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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10
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DEy,AscE, Ono, Dec, 2aa, 49,
+ G. w. BBows, Esq.-DEAR sIR:--
1 was much gratifed. when greeted by
the '' Herald of Freedom of date Of
Nov. 1. 1856. The language of the
lpoet. was Immediately recalled recalled, = Truth
crushed to earth viii rise again, g &c.,
and I was led to thank God that rap
inc and murder could not always be
victorious. The liberation of the
Editor from a most unjust and fend-
ish Incarceration. and the re-sppesr-
ance of the " Herald gives new life
and vigor to the cause of " Free Kan
sas."
We, in the States, have passed
through a well fought battle. and
though not victorious, yet we are not
conquered. No, thank Heaven, the
Republican party, to-day, is undis-
mayed, and / have no doubt win prove
itself invincible and victorious, in
1860.
When I took the Herald of Freedom
to my house after its resuscitation,
my wife inquired of me whether the
Herald of Freedom" had been res
urrected / answered her in the affir-
native. She immediately asked me
whether I was going to take it upon
the old subscription and without
giving me time to answer. added "You
must not do it-If you do not send
the money, / will do it, if have to
take it when you are asleep" And
continued, 81 think it would be a
shame to take the paper without pay
ing for it-let the past go, and sub
scribe again. If you do not, I can
never consent to go to Kansas with
you" So You see, my dear sir, what
kind of stuff some of the Buckeye
women are made of-ean Kansas con-
tinue enslayed, whilst such a spirit is
abroad in the North +? Let future
action answer. Enclosed please find
$24, so for the Herald of Freedom.
Here follow the names of sixteen
subscribers which we omit. 1
You will also, ,preceive, that the above
list includes all of those whose names /
sent you last winter, except one who
resides in Indiana, and ] have no
doubt, but he would renew If I could
see him. For all that is wanting to
give you a list of from 25, to 80, 600,
is action on the part of the friends of
Free Kansas. 1t is possible I may
be able to enlarge the list in a week or
two.
There are many 'sgood men and
true" both in Ohio, and Indiana, who
now talk of taking up their line of
march for Kansas in the spring and
summer. I should have been there
before this, but for the fact, that T.
could not dispose of property for the
ready" with which to support my
family until I could do something to
enable us to live. / hope sometime
within the approaching year. / shall.
--Providenee permitting-beeome one
of your number. But be assured of
this one thing, that wherever my.
lot may be cast, whether here, or in
Kansas.-God being my helper-my
influence and iabors-though small
and weak they maybe-shall bo exer
ted for freedom, not only in Kansas,
but in all territory now free. Our
cause, is the cause of God and human
ity, and sooner or later, it must and
will prevail. Let then all true chris
tians, offer up their daily prayers to
the Lord of Hosts, for the peaceful but
rapid spread of civil and religious lib
erty. Truly Yours.
WILLIAM SEMANS. i
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10
Emigration to Minnesota.

We hear of many persons who in
tend to emigrate to this peaceful Ter
ritory next spring. There are advan-
tages in Minnesota to the emigrant
that are not to be found in any other
Territory, by reason of the policy
pursued by the Government in the
disposal of the Public Domain. The
right of pre-emption is valued in Min
nesota to be worth, to the settler,
1000. The lands can only be taken
up by pre-emption, that is, the good
lands are not thrown open to entry to
the spectator for q certain length of
time, so that the actual settler has the
advantage greatly over the Land Shark.
The policy is a good one, and secures
the rapid settlement of the country,
giving the pre-emptor great protee-
ton over the nonresident speeulator.
Next year a valuable section of coun
try viii be brought into market on the
west of the Mississippi river. The
pure air and healthful climate of Min
nesota, together with the fine land,
will secure to that Territory dense
population of the very best class of
settlers, and the fact that she viii soon
be State, and without doubt q Free
Stale. will cause many who have hith-
erto contemplated making home in
Kansas, to take up their abode in
Minnesota. Under the rule of an ad-
ministration that insists upon endors-
ing the mal-administration of its pre-
decessor, freedom cannot be establish
ed in Kansas without long struggle,
while Minnesota is free without dis
pute. and her pine forests viii fall
rapidly ct the dawn of spring, and her
peaceful and pellucid lakes viii soon
reflect the images Of innumerable cot
tages. homes of the brave pioneers
.dlton Courier.
All that can be said in favor of en-
igration to Minnesota, can be said
with equal truth in regard to Kansas.
Save the Delaware lands, the balance
of the public domain is open to pre-
e,nptors, and will be beyond the reach
of ..land sharks if settlers are
disposed to occupy them, Kansas
is Just as certain to be Erss State IS
is Minnesota. And our difficulties
arc principally at an end. The inau-
guraiion of 3 new administration. it
is hoped, viii give Justice and quiet
to the settlers. The emigration to
Eansas the ensuing spring viii be un-
eqnalled in number, IS we'll as moral
yerth and peeuniary ability. |
We hope the press Of the North |
ths RsEabl;can press-wiA do sll y |
It's power TO urgs forward , large emil
grafton to Kansas. and At an early
isy II the spring.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10

