The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-18
Governor Recder before the Boston Brokers
RO0rld.
IRON the Boston Tray,

from the Boston Traveller, June Is.
BIZ special in vitaCn hundred OF the weathicst
and influential of merchants and other citizens
assembled today the occupied by the Brokers
Board in Union Building for the purpose of hearing the
presentation Of the Kansas difficulty aud is remedy by
Gov Reedcr. is probable that long time has elapsed
since nun. distinguished. wealthy anu influential men
OF Boston were convened in such meeting.
The meeting called to order by Hon. Mr. VALLEY, Of
Roxbury, wL7,. with brief preface, introduced Gov.
Gov Kccdcr said the probability was that gentlemen
posted UP, but from his experience lie believed
those engrossed in business tso apt 10 look upon
the troubles in Kansas "a not being near them and AZ
beng mere transitory outbreaks Here they mis-
taken for the whole bu, the steady and persistent
effort of acting through Others with the view, not ii
subucatng Kansas but territory sufficient 70 constitute
dozen States, and giving it rp to slavery. Kansas
became slave state, the territory beyond II would be
accessible to slavery and less so TO freemen
while If made il free State, all the territory next to
the Pacific must be eventually preserved by freemen-
o region OF country 800 miles wde the fate OF which
must depend on the fate Of Kansas California was q
free STATE but determined efforts being made
TO constitute the southern part OF II slave state we
Kansas and the OF the territory westward to the
Rocky Mountains, will have New Mexico com
plotely isolated by states, with no hope Of con-
stuting anything but three or four slave states Let
all this take pace need to suggest the results
which would follow. when slavery thus held the
reias beyond reca-the recstabishmen, OF the slave
trade the right hold tTansu through the free
states the annexation Of Cuba, Nicaragua be The po
tica power Of the North thus lost could never be
rcgaincc. We had only preserved the equilibrium OF
power BY great effort and the last free State added
only admitted after contest 80 that, once gain
ing the upper hand, slavery would never surrender Y
Again. there constant surplus population, which
always ran off into the West from Ohio 70 Iowa. run
ming OF socictyand these waves were still gong
West from the whole II true that free and slave
labor never could dwell together Then, if Kansas fell,
whittier would tho mechanic and laborer goy SIpposing
the northwestern territory had been invaded and ded
Gated slavery and all the region west of Psburg been
dedicated to the negro all the vast population would have
been damned up here with consequent poverty degra
daton destituton and ignorance II Kansas b. the bar
rier established by slavery the overflow Of double the
number Of States would DO damned back upon US. We
all locking To the time when there sbord be one
contnuous limo OF freemen stretching the cont
ncntuntil the foremost American pioneer should stand
upon the borders Of the Pacific and look out India
and China This question involved national glory; mil
lions of wealth flowing in when the great Of Fast
Indian trade should flow over the Union free white
aboriDg population. energetic and hardy, that line,
would accomplish all this in fifteen years. But give up
slavery and ID bighting Influences and the history q
the past proved that would be age before
place With different audience he would dlat. UPON
these themes but this audience only necessary To-
furnish food for thought