The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-06
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Let,sr from LcziEsslls.
Ky. Feb. 9Th, 1858.

Iefls1 from 1calsszilo.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 9Th, 1858.
EDIToR HERALD OF FREEDOM oA-DEAR
Sm Having read several numbers Of
your most excellent paper, which hss
given me great insight to the affairs Of
Kansas, from its earliest settlement down
to .he present time, period through
which its hardy settlers have passed
through some of the most eventual strug-
giles in the history of our country and ma
ton, and stirring eventsihaying trsnspirea
within the last few years in that TerTito-
", that must ever remain an interesting
part in the history of this Republic, ]
am anxious to follow that history still
farther into the unrevealed future of her
own destiny, SO closely allied to the in-
terests of every true lover of his country,
who cannot be an idle looker-on in that
great struggle for human liberty in this
boasted land of freedom, and know of
no better way to possess myself of that
future history, and of the daily progress
made by that band of pioneers in the
cause of liberty and justice. than by bs-
coming regular subscriber to your yalu-
able paper.
therefore enclose to you two dollars,
wishing you to send me all the back num-
bers commencing with this year.
Kansas has long been the all absorbing
subject that has enlisted the interest and
discussion of the entire country, and is
now one which is dividing political par
ties and arraying sectional jealousies,
which has grown into hostile feelings well
calculated to alarm every true patriot of
the land, and to those but little accus-
toned to look to the honest success of the
country to sustain our republican institu-
tions, the present horizon looks, fearfully
threatening and full of impending dan.
ger; but to the calm thinker, who reflects
upon the great moral power in the hands
of an honest people that wie.ds its mighty
influence over the political demagogues
of our country, and holds in check their
reckless schemes, there is nothing to
fear, and the sky is full of sunshine and
hope while the rainbow OF promise spans
our beloved land. There is but one great
principle now at issue before the country
to be settled, as regards this Kansas ques-
ton, and that is the principle Of right and
justice, as centsnded for by the settlers Of
Kansas, to have the posOer and the liberty
of regulating their own institutions in
their own way" as promised them by the
provisions of the Kansas Nebraska bill,
and these rights will not be withheld from
them. Notwithstanding powerful efforts
are being made by our unscrupuIous Adj
ministration to deprive them of their
rights, and backed up by reckless politi-
clans both North and South ia their sell
fish endeayors to promote their own ag-
grandizement at the expense of every
principle of justice to those who had been
promised protection at their hands.
A day of settlement is near at hand be-
tween these miserable tricksters who have
violated every pledge they made to the
people of Kansas, and to an honest con-
stituency, who have been cheated and
swindled by their representatives in Con-
gress, and many of them will find their
accounts made, the balance truck, when
they return home to find themselves con-
signed to traitors grave covered with
the indignation of their peers, who will
erect tomb to their worthless memories,
that will tell to future generations the
true positions these traitors to human lib
erty occupied before an outraged people.
As regards the people of the South,
their position upon this question may be
summed up in very few words. While
there was a question at issue as to their
right of settling the Territory with thsir
slaves in common with the people Of ths
North, all holding the Territory in one
common band Of the Union, and based
upon the principle of equal nights TO oui
Territorial lands 70 all sections Of the
States; they of the South were unwilling
10 yield this right, and while that was the
issue, the South were undivided upon
that principle; but time has proven that
the institution of slavery has been shut
out of Kansas by the laws Of nature, and
the South now readily admit this fact,
and have long ceased to clamor for any
advantages that might arise by the estsb-
lishmens in Kansas Of that peculiar In
stitution.n The people of the South now
only ask that the great principle Of States
rights may be carried out In good faith
with the people of Kansas. and falfIling
the piedges contained In the Ksnsss-Ne-
Irasks bill as promised therein. II.
Pal Lsezklin.