The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-02-13
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We'll, I havs been 70 LavEencs. that
place Of great reEovn." Yes Lawrence.
where the printing press was thrown into
the river, where the Free State Hotel Twas
destroyed, and whsre cruelty, yiliaiuy,
and Border Rufianism was displayed 70
its fullest extsnt. ! was not surprised. as
many have been, to see 80 small piase-
Ny hopes vera not blasted. but exalted
much pleased to see 90 pleasant, and
beautiful place in Kansas. The Fres
State hotel is an ornament that admired.
/ saw it eight or ten miles from the place.
It gave magnificent appearance at that
distance, that would please the bshoidef.
I have no doubt it is highly priced BY the
people. To complete such 8 building in
the dead of winter, seems almost impos-
sible; but the walls are finished. Every
thing has been favorable to such an enter
prise; no cold weatherto to interpose.
Lawrence is quite business place, but
it ought to be more of one. The people
of Kansas ought to patronize it all they
can. They ought TO go there TO trade, in
stead of going to Kansas City. Support
our own merchants; build up cur own in
stitutions; enrich our own soil; not let
our money build up slave state! This
should be the motto eff every Free Stats
man in Kansas. We now, at the present
time, should help ourselves more, and
Missourians less. The country demands
it.
will remark further: if the people of
Kansas cannot trade as cheap in Lawrence
as in Kansas City, go TO Wyandott. there
they can get what things they want at a
reasonable price-cheapcr than in Kansas
City. The merchants Of Wyandots may
look for an increase in their trade from
the ENsesho country, as soon as they get
free ferry and still more when they get
a bridge across the river. If the river was
deep enough, so boats could ran part Of
the year, Lawrencs would be one Of the
first places in Kansas. And she labors un-
der another disadvantage: pine lumber is
so high, that it requires large capital to
build any kind of house. But this viii
be remedied as soon as the railroad from
Leavenworth to Fort Gibson is compiet-
ed I; then pine lumber viii be as cheap in
Lawrence as in Chicago. Il is said that
there are immense pine districts in Arkan-
sas. Lawrence has arch and fertile coun-
try surrounding it that cannot be surpass-
ed even in Illinois. Where can you ind
a soil richer than the Wakarusa bottoms?
The Yankee go-a-headativeness is IN
Lawrence, and she will be something; the
Border Ruffans cannot stop her; the day
is past they can do DO more
There is a very good stone quarry not
far from the place. There are some very
good buildings built out of this stone.
One thing was very sorry to see. |. 9.
so much liquor drank and sold In the
place, bat this is generally the case in any
new country, but it ought not TO be. IL
not only injures the oountry-keeps it
from progressing in the right chsnnsl-
but brings suffering and misery on thou
sands. It not only Injuries the dSinker.
but bis posterity. He transmits to his
children q weak organization, 9 small
brain, having the animal and selfish or
gans greatly predominsting over the in
tellectual and moral. His children have
his appetite for alcoholic drinks. Hs
transmits to his children diseased ali
rnentiveness, which descends from one
generation to another, snd We might
say the evil is never eradicated. Few
there are VINO see the havoc that liquor
makes-the diseases that it causes. How
many find premature grave, caused BY
the transgession Of their parents-saused
by their parents using stimulating drinks?
The user of stimulating drinks does not
think, when he is partaking Of the poison
in the cup, that he is bringing misery on
thousands. We, the people OF Kansas,
need = stringent liquor iaw-Oue that
VIII not only fne the vsndsf. bat the
drinker or the person who & found dTunk.
There is great deal Of liquor drank in
Kansas, and We must put . stop to i BE-
fore It gets the start Of us. Something
must be done. and that soon. hore on
this nomentous subject In future.
aThe Commercial ? in Lavrence, Is
curse to the place. L ought % b msds
desolate- destroyed. Would itnot bsne-
fit our Territory, and save thousands Of
young men from filing drunkards gravssa
The placs Is not ventilated snongh-haFd-
u sny. To stay in such plass. where
there are % many generally congrseassd.
is very injurious. Tobacco ssnoks, odor
from the liquor, rarifsd an, esFboaie scid
gas, are proper properties 70 inhals-dcn't
you think 50? Can man keep fsom BE-
coming diseased when he inhalss % much
inpurity2 aHaving eyes they see not;
eass have they, but they heaz no"
SETH PARLET.
Neosho VALLEY. ksnsns.
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