New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-25
AewVprk daily Gribnue.
THE KANSAS EMIGRAN1S.
BY L. MARIA CHILD.
lCoa,iau.l iron. The Tl'5pae y Octo1ff q

"ab dearest. Il "a n complicated question aud wa
don't understand il. They caro- LITTLE for toe anc e1-
reot "A means OF increasing their political power
They want more Slave States, 70 DC represented cy
shareholders in the councils oil the Mon ana
ilty DO no, want that any more free STATES
should come mo The Union to balenco Their
influence Therefore they not content with stretch
inc their duuiniuns 20 the Gulf OF Mexico, and -ozing
T.xas They wish 20 grasp the Northern leritoilos
also tina. they may be necure oi keeping me tree
States in political subsection. ~ ls loog story my
love For many years they have been ortfully avail
mo Themselves OF every means "a increase Their power
The "i-ti' principles Of siavGry And freedom
have come To q desth-grappio here IN hnn-hs; snd
You my Il, cao litilo flower, are here TO be lramPed
IN The struggle.
Alice aivheJ and wished she was more Ike Kate;
for then rhe would n0t be such weight upon M spy,
H.. But be declared that he woud not for the world
have her in any way deren. from her own dear eelt
Then they sli 10 taking about their utuIe home which
was now in readiness. Two Of illiams brotler bad
arrived with their families. An addition to the cabin
had been built f.r OF them, and hs 0thor YOU'D
live shin call Katie 10th 10 part from her cousin
but she aid they would be- far more comfortable in
their new quarters ard for safety, there waa saoty
nowhere; least OF ALL III Lawrence.
Gradually they fell into q more cheerful sta.n OF
couyeIsa alton. The husbands spoke hopefully ana
r. ally felt co. fer they had strong faith that their beau
tul Kansas would become free and prosperous state
Vsrious bOSes from Massachusetts, directed TO W u
liam Bruce bad arrived in Kansas City Some Of them
contained comforablcs and blankets for the " Inter
which Mrs. May had prepared for her darling dangh'er
her s,ray lamb III the Wilderness, u sue "ss wont
to call her Could all that mothers thoughts ond
feelings have been daguereotyped or the cloth, while
those stitches were taken it would have boon an epic
POEM of wondrOus pahos. " hat Visions II Ahce
sleeping in her cra0lo ot her WekeninS smHei o. he1
sot ems waving in the Summer breeze es she CO nc
rGnripy With flower; of her eirlish bloom delicate
as The sweetpea blOssom OF her cear nelodous voice
in the choir at church, OF tho bashui Gushing ~eys
that betrayed her dswn.ng love for William oi The
s,rpqele in Der soul when she must choose between
him and her parents of her parting look, when sue
tnrr ed from the home of her childhood t. follow her
husband into the wilderbess In Alces soul those
s,itfhes by the old lOnd faithful hand, would also
yaken poem circumference How che iorged for
hcse boxes TO see what mother had scot her Above
all or the letters from dear New England e-Pccisuy
the long letter rom mother! 80
twas agreed that williams brothers should 20 WITH
wagon to bring them. They reached Kaflsas ny IN
safety and the boxes were delivered 10 them. Passing
through Franklin. their return they found hity or
si1y Missouri rnfiians carousing around -un-ehop,
checked sbirt too tipsy TO stand alone wes leaning
sgainst corner vi the shop, scrapiog hdda "hue
Ls comrades sung:
View. eaup~d IN he wGlerne--.
For . few day, Tor iew dsy-i
AnI then - r. zo!ns hoHir,
we'-s.c I'D hoo. he Yankee.
20 fsw dogs. Tor few days
ALi then we're toins hous,
Wv I.gh; ~ JoI4er"
a. non a. ibis drunken crew rspi,J TIE bsg5 age
wagon vending It's WAY toward ksnsas, they 81, ny
l.ehtju veil and king rush az the hor'tS, Gale
oui. Hilo, stranger "hGr are you go.nc, and what
aie you totirg p
10 IawTenc., with bad Of household gods"
they rpied.
cried one.
We're Ding 70 wipe L out" shouted anotter..
The GOOD mus; be overhauisd, boy ba"itd
third.
IL WIS vain 70 reiAonsirGte and use..s' = shI
seain.. such desperate odd. They unonaed lne
VagoIs tore open the boxes, and pulled ous u. nome
;rea.uies which would have bean 90 precious " az
Tie youI 2 meu pleaded hard for the le,teIs D' M
slid Itey must curry them 20 the GoYernbf - 'eo
Il re treason 10 them. u. - r.
The Governor shall b. informed OF Z 3, ee pa Al
.h.rs'. Justice TO b. ob,sined IN The hnci "c "e'e
H.. said the brothers. 4.h,-.LL,.
Shut ID, Won damned rasoas y .hor"c see tsooe.
GIT intJ y.r vassin and be od, OF We sop yer
jaTiug! II. ,,,-,, e., -.
moth, bsa-t La would have poured alct balm Into
ker own would b. Ussd 10 Eight The ppe4 .: h'souri
n tisns The d-lis 20 neatly made ~ taose Gear old
b,nd. you'd be spread % muddy ho07s 10. drunken
-. II was hard t. oear bl; he ttis only
a. thousand 7rongs, and 81 said, % all ~
mum ~ WHO % der good WI. ia 3 sy4rel 10 me-"
I'm ,he time OF her o,.To.ha. her D. NJ heg-t pac
.rskmed yI nes; li.iIe s:lded u:, coy 4la csn-