The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-03
The Itsfaie Of Tfeeooh.
cuunineham Babies in kansas.


of land. Some of the strong minded ones,
who were disciples of his at that time,
s4tatted on different claims in the south
ern part of the Territory, which had lately
come into market. The pre-emption law
says.
The Individual claiming the benefits
of said acts must be-either the head of a
family, or widow, or a single man over
the age of twenty one."-haHsas Cores
Ponde1t Of tie 30. Democrat.
Not content with falsifying the Heraa
Of Freedom, the correspondent of the Dem
oerat must propagate the most Infamous
faIsehoods about the LADIES.
The Herald Of Freedom did state the
fact that single ladies who were the heads
of families could Just as well prc-empt
lands in Kansas as could the sterner sex.
Many of them took advantage of our slis-
eestion, selected claims, caused cabins to
be erected on them: and Improvements
made, and commenced housekeeping, hav-
ing generally hired girl, sister, or
some one else in their family, sufficient to
meet the requirements of the law. They
reserted to an expedient to bring them
selves within the range of the law, just as
thousands of their male friends have
done, 50 they could pre-empt. They saw
no wrong init, neither did the public, nor
the land officers but all at once the pen
stoned Kansas liJeller Of the No. Demo
cyat sees an opportunity to strike back
handed blow at the Herald cf Freedom
and those ladies who have sacrificed the
comforts of eastern homes, and who have
come to Kansas to share with the people
here the burdens of making Kansas free,
are held up to ridicule, and are likened TO
the Infamous Mrs. Cunningham
If the Missouri Democrat continues
James Redpats in Its employ in Kansas,
to misrepresent, and ridicule our people.
and our ladies particularly, the day is not
distant when it viii not have reader in
this Territory-mark that.
Many of the young ladies thus SANDER
ed are we'll known in this community,
and their friendship and esteem is valued
as above all price. One is Miss Sarah
Lyon, sister-in-law of S. \. Wood,
Esq. Her devotion to the cause of free
dom needs no heralding from us. AIpth-
er is Miss Mary Partridge, sister TO the
lamented George Partridge, who was
killed at the battle of 0sawattomie.
During the most dangerous times she
rode as scout, and also stood guard at
night that her weary brothers might
sleep. Her parents are old and poor,
having been robbed of their property, by
the guerrilla parties, during the disturb
ance last year. They, with their daugh-
ter, are members of the church, and are
noble specimens of the old Puritan char
acter. They would sooner loose their
lives than commit an immoral act. They
have living in the family an orphan girl
whom they have raised from infancy.
The care and education of this child have
dcyolved mainly upon Miss Partridge,
aud on the strength of this relation she
pre-empted her land. Having been made
poor by the robbers of the border, she
borrowed funds of friend to pay for her
land, and is now, and has been all sum
mel, working in Lawrence at days works,
torefund the borrowed money, that she
and her parents, in their old age, may have
home to live in. Sufferings have been
endured by this family which their deli
cacy would shrink from having made
public.
Another of these young ladies' is Miss
Sarah G.. Wattles, the daughter of the
junior editor of this paper. The young
men who were sick at her fathers house
lastsunlmer, and were nursed by her ten
der care, and multitudes of Others who
found a refuge and home under the
same roof, viii feel stung by the poisoned
pen of this paid slanderer of the young
women of Kansas. Miss Wattles seeing
her fathers means consumed by the war,
determined to help herself. So, early in
the spring, in company with her uncle
and other friends, she took her sister and
an orphan boy in the family, and went
to a distant part of the Territory and
settled on, and improved, and paid for
a claim ON which she is now living. She
has also good house, surrounded by
fine crop of corn, potatoes and buck-wheat.
twas this young lady whose letter was
published last fall in the paper, replying
to an urgent request from her relations in
the east, to leave Kansas and return to a
safe and quiet home. We give an ex-
tract. She said II like 70 live here
resy much, / would not be at al willing to
make our home any where else. As to
weather, I like every thing here as well as
IN Newark, the two places are 50 utterly
unlike in every respect, that do not know
how to compare them. The things for
which I like Newark are entirely wanting
here. The comfort, the elegance, the re-
fnemens and educational advantages are
things we hope and work for, patiently
and earnestly. And OF how long for
peace, that we may the sooner have Sc
curity and rest; aud I long for schools.
But what love Kansas for is her great
beauty and fertility, and for hersuferings
The very hardships have borne here, and
the political strife, and great wrongs in
fieted upon US. and the unjust and savage
war which we have passed through, have
all made nae love Kansas as ! love no
other place on earth. .
Another Of these Young women IS Miss