The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-18

NIGHT, and that without the touching,
tasting, handling, or even seeing one drep
Of ardent spirits. This / say is the theme
that animates me more than all besides.
/! The. utmost order and decorum were OBJ
fFservefthe whole day by all except by a
| few low-brsd clowns from Missouri, who
were occasionally heard to grit their
teeth, and one slipped out "hell!" when
the oraiion was being delivered, only
revealing the monsters abode. In all
NV associations with the Yankees-and
l have been among them good deal-in
fact, since have been in the Territory,
| do not recollect having heard but one
pFofane expression, and that was by boy
who was blowing up powder on one ol
the anyils at the celebration. / hope he
will be advised by me as a friend, and
never do the like again. And now, d.sr
father, have you seen anything in the
conduct of the Yankees, so far as have
been able to describe them. that will
come under the head of improperly .
As to the unchristian conduct of the
freesoil party, the assertion is entirely
groundless, for never did l in my life, in
any country, new or old, see christianity
and morality reign and rule more su-
premely than in Kansas, i. e., among the
| freesoil party, who, by-the-by, consti-
I fute at least two-thifds of the Inhabitants.
Whenever man is heard to swear, or
seen to draw flask from his pocket filled
with whisky, the general and almost GER
tain exclamation is, ''That man is from
Missouri! !" You need, think, have no
fears for the prosperity of Zion in this
country, but pray that the good work
already begun may go on. The Metho-
dist Episcopal church has firm footing
in Kansas The United Brethren, Pres
byterians, Baptists and Congregational
lists are also well represented.
They all seem to be engaged heart and
hand in the glorious work of redemption,
and determined that human bondage and
degradation shall not blight this beautiful
Territory.
You say, 'in the name of justice and
the law &c, slet all the citizens of the
United States who choose, settle in the
Territory" &c. Now, this is all we ask
or desne-all we have ever asked or de-
shetland there never would have been
ANY difficulty on that score, if Missouri
had been contenGto mind her own busi-
ness. But NO: when Delegate was to
be elected to Congress, she must hire
companies, provide them with horses,
carriages, wagons provisions and money
arm them with guns, knives, pistols
worst of all, whisky-provided they
would come and vote the pro-slavery tick
ct; and this they did-without doubt,
ministers not excepted. When the pres
ent Legislature were to be elected the
same scenes were re-enacted, only upon
a much larger scale, the whole number
of renegades amounting to four or five
thousand. They actually drove the free
soilers away from the polls, calling them
"d-d abolitionists," threatening them
with coat of tar and feathers, and in
some instances. marched them up to the
polls at the point of the musket, and
made them vote the pro-slaFery ticket
This they do not pretend to deny; but
after they had accomplished their ends
here, returned to their homes in Missouri
and went to public places to tell of their
invasion, and boast of their exploits and
daring deeds, which, l should think
would make barbarian blush for shame
| heard gentleman in Macon county,
Missouri, who residents of the Territory,
say that they saw one of their acquaint-
ances, preacher by profession, go up to
the polls, take the oath, and vote the pro-
slavery ticket. He was also the leader
or bringer, Tor what you please, of a
company of twenty five voters from the
same neighborfood, and we understand
paid them out of his own pocket. How
true that was. l do not know. What
think you of that? | also heard a gen
tleman from Illinois say, that he over
heard some men on one of the boats say
that Missouri hadthirty thousand or rmore
in readiness fol the next Kansas election.
All these outrages have been borne by
the freesoil party, thus far, with astonish-
ing meekness and patience; but they say
the time is past-they Will no longer tame
ly submit to such outrages. They say,
if the Missonriaus viii come and force
themselves on them again, they will most
certainly meet with warm reception
Now no person has any objection to peo-
pie moving from Missouri or any other
State into the Territory, provided they
come and take them claims, and make
this their home-not come and elect leg
islators, councillors, dc, &c, by mob
violence, and then return TO their homes
in the States, What noble, high-mind
ed, honorable, respectable, der-loying,
law-abiding citizen, of these United
States, let him be North or South, would
not repudiate such conduct? Now, |
trust that You will not, for one moment,
think that or any other person in this
Territory, who has liberal share of good
common sense, will wei ish all the people
of Missouri in the same balance Far
from it. |, for one, know-and those
who do not know, believe-that there
are goodly number of persons in Mis-
souri,, and goodly number of them, too,
who are refined, hospitable, educated and
christian as any in the Union.
In conclusion, let me say again, that
what you ask for in regard to the final
issue, or The way that this question should
finally be settled, is all that We ask or de-
sire-all we have ever asked or desired.
When it can be settled it can be settled
in that way, we viii all ''assent, cheer
fully assent" Until then will not assent
at all-much less ''cheerfully" fmust
conclude for the present, for time and
space are limited but must say with
one of old, '.the half has not been told.' -
Farewell. Your affectionate daughter,