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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11
LAWRENCE, KANSAS TERRrT AUGUST H. 1856

fruitful source of domestic discord, an
element of national weakness, trampling
under foot not only the rights of the
slave, but endangering the liberties of the
free States that it is local and not a
national institution, and it is, therefore,
the duty OF the General Government,
wherever It constitutionally may, to exert
It's power against its extension, and to rId
itself of all connection with it.
To this end we demand:
]. That no more slave States or Terri
tory shall ever be added to the Union.
9. The abolition of slavery in the Dis
trict of ColnnlDia.
3. The unconditional repeal of the fu-
gitive slave bill, and,
A. The protection of the people of the
Territories from the unlawful invasion of
slavery propagandism.
And we hereby request our Senators
and Representatives in Congress to use
their most strenuous exertions to have the
principles embodied in these resolutions
carried out
Resolved, That the Governor be re-
quested to forward copy of these re-
solves to each of our Senator'S and Rep
resentatives in Congress, and to the Gov
ernor of each State, with the request that
the resolves be laid before the Legislature
thereof.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11
Family newspaper :--Iaasp,siadsas o. an sssIee.s

viii one day subsist within the limits of
the Territory, whose numbers, If now
predicted, would assonish your utmost
credulity. But let not al your energies
be spent in this direction, 10 the neglect
of due provision from the fruits of agfi-
culture. By proper organization. each
one of you may share in equal degfee the
relations of farmer and citizen. a COM
mon fund. to whicheach shall contribute
in ike amount with each. or which may
be. divided into shares st a fixed yslua-
ton. may be set apart for the purchase OF
town sizes IN suitable localities. TO be
surveyed and duly laid out, and in the
proprietorship of which each of you shall
be intcrestedin proportion to the number
of shares subscribed and paid in. The
choice of lots may be determined by
drawings, or in any manner previously
agreed upon; but the great advantage de-
rivable from associated action should pre-
vent all chickering's or disagreements in
regard to such minor arrangements.
When there and settled, endeayor to
promote harmony and good will among
all parties, and engage heartily in every
enterprise for the promotion of the com
mon veal. Establish Common Schools
and Churches, and see thatdue protection
is secured to all classes. In this way
you may strike a fatal blow at slavery
without ever raising a weapon TO ward OF
her aggressions. That institution cloves
darkness, and win not come to the light
lest its deeds should be reprosed -
Haukegap Gazeae.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11
A Rsxerend Blsckguara .

The st. Louis Democrat has the fol
lowing not complimentary notice Of Iisy.
President Shannon, Of Missouri State
University, the polished ruiiian who
stumps Missouri as the advocate of siay-
Iery and mobocratic invasion Of Kansas
The Democrat says:
His discourses are uagazines OF gun
powder-whiIe many, who have listened
70 his moral arguments, have had their
ears shocked with expressions that sound
| little short of blasphemy. He delivered
mot long since a speech before conyen-
Etion ayowedly composed of the NEST ultra
Iprro-slasery men in Missoslss-.yes such
was It's effect, that wheu an endorsements
| of his doctrine was proposed, the conYeii.
ton was on the point of breaking up amia
osoans and hisscs, and cat calls, and al
Piads Of disturbance The utJnssk that
caT,Ia be tolerated was naked resolution
of thanks, based upon grounds cl eotirte.
81, and tllat only passed alter beng ioaaea
down with the protests OF Shareholders.
EAnether of his discourses, delivered as
COLUMBUS, is spoken of by a corresponds
eus Of the RepubIiean, as filed vitk the
mos. outrageous epithcss-among which
/" thieves. sburglars. " !" tsaitsrs, =
.swreiches, = s.fai,aticaI in1postors, = were
The miidest ef wsfds-aHd ses these cpl
shess were applied indiscriminatsly e
those she happened to differ from him.
But this IS not all. The expressions
most offensive % every right thinking
Christian man and svoH.sn. are those "a
which he ebuchss bis moral aFgunleIli.
and ii which he Is reported 70 have said:
ssGonsinee me that slavery Is . moral
wrong, and | pledge myself TO preach 10
fidelity al the rest OF my lie, sbd q prove
thai God IS sn impostof =
~Jt Is an old saving. that tie lame
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11
BY G. w. BROWN & CO.
2oetfl for t!le Tines.
Swear ye now, o my RrothersI
ny wrElrAx GLAND pousxK.

