Kansas weekly herald., 1855-06-22
For the Kansas Herald.
MEssas EDIreRs:

For the Kansas Herald.
MEssRs EDIToRs:
s Having nothing else to do while
iuxuxlatlng in camp life, on DIR. F. M.
Mason s slaim-suhere the DIR. and my
self nave some very pleasant and agreea-
bic hCurs-and discuss the right of emf
neH domain, with the wild cats, prairie
wolves, and rattfesnakes according to the
most approved, and best established rules
of pugilistic logic-I have concluded to
scribble little for print. At first I
thought Should be at q loss for "a subject.
but after Illuminating, have concluded that
no one need be without a subject in this
beautiful and desirable country.
I take the liberty of making calm,
temperate, and dispassionate appeal to the
people of Kansas upon the question of
Slavery as that is the all absorbing ques-
ton of the day. ,
Mr.. Editor was born, raised, and
have spent my whole life in the slave
State Of Virginia-my ancestors before
me, were Shareholders, my brothers and
sisters are shareholders, and have been
and would be now, if Iwere only blessed
with the means. lam therefore by blood,
by birth place, by education, by early as
soeiations by feelings sentiment, and inter-
est, pro-slayery man. And if there be
In Kansas Territory man whose princi-
pies are more stable upon this subject than
mine, I do not know him, and never heard
of him. I am satisfied from all have
seen, and from the information have de-
rived from authentic sources that the soil,
and the climate of the Territory are well
adapted to the institution of slavery. That
slave labor introduced here would find a
most profitable field for employment, and
that the holders of slaves in the old States,
whose lands have worn out by the long
continued culture of some of their staples,
especially of tobacco, would do much bet
ter for themselves, and their postcrity, if
they would bring their slaves into Kansas.
But there is the rub. [ shall not stop TO
henquire into the causes of the violent rup-
lures which have taken place hitherto be-
tween the two parties. shall not say
whether both parties were wrong, or
whether either party was wrong. I shall
not call either party nick names, abuse
either or praise either, when the necessity
shall arise for war, open and undIsguised
legally declared, and justly originated
shall bee on the right side-but this is
what desire, to ask both parties for the
sake of the Territory, to ask the people of
Kansas who have their all at stake here,
to initiate one determination, differ as they
may on other subjects, to support the law,
uphold justice, and maintain order; let the
past be forgotten, and the future only re-
garded. Let the constitution and the laws
reign supreme-let us all aid In their Just,
and righteous administration, restore and
preserve good order and morality. These
are duties we owe the government as citi-
zens, which we owe our different homes
we have left, as their representatives.,
which we owe each other as fellow pio-
neers in the western withstand If slavery
be of more value than every other ques-
| ton, then indeed, ought we who are pro-
slavery men to do so, for the following
we regard as the most conclusive reasons.
First, Rampant Abolition has so long
and so impudently stalked abroad In the
land, that slavery has become a r1M1D in
stitution, not that it has any fears of meet
| ing its enemy In fair combat, and in open
feld-but capital is always timid, and sla-
very being species of capital to which SO
many are bitter enemies, is more shrink
| ing in its nature than ordinary capital
| Again, slavery has its human attachments,
as well as It's monetary value, and this
gives it an extraordinary value, which
makes it sensitive to the approach Of an
enemy, even in disguise moreover sla-
very is rather immovable than locomotive,
Free labor travels by steam, slave labor by
| foot Now all these peculiar attributes
of the institution, and many perhaps, more
glaring than these, invoke the protection Of
| law, the reign Of impartial, well regulated
Justice, and the best order which can pre-
vail in civil society. 1t requires certain
| ty of protection, not by force, but by moral
power, the moral power of government,
sustained by the public sentiment of those
who make the laws. And if we people
of Kansas wish slavery adopted, and con-
tinued IN the territory, we must resort TO
these orderly and just means of doing 1t,
and suppress by law all others. Then we
will see shareholders come into the terri
tory with their slaves feeling secure against
| the attacks of Free Sellers and all others,
because they know that the law prevails.
and right will be protected. More anon. }
1 ~ G. w. PERKINS.
1s'st PayVnee.
PARKvILLE, June 18th, 1855.