The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-01

sympathy and regard, and as an EN-
blem of the noble cause to which yol
have devoted yourself.
Here beautiful flag was presented
and received by Mr.. BRowN.
! A flag once foated upon your Office
in your absence. One day, the invad-
ers of our beautiful country, leaving q
fey of their fellows as your keepers in
your prison-camp, planted there flag
foreshadowing demolition. From house
top to housetop it wandered, till the
only two printing offices then in Law
renee, and fine hotel, superbly fur
nished-that has not its equal left within
hundreds of miles-were sealed for de-
struetion. We looked on, more in
sorrow than in anger, and more in tri-
umph than either, as these sacrifices
and burnt offerings were laid upon oul
country's altar, and by high priests Of
her own ordaining. We knew that the
wings of the wind would bear the in
cense of that hour to every hearthstone
of our land, and watt itupward to Him
who restraineth the remainder of the
wrath, when His inscrutable wisdom
hath made the wrath of man to praise
Him. And as the type was scattered
in the street, and the dense smoke as
cended, our hearts whispered and our
faith responded, ''These are no idle GER
emonies."
That wizard fag-where is it to-day
A portion of those who boasted that
they marched under its shadow to their
work of spoliation, have, since that
hour, found shelter beneath the roof of
your Office, in the custody of those
whom they thought to terrify from
their homes by that days ehivalry. 1t
was as prisoners they learned that s'the
brave know how to be generous. Such
was their testimony on and before their
release But that death-telling flag
where is it? On the very day-nay
at the very hour that your new press
entered the town, that identical flag
came also. By another route, from an
opposite direction, borne by other
hands-but they met, as if by appoint
ment. in the place where the trans
formed fag-now an humbled herald
of the truth-had met the predecessor
of that press. And that blood-red ban
ncr with its lone star, has told, many
time since that hour, its marvellous
tale to astonished and interested multi
tudes, who will rejoice in our Joy and
sorrow in our Affections 1t has gone,
an eloquent orator, on mission for
Freedom. " Southern Rights" and
tSouth Carolina" were It's boasted
words. And while it unfolds to the
vast congregations of its wondcr-struck
auditors the schemes of those who glo-
ried as they strobe on, beneath its folds,
to subdue the Yankee paupers," glo-
ried that this had supplanted, in the
South, the American flag-Mis emblem
of our whole country, floating in i'm
pressive silence above your sanctum,
shall inspire great thoughts, dictate en-
nobling sentiments, and teach worthy
deeds of self-abnegating heroism to all
who trust in its protecting folds
Meantime, the Herald of Freedom Phe-
nix-like shall arise again, to be hailed
anew, with treple joy, all over the land
Let it hasten: we await it.
Kansas, the center, broader if moi
brighter than her sister stars, is stained
with the blood of the slain. But there
is cheer in that time-honored flag. Jus
tice shall triumph. Her avengers art
abroad all over the land. The people
are moving in solid columns to tht
ballot box; and they have decreed tha
Kansas shall appoint her own legislat
ors, and send her own representative
to the national halls. Fairest in thi
constellation she shall shine, ere long,
And the national fiag-the red white and blue
Shall everywhere number its own thirty-two,
| And Kansas, our homestead, is destined TO be
The land of the happy, the home of the free.
At the close of Miss Halls address,
beautiful banner was flung to the breeze
and from the roof of the H. of +. ofiic,
| floated the emblem of our country,
glory, amid the loud and enthusiastic
cheers of the people of Lawrence. Tn,
/ flag bears the symbol of the American
Union, while the thirty-one stars, form
a glorious galaxy around the center one
which larger than the rest and of blood
red hue In the center, was fitting EN-
blem of the young State Of Kansas
which shall ever be. in spite of the In
famous Vaccinations of cur mereiles,
enemies, the bright eynosure of the glow
ing constellation which gem the banner
of our Republic. After three cheers
were given for the Ladies, the fatterine
token was accepted in the following re-
marks -
LADIES OF LAWRENCE With hear
filed with grateful emotions, and {
memory alive to the incidents of th'
past, / accept with thousand assuran
ces of gratitude, this cheering evidence
of your sympathy which you have sc
kindly placed in my hands. The bitter
! events of the last few months, to which
you have so eloqueatly alluded, shall bs
forgotten to make room for the pleasing
associations which shall cluster around
the occurrences of to-day. To know thai
my fair countrywomen-the Ladies OF
Lawrence-those who have been associ
ated with me in trial and suffering
during the last two years-who LEI,
SCIENCES hallowed by years of fond rec,
election. and Institutions hoary witt
age and wisdom. to transplant to thi'
virgin soil, aided by your fathers, hus,
bands and brothers. new homes-de
signing to surround them with tht
adornments Of schools, colleges, church
es aud all the reinements of moderI
civilization-to know, / say, that yov
approve my course through the Herole
Of Freedom in the attempt to develops th'
resource of Kansas, to inculcste q sount
morality. to promulgate the principles