The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-28
The Dark Side.

We beg of our eastern exchanges,
which arein the habit of making extracts
fromourcolumns, to make quotations from
the dark side of the picture as well as
the bright side. We fear too many have
only perused the favorable reports in re-
gard 70 Kansas. When persons of this
character arrive, particularly those who
have been nurtured in the lap of luxury,
who know nothing of pioneer life, and
have no conception of the hardships
incident to all who settle in new eoun-
try, they are necessarily disappointed,
and find s'thorns and brambles growing
where they hoped to see the fg-tree bios
sen. Difficulties which to the, ,perse-
vefing are easily surmounted are convert
ed into impossibilities. and such persons
60 back to their eastern friends giving a
gloomy and false report Of the country,
by which many are prejudiced againsfit,
and induced to remain behind who would
otherwise come here and aid with capital
and labor in converting our fertile soil
and genial climate into abodes of happi-
ssand homes of peace.
The readers of the HERALD OF FREE
DON, without single exception, so far as
We are informed, have found the country
as they expected, with the exception that
there is more advancement in improve
ments. and the face of the country is more
inviting than they had supposed,
Men of intelligence did not expect to
find superabundance of timber, or an
over-supply of water. II the country
had everywhere been covered with tim
Der there would have been no prairie;
and if every eighty acre lot had been ia
sored with spring what would have
been the use of talking about wells ? II
everything had been furnished to the
hand of the husbandman and mechanic
what would have been the use of talking
Of pioneer life and its hardships9
There are hundreds arriving here who
are disappointed, and heartily yexed be-
cause theyeannot find in Lawrencea hotel
vieing with the Astor House in magnif-
cence. and yetmore gorgeously furnished.
To go to our tsmud cabins and find
them digni6ed with such names as the
Metropolitan s.St. Nicholas "St.
Charles, and the like, is shocking to
their nerves; and they incline to the
opinion that we are all connected with Bar
mum in humbugging our eastern friends.
Theyhaye to learn that we have Just pess-
ed the winter in those gloomy tenements,
and that the only way in which we were
enabled to compensate ourselves for loss
Of comforts was IN the colossal titles we
were enabled to give cur places Of enter
tainment.
With fortune smiling upon US it is
hoped a few months viii give a diff
fsreat aspect TO the face of nature; and
now, where much is sad, and nothing is
seen but the rainbow of promise, we hope
to see The meridian sun making every
thing.efulgent with its Illuminating rays
Then none win return TO eastern friends
ritt dlseontent engraven on h;s brow.
and wfetchedness in his heart Z sud
none viii say he visited Kansas, and
was deceived By fraudulent representa-
tons Of interested persons and, hence
was compelled to return, to mingle with
those for the future who look upon him
as poor material with which to populate
country, where none succeed, save
those who have energy of purpose. firm
resolve, aad who labor unremistingly in
tie proper direction.