The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-18

mlSsioA OF tnoSe Territories INTO the
Union as Free States To all those
who are anxious to do something In
the present crisis to repair tbs wrong
just committed at w Washington, it opens
3 wide and hopeful field Of effort Here
is abundant opportunity for all who
havemoney to invest or q heart to la
Dor In the great cause of freedom. The
scheme strikes US as singularly well
adapted to secure the objects IN view.
Properly managed, and in the hands
of discreet and responsible men, it,
cannot fail to accomplish the noble &
generous purposes at which 1t aims,
and at the same time it promises to
return TO every contributor all of his
original oatlay, with handsome re-
compense for its use. From this plan
thus briefly shadowed forth, we enter
tain confident hope of the most salts
factory results, and cordially commend
it to public attention. = = = 1t is diff
ficult to set boaads to the amount of
usefulness it may be instrumental of
conferring upon our common coun-
try.
From an editorial article, l.. the
next evening paper, the extract is quo
ted: a4t
"The plan of freedom proposed in
yesterday Tribune" I ought to state
that the Editor, ia his previous article
had quoted Thayer's Report incorpo-
rating the plan)" has been eagerly
seized upon by some of our best and
most distinguished citizens on pri-.
vate preliminary meeting will be i'm
mediately held in furtherance ofits sug-
gestions. The great mission ofcolo-
nizing Kansas and Nebraska with a
free population, will, we are confident,
secure general and hearty co.opera-
ton throughout the Free States. The
alacrity with which the first sugges
ton of feasible plan for this purpose
is responded to in the city, and the
tenor of the letters we are receiving
from these points, testify unmistaka-
bly, to the profound interest that ex-
lists on the subject in the public mind,
and the unusual willingness to en-
brace a scheme promising such wide
and benefcent results. The organi-
zation of powerful association, of
large capital, to aid in the cause of
human freedom, is step in new di-
rection of philanthropie effort, which
may well enlist the sympathies of the
unseltish and benevolent, not only of
this country but of all mankind. In
view of the monstrous wrong that
Slavery is at this hour meditating; in
view of the enormity it has but just
perpetrated, the heart of every man
who has one spark of humanity in his
bosom must be stirred as with the
sound of trumpet by the suggestion
of a remedy SO simple, so comprehen-
sive and so practical.
ave should but insult our readers
by adducing considerations in detail,
at this important crisis in our National
history, to induce them to engage in
this great work before us. The duty
to be done is rather to aid in giving
the machinery it is proposed to set in
motion a proper direction. The great
labors of the world have been per-
formed by association. Aid Socie-
ties for the spread of the bible and
the diffusion of christianity and our
other varied combinations for beneyo-
lent obiects-all demonstrate the i'm
mense power of well directed associa-
tive effort. If it be our duty to
spread christianity over the world, il
is precedent obligation resting on
US to prepare the waste places Of the
earth for its reception. But what
sort of christianity can be spread over
land cursed with human slavery.
This indicates the importance in which
we hold this new association for the
spread of liberty. Let it grow and
expand till it shall become the cloud
by day and the pillar of FIRE by night
to the lovers of freedom all over the
earth. Its first aim is to secure Kan
sas and Nebraska as free States. But
when these are redeemed from the per-
lis that now encompass them, the So
ciety will advance upon objects Of
even a wider scope. Controlling the
direction of the great stream of Eu-
ropean emigration-which office it
should aspire to and may certainly
reach-its opportunities for good will
be co-extensive with the continent.
Clothed with the moral power, enjoy
ing the confidence, and welding the
pecuniary resources of the whole body
of anti-slavery men In the North,
which may now be reckoned as con-
stituting nineteen-twentieths of the
population, its onward course must be
irresistible and its work continue till
all the new Territories of this Repub-
lie are occupied by populous free
States" -
In view of these facts, therefore,
and of many others which it is un-
necessary to advance, it is thought
hardly rendering praise to whom
praise is due, TO say, as you say in
your history.
Resolutions were formed TO come
to the Territory-to reside upon its
soil and thus take possession of the
domain so wisely dedicated to Free
dom from the foundation of the gov
eminent. The first society IN order
for this purpose was founded in
Washington. D. c., in Juns, 1854.
of which j. 2. Goodrich of Mass,
was Preident. Truly.
JAMES REDPATH.