The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-13

8 change has come over this place i-onl,
r FIVE years ago it was full of buffaloes-
: they once had a settlement here-and i
is now full of Yankees! He proceedet
to some length in jovial strain ant
closed with sentiment: 8" To the Ladie.
of Lawrence. The land of beauty, ths
fit home of beauty" To which Mrs. NJ
ER L. WooD responded in an eloquent
, earnest, interesting. and womanly style
/ which gave great satisfaction to all, Al
, follows ~ 5,
4 In responding to the sentiment ex
pressed, permit me to say, in behalf oi
the lady pioneers of Kansas, that K
prove ourselves ever worthy of so beau
tiful a home, and to lend our influence
whether small or great, in making Its in
stltutions and society good and happy,
we trust will ever be the ardent aspira-
tons of our hearts. But let the past be
an earnest of the future. When we bade
farewell to the scenes of childhood and
dear companions, twas but natural that
a few tears struggled up from full hearts
but we brushed them aside, and turned
our faces hopefully, yea, joyfully, toward
the promised land. Beaming over it we
saw the guiding star of duty Wher-
ever its light points out path, woman
follows. 1t beckoned us hither to share
in the pioneer hardships of our beauti-
fullF chosen home, to lend our influence
in repelling immortality and vice of every
form, and in its infancy to implant those
virtues in its character which will make
its maturity noble, grand, and good.-
Search the records of our country's his
tory and find, if you can, that crisis
where patient endurance, with moral
courage and energy, have been required
of woman, and she has been found want
ing.
On Plymouth rock, in the loneliness
of the forest wild, though her brave heart
may have felt something like despon-
deney creeping over it, yet, lest those she
loved might catch the influence, she hid
her tears, and brayely struggled on thro'
all those bitter hardships.
In the days that through agony, toll,
and blood, our fathers secured to their
children the rich inheritance of repub-
Hcan institutions, think you that woman
shrank from bearing her part of those
fearful trials When she laid upon the
altar of her country's freedom treasures
dearer than life, she proved to the world
that woman had courage equal to any
emergency.
In the moral, religious, and literary his
tory, host of bright names of women
are recorded, who, In the hour of need,
braved the dangers of prosecuted mis-
slonary life among those to whom .shezun-4
folded the treasures of eternal trllth-of
those who, in our own land, have raised
from the lowest depth of city degradation
their erring sisters, taught them the hap
piness of life of purity and good works,
and bade them "sin no MORE" Names
of those, too, whose brilliant genius has
stirred the hearts of millions with COM
passion for the lonely and degraded.
Woman's sphere is wherever there is a
wrong to make right-a tear to wipe away
"a good work to carry forward. And it
is here to guard our beautiful embryo
State from the invasion of wrong, oppres-
sion, intemperance, and all that tends to
debase and demoralize mankind.
Yes, Kansas must and will feel that wo-
man has an influence, and that influence
ON the side of God and Truth! Tremen-
dous applause.
Mr.. WILLIS gave the following: g TIE
Bar Of Ransas-In talent, ambition, and
success, may it never be surpassed To
which Mr.. HUTCHINSON responded as fol-
lows:
Mr.. PRESIDENT II am happy to re-
spond to sentiment that speaks so loudly
to profession to which it is my fate to be-
long Not that I would class myself with
such as hoped for in the sentiment; yet,
as one of the legal profession, would say
that am here to unite with you in form
ing and maintaining such institutions as
shall secure our prosperity, and reflect
honor on those we have so recently left.
The bar represents profession fraught
with the most arduous labors and serious
difficulties. 1t has for its object the main
tenance of individual rights, and the en-
forcement of Legislative enactments. 1t
claims for its actors those who have labor
ed upon the nice suppositions of abstract
and relative rights-those who have se-
cured that knowledge and discipline gain
ed only by years of closest study. Yet
however noble the calling, however well
fulfilled, it has ever secured the jeers,
fault-findings, and maledictions of thous-
ands of the more thoughtless. And |
hope, while society is yet in Its infancy,
while laws and governments are not yet
formed, that those prejudices may not
arise, which everywhere prevail against
the legal profession.
Such is the constitution of society, that
opinions are as numerous as individuals
violations of law-outrages upon de-
ceney-the most revolving crimes are OF
frequent occurrence and it is the duty
of the bar to search through the myste-
rious avenues of intrigue, lay open the
concealed guilt, and bring the criminal
to justice. When unbridled passion defes
law and violates the last trust imposed
on man, and injured innocence, crushed
under the weight of irreeoverable loss.
cries for justice, and there is no other
arm to sustain her, the lawyer vindicates
| the right, restores virtue to her province.
and fortiHes the barriers of public safety.
Law. whether physical. moral, or civil,
must be obeyed, or there Is no security
to life, happiness, and individual rights;
and civil law must look to the bar for
| its maintenance. Without the bar, gov
lernment is without authority. She may
ask obedience, but has no power to en-
force tit is the body guard Of govern
ment /; its operations are 50 interwosen
with every Legislative enactment that the
one must depend upon the other. ne,
| Iigion and morality look to their mutual
aid for protection, and progress for en-
couragement.
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