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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26
Kansas a Slave state.

1t is generally admitted by the anti
slavery press throughout the Union, that
Kansas will be slave State. The ene-
mics of negro slavery held out as long as
they possibly could for the abolition of
Kansas, but it appears since the late cleo
ton for members of the Legislature, which
resulted in their entire defeat, that they
have become discouraged, dishearteaed,
and seem to be willing to surrender to the
wisdom and strength of the South. This
is indeed sensible, sensible on their part,
if they are really in earnest; but we are
inclined to believe they areplaying .Ros-
san." They may think by yielding
and acknowledging that Kansas will be
pro-slavery, it will impede the flood of
southern emigration here, but at the same
time they will be running as many of
their dupes into the Territory as posi-
BILE, and thereby, in their usual cunning
and demoralizing mode of conducting az
fairs, when Kansas shall have sufficient
population to enter the Union as a State,
deceive pro-slavery men by their mum.
DefS, ana enter the y mon as q free State.
This being evidently the intention of
the Abolitionists, it requires every pro-
slavery man to be on the alert, and every
effort made on the part of the South to
populate the Territory with the right
kind of sovereigns. Yes, southern peo-
pie should be far more energetic than ev-
er-not pro-slavery man should rest on
his oar until there are sufficient num-
Der in this. Territory for any and every
emergency. That Kansas win be a slave
State. we have never been disposed to
doubt, and we hope there viii never be
cause for any right minded man to doubt
it; but to accomplish all we desire we
must continue to do our duty, our whole
duty, not only that which will be graft
flying to ourselves, but also pleasing to
all sound minded men-all lovers of the
Union.
Notwithstanding the confession on the
part of many Abolitionists that Kansas
will be slave State, we know that they
are at the same time rallying all their
forces in the North and East to this point
If they do not deceive us, it will not be
their fault; they will not leave stone
unturned to accomplish their black and
contemplate intentions. Weshould much
dislike to see the fair and virgin plains
of Kansas in possession of a set of despi-
cable, negro thieving Abolitionists. We
should be tempted to believe that the
South had lost her independence, her
honor, her love for the Union. But we
shall not think thus until we are conyinc-
ed that the Abolitionists will be allowed
to hold the sway where pro-slavery men
are now monarchs of the most beautiful
and fertile Territory that has ever entered
the glorious confederation of the Union.
I-Rickopoo Pioneer.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26
The Combat Tickens.

The barbarians in Missouri will suffer
no one to arraign their acts. The more
respectable citizens of that State do not
sympathize with their proceedings, and
portion of the press openly condemns
them. The Parkville Luminary, printed
in Platte County, Missouri, paper OPP
posed alike to Abolitionists, and the Dis
uionists of the slave States, in its issue
after the election in Kansas, disappro, ed
in very decided terms of the conduct of
the barbarians, and advocated the right of
the actual settlers of Kansas to determine
their own institutions. In other words
it maintained Squatter Sovereignty, as
taught by Cass and Douglas. For this
offence, it was held up to popular indig-
nation by the Weston, Mo-, Argus, in
terms designed to provoke mob violence.
elf the people in the neighborhood of
Parkville,' it remarked, "were not the
most forbearing people in the world, the
materials composing the Luminary print
ing-ofice, scouid go into The Missouri riy-
er, and the falsehoods that find an outlet
Thoughts polluted columns would there
fore cease"
Upon this hint the slavery men acted,
and the mode of operations is compla-
Gently announced in the same paper that
instigated the mob. In another column
the reader will find the particulars of the
demolition of the press.
These outrages, We are glad to see, are
arousing public indignation everywhere.
Some of the st. Louis papers are loud in
their condemnation of them, and even
the blood ofthe conservative press is STIR
red. The National Inteiiigencer devotes
large space in its columns to the sub
iect, and few are shameless enough to ex-
cuse these deeds of violence.
We cannot but hope that they will ul-
timately work for the promotion of the
anti-slavery movement. Their tendency
certainly is to associate slavery, in pub
lie opinion, with anarchy, lawlessness,
violence, and blood to deepen the anti
slavery feeling of the North, and swell
the numbers of those who have made up
their minds that the overthrow of the
slave power is necessary TO the preserva-
ton of freedom and of the Union. That
they win check the tide of immigration
from the free States into Kansas, no one
who knows what human nature is made
of, can expect. They viii stimulate it.
by provoking the CONSTITUENCIES of some.
! the love of adventure of others, while
not few viii feel impelled by a sense OF
duty to hasten to the battle-ground, TO
take their share in the perils of the pres
ent struggle.-Iationai Era.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26

the style of architecture resembles the
Gothic, being massive and durable; in
other respects it resembles the Egyptian;
yet the general construction. manner and
style of architecture are different from
anything hitherto described in the world.
The wave Of immigration which has
planted the Anglo-Saxon race on the
Pacific cannot fail to be favorable TO the
advancement of knowledge among men.
The well-knowR activity. enterprise. and
inquisitiye character of the race viii nat
urally prompt them to explore the ruins
which are so profusely scattered oyel
Mexico and South America, and it may
yet be the destiny of some restless Yam
kee to trace in the ruined temples ant
cities of this strange land a history which
has hitherto lain hidden uuder the rub
bish of countless centuries.-LOaispiH
| Journal.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26
Missouri a Free State.


