The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-02-05
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A Vivid Picture.

The St. Louis Democrat gives a rather
vivid picture Of the stirring events that
are TO be enacted on the frontier on early
openi g of spring.
All these things are to take place be
fore six months roll around, scarce 500
miles directly west of US. 1t fills the i'm
agination to bursting to conceive the re-
atty; it delights the heart to contemplate
the vision. Let us bestir ourselves to
meet the contingencies of the great events
that are soon to transpire i'll our midst
Sleepless vigilance and unceasing activity
is demanded on the part of our citizens-
the property holders-prepare for the
events Of the coming season:
With the opening new year, when the
grass grows green, and nature, assuming
there her garments Of rare love iness, shall
invite to the exploration. what a scene Of
adventurous industry will be witnessed III
that now silent Territory More than
twenty thousand men will be toiling. dig.
ging, scratching through every nook OF
that great volcanic section climbing the
mountains, penetrating the valleys, turn
ing the streams, breaking the rocks, bur-
rowing the earth, polishing the stones,
smelling silver, cleaning the gold from
every crevice. The throng of wagons,
and accumulation fprovisions, an collec::
tiou OF herds and fl ,cks along the West
ern lines of the present settlements, will
resemble the outgoing of an army OF
invasion. The tramp of free labor, as il
marches to The new Opli', will be heard
above the din of polrics, and the restless
eye ofSpeculatinn will wander from Gov.
eminent contracts and Congress lobbying
to watch this exodus Of the center-this
crusade against the mountains-this evan.
gle to new commerce. The West-the
far West-the great West, will loom up in
the eye Of the nation in proportions of i'm.
measurable grandeur Where the dec
and elk frequent, cities will spring NJ
within the year rivaling those Of the val.
ley, and the buffalo paths will turn into
highways for the hurrying merchandise
The tradesmen who now can scarce ge
together enough in his narrow home t.
buy an outfit, will return the millionaire
of new gold field, or the shrewd realize
Of succe s(ul town lots the OK dr,ve
will merge into the proprietor of the ex
press line; the farmers Toy will boas
the possession Of rancho with cattle on
hundred hills Nor will there be want
ing dark lines in all this gilded pageant
ry! The broken gambler, the you'll
whose bright hopes have been extin
guished in crime, that impovished mine
whose "bad luck" has become the prov
erb Of his associates-the husband, tn,
father, the child returning to plant tn,
willow on the grave of those for who's,
sake he struggled so bravely after for
tune-all these will mingle in the pano
rama.
AND yet the good will surpass the evil
the gladness be greater than the sorrow
the contribution to national progress ia
trans cend the cases of individual suffer
ing. Altogether it is a contemplation t
rouse the spirit and make US proud of GU
country and our time. What other Ian,
can hold out such unspeakable induce
ments to thrifty soil ? And what othe
age can parallel such irruptions of peopl
fastening to pioneer the wilderness? Such
however, is the coming marvel of tn
coming year."