humanity and blasphemes the Al
mighty. The moral sense of the
Slavery propagandist, must be terribly
warped and all justice and truth ex.
plunged from his soul. He well knows
the terrible. blighting effect of slavery
and nought but the desire for the mean
est description of power-that of ruling
over degraded race, or an equally low
and vile passion, that of making mon
sy ont Of their forced labors, can In
duce a man ofintelligenee, to advocate
the introduction or continuance Of
such q filthy, corrupt and foul system.
as that of slavery.
The lesson taught by the late events,
that have occurred in Tennessee, Ala
bama, Texas and Kentucky, is one Of
deep and fearful significance. The
shareholders will see, finally, that their
chattels, have ears and can hear; eyes,
and can see minds, and can reason ;
senses, passions and feelings, which
can be worked upon. by the same
influences that they themselves are ex
cited by. Every deeper depth of deg
relation, into which they plunge their
serfs, win one day, we apprehend,
recoil upon themselves, with more
terrible force, unless they learn of this
lesson and endeavour to devise means
for the gradual amelioration of this
evil and cleanse their skirts of this
fearful curse.
In this age of printing presses, books
and general intelligence; of tele-
graphs, railroads, and science is it
to be wondered that the despised
African, when brought into contact
with the most active and energetic race
of the present age, should imbibe q
part of their restless spirit and desire
to possess some portion of the liberty
and freedom, which they hear continu-
ally yaunted. Still less is it to be
wondered. that they desire this free
dom, when we reflect, that the
whole subjugated race. are largely
infused with the blood of their mas
ters, and consequently, by heritage,
must possess, at least, a part of their
frey energy and indomitable perseve-.
rance.
Every rumor of slave Instructions,
and every suppressed outbreak, is only
another argument, why we should keep
Slavery out of Kansas. Were not the
Shareholders. blind to all real sense
of danger, and deaf to all the dictates
of reason, it would be cause enough
to them, why they should not desire
to extend the area of the peculiar
institution and why they should take
steps to remove and eradicate it from
their midst.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10
The History of Kansas.

We shall commence with our issue
of the 18th of January, our promised
/" History of Kansas" twill be con-
tinued through many consecutive mum
bers, giving a chapter each week, and
| making, when completed, a avolume Of
several hundred pages. We feel that
tie history of Kansas has not yet been
written. There are defects In them
iall, serious ones, and yet we do not
iexpect ours will be all it should be-.
We have ons consolation. however.
fithat the author Of ours is not connect
| ed with any of the various factions in
Kansas. is not ambitious, nor seeking
for position; but is q humble worker
in the great Free State cause, and has
shown his interest in the country by
coming here at an early day. with his
family. and has gone to improving the
soil and country, independent. of the
petty cabals which have distracted
neighborhoods and communities. We
have perused the table of contents,
and can assure the reader that it is just
what he needs, and what should find its
way into every family in the nation
which desires the truth in regard to
Kansas affairs. The History viii be
copyrighted, and can only be obtained
by subscribing for the Herald Of Free
dom. We shall commence the publ
cation with a very large edition, and
yet we are conscious that we shall be
able to supply the few, only, who SUBJ
scribe early. Let every agent and
subscriber bestir himself and hurry
up the names with all possible dis
patch. We would be glad of a list
of eight or ten thousand by that time.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10
The Future of Kansas.

