The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-29
Action in New York.

National Committee, and Member for
the State of New York, has put Forth a
powerful appeal to the people of that
State, for means to relieve the nscessi-
tous in Kansas. He has appointed
FL. D. Northup to canvass the western
counties of the State, to ask for relief and
Mrs. G. /. II. NICHOLS, of Kansas, for
the State at large. He has also opened
an Office at 120 West Broadway, n.
Y, and given it in charge of Rev. j. G.
WARREN, which will be open from 4to
g P. NJ, for business.
Mrs Nichols has published the fol-
lowing stirring appeal
To THE WOMEN OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK :-Sisters--Your hearts
have been stirred by tales of Kansas
outraged, wronged; the Constitutional
rights of her people struck down; "the
enjoyment of life, liberty, and the pur-
suit of happiness made reasonable;
and all the God-given means of SUBJ
sistence and general prosperity pervert-
ed from the dwellers in that beautiful
land, by the iron heart and strong hand
of tyrant powerl
Government heeds not, hears not,
the cry of the afflicted. Good men may
struggle in vain to rescue the victims
by the speedy election of righteous rul-
ers, and the wealth, locked in the treas
uries of Free States and rich mems cof-
fers, may be too tardy or insufficient
to save the suffering, starving inhabi-
tants of Kansas from death upon her
soil, or the necessity ofreturning to the
Free States to be fed. Supported they
must be, either in Kansas or out of it.;
for they have expended, or been rob-
bed, of their all, in the struggle for free
homes. The question, in pecuniary
point of view, then, is, where shall they
be fed? Misunderstanding for
freedom to be in the image of its Maker
-cries, IN Kansas, where, to hold free
homes, is to ensure the cause of Free
dom and stay the waves of oppression.
Are you mothers? Let me speak to
you for the mothers of Kansas. am
one of them. My sons are among the
sufferers and defenders of that ill-fated
Territory; their blood has baptized the
soil which they yet live to weep over,
to love, and to defend. | ask of you,
mothers of New York, but tithe of the
sacrifices and devotion of the mothers
of fkansas. Their jewels" more pre-
cious than silver, or gold, or houses and
lands s--ara. already laid sacrifice upon
the altar. Gan yOu withhold from them
the bread tlIut shall " in 10 .yo,s the
blessing of those ready to perish?
Look upon your sons. secure in the
pursuit of all that is ennobling-look
upon your fair daughters, safe from the
outrages of degraded and rufian sol
diery-look upon your infants, smiling
in the sweet security and sunshine of
home running over with comfort and
happiness and plenty, and from your
stores give to those who have none of
all these but the mother-love, which, in
the absence of every means to succor
and save, is crushing the over-taxed
heart into the blackness of despair!
Are you wives? Brave, loving men
have tracked the prairie paths to bring
bread, and never returned have turned
to the fields of their labor, and, with the
last fond kiss yet warm upon their lips,
been felled by the stealthy foe. Brave,
loving men are now tracking the prairies
with unshod feet and bleeding hearts,
Bfaye, loving women weep, and pray,
and toll to wipe away their tears and
smiIea welcome to the husbands that
come sad and empty-handed back =
Wives Of New York, viii you fill the
empty hands and win the speechless
gratitude of these suffering ones
Are you sisters 2 Fond, noble bro-
theirs appeal to dear sisters In the East
for help in their need. Your sympathy
cannot comfort them, even in their dis
tress. The appeal of such an one is be-
fore me now. Nothing to eat; no
money; nothing but sympathy! Oh,
don't ever mention the word again if you
love me. Don't ever tell me your East
ern friends sympathize with you in your
noble struggle for liberty Such friends,
if one were hanging to a rope for dear
life, would look over from the ships
side and cry. my sympathies are with
you, hang on till you droscnt' Sisters
of New York, will you send out the life
boat to save these sinking, struggling
!, victims of foul oppression
Words are too poor to give expression
TO my deep sense ofthe peril. the suffer-
ing. the need, which is weighing upon
the hearts, and shutting out sunshine
aud health from the homes of the people
of Kansas.
leave my appeal with you, women of
New York, confident in a generous re-
sponse and an earnest cooperation.
To many of you / may speak as per-
sonal friends and former co-workers in
the cause of Humanity. ] know your
zeal. know your labors. count upon
your utmost efforts in this the crisis hour
of the accumulated expressions of the
lpsst--in this the grey dawning of a res
direction day for Humanity. such as the
world has never seen, which the past has
promised without comprehending. and
lgroped after without the strong faith that
alone can win it. C. l. H. NICHOLS. i
Need Reforming.
Some of the boys in and about Law.
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