Squatter sovereign., 1855-11-13
Texas Correspondence.


r. .SASeAxroxIo, Texas. Oct, a, '55.
& Eessrs. EnIrons 1smna say ta you
tha. my expectations we're fully realized
in your most valuable paper. and number
Of persons io, vhomI have given copies
have promised to send Tor ii The Soul
is greatly indebted to you for the hardship'
you have undergone. and the manly course
you have taken in defending her rights
and time honored institutions in the new
Territory of Kansas. May you long live
to advocate the rights for which you have
nobly struggled. ! feel il duty. that ey-
cry Southern man. whose heart is imbued
with the high and noble sentiments. that
should rule the action of every true South.
erner, and that wishes to see Kansas
come into the Union as one of the banner
states OF the South should subscribe for
the Squa tier Sovereign, SO as to enable you
to make it one of the largest and best pa
pers in the South. No one can deny for
moment, the importance of keeping up
an able journal in Kansas. to advocate our
rights in a Territory so well adapted to
slave labor. / believe there is no place in
the Union where more can be made from
the labor of slaves than in your rich and
fertile plains. And your climate is well
adapted to persons moving from Mary.
land, Virginia. N. Carolina, Tennessee,
Kentucky, and Missouri, and I have no
doubt but many persons from more South
ern States could enjoy the best of health
in those beautiful and richest of prairiss
which was intended by our Maker for the
growth of hemp, tobacco, wheat, corn &c.,
which can be. better produced by slave
labor than any other. a great many per-
sons that l have conyersed with South,
seem to be astonished when / tell them
that any common farmer after he gets his
farm open in Kansas would be able to
make clear of all expenses from five to
six hundred dollars to the hand. They
seem to think that Texas, Louisiana, and
the rich bottoms of the more southern
States are the only places that any thing
like the above amount can be made
What / say is from several years experi-
cnce on the borders of your Territory
There has been several letters sent to our
Southern journals, written by persons
protesting to be Southerners, TO deter per-
sons South and South East, from moving
to Kansas. | was surprised to See any
persons South that would believe those
letters; for they might have seen in mo-
ment that they were written by persons
who were tools for the Abolition Emi.
grant Aid Society, hoping thereby to gull
the South out her rights. and enable the
AboIitionists of the North to carry out
thsifcAsllish designs.
szzaz1 not have been affected with the
bronchitis, would now be with you, and
would have the pleasure OF once more vo-
ting for the tried friend of the South and
the Union, Gen. Whitfield for the Rep
resentative in Congress. Although de-
MED that privilege, am in hopes that
others at my home far away, will be of
some service in the 'Geose Question, and
should an emergency arise, in which your
rights AS Southerners should become threat
ened TO greater extent by the fanatics OF
the North. 4'
We who aIe now living on the South
western Frontier, are compelled to pro.
tect ourselves at present from the wild
sayages, who are at this time committing
depredations all around. in twelve miles
of this city Of ten thousand inhabitants,
and headquarters Of one wing Of the
Southern army of regulars, consisting OF
ak officers and no psen. The Govern
mrnt will / expect, accept of the offer of
our Governor to furnish the militia to exter-
millate the race, or drive them back into
Mexico; and should you get into trouble.
while our hands are in, we would make
good rangers for most any service. and
will stand By you until the last trump is
blown. H4gl s7'zs .eefs =
Adieu for the present. zrk.
". P. C.
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