There never has been new terrific.
ry opened for settlement, offering Sc
many inducements to emigrate to as
Kansas. Having an area of $50 miles
in length, land $50 in with, width soil
very nearly every acre of which is ca
pable of producing, in the largest
quantity, wheat. corn, hemp and to-
bacco. The position of Kansas is
such as to render it easy of access, and
likely soon to have outlets by rivers
and railroads that will ensure the most
rapid growth and utmost prosperity.
There will soon be Railroad COM
pleted from st. Louis into the heart
of the territory, and one running
through Iowa will reach the Missouri
river near Council Bluffs, only a short
distance from Kansas. The Hannibal
and St. Joseph road can be tapped
from this City, and we belive com
pany will be formed this winter to
build it. Then the Missouri River is
navigable for good class of boats
far up into the territory, and by the
help of some improvements it can be
made one of the most valuable chan
nels of Commerce in the whole coun-
try The Kansas, Arkansas, and 9TH
er rivers, traverse the territory and
can be navigated. Railways can be
made cheap in so level a country
There is no doubt, too, that whenever
a Pacific Railroad is made it will trav-
erse the whole territory Estate, from
East to West; Kansas is thus on the
highway between the Atlantic and Pa
cife States, and her cities viii be the
distributing points of its trade.
But Kansas has other advantages:
valuable minerals have already been
discovered; coal and iron are found in
various parts, and the timber regions
are extensive and very valuable. In
fact, Kansas possesses every advan-
tage to make it the greatest State in
the Union. Notwithstanding all the
difficulties, its population has increas-
ed more rapidly than any other terri
tory in the country; its increase is won
derful, and it will receive large In
crease by the opening of Spring
LearenworM Journal.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10
From the Eeosho.

49, HANPDEx, Dee. 18th, 1856.
AiR. BRows-DEAR SIR:-When
last saw you / promised to keep yor
posted on Hampden affairs, and vii
now spend few moments this even.
ing TO fulfil that engagement.
find that the situation of Hamp.
den. on the map. is not web defined
It is situated in Section a, Range Is,
and Township No, 2; and although il
is directly on the Eeosho, / have seen
one map that placed it thirty miles
from that river. :
Here is said to be the best poin.
upon the Neosho River for q town
It is on the great Indian thoroughfare
to their hunting grounds on the Yer
degris and Arkansas Rivers. The
sickness here in the fall Of SO fright
ened many of the Hsmpden Colony
back TO the East. Out of the ono hun.
dred men, women and children who
came here one year ago last April,
thirty only remain. s
Hampden has now one blacksmith,
two iron maehinists, one tailor, one
shoemaker, two millwrights one
wheelwright, one lawyer, one school
master, two surveyors, one merchant
and several carpenters. There Is :
stsan engine Of thirty horse poser,
viii, saw and grist mill, here, which
will be put In operation as soon as the
affairs Of the Territory are safe or set
tied as to warrant the further ouslsy
of capital.
Hampden Is the exact center OF cof.
fee county. From It's geographical
position and natural advantages, with
its good supply Of stone. timber snd
coal sad It's rich river bottoms. which
are not surpassed bY any ID the Terri
tory. II viii become ens Of tbs first
towns n Scnshern Kausss.
The Neoshe Vslley. this season. has
bssn quite healthy-ss much 50 Is /
svsr knsu IN Esu Eagizad--especisI
70 thess whs hsve wiatsre here.
Ycazs TEalT, 4, Fla
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10
Outrage on 4 Free colorsa Nan.

Ao6c On 4tSg (o{C55u &&&u.
| About four weeks since, young
colored man arrived in Lawrence,
seeking medical assistance. having
been severely wounded in the side, by
3 Missourian. who attempted to arrest
him as q fugitive slsse.s ass eaa,szss
The facts in the case ere Is foliowss
The Young man is native of the Il.
dian Territory, and vas born fses, HE
mother being Cherokee Indian. He
resided among the Cherakees uatil d
few months since. He then cams 40
to Kansas, and, for two months past,
had been working at the stage stat;sn,
on Stranger Creek. One day, while
engaged IN the stable. two men soas
up, and entorsd into eenSersssion.z
Upon talking some time. they claimed
him IS runaway. .fr5n PIsas coanty.
No. BE denied shsir ststsmsnts, and
refused 70 SO With them. As hs vac
Walking towards tlss zsoase, one IL
them trsaeherously shot hin IA slls
left side. with Colts revolyes. Per
tuhatsIy. The bullet. from tie position
IN which the assailant was sEzndi5e.
glanced ouswardly. or Il might have
proved fatal. He reached TIE house,
got 5 gun from IL. ana mansgsd IS IN
terseps shs csnpaaioh ofhis szszilssE.
he IsyslIed lis gun - she sslioN-wbo
pitsoasIy bsgged FER 1nszeysnd
finally gave up 6xeslnch Cslsss
revolver. which the aegFe 6fsnszt
With hirn to L2wrcHee, siere tie
wound wss attended 70. snd Ae sosa
recovered.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10

