The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1857-11-21
Keep a Sharp Lockout.

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PIRsIsH. Rockford. Ill.
Keep Sharp Lookout.
Ne are informed that some person or
SONS have recently busted themselves
: placing anti-slavery documents in the
.,,ds of the slaves Of some of our citi-
.,ns. Our people cannot be too much on
.seir guard against the aholitionists and
1sir secret Observation-Disclosures Elpos-
m
Coming up the Missouri few weeks
@, we made the acquaintance of an in
,1igent STAKEHOLDER of Cass county,
No. Conversation turning upon the SUBJ
sct Of slavery, he wished to know how
lie masses of the people Of Kansas felt
7 regard to the escape of slaves from
Nssouri-whether they would aid in their
xsape, or would lend their influence to
I end them back to their masters. We
asured him that when the eastern people
ame here they were resolved not to in
grfere with slavery in Missouri; but it
would not be surprising if change had
,ouoe over them. He said slaves were
..caping in large numbers, and it seemed
:mpossible to find them when once out of
he State. Said we: HAS not your own
conversation; in the hearing of the slaves,
! 5iuced them to believe that if they
e2uld once reach Kansas, that the people
here would aid in their escape; and are
.5t your politicians responsible morally
ior every negro who has Or may leave his
naster?'
He replied that it was true. The slaves
onged for freedom, and their ears were
'pen to every word of hope. During the
tOIitical troubles along the border masters
Id been in the habit of making express
soas before their slaves which had tend
4 to make them still more dissatisfied
! nth their condition, and held out still
szOBger hopes of getting their freedom;
I'D if the truth was ascertained, instead
d "abolitionists" being guilty of making
he negroes Disconnected and unhappy,
he fault lay at their own doors.
We assured him that it was but the
,atural promptiugs of our nature, when
se saw human being laboring to escape
nm slavery, to lend him our sympathy;
stated that this sympathy was not limited
4 o humanity, but it was well illustrated
On the steamer but few hours previous
.Owards the brute creation. \ deer was
seen swimming the river, followed by a
man in skiff. The one swan for life
The other pursued for-reniSOn, They
fell in rear of the boat, and the passen-
gers gathered on the stern to watch the
chase. The deer approached the shore;
the hunter in the skiff headed it off; the
deer turned TO go down stream, and the
| hunter struck it with an oar. The deer
lisappeared for moment under The wa
:er and then sprang along the shore, in
shallow water, its speed increased by the
apid current. The hunter jumped from
lis boat, leaving it adrift, and ran with
Ill his speed to prevent the animal from
gaining land. With what breathless
anxiety We looked, and how fervently
Se all hoped the poor deer would escape
he ruthless hands of its pursuer? Il
ieached the shore few feet only in adj
5ance of its mortal enemy, and bounded
swav, like the wind, over the broad prai
re, leaving the hunter gazing silently a
the picture. and giving up the chase
When the deer was safe, ladies and al
oined in a shout of delight at the sue.
cess of the deer.
Our quOndom friend admitted the force
Of the illustration, and suggested that j
would be well for the slave holders o.
Missouri to so treat their negroes that they
would never long for freedom, by making
their condition infinitely more happy and
pleasant than they could be in state Of
'errite freedom. Suggesting to him that
II the time should ever come when the
slave should have no aspirations for free
dom we should take it for granted that
his condition was abiect and hopeless, we
closed the conversation.
May We not suggest to the Erposito'
the same idea, that it is not so much
"anti-slavery books and Documents y plac-
ed in the hands of the slaves, which pro.
duce the state of unrest among the slaves
a. the continued war which they are all
naking-presses and people-upon the
"sbolitionists?'