BY WILLIAM GLAND BOURNE.
Loi Land Of the West. where the Free,nen
shall rise.
In the pride Of his birth. with his standard On
high,
And shalt point to the East, where the flush Of
the skies
tsives shs.promise Of FreedOln that never sllali
And the sun as le wheels In his chariot of day, 2
shall convey from the East. aud she lakes of
tlEe North.
In the fash Of his beam and tie light of his way
Holy vows Of the Fieenien that utter them
forth.
Shall these plains ever sound with the cry of the
slavel
Shall there wales ever moan DER the shackle
and chain.
Shall the Kansas bear down with its wealth to
Redeemed dropsof the blood wrung IN anguish
and paint
Say, oh Freeman. canst thou in these valleys
foredoeIn
To the bond, and the lash, and the night Of
despair.,
To the grave Of the soul, and the hearts rayless
tomb.
Countless throngs that shall toll in their misery
there.
Let the Southron go back with his elivalrie
Shall the Freeman yiold UP when his life is ut
sttksi
Lot the Everglades welcome the depth of the
shame,
While Freedom the bonds of the victim shall
break.
There is land enough now with the eIirse of the
slave.
And cue day will arrive when that. too, shall
s sbe FREQ;
Stand ye finn, freelnen all! We shall now dig the
grave
Where the shaekIe, and chain, and fetter, shall
be.
By the VOW that was sworn on the altars of old.
Where our fathers stood up and appealed 10
their God;
By the blood that was shed. richer far than the
That allures to the land where the Indian has
By thefree air we breathe, and the soil that we
love.
And. the hopes sptinging forth of the depths Of
the soa;-
BY the NIGHTS OF ALL BEy-by the Ruler above.
Not . slave shall bs found where the Kansas
does roIil
Swear ye now, oh my brothers! The-vew iiveth
1t is Freedom that calls yOu from sleeping to-
dayl
fye quit you like men you shall echo the song.
Ger the hills and the Wales in your glorious
array!
And the age shall give birth to an empire of
And , The land shall brinsf,rth of hertroasures
While the rivers and streams learing down from
the slope e
OF the mountains of gold Shall the riches in
crease.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11

Ipeting with your own-yet how much
more should you guard against an insti-
tuition that comes near teaching It's la
borers the way to work for nothing
and keep themselves T. I would urge
yet one more plea for q free State, and it
is one on which our future liberties de-
pend; it is system of common school
education LISA fact that no one will
undertake to rcfufe, that under the full
force of slavery this IS impossible; a sys-
tenn of common schools, as they exist IN
| the free States, cannot be Carried out,
| and why Because the extensive plan
itations render rural population imposz
I-sible; spsre or very scattered popula-
ton follows as a matter of course-and
the children of large landed proprietors
and Shareholders are not the ones who
ell the country school house, or need
the "scheolmarm's', assistance. 1t fol-
lows, therefore, that in proportion as
freedom exists in the State, so does the
common school extend the hand of assis-
tanee to the non slave-holding commu-
nifty.
Now, friends, understand me Alright;
We call none who differ from US, hard
names, or deal them hard blows, only
through argument, and the allot-box;
it is the system We war against; not the
men.as many of them, as we all know,
Through education, are as honest in
their belief as ourselves, and all Eve
trust) viii enjoy that right which Thomas
Jefferson appropriately called ina:ienable
liberty, both mental and physical.
1t you think these arguments just and
correct. pass this little messenger Of truth
to your next neishbor,. and may yeu
and your feilewssettlers of Kansas be
able to feel proud of her in after years,
when the State policy adopted by her
shall show its legitimate fruits.-A
SETTLER,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11
Proeres Of ths surveys in Kansas.

