The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-12-20

IN public meeting. A COMMITTEE
was appointed to prepare an answer,
which will be found in this connection:
To our suffering fellow citizens, male
and female, in Kansas, we, the La
dies of Plymouth, Mass, send greet
ing ::
Living as we do, upon soil made
sacred by the sufferings and priyations
of our ancestors in the cause of Liber-
ty, we cannot look with Indifferent or
unsympathizing eyes upon you, who
are now struggling, and enduring all
manner of evil in the cause of Free
dom.
Your cries for help have reached us,
and our hearts respond to the CALL
Would to God we could render you
more efficient service in resisting the
tide of oppression that is endeayoring
to overwhelm you
But conscious that your sufferings
are brought upon you by the noble
stand you have taken to secure Free
Institutions to yourselves, and the
countless millions that shall follow you
we would encourage you to look to
Him, who causeth the wrath of man
to praise Him, for the ultimate success
of your noble cause.
Believing in God, let no present
evil make you doubt the final over
throw of your enemies, and the estab-
lishment of justice and peace in your
dominion.
Standing as you do, in the front ranks
of the army of Freedom, whose sue
success shall secure the virgin soil of
our beautiful and beloved Kansas from
the foul embrace of slavery, We cannot
refrain from extending to You help
ing hand in the hour of need.
Be assured, we feel that every tri-
umph of ofyours, is victory gained
for us also, for if you fail in establish
ing your Liberty, the next step will be
an aggression upon ours.
Bound as we are by the tender ties
ofbrotherhood, we are still more strong
ly bound by the tie of common sac
rifice in the best blood of our State,
shed on the floor of the Senate of this
nation, by the same foul spirit of ag-
gression that has murdered your citi-
zens, laid waste your lands, and burned
or desolated your dwellings.
We can therefore warmly sympa-
thize with you in all your sufferings,
and we assure ourselves that the ten
der interest we fee: jim your welfare,
the tears we shed over your sorrows,
and the heartfelt prayers we address to
our common Father in your behalf, will
be as welcome to your hearts, as the
warm garments we send will be to
your bodies.
We assure you that in ministering
to your necessities, we feel that we
are but poorly repaying a small part
of the debt we owe to every one of you
who, having your comfortable homes
here, are endeavoring to plant similar
free and happy ones in the Territory SO
lately opened equally to all the citizens
of this Republic, with the solemn as
surance, that the rights, privileges and
opinions, of all should be held sacred,
and that the majority of actual settlers
should establish such government as
they in their associated wisdom should
deem best.
With deep sorrow, we have witness
ed the breaking of this solemn pledge
and have seen the Chief Magistrate o
this great nation become the pliant
tool of men whose highest ambition
is to live on the unpaid toll oftheir OPP
pressed and enstaved brethren, and tn
army of the United States, by his OF
ders, countenancing and protecting tn
rufian hosts in shedding innocent blood
and desolating the homes of peacabl
and laborious citizens, instead of pro
tecting their lives and property.
Bnt we entreat you, Brethren an
Sisters, not to be disheartened, thong
suffering all the horrors of worse tina
savage warfare, but trusting in God
who is the avenger of innocence, an
who will not let the wicked go unpun
ished, believe that He will soon brin
order out of confusion, and set 6
naught the counsels of wicked mel
and that under this guidance you
> beautiful land shall become the HON
of the Free and the Asylum of the o.
pressed.
= We would express our earnest d.
sire, that the justice SO long withheld
may soon be accorded to you, an
while waiting this result, your hear
4 may be cheered by the thought TIL
! while your oppressors' names will
n transmitted to posterity only to pc
= petuate their infamy, your children
children, will turn with honest prit
to the page that records the wise TO
bearance, and the noble heroism tn
;. marks the history of their ancestor
in Kansas.
: In closing, we would tender to you Of
! warmest sympathies in your suffering
! our fullest confidence in your prudenc
= and our earnest prayers in your behal
. that God in his infinite wisdom m;
= avert further violence from your Ian
, and restore to your bosoms the tri'
= and valuable friends, who have bee
- driven from your midst, and establi!
I, - peace, and confer upon you the bles
= ings of a free and prosperous State.
In behalf of the ladies of Plymout
. Mass, NJ. B. JACKSON.
Dr. To the ladies of Plymouth, Mass
t. chusetts. We, the citizens ofKanse
in response to their letter of symp
u thy, and in acknowledgement of the
generous aid. send grateful salut
tions
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