Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
4 anZas Again.

Other questions may be important which
new asit lie the public mind, but all Of them
together are Of not a 1.-THE Of tho i'm portancs
ol the settlement of Kanzss as Free State.
And Why! Present tariffs, present Recipro-
! ty, Treaties. present Atlantic Steamer lines
my be Of importance to those intereste but
tHe Consideration OF them can be postponed,
| causing or averting temporary advantage
Next yesr, or ten years, hence, these cues.
! tors eau ali be !cyisl.teG on, bat allow Kan.
zas 10 be seZeI anj colonzed by slaveh Did.
sr. ana nrertej to !. si purposes, and
tlsFeatter II Is too late to prevent mischief,
An imne4I4te ~1and is openad which never
can be heasd. The Free States will never
II IS tras, admit slave State from Kanzss.
Gncy are as determined and fixed on that
mater "a they ara agains. the snnexstion of
"a Kingdom Of D'hcmey. By pouring into
ha z4s the who!a nDf' hsrn emigration new,
TIT: Question may bs settled fer all time. IL
my be settled %, IL tier o. S,ates reaching
to California. 1t may 10 settled for New
Mex,co rs well as ksnZas, fDr an area large
enough TO embracSthe twelve largest States
In The PRESENT Union. 1t may be settled for
fifty millions OF people, who will some day
poPllI.e It, twice as many people II, now in
haUit our Union. Mt only go, but the char
acer OF their Industry their inlcllgencs their
condition, their avs, their habits, their pow
efty or opulence, and the very grade Of their
civilization, can be determined now BY the
people OF the North.
We uPPreLend the press is inert. indiTor.
Gnt, treachrroGs 10 It's duty at this juncture.
| al The presses Of the North would publish
Information relative to the arrangements and
plans 0. the emigration enterprises; if they
would announce where the officers aud gents
could oe consulted; the price OF pass &c ;how
tLe companies Can be JOIN, d, they can doub-
le the colonization, and give it aid and dirsc;
, ton
We advise the CGlOhists to settle nearest
to Missouri, along the very boundar. line, in
order to raise barrier 10 protect The wider
Territory. As for danger, it is mere bGgs-
t:le. Aquiet, modest man, last fall, offered
to personate Eli Thayer, for whose head the
Missouri bulles had offered a price. The
chivalry had no reward to pay, but bora the
sting ng rsbuke which the offer conveyed
vi h necklaces and decency' Thore may b.
ri' Is, but let single freeman be killed, by
men vino put the pretended agencies of free
men at work to pollute free land, and de-
grade a portion OF its cult.vstors to brutes,
and the last nail is put in the coffin of the
patriarc!aL q institution which sgraces
and DE- grades the whole continent.
! We hail with joy the p .rsss of th' 8 army
o. lreemen, on tbs march to extend freedom
ana civilization over a virgin soil. Tho pill
grins Of the May6oSer were bent on no ho-
ier. no more honorable lnssiSr. Indsed, the
valiant men who wenG their way to the vast
plains OF Kansas, realize what the founders
oEPlymouth did not, the certain and glorious
consequences of their mission. The prog
ress OF these apostles Of freedom. at every
depot. at every city, along every river and ca
nj, is worthy oi celebration, as old John
Adams declared Tho Declaration OF Indepen-
dence to be, by guns, bells, bonfres and H.
IL nnotions '-I9Leio Blade.