The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-07-14
Resources of Kansas.

SAL send you the following extracts
from letter recently received from q
young friend in Lawrence, Kansas. One
year ago he was engaged in business. in
one ofthe western counties of New York,
but shortly after the passage of the infa-
nous Kansas-Nebraska act, soldout, and
with his family migrated to Kansas, cast
ing his lot with the gallant band of free
men who are SO nobiy striyingto preserve
that broad and beautiful land from the
ruthless grasp of the insatiate slave pow
er. He is a young man of great energy
and intelligence, has travelled much in
the West, and perfectly reliable in his
statements. You will see that he pefect-
ly confirms the reports of the important
mineral resources of Kansas. 1t is pref
-ty evident, that the people of Lawrence, at
least, have concluded to do their own yo-
ting without the aid or interference of
drunken desperadoes from Missouri. He
says
lin my last told you that / was on
the eve of western tour. We had a
successful one, and one which satisfied
me that Kansas has greater resources than
any State in the Union that 1 have visit
ed. We spent two weeks in travelling
Our course,was nearly due west. The
country for three hundred miles is really
delightful-rich rolling prairies. watered
by numerous streams of pure water, and
skirted with valuable groves of timber
For ten days we saw no signs of civiiiza
ton; but as the country fills up, many
large villages and thrifty towns mus
spring up on some of those water-eourses
| went in company with three Californ
ians in questof California products. Al
though 1 am not at liberty to say all tha
l might, yet l may say, and that witt
safety, that the mineral resources of Kan
sas are second not even to California.
"We found both tin and gold, andhop,
in time to reap an abundant harvest.
81 know ofno place thatoffers so many
inducements TO young men as this. There
are no old fogies to displace. Most of u.
are young, and have matters in our OWL
hands. Our city is filing up very fast
it has been surveyed and good titles can
be had. Capitalists throng our streets.
and invest their money freely. Mills,
factories, stores, DC, are going forward
with good speed. We have three week
ly papers and another in progress.
"Ourlast election was quiet and result
ed in very large free State majority
The Missourians have a majority in the
Legislature, and viii give their seats to
their friends regardless of the certificate
of the Governor. Still / have no doubt
of the final triumph of freedom in Kan
sas. Full three-fourths of the actual cit
izens are free State men. There is nc
other politics here. Wing. Democrat
and Know Nothing are not known. I'll.
question is Freedom or Slavery, and OF
this alone we take issue. Ithas been said
that the virgin soil of Kansas must b
the battle field This is true, and it viii
be a fight in which there will be othel
weapons used than the artillery of the
Gospel or the sword of logic. The prop
aganda must be met with arguments thai
they can comprehend. Ere the glorious
banner of freedom floats over our loved
Kansas her soil must drink the blood oi
hundreds of invading desperadoes. We
are not unarmed as we were at our pre-
Yious election in March. More than a
thousand shots per minute await the In
vaders of the peace and purity of the bal
lot-box in this place. Our brethren are
also armiDg. Let Congress defend us
and all is right. If she refuse to do it
we shall defend ourselves.