For several weeks past, our ex-
changes, have been filed with the ru-
mors and details of attempted slave
Instructions in various parts of the
South. The Negroes, it is said, have
been excited by the inhammatory ap-
pcals made by the political orators.
during the late campaign, and which
were not at all intended to ameliorate
their condition, but to excite their
masters against the Republican party.
The graphic pictures of the terror and
alarm filling the breasts of the white
men of the slave States, that we find
so rife in all the papers, are to us an
other strong reason why we should
oppose the making of Slave State
in Kansas.
Apart from the political and moral
evil and wrong of slavery, We do not
desire to live in the constant state of
fear,that, like ahideous spectre. stalks
abroad in the slave States, and makes
their inhabitants continually tremble.
at their own shadow Every one
who has been in those states, even for
short period, well knows the terror
of the white population, with regard to
their degraded bondmen. Men in that
section of our Republic, go constantly
armed and at night, armed patrols have
to be set, to guard their slumbers.-
We would prefer to live on the bar
renest hill in New England, where we
could enjoy peace and security, to rev.
cling mid wealth and luxury, in the
suaniest portion of the South, where
we would be in continual danger of
having our throats cut. by the enslaved
beings who minister to our wants. Do
those who come to Kansas, desire to
see a similar state of things existing
here To see the chain, whip and
revolver side by side, and the auction
block and whipping post, branded on
the State estucheon !? Do We want to
live in this continual alarm, constantly
on the qai rice, for turburient spirit
or rebellious look or. do we want
TO sleep. the stupid duh sleep. that q
large portion of the South are taking.
upon the verge Of a volcano whose
fiery breath win one day burst and
consume them
When we answer, no we know
tha: We are giving but expression to
the opinions Of the vast majority
Of our settlers. We have proved by
word and by deed. that We do not de-
sire this state of things; that we will
not hare IL, that let what VIII come,
Kansas n,Hst and shall Be free.
There is another reason why the
people Of Kansas. do not desire slave
y, besides the continual state Of in
aaietude produced by its existenee in
any locality. and thai is: the great
moral wrong and crime connected
VITA shs bare thought Of i. Slavery
= huge moral curse. q vast pqiitieal
ssh and socid crime. whose marks |
sle upon every portion ofths body
egns'f The man rho desires 70 IN
aes''cs this blight upen soil unsons |
taminated, commits ; crime against
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10
The Don;phan Constitutional

H The Doniphan constitutional,
list, speaking Of Judge Lccompte's re,
movsl, says;
.erhe southern party 10 Kansas hare
made coqcessiops aad aekaowlsdgs
that the statutes Of Kansas ere faulty,
but # their noderatien viii not rec
|oneiie the appointing power. they viii
be driven to extremes, and ksss sr;ll
come sts n earnest"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10

~ It is understood that DR.. Rob,
inson has tepdered his resignation IS
aoFsrapr Of the stats of Kansas, to
the Legislature. which convsned at
Topeka On Tassday Hast. =
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10
The Sources of the mississippi.

