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WHO ARE GOING 70 KANSAS.

The following letter ,.e copy from the
Indiana Free Democrst. the Abolition
Organ of This State. Taken from such o
paper. we regard it as The very best eri-
dence ,ha. caa be esauced in favor Of
the ground occupied by the Democrats
in this region-lhat Nebraska or Kansas
never can become s.av States. Read it,
Democrats and Fusionsts,
DEAR FRIEND VAILe-I see that some
Of The organs OF slsvery propaga ndism
are latoring to make an impression tha
Shareholders are pouring into Kansas by
hundreds and thousands from Missouri
and Arkansas. The design Of this is.no
doubt, 10 deter tnoso "ho are IN favor of
freedom from tam;xa and &C encourage
elsish-,lA-..- ie.-c-tssfslNs- r -sssfeal i.sanei-
led to state. most emphatically. that it is.
not96 So far as | can learn. very few
actual Shareholders have yet emIgrated to
Kansas from Missouri. and | have vet to
learn that a solitary STAKEHOLDER from
Arkansas has entered Kansas. But |
would not speak positively. as there are
settlements in the southern part OF Kan
sas, of which know but little, hut it is
not likely that they are coming In large
numbers from Arkansas. Such emigra
,ion would be in very bad taste. with
frequent appeals that have been made by
The people of Arkansas to emigrants to
come and occupy her public lands. =
Those lands have been greatly extolled
for their fertility, and it may be even so:
one thing is certain. We know that the
State is spaSely settled. & is il at all rea-
sonable that shareholders should pass by
those rich lands in State where slavery
is established, and carry their slaves into
territory. where they have no assurance
Of being able to retain them? Much az
Shareholders desire to have their favorite
institution extended into this territory.
they afe not generally men of so much
en- te p rise as to hazard the possession of
what they are 80 fond Of styling their
property.
The same ma, be sail of Missouri as
of Arkansas; there are thousands of acres
of uuoccupied lands in Missouri, as good,
perhaps. in every respect. as any IN Kan
sas: then why should her people pass
over thesa lands and carry their slaves
into Kansas? The fact is, they are not
doing so; though they would gladly have
the world believe it. Shareholders in
Missouri have been known 10 say that
they were not going TO risk their slaves
in Kansas till they knew it woaid be
slave State, and many Of them have been
heard TO say. when they thongh! they
I l. al,,a bor % IA
! they now had no ho Pc tsa. Kansas would
ever be Slave State for there were TOO
many northern people coming in. and
many of their own people would vote
for freedom in Kansas. which is very
true, for hundreds Of people are come to
Kansas from Missouri 10 get away from
slavery. A citizen of Missouri remark
ed few days since to his friends. that il
they lived to see Kansas save State,
they would De very Old men. lventur-
ed the assertion shat sufficient num-
Der Of actual Shareholders would not
emigrate to Kansas in quarter OF a cen
| tury, to form State of the mselves.-
Then, the only way in which II can be-
come a slave State. is 10 make 1t such
for the accommodation OF few, While
the great mass of the people would be
| non shareholders. Now, would not this
be fine illustration of the beauties OF
squatter sovereignty? And though this
State of things does exslst in Missouri
and other slave States il can never exist
in Kansas. The majority uiust and Will
rule here. RICHARD MENDENHALL.
Kansas T.. Ssh mo- .lS, 1854,