly deserve it. l
wish were competent TO their case
But as am not, viii lave recourse, By
way of illustration, to an old and yener-
ated volume much out of repute now-a-
days, but which | remember my mother
used to read with much comfort and de-
light. Find by reference to this volume
that a certain man named Moses sent
persons ''to spy out the land of Canaan"
Kansas. how applicable! and said unto
them, Get you up this way southwark.
and see the land what it is; aud the people
that dwelleth therein, whether they be
strong or weak, few or many; and what
the land is that they dwell in. whether it
be good or bad; and what cities they be
thar they dwell in; whether in tents or in
strongholds; and what the land is, wheth-
er it be fat or lean, whether there be wood
therein, or not"
Now mark the sequel. After search
ing through the land for some days,
they return laden with the "grape," the
"pomegranate, and the .'fg." Fully
satisfied are they with the fertility of the
soil, the salubriousness of the climate,
the sublimity of the scenery. But |
must not anticipate them. Let them
make their own report. Here it is:-
"We came unto the land whittier thou
sent US, and truly it howeth with milk
and honey: and this is the fruit of it.
Nevertheless the people be strong that
dwell in the land; and moreover, we saw
the children of Anak (Missouri) there.
And the Amalekites (Cherokees) dwell
in the land of the south; and the Hittites
Apacas J and the Jebusites { (Camanehes)
and the Amorites (Sioux dwell in the
mountains; and the Canaanites Kansas
nation dwell by the sea and by the coasts
of Jordan.
"And they brought up an evil report
of the land which they had searched,
saying: The land through which we have
gone to search it, is a land that eateth up
the inhabitants thereof; aud the people
that we saw in it are menof great stature.
"And there we saw the giants. the
sons of Anak Missouri) which come
out Of the giants; and we were in our own
sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in
their sight"
There is terseness, pointedness, In
the statement Of fact by Biblical au-
thors-particularly Moses-that the au-
thor of no other book can rival. The
applicability of the quotations l have jus t
made to the present state of the settle
ment of Kansas, is so direct and clear as
TO forestall explanation.
Satisfied is the emigrant with the pro-
duets of Kansas-tke grape" the
'pomegranate," and the fig" that the
land is "fat," and not '1ean;" and that
"there be wood therein" Yet the peo-
pie OF Anak and of Canaan dwell there.
There they saw 'tthe glants-tile Mis-
sourian and the Indian-and frightened
at the bowie knife of the one, and the
tomahawk of the other, they are in their
Gown sight as grasshoppers," andso they
are in the sight of all others.
When it is known-as it ought to be
the Canaanite { the Indian)
IS our best friend, and welcomes US with
hospitable arms; and that the bowie knife
Of the Anakite (the Missourian) has no
terror in its sheen; we can entertain no
'ther sentiment for such emigrants as
Year either or both. than that of the pro-
foundest contempt; and humbly pray, |
rom the evil of such emigration ''Good
Lord deliver u.s." More anon.