We learn that Mr.. Ledhe has arrived
at Atchisen, having run into that point
the first standard parallel South of the
base line. The base line has been care
fully and accurately surveyed, by Col.
Manners, west to the guide meridian,
sixty miles from the starting point on
the Missouri River. Col. Manners has
started north through Nebraska to run
aud establish the meridian and standard
parallels in that Territory, while Mr..
Ledlie has started South to do the same
work in Kansas, and has arrived as above
stated, at Atchison. The standard par
allels are to be established from the
guide meridian to the Missouri River
and at distances of twenty -four miles q;
part in Nebraska and thirty in Kansas.
So fast as the standard parallels are run,
the divisions between them are made
ready for townshipping and sub-dividine
into sections. Every three or four weeks
a standard line viii be run until five
such lines are run in Kansas which vii
prepare for subdivision tract of eoun
try, extending west of Missouri one hun
dFed miles, and south of the baseline OF
northern boundary of the Territory one
hundred and fifty miles By the first o.
November next all the standard paral.
lels in Kansas viii be completed. The
first division, extending north from Ach.
ison to the base line, WILDE townshipped
in about three weeks; for re are assured
by the Surveyor General that he wall
next week put on force sufficient to
complete this work in that time. By
the Goth of August. at the farthest, the
sub-divisional or sectional surveys will
be commenced by a force, with small
contracts, sufficient to survey that diEis-
ion into sections by the middle of Oc-
tober next. The several divisions be-
tween the standard parallels will, in like
manner with The first, be run into town
ships and sections as rapidly as they
are completed, so that the whole country
south, to near the Cherokee Purchase,
will be run into sections by the middle OF
January or first of February next. The
surveys in Nebraska will proceed upon
the same plan and WILDE completed from
the same guide meridian to the Missouri
River in about the same time. The IA
tai error committed by Mr. johnson last
fall in the survey of the base line has de-
iayed the commencement ofthc township
and sectional surveys. but VIII not de-
lay the estimated period for their COM
pletion; for we are told by the Surveyor
General, that by letting the work in
smaller contracts and putting to work
a much greater force than was orr
ginally intended he win easily accom-.
pIish his end.
We will add that the base line ha.
been connected and re-established, with
great care and skin, BY one of the mos
accomplished surveyors IN the vest
Platte Argus.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11

The select committee to whom was
referred the message of His Excelleney,
the Governor, transmitting certain rese7
lutions of the General Assembly of the
State of Arkansas, having taken the same
into consideration, have instructed me to
report the accompanying.
j. kITrREDGE, for the Com.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Whereas, His Excellcncy, the Govern
or, laid before the Legislature the follow
ing preamble and resolutions, viz
"Whereas, Che right of property in slaves
is expressly recognized by the Constitu-
ton of the United States, and is by vir-
tue OF such recognition, guaranteed
against unfriendly action by the General
Government and whereas, each State
in the Union, by the fact of being a par
ty to the Federal compact, is also party
To the recognition and character aforesaid
-and whereas, the citizens of each State
are, in consequence of such citizenship,
under the most sacred OBJ ons to con-
form TO the terms and teii0fE6f the COM
pact TO which their State is party there
fore,
s.Resolved, Belt ordered BY the Gen
eral Assembly OF the State of Arkansas.
that the Legislation of Congress. repeal
the Missouri Compromise of eighteen
hundred and twenty, and asserting the
deetrine of non-interference with slaves
alike in States and Territories, isin strict
accordance with the Constitution and in
itself just and expedient, andi is, for these
reasons, cordially approved by the people
of Arkansas.
"Resolved, That theepposition oftlie
Northern States to the legislation above
mentioned isat war with the letter and
spirit of the Constitution, is grossly yio-
latiye of the plighted faith and a traitor
Gus blow aimed at the rights of the south
and the pfsrpetuity of the Union
..Resotyed, That the citizens of the
State of Ohio have pursued course pc
culiarly unjust and odieus, in their fanat-
ical hostility to institutions for which
they are not responsible; in their eRoour-
agemeat of known feiens aud endorse
ment of repeated and shameless viola,
tions of law and decency, and in tAeil
establishment of abolition presses and
circulation Of ineendiary documents
urging 4 seryile population to bloodshet
and rapine and, by reason of the prem
ises, it is the duty and the interest of tn,
people Of Arkansas TO discontinue all so
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11

