Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-01-30
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 80. 1855.
Kanzas-The Prospect.


will determine its territorial character, is de-
ferred, Notwithstanding the threats of the
Missourians, till the next spring or summer
In the meantime, the propagandists Of slave
ry are leaving no means untried, to consum-
mate their success. They are forming border
organizations along the line. They are scat
tering circulars throughout the South, setting
forth the richness of the soil and its adapta-
ton to slave labor, while their hreling presses
throughout The North are busy in creating dis
sension and misunderstanding in the ranks of
those who should move on, in united pha-
lanx, to save this fair land from the impending
curse.
We have before us a letter fromone Gen.
Stringfellow, of Missouri, to certain anxious
members of Congress, answering the inquiry,
"Will Kanzas be a slave StateE' confidently
in the affirmative, while it ably sets forth the
inducements to the friends of that peculiar
institution, to establish themselves there in
the early spring. Is there not reason to fear
that too many will accept the invitation, and
that the acquisition of Kanzas to slavery will
ance OF powerf
And are the friends of freedom correspond
ingly active in this alarming crisis? We can
not answer in the affirmative. We hear no
sound Of preparation abroad in the land
The feeble note of indignation, sent up at the
unparalleled fraud of the first election, has
died away. The North is slumbering, either
in ignorance or indifference.
But it is not yet too late. Delilah may have
soothed the giant to sleep; she has not yet
shorn his locks. Let but the proper means
be employed and Kanzas may yet be saved to
Freedom. OF course, the only means is by
Emigration. Let twenty thousand northern
men pitch their tents, in the early spring. upon
the plains of Kanzas and she is free Is this
an impossibility
New York, year after year, absorbs thou
sand men day, who come all the way across
Atlantic to find new houses in strangela land,
and cannot the fifteen States that lie north of
Mason s Dixon's line in the four months
coming raise and furnish army of twenty
thousand men to reconquer Kanzas ;" They
can do it if they will. Let them rouse them
selves to the task.
But, extraordinary exertion is necessary
The time is short, the crisis urgent. We call
upon every Press to keep the subject constant
ly, earnestly before our readers. Let every
free hearted minister, who loves liberty and
hates slavery, call upon his hearers, in Gods
name, to see to it, that the Faith of the Puri-
tan is planted in Kanzas. Let a league be form
ed in every town, whose object it shall be, to
enroll the names of those who are ready
join this holy crusade, and to obtain pecuniary
aid from those who remain at home. There
is poor man in your neighborhood. Misfor-
, tune has swept over him, fire, flood, sick
ness, and left him naked and cast down. Is
he truel Is he honest? Has he strong heart
and a strong arm Then raise him up, and
contribute from your abundance the where
withal to establish him in Kanzas, where the
broad prairie spreads out before him, its rich
domain, the poor mans heritage.
The Times are hard with old Massachusetts,.
God has laid his hand heavily upon her, be-
cause she has been willing to sacrifice his
good and true, cannot find work to do. Shall
they remain here TO suffer, when few dol.
lars would plant them in Kanzas, within reach
of a speedy independence? Nor these alone.
The young man, with few hundred dollars
would find wealth in Kanzas, and the old
man, whose acres are too narrow to divide
among his numerous sons, with their price
can purchase, of the richest land on the Earth,
enough for barony.
We hear of but single town in this Coun-
ty where Kansas League has yet been form
ed. The town of Northboro has the honor of
leading the way. How many will follow
Why should any hesitate The object is sure
ly worthy any exertion. Let no anti.slavery
man wait for his neighbor. Let each one
strive to be the first to move. The winter is
rapidly wearing away. In the carly spring,
the matter is to be decided. There is no time
to lose. In the month of March the Emil
grant Aid Company will recommencc the for
warding of companies. Let thousands be
found ready and made ready to join them.
This is proved, now, to be no abstraction,
1Or winch we are cONCenQllS. IL is a tGct, tlat
Slavery will gain Kanzas, unless we exert our
selves earuestly-almost desperately. tits too
rich prize for the slave power easily to yield.
1t as fact, that with her we should lose the
balance of power, and have nothing but the
perpetual rule of slavery, OF the dread alter
native of disunion to anticipate. Men who have
heretofore seen nothing practical in anti-slavery
effort, will not open their eyes, very wide to see
something that will commend itself, even to
them, in this movement. We call upon all,
whatever may have been their differences of
opinion, heretofore, to lay aside all prejudices,
and here make common cause.
Beyond the Father Of Waters lie that beau
tiful land. The smile of God is on her, as it
has been since creation. Shall it rest there
stilli Shall the church and the school house
stand there, side by side, and the hum Of free
labor be heard through her valleys and along
her streams Or shall all this be changed,
and the dark cloud Of slavery spread its hor-
rors over all the scenei Answer, men Of Mas
sachusetts Answer, men of Worcester
county!