The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-08-10
TEE COUNTRY INTO WHICH SLAVERY CAN
NOT ENTER"


The Weston Missouri 6rgus recently con-
tanned the following advertisement:
"Two Hundred Dollars Rspard,-We ere
authorized, by responsible Daen in this neigh
borhood, to offer the above reward for the APP
prehension and safe delivery into the hands of
the Squatters of Kansas Territory, of one Eli
Thayer, leading and ruling spirit among the
Abolitionists of New York and New England,
recently appointed as special agent BY the
murderers of Batchelder, in Boston, to proceed
to Kansas, for the purpose of examining that
Territory, and making selections of such por-
tions as will suit for the settlement of twenty
thousand misunderstanding, of course,
the nulhfers of the Fugitive Slave Law, the res
cuers of the slave Shadrach and the murder
ers of Batchelder U. S. deputy marshal, in
the discharge of his duty.
"Said Eli Thayer is representative of the
& higher law doctrines and deputed by the
wealthy AboIitionists of New York city, Bos-
ton, and other cities, to make way for the
Abolition paupers, thieves, and murderers, who
are to settle Kansas for and in behalf of the
worthy employers and colleagues in iniquity ct
said Thayer.
"Now, therefore, it behooves all good citi-
zens Of Kansas Territory, and the State of Mis-
souri,, to watch the advent of this agent Of Alb
such manner as the enormity of his crimes
and iniouities shall seem to merit. Represent
ing all the Abolitionists he consequently bears
ali their sins, and the blood of Batchelder is
upon his head, crying aloud for expiation at
the hands of the people.
owe would counsel moderation, but let him,
said Thsyer, carry back to his Abolition con-
federates' of New England, such evidence on
his person, as will be an admoaition ever here
after for them not to NEEDLE with our peace
our institutions, and our rights under the Con-
stitution of the country Watch the move
ments of Eli Thayer, and give him warm re-
ception !"
The following, from the Lynchburg VA
Republican, is a fair sample of the comments
of the Southern press upon this subject:
"This is commencing in the right way, and
but few if any Abolitionists will dare enter
the Territory, well knowing as they do the con-
sequences.
aBut for the Ordinance of 1887, the qchole
Northwestern Territory Would haze been slaUe-
holding.
"Whilst in the free States population con-
denses in the slave States it difuses itself over
a greater space, and is always seeking new
oublets. Although the Northern States have
received immense accessions to their population
| by emigration, and the South comparatively
little, yet we have diffused our population and
our institutions over one-third more territory"
We have information from q credible source,
that proposition has recently been made to the
three nations, the Cherokees, Greeks, and Choc-
taws, to form State out Of the territory occu-
pied by these semi-civilised tribes, admitting
them as citizens. This proposal was acompa-
MED by an offer to build them a. handsome
State House at the expense of the General
Government, and to bestow certain other ad-
vantages. The offer came from the Superin-
tendent Of Indian Affairs, and was sanctioned
| by the Executive Of the Federal Government.
The evident design was to form another slave
State, as there are large numbers Of slaves
held by all these tribes. But the proposal was
rejected by the Cherokees, for the reason that
it would place them upon the same level with
other tribes not so far advanced in oiyiliza-
tion.-N T. Tribune