Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-11

WrsrroRr, JACKSON Co, Mo-,


June 20, 1854.
To tie Editor Of tie National Era:
DEAR SIR: have left my Ohio home and
friends, and have come here, for the purpose Of
selecting myself and family future home IN
this, the fairest portion OF Gods earth. "A
struggle is before us. 1t looks AZ though the
inhabitants Of this county think that they can
people, or dictate who shall people, the whole
Kansas Territory. They in the start fiocked
into the Territory by hundreds. Men would
take perhaps dozen claims, stick their stake,
mark their names, get up . little meeting, re-
solve TO protect each other and each others
claims. They also resolved, at all hazards,
that Kansas belonged to, and should bc sot-
tied exclusively by, shareholders. After THU,
nine out of every ten return TO their Missouri
homes supposing that they have fixed beyond
the possibility of repeal the institutions OF
Kansas for all time to como. Meetings are
held in Missouri, whore lynching is publicly
recommended, az the last resort, to drive those
a0hite- liveyed Abolii0nistsn out of Kansas
into Nebraska, which they condescendingly say
already have been driven from the Territory !;
others frightened away A few shareholders
already have moved in with their slaves. The
Methodist missionaries sent here for the pur-
pose Of enlightening and Christianizing the
poor Indian, have their slaves to do the drudg-
cry of the missions: thus, while they arc en-
tightening and Christianizing one class Of hea-
thens, as an auxiliary in the good cause, they
are grinding down and blotting out the very
souls of other heathens Indeed it ia u ques-
tion whether they Cbristianize or heathenize
the most OF course, the influence Of these
large mission establishments is against us.
AT Fort I.eavenw0rth, the United States Off
GERS are degrading themselves and their call
ing, by going with the South, and hooting at
Northern men, and even justifying lynching
Of them, for no other cause than that they are
Northern men! A dark picture, truly but
think not that it has no bright side; Northern
men have been found who could not be scared ;
settlements have been commenced shareholders
have become frightened, already, we hear
thep mil not trust their siGUes there ~
have Just made trip over into the Territory
found on the Indian reserve scores of families
from Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and other States,
and still they come.
Next week we are to have a general meeting
up on Kansas river, where hundreds Of free
men will be rallied fat will then 90 forth
that will sound the death knell to Slavery in
Kaneas, at least All we ask is, for Northern
men, and Southern men, tired Of Slavery, who
design emgrating here, to come noD! Noao
is the time they can suit themselves with
homes and, above all, mow, or soon, this Sla-
very question must be met, and settled. Du-
ring our trip over into the Territory we saw
the Baptist missionary-a pure and warm An
ti-Slavery man. We also took dinner at the
Friends or Quaker mission; found the super
intendcnt, Friend Faycr, sick, but were kindly
received by his family and Richard Menden-
hall, their teacher, and his amisble wife-all
strong Anti-Slayery people, to whom wc are
indebted, not only for their kindness to us, but
for much valuable information. Say to free
men, Come on, secure home, and assist in
this great struggle between Slavery and Free
dom!O
Oar nearest post Office at present is West
port, Jackson county, Missouri.
Yours, truly, SAMUEL N. WooD