Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-25
PROSPECTS FOR KANSAS.

and the newspapers and letterwrters in that QUAR-
ter shape their thoughts and words exactly accord
ing to preconceiyed prejudces and prospective inte
: rests. We published, day or two ago, an extract
of letter from the Fort Leayenworth correspondent
g of the Boston Post, in which the writer asserted
that slavery could not be established in Kansas and
4 that large portion Of the settlers from Missouri
!. ! would vote against it. Mr. CAMPBELL, of Ohio
who has just returned from Kansas, where he went
on special mission to the Indians, takes the same
! view of the matter
she states that he far South the Usage river
and represents the country splendid He repre-
the Neosha Valley the finest part of the Terrific
ry The Indian tribes he visited pretty we'll mixed
up NTH Whites having many half breeds among them.
The most Of the settlements back Of Fort Leavenworh
and Kansas valley Mr. CAMPBELL estimates that there
about five thousand people permanently fixed in the
Territory He says that if it left the Missouri
emigrants alone to vote against slavery in Kansas
jory Of them would yote No to the institution, and
five out Of seven Of the whole people He thinks that
there is earthly chance for slavery in Kansaghardy
any question about it there. The land is taken up in
small tracts by those who win exercise the prerogaye Of
squatter sorersigns Slavery live On little tracts
4 it requires large plantations"
Mr.. E. NJ. DoDsoN, brother of the Editor of the
Georgia Examiner giyesa different view. He thinks
4 the efforts of the Abolitionists who are inducing
emigration shither will not avail. He says
CAT present. the portion OF the Territory open for set
aement H mainly in the possession of those favorable
slavery they the larger portion Of the Territory
suitable for small farms and men Of limited means The
parts unoccupied praries from timber, and
UNIT for settlement by poor Could the question be
determined at early period the character Of popu
laton, their superior inteigenee their familiarity with
political canyasses their posonn the Territory would
give those favorable to slavery decided advantage
"As matter of1aw slavery exists in the Territory
it needs act Of any legislation to establish I'll ID re-
qurcs act of conspeten authority to prohibit it, The
Territorial Legislature is not competent abolish
cude it, This is deemed by the best lawyers matter Of
certainty. 1t cannosbe excluded until the peopeof the
Territory form their constitution State Govern
BY that time the rus value Of tho Territory will beap
precassd 1t is without doubt the best fitted aor poor
settlers Of any Territory opened it is well adapted
Of wealth. The absence Of Hfoer requires for the
making Of farm than tie Abolitioniss pos
2he houses must be framed of brick. Sabine
cannotbe built Fencing must be Splank the rails
hauled generally to great distance This requires the
fields to be large the expense is roporonately too
great 70 break prairie requires team Of not than
six yoke Of oxen There timber land cultivation
every foot required to support the demand for fu and
timber ~
ALREADY the poor settlers from the free States
had taken their families are returning. For Of
means it 10 very desirable agricultural countrywell
adapted grains, peculiarly fitted for the culture of
hemp for the raising stock To with capital
1t is far easier to make farm prairies than in the
timber. It is finely watsred and with agreat abundance
Of fine building stone. Necessity will compel it to be-
come home for the richs for those wko commend
money and labor. The poor whoshas neither, but
relies his single arm, is fool to 60 there"
He speaks of the difficulty Of getting white labor,
and says the only labor which can be hired is slave
He gives glowing account of the agricultural quail
ty Of the land, which is mostly prairie, requiring
capital to fence it:
Many emgrants going to Kansasfrom Kentucky:
and other slave States Missouri will leave stone
turned, to the at least temporary emigration Of half
her population to save from Abolitioniss and if the
people Of the other slave States do justice to themselves
we will secure it for the South"
The Vice President resides aud
is the devoted Southern man in the Union We give
him the crst Of the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
he having taken that stand almost alone. His whole in
fnence is, of course in favor of slavery in Kansas"
If the correspondence the New England journals are
publishing from persons that have gone Kansas is al
be relied upon the climate of that coantry is of
the most salubrious in tho world Even in November
they said have cool west winds almost constantly
and pure balmy air in the night. Its effect upon the
health is said be truly astonishing correspondent Of
the Springfield Republican says:
81 should like to show you Of the PALE sick
Ely who with They feshng up, eat and
sleep we'll and does good tosee how they enjoy their
renovated life Those who incapable of labor
now do mans work at ehoppng or og-roling Cne /
young my mess slender and helpless when he left
home, goes into ths woods with every day, ald
stands up to his work like man, and at night like the
good boy in the spelngbook says how good this bread
and bacon tastes. I" f ia#.ta t5afs HMa
But, Paradise as it is there miserable even in
Kansas for the writer cited above goes on to say:
"There grumblers who expect to find here the
oonvenieDces Of sesed country and they back many
of them growing about the false prospects held out by
the agents Of the company Some of this sort called
change of plates at the table, and thought ta great
noyance that could not accommodate them We think II
doing pretty well to get plates at all and we do
such delicate gentlemen taer backs Kan
We hope nobody credits their reports OF the
Coal is plenty The settlers 1t seems, take it from the
EARTH just they need it. Every there is his
miner. And il the colocaton is not irrevereDt one,
it may be added there is scarcity of clergymenone
each Of Orthodox, Congregational United Brethren and
Swedenborgian, with Meshodists and Baptsts near by.
They have each Sabbath The women, too, find
it good field for the lecturing business, Mrs. Nj
chols with her two from Vermont having already
ascended the stump. al
No trouble is apprehended from the redskins in that
region One white is said to be worth dozen Indians
in rough and tumble fight and the barbarians be-
ginning find out the fact By the way, talking Of the
Indians VIC are told:
sMr ROBINSON, Indian Agent, paid to the Delawares
forty thousand instead Of the seventy thousand st
puated paid in October He told them the Govern
withheld the balance for their good hard season
before them and if they received the whole now in
the spring they would find themselves destitute After
grand council and much indignant talk the majority
voted to take what they could get The agent assured
der per treaty, and the squaters expelled If
sary."
We hear ofno further disputes between the Freesolers