is-to be taken for every acre of land the
member may desire to locate.
The first payment is 10 cts. per share;
and the priority of date 7ofsuch Payment
entities to priority of choice IN tie, lois
of the Company. All who paid prior 70
June 2l, 1855, have right, either per-
sonally, or by duly authorized agents, 10
select in the first ballet of the Company
to take place as sooH as the land is surz
veyed and the plan decided upon.
By June the first, the following per-
sons had become members of the Com
spary::.s
James Adams, Railway, NJ, Black
smith.
Henry S. Clubb, New York City. Re-
porter, Secretary.
VIM. Fl. Colt, Hopkinton, n T.. Hor-
ticulturist.
John Cook, Port Albert, Huron Cos
c. w, Farmer.
Israel France, Enterprise, Pa, Farm1
Thomas Gibson, Brookyille, Ind.s Shoe-
maker.
+ g.Miltou Hadley, Friends Mission. K.
L Teacher.
A. b. Hicks, Jelloway, Knox. Co, O.,
Teacher and Farmer.
George Hobbs, Hicksyille, Defiance Co,
o., Nurseryman. :
John Holliway, MaFcellus, New York.
Samuel A kihgsbury, Providence. R.
T., Baker, -
Wm.- J. McGown, Richmond, Ind,
Merchant.
] MeLaurin, Bytown, C. w, w. G.
Physician, Treasurer.
Charles Morley, Topeka, K. T., Col
William H. Or, New York City,
Printer.
w. w. Parminter, 1Jr., Mount YER
non, O., Farmer.
Joseph Small, Fergus. Wellington Co.
G. W., Shoemaker.
William Someryille, Lonsdale, r. l.,
Weaver.
j. H. Smith. Cerro Gordo, Randolph
| Co., Ind, Builder.
Henry Eoorhus, Lodi, Seneca Co., 3
Y, Farmer.
Lyman Wheeler, Yillenova, Chauiau-
q1e Co, N. Y, House Painter.
Chas. IL. De Woolf, Philadelphia, Gen
tlenian, President. No. of members IN
the Company 22
Relatives and friends accompa-
nying the same, about "a
Total -. 4,
Number of.applicants forinforma- -.
ton, expressing their approval of the
plan, and desiring to JOIN the Com
pany 90
Relatives and friends to accom-
pany the same, about. "a
Total .s.-. 81
Total number of persons likely
to form the first settlement -. los
As letters are being received by al
most every mail, there is every probabii,
ity that in the course of a few week.
those now in the list of applicants vii
become bona tfde members OF tie Compa
ny. The capital possessed by each mem
Der varies from $50 to s10.eO0. The
present members of the Company pos
sess capitalof about 100000. Wher
the other applicants have become mem
bers, the prospect is, that the .united
capital of the company will amount te
at least $50, 900.
The programme of operations giving
particulars as to the preliminary steps
about being taken, appeared in the report
of the meeting of the Company, held
May 10Th, and published in Life lIlustra-
ted of June Cd. The ectason plan o.
settlement has been engraved and is now
on sale. It is likely to be adopted by
the Company.
1t is probable that a pioneer party vii
soon start for the purpose of selecting 8
suitable location, and such as choose te
join that party should communicate i'm
mediately with the secretary, to the care
of the publishers ofthis Journal.-Hofe'
Cure Journal, Y. y.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11

The select committee to whom wero
referred certain resolves of the State of
Maine, relating to slavery, have in
structed me to report the accompanying
preamble and resolutions.
MAsoN w. TAppAx, for Com.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11
Nisceiiaqcops.
yoios:of New Hampshire.

The select committee to whom was
referred the message of His Excelleney,
the Governor, transmitting certain rese-
lutions of the General Assembly of the
State of Arkansas, having taken the same
into consideration, have instructed me to
report the accompanying.
7 kITTREDGE. for the Com.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11
Lieut.. Gov. Fletcher at Philadelphia.


There were no firner Northern dele
gates at Philadelphia than Gen: Fletch-.
er, who was the sschief speaker" for the
Vermont delegation. A Southern dele
gate having said that che hated an abo-
Iitionist worse than he did viper" the
General promptly and effectively re-
sponded.
He said to that fire-eatcr and his GOA
federates, II am an abolitionist, at home
and abroad. at midnight and at noon, in
sunshine and in storm, IN solitude and
in the multitude. and | glory in it. Fou
will not probably visit the grave of
Franklin, few rods distant il ycu do,
you viii .moisten it by no tear, for. he
was President of our abolition society,
and the immortal Rush. Secretary and
they presented petition to Congress for
the abolition of slavery. l do not find it
in nv heaTtto retort, by SAYING, hate q
pro-slasery man as do ayiper. But [
treuld say, that l hate American slavery
as I do Its old Father, the Devil; and 1
am for It's abolition; for sending it back
to It's native home-the darkest corner of
he'll"
He told the Southerncrs, they had
"been in the habit, heretofore, OF taking
the anti.slayesy ont of our Nortllern
members of Congress. as sponge takes
up vater.s but they would hereafter find
things different tl.at he fhonglht light
y Of the pisintise: sweet notes tl.ez lad
sung about the dear Union. = snd Is slse
Union we're for the aceommc iatien OF tlss
slave power to drive ITEM from the bai-
es-box. lei Il perish the sooner the bet
ter.
EE ItHas been decided, says Wash
ington paper. at the General Land Office,
that under the 5th section Of the Bounty
Land Act Of March 5, 1856, land war
rants issued under that act ca1 De located
on any of the public lands which are
subject to entry at prisate sale st either
Of the minimum OF lower graduated prices
at the time such warrant or warrants
may be presented foF location Land
directed 70 be sold for the benefit of In
dams afeaoz 50 soeatables
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Was The Child a Native!

