The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-03-08
Original Correspondence.
For tie Herald ef Fresdsm.
LEGISLATORS, Read and Ponder.
TowEsHEND, W., Feb. Z. SO.


Dean HERALD OF Freedom You
cannot know how anxious ] am to hear
from and all about Kansas. | would
have written you before. but | have hard
ly recovered my strength and health suf-
Gciently to be '.moved by the spirit" to
make any communications. The winter
thus Ear has been cold beyond all former
experience, and even as January, so Feb
ruary threatens to withhold the accus-
toned sthaw.' But il the weather is
cold, not so the free hearts that are anx-
iously watching Kansas affairs. and swell
ing with ominous indignation towards
the perpetrators of the dark deeds
weekly chronicled-of the Missourians
and their government aiders and abettors,
The query is often put here. ''Whai
viii be the effectof the Presidents Kan
sss Message on the peace Of the Terrific
ry? VIII it not incite to more frequent
and aggravated outrages on your defence
less population ?"
Whatwill the facts, in your knowledge
reply to these queries? l hope the atti'
tude of the President will not discourage
the Free State population. Let them
read the hand writing on the wall of the
White House, and take courage. "Whom
the Gods would destroy they first make
mad;" and surely the pro-slayery party
in the Union is madly rushing on to its
own destruction. Where there were
tens of thousands two years ago to coun'
sci forbearanee and. excuse their position
now there is not one! No; / have no
been able to find one, or to hear OF ont
solitary advocate in all this region o
country. If such an one could be found
he would not be regarded as worth re
buke. ALI are anxiously looking for {
crisis in the coming spring; with whs
reason, time will reveal. / am impatient
in my present necessary absence from
home. Ny home is in Kansas. and come
/ veal or come woe, there is a tie to he
soil and her struggling people which
cannot undo, and would not ii could.
l have not seen number OF the Her
aid since left, and had not received th'
number containing my last communica
ton, which. if you have, beg you t'
forward: also the other back numbers
From what have heard, / suppose yo'
have elected your regularly nominated
ticket for State officers. l think Kansa
is fortunate in having SO many able ant
firm men to represent her interests in
home Legislature. and if there should b
any scrambling for Offices in such tryins
time, as are upon her, Kansas may wei
glory in her aspirants for martyrdom
Her "strong-minded' women will b
content TO run bullets, transfer ammuni
ton, and inspire their husbands an,
sons with hope, faith and courage, unit
public offices of honor and trust are red
olent of domestic peace and quiet beGor
they ask share in their responsibilities
Yes, woman, self-denying now as in tn
past, is forgetting herself and her wrong
in the great national wrong that threaten
to deprive the manhood of the nation @
the right and the power to protect tn
affairs and the hearths consecrated to Go
and humanity. But it seems to me tha
the darkness which precedes the dawn
Ialready broken by the reflected light {
the glorious sun of Freedom, the dar
shadows tha. envelope the beautiful prs
ries of Kansas being the veil that rent j
twain. shall assure the cruci6ed human
ty of our country of a most glorious ris
ing.
| In my journey East, ! was not littl
amused to notice the unconcealed surpris
and indignation of several pro-slaver
Southerners, when, in the course of cor
versation on Kansas matters, mention
ed the intention of the residents fror
the South and contiguous States, to ex
clude free blacks. And, from my obser
vation and the train of consequences tha
must be apparent tu any rejecting mind
am convinced that such restrietio
will make the opposition to Free Stat
tenfold more fierce. The leaders of tn
Opposition understand this, though th
mob which fights and runs in their ser
vice are not readers, and lack the infor
nation which is broadcast among th
same class of persons in the Free States
I Said South Carolinian to me: "Whs
is to become of us when, in the couri
of time, our slaves shall have increase
so as to crowd Us on our own soil, If th
Free States shut their doors againstblsc
emigration-what, in Gods name, al
we to do ?" ain Gods name, sir, 70
are bound to provide against such an e,
iigency by immediate and unconditions
restoration of the rights of the black
They are not to blame for being whel
they are or what they are, and those WI
, have taken the responsibility, are in dui
bound, as they win in the course
I events be compelled, to meet the cons