The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-04-21
The Seq1hefl Size.
From he Sfudfter .Seraga.
Prospects of the Future.

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From lie lSfndfter .S1graga.
Prospects Of the Future.
Now that the smoke of the election
has fairly rolled from the horizon, and
the discounted Free-soiiers have had
time partially 70 recover from their sur
prise and confusion worse COMPOUNDED, !"
It may not be amiss to essay few reHec-
tons upon the bearing its results win
have upon the future destiny of Kansas.
We have achieved glorious victory
we have, for time, ended q contest
on which the entire South has hooked
with eager interest, and in which all their
sympathies were enlisted. But, for all
this, we are By no means in condition
to remain idle. We have still labor be-
fore us. Abolitionism may be stunned
for the moment, but it will soon regain
all its energy and vigilance, and struggle
for supremacy, until the last link is
broken that binds them in our midst
and this win not be severed until Kansas
has been admitted into the Union as
slave State But if we should succeed
in expeliing Abolitionis,s from the Ter
ritory the war viii still be continued, in
various ways, by these tenacious fanat-
les. They have not entered the arena to
be driven forth by single defeat, how
ever signal it may be. 1t is war of
numbers strife for actual possession.
1t behooyes the South, then, TO be vigil
liant. 1t is necessary that the present
,pro-slavery population be steadily in
creased by accessions from Virginia, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, and other Southern
States. Missouri and Arkansas are fast
peopling the Territory; but the uncer-
tainty attending the recent election
abroad, has restricted emigration from
more distant States. But this barrier is
now removed, and the coming fall viii
see strong tide of emigration setting in
from the South. In addition to this,
many good citizen viii settle among
us, from Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio,
whose notions of slavery are parallel
with our own. Emigrants, even from
Missouri, have been deferred from
moving their slaves and other property
into the Territory through desire to see
the question of slavery settled beyond a
doubt +; but this obstacle being removed,
the influx of emigration has been quick
ened. Still, owing to the season being
so far advanced, many viii not take up
their s'pegs'' until fall, when we may
look for heavy emigration of the Fright
stripe"
There is an ample field in Kansas for
the operations of citizens of every grade,
but more especially for the mechanical
and farming communities. In fact. our
progress is now much retarded through
the scarcity of labor, and the probability
is that this void will remain untitled for
some time to come, as. the increase in the
demand for labor will be equivalent to,
if it does not exceed, the ratio of the
supply. For mechanics of every class,
there is, and will continue to be, ample
employment at richly remunerative pri-
ces. Men who come here to s0ork, will
soon reap an abundant harvest
To the farming community, however,
we must look for the handspring of our
prosperity, and, from present indications,
we win not look in vain. No country
presests so many inducements for the in
dustrious farmer. No means are requi-
site, other than those necessary to sus-
tain him until his farm is placed in a con-
lition to yield him return for his labor
Land, of any quality. he can have by
simply settling on it, which, ere the pc
Rod arrives for making payment for it to
government, will have paid for itsel
over and over again. Crops, here, car
be produced with moiety of the labor
bestowed on cultivation in the States, and
the yield be much greater.
/ 1t is only necessary for the advanta'
ges Kansas possesses to be thoroughly
understood in older portions of the I'm.
ion, to send scores of the hardy tiller,
of the soil to enrich the Territory, and
enhance its prosperity. With excellent
markets already established on our Dor
ders, in Missouri, and others in the Ter
Iritory that will keep pace with the re-
tquirements of the farmer, he need appre
bend no inconvenience from difficulty
in disposing of his produce. In fact
nature. and the progress of civilization
seems to have peculiarly adapted Kansas
as haven of prosperity for the agricul
lturist. -
! With this combination of natural ant
acquired advantages, the future of Kan
sas is tinged with golden prospects tina
end their vitality in reality, and not in thu
distorted imagination of visionary schem
ers. In all candor, we invite all indus
trious persons. of the fright Stripe" t
seek home in Kansas. where, in a few
years, they may rest from their labors
and reeline in ease upon the proceeds o
/ their toll.