The following interesting article is
clipped from the National Era, and shows
in very few words why our Missouri
neighbors are SO extremely sensitive in
relation to Kansas becoming free
State. They find tispractical toeonyert
the rich alluvial soil of that State into
lovely homes for Yankee enterprise and
are beginning to learn that if we cannot
enjoy Kansas unmolested the war is to
be fought on the prairies of Missouri
We are opposed. to the law Of retalia7
ton. 1t conflicts with the entire teach
ings of the gospel of peace, and tends
to debase all who are parties to it; and
yet it seems that in this age of the world,
and with the present state of society,
persons may, under some circumstances,
be justified in restoring the Mosaic code.
If that condition of things can exist, we
believe it would be justified in our in
tercourse with our border neighbors.-
They have invaded our rights, broken
down all the barriers between the strong
and the weak, forced upon us represen-
tatives who are a loathing and disgust,
and are endearoring to engraft an institu-
ton upon our laws which would impov-
erish us and our posterity forever. We
cannot, and will not submit to this base
outrage; and more than that, if Nilsson
ri is determined on ruling Kansas the
most ultra principles of A6otaionism shall
rule Missouri. When they visit Kansas
again to oyerawe us with their. cannon
and their contemplate ''pop-guns'' it is
very probable they will meet with re-
ception they little dream of, and, in ad-
dition, we sincerely pray heaven that the
abject wretehes they have so long OPP
pressed with chains will meet them on
their eturn with "bloody hands and
hospitable graves"
''Whither shall the redundant popula-
lion of the free States go to find homes?
Ohio is nearly full; Indiana and Illinois
nearly so. What course shall the cur
rent, of which these States is the channel,
take? Shall it continue on its natural
course westward, or turn aside to meet
the rigors of the hyperborean winters Of
Minnesota and Iowa? Let me say, there
lies in the line of these great States, due
west from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, a
field, an inviting field for northern en-
terprise and industry, possessing genial
climate, a rich and generous soil, and
contiguous to those great marts of com
merce-St. Louis and Chicago. That
field is the State of Missouri.
"There is great deal of ignorance Of
| the statistics of our country, or it would
be known that this State, for the most
part, is sparsely inhabited by whites, and
that large portions of it contain hardly
any population at all. The following Ia
BILE shows the number of slaves in thirty
mine counties, according to the last cen.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26
An Indian at the Grave of his People

An 1ud1an aL the GIaVGsOI his E6CpIS.
In riding, some few days since, in one
of the rayines through which flow the
limpid rivulets that spring from innu-
merable prairie fountains where the trav-
eler can pause to drink sweet waters,
while he regales his vision with the
boundless. and glorious panorama of hill
and dale. and spreading plain, which
reaches far, as some vast sea gemmed
with wooded isles, l came upon the border
of dell, whose quick descent was SO pre-
cipitous that l was obliged to dismount
and lead my horse. Through the dense
growth of trees and shrubs whose boughs
had intertwined for ages, discovered a
smalland almost imperceptible trail which
bore fresh imprints of the moccasin. Not
by the promptings of curiosity, but rath-
er listlessness, followed it. 1t led in a
sinuous course some hundred PAGES and
come to an abrupt ascent of what seemed
to be mound, but whose regular cir
conference and fattened summit gave it
the appearance of broken column, whose
top might have once upheld the arches
of the sky, and whose sides were covered
with the matted moses of the growth of
centuries.
On this fragment, and immoyeable as
if sculptured, sat an Indian between three
tumuli-snlali and in triangular array
His elbows were upon his knees, hischin
upon his ciaSped hands, and his ewes fix
ed upon the setting sun, which then, like
crimson globe upon the cerulean field,
just rested on the horizon. In silent con-
temptation I observed him till the sun
went down. Then, he gave the first
demonstration of vitality in the breathing
of long, sad sigh. His forehead fell
into his hands, and he wept-wept bit
terly and in anguish, for his whole frame
shook as with a CONFUSION. ] spoke to
sooth him, but he started as if my voice
had been rifle shot that struck his ear,
He dashed the tears away, and drew him.
self to his full hight, and looked upon me
sadly and defantly. Then picking up
his bow and arrows and folding his blan-
kets around him like a mantle. he strobe
solemnly and silently away. l would
fain have inquired the history of the
graves before me and of himself, but his
manner repelled intrusion, and l should
not have understood his dialect. ! have
been there since to see him, but he is
gone. perhaps forever, and was then tax
ing last farewell of the graves of his
fathers. Iwould not If / could, stifle my
emotions of sympathy for this unfortu-
nate race. Like all beings, they may err
but let us correct them in mercy.-&
Louis Republicans.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26
Select Poetry.
Ev tss Esrszd # Freedom.
The Kansas Pioneer.


