The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-29

above and beyond WANT Yes. and L
will venture to add it will set Kansas
free too. Your wise suggestion about
taking " advantage of the present state
of things and employ good agent to
supply those with funds, who have lost
horses, cattle and other property and
to assist to build houses, to pillow, DC, "
is the first encouragement we have met
with since our hard earnings were plum
dered and destroyed, or intimation we
have received that any body here recog-
nized the propriety and necessity OF such
a course. While on the contrary we
have beard it constantly reiterated On
every hand and from the committee, that
" no one need expect any pay or reward
for any loss sustained in Kansas" In
deed we, like many. others, have sustain
ed losses that cannot oe replaced or
made good to us. Many things are
gone which lifetime can never restore.
But we supposed by what we under
stood from some of the contributors In
the East, that such as we might claim
as their due, a proper share of the COM
forts sent out here for distribution.
But in the official instructions given by
a member of the committee to the re-
porting or Sub-Agent for this District.
he is informed that +" no one is entitled
to any aid who is well, and able to work,
owns more than one team, or one COW,
has any visible means of support, or
any credit to obtain any thing, no mat
ter how great or how severe their losses
may have BEEN" We can obtain credit
from any one who knows us, or who
are acquainted with our manner of life
up to this time. So is every honest
and industrious man or woman entitled
to receive credit, and our agent AYERS that
in compliance with his official instruc-
lions, he cannot recommend to the Com
mittee. single individual among all the
many and extreme sufferers, in the Sec
ton over which he has jurisdiction. Re
garding the matter in the view that has
been presented to him, it would seem
that premium was offered to desti-
tuition and worthlessness," and that the
intentions of the donors of this gener-
Gus charity to Kansas, would be entire
ly thwarted, or fail of their accomplish
ment.
We are we'll aware that the stewards
of this extensive charity are placed in
difficult and responsible position; but
though it may be impossible even with
the most systematic arrangement, and
under every precaution, to avoid impo-
sition sometimes, and complainings or
unjust censure from disappointed or un-
worthy applicants, still we venture to
express the hope, that none of the Com
mittee, in the exercise of the little brief
authority with which they are clothed,
will thoughtlessly, or wilfully, trample
on any of the already crushed spirits of
the unfortunate, and beware how they
send deeper dependency and gloom,
to any of the suffering, high-souled and
lofty minded who have never been re-
duced to such extremities before, and
who scorn to be treated as mendicants
begging aims, or suing for personal ia
vors, when they apply for things their
own friends have sent on to them, and
which are rightfully their own. l
speak in behalf of others, and have not
time now to recount to you our own
unfavorable impression, forced upon
us when we called with the agent on
official business, and were not permit
ted to regale our eyes with even a side
glance at the nice things of which they
have the charge. Wewere informed that
many of the articles were too nice for
distribution, and that they were being
sold to procure greater supply of the
more common necessaries, for which
there was a greater demand, &c. "
Now this all seemed very wise, judi
cious and economical. But we could
not help thinking of our fair friends at
the East, who, knowing well of wo.
mans attachment to articles of taste,
and feeling for the many here who have
been robbed of precious and valuable
things, had set to work diligently, with
busy hands piled in symphony with sym
pathizing hearts, even sewing societie:
and circles in which many here hat
once moved, have all united to contrib
ute these "nice, valuable things,
hoping Herewith to cheer and encour
age some of the many sad hearts o
those who had suffered from the los
of similar treasures.
And who here assumes the righ
question "to what pgrpose is all
waste and to decidesthat this "gar
ment must be sold and given to TIM
poor?" Verify, 1.-THE poor we have Away
with us" in Kansas, and if this condition
,, of things continues long, We shall sool
have none but the poor with us here
When permanent, ample and activ
business shall be established here
there will be no need for distib
uting committees, who, for the wes
r of Kansas had far better turn in
and help pillow and sow, and till our fel
tile prairies, and in time of peace teac
: the poor and needy how to provid
against want, and how to strengthe
/, the forces of freemen in our midst, b
l developing new energies of mind an
: character and all the fresh and varie
: resources of this beautiful land of on
l adoption.
5 ] cannot express the Joy with whic
| hailed the resurrection of the Herald Q
Il Freedom, as one of the great instrumen
: talities destined to redeem and elevat
Q Kansas, and the lenses through whic
l its light must shine upon its siste
n states and be reflected on the world.
Methinks You will inquire with som
J. surprise . why my name is not on yot
e subscription list go My dear friend,
d is because / have not a dollar in Il
: world to pay you. I want at least te
: numbers of your valuable paper to sen
/ to distant friends, whom / wish, throue
d that medium, to keep appraised of KaI
e sas affairs, without spending the tim
s. which / cannot afford, to write to eacl
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