The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-01-23
ne Golden Fn,u-.


Now the question of Freedom is at last
fully established for Kansas, we feel it is
proper to invite the attention of those
who contemplate changing their location
from the East to the West in the spring,
to look towards Kansas. We have a
country here, unsurpassed in beauty and
fertility, with numberles, thousands Of
unoecupied claims, worthy the occupancy
of the pioneer. The prairies, and the
forest along the rivers, in many localities
in the interior, are just as they came from
the Creator. and are awaiting the hands
of the industrious to mould into homes
of comfort and opulence. With the foot
prints of slavery SO rapidly being ef-
faced, we can predict for Kansas future
more glorious than the fabled Utopia
which imagination of the past wreathed
with SO many garlands of beauty, and
around which the poet erected his airy
habitations, and peopled with children
of fancy.
Strife and contention must soon cease
in this goodly land. Where all has been
anarchy and chaos, will be established the
bulwarks of law, and laid the basis of a
well-organized society. Schools, Colleges
and Churches will dot this Territory all
over and knowledge will run to and
fro as the waters cover the great deep"
We doindeed feel that here prophecy is
to be fulfilled that here, on the plains of
Kansas, where has been fought the last
great battle between freedom and despot-
ism, institutions are to be built up which
will be an honor to the world, and will re-
feet credit upon those brave men who
have sacrificed so much, and endured all
so patiently. to accomplish so iaudable a
purpose.
Possessed we the spirit of prophecy, we
would write of our golden future, and in
spire with enthusiasm the adventurous
around eastern hearthstones longing to
leave the parental roof for the untried
West. We would convince him that
here, in Kansas, by industry, frugality and
patience, he could lay the basis of char
acter, and the foundations of a home, that,
as years passed on, would reward him
with honors, and fame, and a retreat from
the cares and labors of life. We would
point him to a mansion, of which he
might be the possessor, embowered mid
the foliage of forest trees, planted by his
own hand, and by trellised vines which
should gracefully shut out the heat of an
oppressive summers sun. We would
show him fields clothed with golden
grain waving luxuriantly and direct his
attention to the herds which would be
grazing in the meadow, and the busy
housewife anxious for his return and ac-
customed kiss while the "little ones +"
returning from school would shout his
welcome as he approached the household
gate. An, we would make him feel that
Kansas was indeed the favored spot of
God; the last best spot for the hardy pio-
neer! We would cheer him in his toll,
and inspire him with hope, and bid him
faint not, nor grow weary with his task !;
but triumphing over all, making the stur-
dy oak, and the fallow ground subservient
to his desires, and yielding obedience to
his will. We would bid him be brave;
to regard not the frowns of cold world
envious of his success, and beg him not
to turn aside from the faithful discharge
of an honest duty because it does not
meet the appreciation of his summer
friends, assuring him, as years rolled on
the right would triumph, and good deeds
would be rewarded.
May we not ask the reader to erect in
fancy's domain the little home which en-
thusiasm has almost reared, and invite him
to come to Kansas and make it reality I?