fhe sources OF the mississippi.
In the following eloquent deserip
tion of the Mississippi river-th,
Father of Waters" have a Fl
representation of the mingled interest.
of this great Union, uniting from /,
thousand points, and following on il
one deep broad channel of nationa
wealth and prosperity
Lift bucket of water from the
Mississippi river at New Orleans, and
ask yourself the question, From
whence it came?' and the answer may
be, From the sandy deserts of New
Mexico, from the pine hills of Caro-.
lima, from the rolling prairies of Ne
braska, or from the cotton-felds Of
Georgia; from the British possessions
north of the 29th degree Of latitude,
separated by thin ridge of ice-cov-
cred rocks from the STRAINS that flow
into the Arctic Ocean; or from bow
ers of orange and magnolia that per-
fume the cane fields of Louisiana;
from the frozen lakes that gem the
bosom of Minnesota and Wisconsin,
or from the sunny fountains that gush
up from the fiowery plains of Ala
bama and Tennessee: from the lake
bound peninsula of Michigan; from
the hillsides of waving grain in Penn
sylvania and New York; from the to-
bacco fields of Virginia and Maryland.
1t may be part of those mighty vol
umes that roll their never firing waves
through Iowa and Missouri: through
Illinois. Indiana and Ohio; Kentucky
and Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas.
1t is part of the ten thousand little
nils that come hymning their way
from that mountain range wherein
arise the Columbia and Colorado of
the West, or of those from whence
the Delaware and Susquehanna hasten
away to meet the rising sun. In the
spurs of the Allegheny it has saluted
the springs of the Roanoke and the
Saluda. and far beyond the black hills
it has locked arms with the mighty
Saskashawan as be hurried OF his
eheeriess journey to Hudson's Bay
,fhe springs Of the Conewango lis
ten to the roar Of Niagara, and the
fountains of the Platte overlook the
craters of the extinct volcanoes of
Utah. It has fertilizsd . country
greater thaa the empire of Alexander.
and has carried . Kicker commerce
than ali the rivers tributary to Impe-
rial Rome.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10
The constitutionalist.

We find there is new paper called
the Kansas Coastitutioaaliisf publish
ed at Doniphsn in this Territory,
which has reached its twenty-eighth
number. 1t has leader in its Issue
of December 24th which sustains
Gov. Geary, and asks the claw and
order party" to do the same.
We find by it that county com
vention of the claw and order party
was held at Doniphan on the 18th alt.s
at which delegates were appointed to
the Lecompton convention Of MoAaay
next. Among the resolutions passed
on that occasion we extract the follow
ing as indicating the present and fn-
turs feeling of that parity
Resoloed, That LAW is the substrat-
um of government and ORDER is Heav-
ems first precept-without the one,
government becomes anarchy,-with-
out the other, the world chaos.
RESOLVED, That we will heartily en-
dorse and cordially approve the poll
cy or plan best adapted to the inter
ests of the whole people of tins Ter
ritory, based upon concord, peace and
reconciliation.
Resolped, That the past is past, and
there is future for all men who have
the virtue to repent and the energy to
atone, and that our Free State citizens,
by uniting with us upon a policy for
the preservation of Ldw and Order.
will consult not only their own inter
ests, but will advance the general
good of the Territory.
Resoived, That the Statutes of this
Territory, based as they are upon the
English Common Law, are a code
which protect man in the enjoyment
of his natural rights and conform to
high standard of propriety and JUS
tice; and although they may contain
provisions obnoxious and objection
able, we have well-grounded conf
dence that the next Legislature will,
in spirit of equity and moderation,
repeal, alter and modify, to suit the
exigencies of the times and the de-
mands of the people.
ResolUed, That we regret to learn
that difference or disagrecm ment has
occurred, calculated to clog the ma
chinery of government and mar the
good feeling which should exist be-
tween two coordinate branches of the
body-politic, and that while we regard
Gov. Geary as the very man for the
times, and approve and applaud the
policy pursued by him to restore peace
and harmony to Kansas-qiIieting and
calming the troubled waters of con-
tention and discord and tending to de-
velop the energies and enterprise
of the whole country; we cannot at the
same time withhold our appreciation
of the firm and impartial course pur-
sued by Chief Justice Lecompte in
this territory-exhibiting, as he does
on all occasions, whether clothed in
the judicial ermine or in the plain |
garb of private life, those high legal |
attainments, that sterling sense of JUS
tice and those exalted qualities of |
mind which distinguish the accom-
plished lawyer, the sound jurist and |
the good citizen.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-10

! an enterprising populations. Perhaps
at some future time, ] may try to set
forth some of the sdysntages of our
place, for the benefit of your readers:
but ] fear I have tried your patience
now, SO good bye, for the present. !
q aaseE.aA - as.aseA. s. II.