The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-02-27
For ae Ksrald Of Freedom.
Keeo Yau- Eve. o.sn


Yes, Free State men of Kansas, keep
your eyes open, for you are not sure that
you are free. Keep those eyes, which
have guided you through the past, on the
enemy, for they are working every posi-
bic way. to enslave us. They have tried
divers ways to get Kansas into their clutch
es, but they have not been successful
Do not repose yet. Do not sleep at yeul
post. for they may run up and take youl
arms away, and leave you without any
thing with which to give the alarm
Many think that Kansas is now free, but
they may be mistaken. The south viii
will not give up Kansas so easily, for il
they do they see they are ruined-sre IT.
retrieyably lost. ave can afford to pay,
to get Kansas, one thousand dollars q
piece" This is what the holder
says. They can even pay more than this
to secure Kansas to the south. "By Sc
curing Kansas it will increase the value oi
our slaves from two to five thousand dol
lars"
To secure Kansas they have worked
hard indeed. Lives have been sacrificed
thousands of dollars spent, to accomplish
their damnable object. First, they hired
the border ruffians to "drive out every
id abolitionist - to burn their houses
and destroy their property; also, to drive
them from the ballotsbox and do the vot-
ing themselves. They got the o. s.
troops on their side by having men ap-
pointed to I'LL the important Offices. like
themselves selfish, tyrannical, knavish
and british. They did not succeed in
this way, so they were obliged to resort te
some other measure. Next, by fraudu.
lent voting and swindling they are trying
to palm off on US constitution, contrary
to our wishes. They have been over.
thrown in this by men who can see as fal
into mill stone as they can, and per-
haps little farther, when they look OF
the right side, where justice and truth re.
side.
Even the notorious Calhoun sees thai
this last measure viii not work, so he il
willing to give up and try some other
"What will he and his coadiutors try
next?" says one. will give you my
supposition, and my reasons for suppos.
ing it. They will try to get control of al
the Indian lands in the Territory by send.
ing men among them with pro-slavery
principles. They will get pro-slayery
men appointed to fill the offices of Indiar
Agent, Charge of Indian affairs, ETC.
Are not the Indians, New York and 9th
er tribes, trying to get their lands divided
among them, so that they will have ont
or two thousand acres piece to sell aftel
while to "their friends?' Does not tht
Governor say that all Indian Chiefs come
| to him with the same complaint, and ths
| same desire? Don't the Indians hay,
their attorneys employed at large salaries.
What kind of men are the counselors a
law? They viii try to keep the govern
ment from making treaty as long as the,
can? The Indians are troubled and dis
turbed by the whites, and they will cal
on the government to drive the settler
off.
I wish to ask the Acting Governor o
Kansas few questions, and wish he woult
be so kind as TO answer them through tn,
Herald of Freedom: How large tract o
land do the New York Indians possess?-
How long and how wide on each side o
the parallel? Do you think that the set
tier on these lands will be obliged t,
leave? Is there a prospect of treat,
being made before long? Will the i'm
provements that the settlers have mad
prior to the treaty, be legal Improvements
Please answer these questions, and ad
vance some ideas that you think will ben
eft settlers generally.
SETH PARLEY.