The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-11-01
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Far the Herald Of Freedom.
Items in the History of Kapess

Far the Herald Of Freedom.
Items in the History of Kansas.
!" We frst drew in New England's air, and from
her hardy breast
Sucked in the tyrant- hating milk. that will mot
And if our words seem treas ON to the dullard
and the tame,
'Tis but our native diaIect-our fathers SPOKE
the salnc.''
The Republican party has been gain
ing ground here ever since the attempt
to destroy Lawrence was made BY the
Border Rufiians of Missouri. Then,
many of the members of the Know
Nothing" or Ozark Lantern" party,
forsook the counsels of their pro-slayery
teachers, and began 10 advocate the prin-
clpieS for the entertaining of which the
Free State settlers have been heretofore
condemned. They had been informed,
through the columns of the New York
Herald, journal Of Commerce, aud other
papers, that the excitement about Kansas
was all humbug, and that there was no
danger of the settlers ever being molested
by the Border Ruffians. On SUNDAYS
they read the New York Observer, and
that told them of the foolishness of at
tempting to conquer the MiSsourians
with Sharp's Rifles. Oh, no Use BIZ
bles! Messrs. Stringfellow, Atehison d
company only need a little good advice
to make them peaceable citizens. The
commencement OF hostilities opened their
eyes, however, and the ballot box will
exhibit their future political creed. When
in Kansas lsat Summer we noticed that
renegade Yankees always made the most
ultra pro slavery men, for instance r.
L. Van Horn, of the Kansas City Enter
prise, now thorough-going pro-sIayery
man, was an Ohio abolitionist- so the
Buckeyes say, and we have every reason
to believe that it is true.
Mr.. Farris, one of the proprietors of
the Lecompton Union, was formerly a
resident of New York. He has Ieen re,
siding, for several years, on th{ fertile
banks of the frog pend, in Westport,
Jackson county, Missouri, and having
escaped death from the cholera, has be-
come a good pro-slavery editor.
A young man by the name of w. /.
Osborn, left his native State, New York,
and settled in Kansas. He was an abo-
litionist then, and people say remarka-
bly, ultra one. Last Summer, in the ca
pacity of a Border Rufian, he followed
an old gentleman by the name of Lin
coin from the Territory into Kansas City
went up and spit in his face, and then
boasted of the deed through the columns
of the Enterprise of that city, for which
he received an appointment from Wash
ington of Postmaster in Wyandot.
The same rule will apply to individu-
ais in this section of country. One OF
the most ultra administration men in this
village was an active Free Democrat or
Barnburner in 1848. He endorsed the
sentiments of that party, and expressed
himself satisfied with every plank. in the
celebrated Buffalo Platform. Now he
can see nothing wrong in the acts of
the MissouriKansas Legislature. The
Ruftans who assembled at Johnson's S
Shawnee Mission endeavored TO prohibit
lnkanSas the circulation of the writings
of nearly every one of our distinguished
statesmen, since the days of the Reyolu-
ton for they all speak against American
slavery.) And to all this the renegade
Barnburner can say, Amen.
Massachusetts,, too-ihat State within
whose limits stands the Bunker Hill mon
ument, and from which have gone forth
as worthy statesmen and sound patriots
as can be found any uhere-supports as
rank a pro-slnceTy paper as the celebrated
Squatter Sovereign in Kansas ever was
or can be. True the columns of the
Springfield Daily Argus are not as pol
luted as those of its rival in Kansas, be-
cause the moral sentiment of MaSsachu-
sets viii not permit it to be so. EIon
Comstock, the editor, however, apoiogiz-
es for. and approves Of, the eeaEse the
pro- siavery citizens of Missouri have
taken in Kansas affairs. We think that
if he resided there, be would make re-
kobte Border Rufiian, and would satisfy
the demands ofeven Stringfellow himself.
The Rev. Richard knight of Holyoke,
Massachusetts,, who left for Kansas at the
same time we did, and was the leader of
one company, has been obliged to return
TO New England an account OF his health.
He has delivered some interesting lee
lures upon Kansas, IN Springfield and
other places. Now, hear what the uae
sheet we have alluded to, says of him.
In the Springfield Argus of April 23,
1856, there is nearly half column in
reference to him-from which we ex.
tract the foilowing-"C Concerning Mr..
Knights 5ilfingsgafe attacks on Presi.
dent Pierce and the Democratic Party,
we prefer to say nothing, except to cover
his insane outbursts of passion with a
charitable veil of silence. Some day or
other, when he recoyers his senses, he
would be ashamed to see them In print,
and We consequently leave tksAto have
what influence they may on the weak
minded - How cool and insulting the
renegade Yankee editor can be. No one
who is acquainted with Mr. Knight viii
believe that he used any improper lan-
guage on shat, or any other occasion, or
that he ever misrepreseuted the president
or his party.
In this section of western New York,
many oil those who are thinking Of going
West, intend to locate in Iowa. OF this
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