The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-07-20
INTERESTING FROM KANSAS.
WEsTPoRT, JACKSON Co.. Mo,

| WEsTPoRT, JACKSON Co.. Mo,
June 2s, 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 a future home In
this, the fairest portion of Gods earth. "A
struggle is before U.S. 1t looks as though the
inhabitants of this county think that they can
people, or dictate who shall people, the whole
Kansas Territory. They in the start Hooked
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 other
claims. They also resolved, at all hazards,
that Kansas belonged to, and should be SET
tied exclusively by shareholders. After this,
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 come. Meetings are
held in Missouri where lynchipg Is publicly
recommended as the last resort to drive those
ichite Iivered AbolitionistS" out OF Kansas
into Nebraska, which they condescendingly soy
is "set apart for u.s." A few Northern men
already have been driven from the Territory
others frightened away. few shareholders
already have moved in with their slaves. The
Methodist missionaries sent here for the pur-
pose of eniightening and Christianizing the
poor Indian, have their slaves TO do the drudg-
cry OF the missions: thus, while they are en-
tightening and Christianizng 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, 1t IS a cues
ton whether they Christianize or heathenlze
the most. OF course, tho influence OF these
large mission establishments is against US.
At Fort Leavenworth, the United States Off
GERS are degrading themselves and their call
ing. bv going with the South, and hootlng at
Northern men, and even justifying iynohing
of ther. 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
they WiH not trust their StGues there J" |
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 general nesting
up on Kansas river, where hundreds of free
men will DO rallied fat will then go forth
that will sound the death knell to Slavery in
Kansas, at least Alive ask is, for Northern
men, and Southern men, tired of Slavery, who
design emigrating here to come noW! Now
is the time they can suit themselves with
homes and, above all, notU, 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
intendent, Friend Fayer, sick, but were kindly
received by his family, and Richard Menden-
hall, their teacher and his amiable wife-all
strong Anti-Slavery people, to whom we are
indebted not only for their kindness to as but
for much valuable information. Say to free
men, Come on secure home, and assist in
this great struggle between Slavery and Free
dom !"
Our nearest post Office at present is West
port Jackson county, Missouri.
Yours, truly, SAMUEL N. WooD.