The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11
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EASTERN EeeHe8---A FLtze O6ered-
i A friend IN New England has givel
Us q long letter about Kansas matters, fo
which he has onr thanks. We love q
bear from that section Of the Union, fol
Iit always inspires so much hope. Tn.
lester was not designed for The pnbIh
eye, but we knew be will excuse Us th.
liberty We take in making : few extracts
Speaking of the outrages prscticed upOr
the people and the ballot.box here on tn.
3oth of March last, he says
"We thank Atchison, Stringfellow q
| Co. for their invasion of Kansas. It Isl
Iclincher to Northern anti-siayery senti
ment. Its the last straw but one which
broke the csmePs back. Let them dc
the same thing again, and there viii be
ringing of steel on the Penobscot and
/ Kennebec, away down in Maine. The
iumbermen viii scent the war on the
western breeze. and grid themselves fol
the conflict. Let them come, if they
choose. Civil war thrust upon the coun.
try by the minions of slavery, cannot be
checked till it shall have reached the
southernmostpeint of Florida. L5t them
light the torch if they darei We can
endure its blaze, and be guided by It's
light IS well as they
In smother paragraph he says:-
eff Northern blood should chance to
be split upon the soil of Kansas, it would
quickly yield q harvest of armed men.
Then there could be no doubt about the
future.
"I am sometimes sickened at the sight
of few pale, palpitating youths who
have returned with dismal tidings from
the Eden of the West. There is one
consolation-what is our loss by their
presence, is your gain by their absence.
Il is useless to contend against their weak
ness, for it is strife against destiny
God never designed them for heroes, such
as can wM and achieve the freedom of a
State. They are not the bone and mus
Gle of the body polite, but the mucous
membrane of some small intestine, never
designed to be seen even. much less to- be
exposed to rough usage. / hope some of
our witty boys in Kansas will write them
a hymn to sing on their return. Let it
be soft as the sigh of a woe stricken maid
en-put it in the Herald of Freedom, and
it shall meet them in every village. We
think but little of the whining ours, and
would gladly improve, orbe rid of them"
We love our correspondents sugges-
ton very. much, and as an inducement
for some person to court the muse in be-
half of the frightened Sabbath school
children" as the Missourians call East
ern people. we propose to give two years
subscription to the HERALD OF FREEDoM,
commencing with No. 1, Vol. ], for the
best piece of poetry, not exceeding forty
lines in length. adapted to some popular
air, which shall be fitted for singing on
the retreat of the pioneers from Kansas,
VI Ou tiIciT dTfifdt III tIi0 EdSt. 10 the
second best we will give one years sub
scription, and to the third best six
months subscription. The whole shall
be received by the first of October, and
submitted to a committee of three per-
sons, hereafter to be selected upon their
decision the award shall be rendered and
receipts forwarded for the paper. Per-.
feet fairness shall be observed by the
committee, and each of the songs SUBJ
nitted shall inure to our benefit, to pub
lish or otherwise, as cur judgment shall
direct. Who will compete for the prize?
AS the people of the East take deep in
terest in the question, and suffer more
than we do by their dolorcus repinings.
they shall not be excluded from a COM
petition for the prizes; ON the contrary
we invite them to it, and hope many of
them viii join in the movement.