rARoDT.
ssr@e. zcphyrs glided by
Der beauty favor'd coast,
And the woods against an evening sky
Their branches gently tossed.
The ccrnlean vanlt seemed bsas
The hills and prairies DER.
When band of freemen pitched theirten
On the wild and lovely shore.
Not IS she eonouerors come,
They, the true-hearteG came,
Eot with the roll of the stirring drum,
And the trumpet that singsof fame.
Nos-as the flying come,
In silence and in fear,
They shook the depth Of the prairie bloom
With their songs Of lofty ehesr.
Upon the bluffs they sang,
And the sky heard, and the lea,
Aad the sounding aisies Of rayincs RING
To the anthems Of the free.
The eagle joyous few
To his nest in the distant oak.
And the beading grass, in the breeze that blew
Its wavy welcome spoke.
What sought they thus, ATARI
Bright jewels Of the mine!
The wealth ofseas, the spoils OF warl
They sought homes pure shrinel
Aye. call it freedoms ground,
The soil where first they trod;
For here she builds aloft mound,
Where al can worship Con.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26

.'Here are thirty -nine counties, nearly
all of them of excellent soil, containing an
average slave population of less than one
hundred. Besides these, there are thirty.
counties, which average less than five
hundred, and only twenty-six counties
which contain over thousand.
"What an inviting field is here pre-
scented to the thousands who are toiling
to force subsistence from the sterile rocks
of New England, and to the ten thou
sands who are annually falling victims to
that dreadful scourge, consumption In
Missouri, they would find health and
plenty. There is no consumption there.
The climate guarantees health; the soil
yields generous reward to the labors of
the cultiyator. If it were not SO, how
couidits present thriftless occupants sub
sist? How soon would they starye in
New England?
.'If the reader will look on the map he
viii see Missouri extending as far north
as New York, and embracing an area
equal in extent to Virginia. The tide of
eastern emigration. flowing resistlessly
westward, will not always turn aside on
account of the presence of a few black
men within her ample borders. 1t will
not leave its natural channel. 1t will
not be diverted from its course. 1t is
already crossing the Mississippi, and un-
dermining the peculiar institution"
along the eastern border of the State
st. Louis county already contains thou
sands of Free Sellers, and they are found
scattered over other parts of the State.
1.-The vacuum for free labor is every
year growing larger in Missouri. Two
thousand slaves are annually taken from
that State to the South. Many Germans
are annually settling In the State. A
gradual change is thus perceptibly tax
ing place-free labor superseding slave
labor. -
"a little effort on the part of the phi
lanthropists of the free States would turn
the tide of eastern emigration back. to its
natural course; and, ere long, bring about
the contamination so deyoutly to be
wished for-the downfall of slavery ia
Missouri. The Misseurians are a rest
less, migratory people, as all frontier
people are. Thousands of them are an
nually going to Texas, California, New
Mexico, and Oregon. They sell Their
possessions readily, and at moderate pri-
ces. Besides, there is still an immense
amountof public land in Missouri unsold.
'.Let the people ofthe free States turn
their eyes 10 this inviting field, to which
they have been so long and so wilfully
blind. There are sixteen millions in the
free States. If attention is properly d.
rected TO the great vacuum 10 be filed In
Missouri, who can doubt the result
Sixteen millions! Who can doubt the
rexults Shall Kansas be Biighted with
slavery? Shall Missouri languish any
longer under the curse? Let the press
of the free States do its duty. and all i
wei.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26
Good.

Here is something new. The people
of Lockport. in this State, ascertaining
that the editor of the only paper in the
village, who Is very worthy man, was
hard mp. as editors always are, paid him
on a handsome and liberal scale, edo
nation visit" after the manner of such
visits to elergynan. The visitors had a
fine time. enjoyed themselves supremeiy,
the editors heart was cheered, his empty
Golfers replenished, and everything went
off as merry as marriage bell. The
editor has column of acknowledgements
on the subject, oyeriowiBg with graft.
tude, and ali his editorials are written in
amOrecheerfuland happy mood -Psru,
Ill.,, Chronicle.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26
Poetry.
For tie Herald Of Freedom.
Appeal to Kansas Emigrants.

BY. S. J. r.
Move on, move on, We hardy bands,
Nor know no peace nor rest,
Until throughout your happy land
No man shall be oppressed.
Stand firm, for justice owns your cause;
Stand nobly for the Iight:.
lie true TO God and freedoms laws;
Tyrants viii feet your might.
Though persecution may await
From slayeryis minions vile
Ills yours to save noble State
Meet malice with smile.
The freeman's hope is left wfthyou,
oh, struggle on and save
The State to freedom must be true,
And never know slave.
Let this your motto ever be:
"We consecrate our soil
To freedom, truth, and hberty;''
Not uHrequited toll.
st. Louis, Mayls. 1855.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26

k@ The ssquatters" in Kansasrecent-
" held meeting and nominatedthe Hon.
David r. Atchison, of Missouri, for
the Presidency. and the Hon. Isaac lou.
cey, of Connecticut, for the Vice Presi-
dency. Par mobile fratrum i-Er.
It was the sssqsassers" IN Missouri
Ed. Herald
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-26

A persevering and industrious
man viii overcome all obstacles.