The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-11
.An Appeal.

1eittSOufSh DlsPaucn. IL would have
been preferable to have beenfirst publish
ed itin tlaeTerritory. We opine.::
To THE RESIDENT CITIZENS OF Kansas:
The object OF. this short ad-
dress is to cali yoer'attention to the fu-
ture welfare tof Kansas. One common
object having brought US together, one
common object should therefore be our
aim; that is the welfare of ourselves and
|oilr common country Supposing this
10 be your desire. I ask your unpreju
Ediced attention Like the majority of
settlers, the writer is not rich, and there
7 fore cannot have any desire to advocate a
political system that would make the ricla
"ricker and the poor poorer You
you must be aware that we are now
moulding our political system, either for
the good or evil of countless thousands,
and that our childrei's children will ap-
plaud or condemn the course their fathers
pursued inthe first few years of theirset-
tlen1ent in Kansas. You are aware, also,
that the most strenuous efforts have been
made of late to sweIve the public mind
in favor of the importation of negroes as
slaves, to perform the work of freemen-I
in other words TO make Kansas slave
State Do You suppose such a system
one for your benefit Few. here are rich;
all have to labor mentally OF. bodily for
living. This is as it should be, and long
may it be 50, yet it cannot be denied that
there are a few who strain every nerve to
tengraft on us as people a system of la
Dor which all history shows to be adverse
to the best interest of the rich, but more
particularly of the poor, for the follow
ing among many reasons:
1t is not for the interest of the rich
man, because land, tie great source of
wealth in this country, never acquires
the same value in slave that it does IL
a freeSlate this we will not stop to prove
| for it will no. be denied. It may be as
well in passing, however, to state the
cause: emigration avoids those States in
which slave labor exists. The rich mans
family is also injured from the fact that
fske children arc generally brought up to
think themselves above work, and to look
upon labor as disgraceful. l know that
where slavery exists in its mildest form,
this objection does not lie TO the same ex-
tent; yet it needs only an insight into the
system, in the more southern States. to
confirm my statements; the same feelings
which reign in the heart of lord of Eu-.
Irope are too ofteuengendered in themind
and feelings ofa slaveholder-that of fsu
periority over his less fortunate fellow
citizens who perform their own labor.
The poor suffer far more from the slave
labor system than the rich. Deny, if
you crn, the following self-evident truths
l will.suppose you to be of either of the
following occupations: carpenter, mason,
laborer, blacksmith, ,-or in fact anything
whereby you get your bread by the
sweat of your brow. Our pro-slavery
papers are calling on their southern
brethren to come IN and possess the
land, and particular stress is laid on this
I-.'bring your slaves along" well, We
will suppose they do as they have not yet
done-come themselves and bring their
slaves along-and twenty shareholders
come with twenty slaves each /; now, in
this black catalogue of merchandise,
probably you will find all the above men
toned trades. The following week they
select their sight for homesteads what
twiA he want with you-mason, black-
! smith, brickmaker, carpenter, &C. they.
fare independent of you all. Reverse the
case twenty free State families come;
what, in shert time, will they require,
even should they be all now poor, which
all are not {? the poorest, in a few years.
Twill need good house, barn, clothing,.
furniture--in fact everything which go
to make up home, which the negro new
er gets, to his latest day. What, then,
viii be the advantage to you, should the
pro slavery party succeed m covering
the land over with negroes, instead OF
free white lsborers? Answer fairly and
honestly. Say, then, by your votes,
that one free white laborer is worth more
to the Safe than ten negroes. The mer-
chant is in the same category the slave
holder buys the clothing necessary for
Ibis negroes in some southern city, by
wbolesale, deals them ont to his hands,
as circumstances demand.
But You say, what about the hemp bus
Finess The pro-sIasery party Iepresent
| the lands of Kansas only fit for hemp /;
IN fact il is .'hemp, hemp, hemp We
will examine this hemp matter. The or
chard produce of New York State, com
pared with the hemp produced in Mis-
souri,, is worth according to the census
of 1850, as authorized and approved by
Congress, nearly one half million dol
lars more than ali the hemp produced in
Missouri; somueh for this. The figures
stand thus: -
Orchard prosiace IN New Yerk, <15si $50
1s,ssss tons of hemp. 9ss per lb, is44s.53i
Surplus Of orchard produce, sS1s,zao
The cotton crop of the whole United
States will not amount to much more
/ than tHe.eombined crops of hay, hops,
butter and cheese of Ohio, New York
and p Pennsylvania; and the little county
of Ashtabula makes more butter than the
whole State Of North Carolina. The
Especial plcadingfo slavery, depend on
I 6, will NOT stand figures, and the more
Is explained tie more it IS found de-
fectiyc.
Another plea FOR a free State, and
] one which many young mechanics can
we'll feel the force OF q young man comes
there 10 obtain an honest livelihood; VIC
twill suppose hina : aesFpenter; he earns
probably from s 500 to $500 per arnnIn,
out of which he pays for board 500.
elethiag f5o, amusements from go 70
S75, aud eventually becomes the head Of
"a family, respected and beloved; the
same labor S Performed By slave, i q
Eslase State, and where would the ear
5 snings go how n1ch for beard Tor
s slolothing. for amusement, de-, aad how
much would the country be beEefitedb by
him Many of yoa are Americans in
che Highest meaning Of the tsrn--and
you srs ;ssiaus Of the foreign labor CON-