Mary Williams and her infant
daughter, the latter born in Massa-
chusetts, we're sent to Europe, a few
days ago, from the town of Monson,
Mass, for the crime Of being too poor
to live in that Commonwealth. The
woman had come away from Ireland
because she was too poor to live
there. According to these two facts,
the poor creature has no right to
live at all. Massachusetts abou. a
year sgo, was in a terrible ferment,
because the law sent Burns back to
Virginia. The Boston advertiser
says: "The treasury of the United
States bore the expense of the rendi.
ton of Anthony Burns. The treas
ury Of Massachusetts paid for the
rendition Of Mary Williams. But
then he was a negro-'a man and
a BROTHER while she was only a
4 yoman; woman and a mother"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-06-07

has found his way out here, and 80
charming parsonage is he, that he
is seducing hundreds from their po-
litical allegiance to the lrishman--
Carroll; they are tired of foreign In
Auence; in all its shapes and forms,
and there now seems fair prospect
of success to the American party
here, Floyd will roll up an over
whelming K. n. vote; and even Gray
son will support the American nomi-
nations by a decided majority.
WYrHEvILLE.-Rejoice! rejoice! Tor
truly have the friends Of American
and hsters of foreign policy cause to
do 80 here. The determined proge-
ny Of Sam now number 10 this coun-
ty 800 good and true. : T.
| ABINGDON, May 12.-This county
! is now concluded to be safe for the
K. N. nominees. Several Of Sam
town inform me that there are more
than 1900 members Of the order II
Washington county, aud the stories
lin reference to Withdrawals, are
wholly false.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-06-07

THE Tricks OF Know NoTHINGs.-
The know nothing papers, which, for
the last three months, have found plen-
tyof occupation in boasting Of the "ac-
cessions to the order" in Virginia,
have now to turn elsewhere. Similar
stories, and equally false, are now
told of Kentucky, Tennessee, and
Mississippi. They had enrolled MEM
bers enough, they said, in Virginia, to
secure Wise's defeat by 10000
Now see what they say about Missis-
sippi:
CoFFEEvILLE, Miss, May 1.-THE
Know-Nothings are carrying every
thing before them. In this State
they number forty-three Thousand, out
of voting population Of sixty-thou-
sand. They have nominated their
State officers, and the ticket will be
out before the people in a short time.
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VIRGINIA ERECT
:.
El.EGlalIEnDg
PRESCRIPTION PR0SCRIBEDl
"Sam" Annihilated!!

Mr.. WIsE's majority will fall but
little if any short Of TWELVE THOUSAND!
1t is with real pleasure that we re-
cord this result. Let the other South
ern States profit by Virginia's cram
pie, and ego and do likewise;" thus
giving no "aid and comfort" to q mid
night Jacobin Club, which is foreign
to the genius and spirit Of the gov
eminent and tie people. Let US,
then, be up and doing, and the know
nothings may and will be signally re-
buked and defeated in every Southern
State, and in. Tennessee more decided
ly than, perhaps, in any other.
The Legislature Of Virginia, too, in
both branches, is heavily democratic,
securing the election Of democratic
q. S. Senator in place of Mr.. Mason
@For Congress, erery democratic
candidates electeaH The know moth
ings have not carried a single district
The following are the
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-06-07

@The know nothing papers have
been explaining their defeat, by saying
that Mr.. Wise was permitted to can
vass alone. Well: how do they ex-
plain the election of democrats over
know nothings in every districtin the
State, by larger aggregate majorities
than the one received by MI. Wise?
The know nothing candidates for Con
gress took the stump, and are beaten
in every district"
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A foreign-bon correspondent of the
Pittsburg (Methodist) Christian Ad-
vocate makes the following point:
II have renowned on my oath cit
izenship in all countries, and am /
then to be denied it in this? The
Arabs or the Tartars might refuse to
admit me to their rights, but even
their sense Of honor would forbid them
to thus ensnare me. / must be lost
to every country, and every country
lost to ME, save that country where
the arm of man cannot sway the
scales Of justice.
q read my Bible in the language
of Luther, and learned to be Prot
estant; and from my Bible and Wesley,
I learned to be a Methodist. No one
asks me to .disbelieve the Bible be-
cause it came from India, Protestant
ism because Luther was a German,
nor Methodism because Wesley was
an Englishman. No one refuses fine
a membership in the Church because
l was born foreigner. I can join
them in praising God for His favors,
and invoke His blessing On our coun-
try; I can commune with them at the
sacramental board, and yet refusing
me a vote, they will cast their ballot
side by side with the vilest scoundrel|
that ever disgraoed the soil on which,
he was bonn"