The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-13
be 1fefaio Of Tfeeeoiq.
Urence. Saturday, January Is, IS.
ConteuptihIe.

Contemplate.
In reply to a polite letter from G. w.
bwn, Esq. says the Parkyille, Mo-,
1ninary, asking information as to the
tive positions of Parkville and Law
zee, in Kansas Territory-the ac-
nmodations for emigrants. the crowd
|ng very great, and indifferently pro-
ed for in Kansas City-suggesting,
p, the exploration and making road
ween Parkyille and Lawrence-as
as inquiring as to the main candidate
Congress-and requesting the favor
an exchange; the writer of this sent
a reply, hastily penned, asking him
come and see for himself respecting
main object of inquiry, which has
mellow or other found its way into the
umns of the Agrarian and the Dis
ch, both published at Independence.
is correspondence we deemed pri-
e, personal, business one; but the
tors of these prints, having aceiden-
Y or clandestinely laid hands on
rment Of it, are attempting to create
feeling that it is an Abolition or Free
conspiracy. Men who can find graf
ation by such contemplate conduct,
l best manifest their instinct by keep
on in their peculiar course but We
; ali say, once for all, that the Lumina-
does speak our sentimentsim full, and
! honorable editor would greedily catch
! desultory and disconnected correspon-
knce thereby TO throw discrediton a CO.
nporary.
A word or two more. Mr.. Park was
s the Territory at the time, looking out
bprovements in the road up the north
5de of the Kansas river, towards the
5puth of the Blue. There is now
sgon road to Lawrence from Parkville,
Ehich our citizens are busily engaged in
.bproving-the citizens of Lawrence
@ill cooperate at their end of the work
Eand the result of the matter is, that
! brisk trade has already sprung up be-
5een our town and the Territory. Corn
d pork, (if we may give an instance,
7hich very recently could be bought for
y per 100 lbs, now easily fetches S5,
+ bile other articles of produce have ad-
lnced in proportion thus benefting
ike the merchant and the farmer. In
4pendence has long enjoyed nearly a
Sonopoly of the great western trade
er citizens have become wealthy In con-
8quence and now, when they are roll
De- in affiuence, they surely cannot
Eudge that the people of Kansas and
zarkyille should try to secure their share
i the rich commerce, and enviously at
mpt to thwart their efforts by a mean
5dewind |?
The letter alluded TO in the above,
1hich some of the members of the press
Missouri have accidentally got hold
and are using for the purpose of In
lllring the Parkyille Luminary, was re-
7eived by us on our first arrival IN Kan
|as City, in reply to numerous interroga-
prizes which We propounded to the editor,
he substance of which is briefly given
p the quotation from the Lumindry.-
70 person with sane mind reading our
5hterrogatories, and Mr.. PATTERsoS's let
Fr in reply, could draw any inference
hatever that either of us were anti
1Pavery in sentiment, or that we desired
Kansas to become free State for the
FRY good reason that we were cores
pndlng on subjects foreign to that issue !.
ct the people of Missouri are so tena-
ous OF their rights, and SO jealous of
eh other, that they assail everybody
no does not strictly coincide with their
Jews on that question. So far as we
e concerned, We are very willing they
hould know that we oppose the institu-
on Of slavery, and that we cannot look
pom that State, or any part of it. with
ut contrasting it with other sections of
be country not contaminated with this
es0laiing evil. The scourge of Atilla
as not more destructive in its effects
ian is this peculiar institution ; and he
no looks upon free and slave State
an readily recognize the difference in
}9'Or Of freedom. Intelligent slavehold-
rs acknowledge this, and are everywhere
f'oorlns to remove the blight; while a
ew worthless individuals, who are too
sazy to work, and too poor to buy slave,
re doing their best to perpetuate the
Furse, ignorant of the fact that it is thc
7Forkings of slavery which keeps then
b poverty, and always will. so long a.
lurrounded by the degraded negro. who's
hbor he is compelled to compete with, O
tarve.
encouragement