The daily union., 1855-10-16


sisted by G. r. Lswl. JAars LrwIs and SAMUEL d. Lrws
THE ABOLITION EMIGRATION COMPANY AND
KANSAS.
The address OF the New England Emgrant Aid Compa-
ny to the citizens Of Missouri which appears in paper
to-day furnishes partial glimpse at Of The most re-
raarkabe enterprises that originated either in pur
anca cupidy or fanaticism 1t is somewhat difficult to
decide which Of these elements predominaes if the enter
prise be judged according to the Developments made IN
the address Perhaps would be literally true to charac
terize it as paying philanthropy money fanat
cism which induced the members of this singular copo
ration to combine their capital aid in the hurried settle
ment of Kansas Territory.
The address issued response 10 certain charges
made against the company by convention in Missouri,
and is designed to disabuse the minds Of the good people
in that State the injurious impressions produced BY these
charges 1t is written with fair degree of camness and
ability and good deal of apparent frankness and candor
but ii leaves the impression the reader that though
what is said may be the literal truth yet il is not the whole
truth and nothing Jut the truth We cannot but regard the
address as an ingenious presentation of much Of the en-
terprsc as it was deemed prudent TO submit to the public
eye whilst quite much in all probability, has been
withheld that might be calculated to concatc or ap
pease the indignation OF the Missourans. To mind
however the carefully development which the d
rectors of the company deemed safe to make falls
far short of full and satisfactory defence against the OBJ
jectons urged to the enterprise.
1t is apparent the face Of the address that the
porators belong to that class of political zealos in New
England whose consciences sorely grieyed by the
passage Of the Kansas and Nebraska BILL although it open
ed the way for the grand enterprise for which their COM
pany ncorpoated in other words it is clear enough
that the New England Emigrant Aid Company is body
corporate and polite Of abolitoniss who exerted all their
energies to defeat the repeal Of the Missouri restriction in
Congress- and Of course defeat the right Of the settlers
in Kansas to adopt reject slavery they might choose
This being true it looks somewhat remarkable that
the Kansas bill scarcely passed before its most
camorous opponents are seen combining together
their capital and securing the advantages of char
ter of Incorporation for the purpose Of efecting a
hasty settlement OF a Territory whose organization
they had srenuously resisted If the Territory had
been organized with the Missouri prohibition against
slavery in full force it hardly probable that the New
England Emigrant Aid Company would ever have had
existence The hardy emgant pioneers would have been
left to find their way this attractive western region
without being aided or hastoned facilitated by the phi
Ianthropy or the money Of the New England aboitons
We feel so well satisfied this point that have hes
itaon in assuming the repeal of the Missouri
which awakened the philanthropy and wheted
the zeal of the members Of the company 10 unite their
money and form body corporate to aid emgraRts their
way Kansas The object to be accomplished by this
ofincorporatcd capital to defeat the practical
ton of the Kansas act by making the exclusion slavery
from the Territory ectual by Of the hasty set
tlemen of aboonsts would have been the Missouri
restriction had been repealed We doubt whether any
Of the company if put upon neutrality-suspicious. would
deny the correctness OF assumption yet this most
important feature in the enterprise is kept far in the
background in the address that the exclusion Of slavery
from Kansas is only mentioned incident, when in
fact if the directors had been candid they would have put
it forward the great controlling prominent object Of
the enterprise
1t ought not to be overlooked that the Mssourans had
peculiar interest in the Of emgants that might
TO Kansas whilst it impossible for them to see
any good why the New England aboonisis should
wish to nedde in the matter. Kansas coterminous
with Missouri the west and If its territory should
be free the result would be that Missouri would be bor
dered three sides by free States whilst large portion
Of her internal wealth consisted in slave property II
papaby the interest then Of the Mssonrians that Kansas
should not be ree-soil territory. If however 1t must be
reesoi territory, it matter Of the deepest
that its inhabitants should not be of the fanaca class Of
abolitonss who had shown their zeal in New England by
species Of hostility to the rights and interests OF the
slaveowners. Surely allowance ought to be made if
the Missourians thrown into excitement when they
the rery whom they dreaded above all others
combating together uniting their capital and covering them
selves with Massachusetts act of Incorporation for the
avowed purpose of pushing into Kansas population which,
in their Judgment would be perpetual nuisance and source
Of constant danger.
The directors of the company desrous to make the
impression that the company was formed ordinary
business enterprise for purposes Of pecuniary benefit I
they have not withheld material part Of the agreements
between them and the enigran the idea of this being
business operation for the profitable investment Of capital
is perfectly prcposterous II may be- and judging the par
ties by the reputation which New Enganders enjoy for de-
the almighty dollar, should not be surprised
if it that the pecunary benefits which the
company looked arise from interest in the lands
which the emigrants might settle, and which they
might and improve under the prccmpon laws III
that be the of the entsrprsef the capital of
the company invested first in the purchase Of cheap
tickets for the emgran,s and then in providing for them
guides and other facilities their routes and finally in
providing for them saw-m lumber houses bridges, &c.
with the understanding that the emgrans refund
all these ouays and afterwards compensate the company