The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-12-15

AAA . - 1890 - - - 1890 "
there is a man in Congress who thinks
it could be permanently slave-holding
country. l have no idea that it could. .
Mr.. Badger, of North Carolina, said !:
Cd have no more idea of seeing slave
population in either of them than / have
of seeing it in Massachusetts-not a
whit"
Mr.. Butler, of South Carolina, said =
Gas far as | am concerned, / must say
that l do not expect that this bill is to
give US of the South anything, but mere
ly to accommodate something like the
sentiment of the South
Mr.. Hunter, of Virginia, said =
'Does any man believe that you will
have slave-holding State in Kansas and
Nebraska Iconfess that for moment
l permitted such an illusion to rest on
my mind"
Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee, said Gas
! told the honorable chairman of the
Committee on Territories, and as have
expressed myself everywhere when l
have given my opinion on the subject, l
was content to let this matter stand as it
was, because, in my judgment, there
was nothing practical in it.
There is nothing in the present state
of things that shakes my conviction in
the destination of Kansas to be free
State. The lawless violence of certain
Missourians to control the elections and
mould the sovereignty Of Kansas must
fail of its object. The condition of
Kansas as to slavery will be determined
ultimately by the influence of the law of
nature and the principles of human in
terest, almost as certain is their opera
ton as tina: law itself. Population,
which was flowing rapidly into the Ter
ritory, has been checked and greatly OBJ
structed for sometime past; but thou
sands who have settled there are opposed
to the institution of slavery, and vast
number who, it is believed, will settle
there as soon as law and order are estab-
lished, will join the opposition. Besides,
l understand that the number of emf
grants going to Missouri, bona tide to
live there, does not exceed the number
of emigrants from that State returning
to their ancient establishments. Now,
if this information be correct, Kansas
will, in due time, when prepared for adj
mission into the Union, present herself
to Congress for admission with a consti-
tuition prohibitory of slavery. To hel
admission under the case supposed there
could be no serious objection on the part
of the South for the doctrine is Justly
avowed by her that, when a State is
about to be admitted into the Union, thai
State has a right to decide for itsel
whether it will or will not have slavery
within its limits. But if | am mistaken
in the opinion that Kansas will present
herselfat the right time to Congress with
constitution prohibitory' of slavery.
and, on the contrary, by any possibility
she should be admitted as slayehold.
ing State, still, l repeat, | am convinced
from the nature of her soil, from the
number Of foreigners and of citizens
from the free States who have settled
and who will hereafter settle within hel
limits, and from the well-known aversion
of those persons to the institution of sla-
very, that her career as slaveholding
State would be very short one, and that
her destiny is fixed by the law of nature
and the circumstances adverted to as a
non slaveholding State.
Practically, then, the South has moth
ing to gain by a repeal of the Missouri
compromise. Her own fertile lands,
suitable for the profitable culture of hel
great staples and situated in a climate
congenial to the health of her laborers,
afforded her, in their immense area, a
space far beyond her powers for cultiva-
ton for any series of ages yet to come
| condemned the lust for lands which the
South did not want, and which honor
called upon her not to invade or to ac-
quire in justice.-Mo5ile advertiser.