The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-02-02

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The above article is worthy the pro-
found consideration of every reader OF
the HERALD OF FREEDOM. It is un-
doubtedly from the pen of ]. II. String
fellow, the senior editor of the Squatter
Sovereign, and may be taken as faith
full exponent of Southern opinion.
1t commences by endeavolins to .es-
tabli>h tie fact tia slave labor is profita-
bic in Kansas that slave property is safer
here than in the Sta es, and that but fen
pro-slavery men have yet brought their
slave property here. 1t proves further
that the Free State party are in the as
tendency. and appeals to Southern emf
grants to come here, as their laid" is
needed in the crisis.
Ii slave labor is profitable in Kansas.
and will remunerata the STAKEHOLDER so
literally, tLen free labor must be proGta-
BILE, and is one of the best arguments in
the world in favor of large emigration
of hardy. intelligent and industrious set
tiers from the free States, who wish
to build up for themselves homes OF
comfort and competence in this new
State. Lecturers in the Northern States
should use this article as text for ex-
tended comments.
The seconI assertion is no doubt true
SO far as the past is concerned, aI we have
not heard of the escape of single slave
from his master in Kansas. This may
be owing to the fact that we are not ac-
quain;ed with single settler in Kansas
who holds slaves; though our impression
is, if such thing had occurred we
would have had information of it through
the public pro-slavery journals. This
| fact established and what becomes of the
infamous falseboods promulgated BY the
Squatter Sovereign and kindred sheets,
that the Free State settlers are s'aboli-
lionists, negro thieves" &C.? The cry
las been got up for effect, with the de-
sign of invi Ing an invasion OF the Ter
ritory from Missouri, and too successful
ly have they accomplished their purpose
Ii there are not slaves in The Telrito-
ry there are not shareholders, nor adyo-
Gates OF the institution to any very grea.
extent. This We have asserted time and
time again, and we re-iterate it now. 1t
pro-slavery men had settled here they
would have brought their slaves wi Ii
them, as it is well known the master is
averse TO labor, and will not do it if he
can compel others to do the work for him.
We give it as our honest conviction,
founded upon the census of year ago,
and uponr repea ed inquiries from persons
acquainted in tie different districts and
precincts of the Territory. that there are
not Two hundred and tif y slaves in Kan
sas.
The first paragraph also compliments
our soil and market, all OF which is true.
The editor expresses the determina
ton of the party with which he acts
when he says-''kansas MUST be a slave
State, or the Union will be dissolved. -
The Atchisons and SsringftlIows have
been laborins for sometime to bring about
such a result, and are bringing to their
assistance much aid from the Sou hern
SAFES. Atchison, like Burr, has come
down from his seat as Vice President of
the United States, and gone to work to
build up Southern empire over which
he hopes to secure unlimited sway. The
result: he will fill, like Burr, dishon-
ored grave. and his name and his imits
tors will go down to posterily objects of
bathing and disgust, and be only men-
toned with kissing and scorn. The peo-
pie of Kansas are in favor of the Amer
ican Union as Washington AMI the COM
patriots of the revolution made it, and
they will labor as zealou>ly to preserve it
as Atchi>on and his clan will to destroy
it. The Sovereign may brow beat those
coming from the South who arc not dis
posed to join in hissznad schemes tor the
enslavement of Kansas As much as he
plea>es-it will make no sort of differ.
ence. Southern men come here to build
up homes of quiet and peace. They
have found the settlers from Northern
States in favor of the same thing. conse-
queatly have uni ed their eyer,ions with
ours to put down rufiani<m
The Soyereign's Secondly" admits
the ASST tance of .'now and then strag-
CLING Border Rufian' from Missouri"
to aid in enslaring the people, but the
people are not ensiaved. nor cannot be.