Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-11-15
From the .. s. Journal.
Important Letter r--salat0r Atchlgon a
vows his interference in Kaazas.

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to attend a recent celebration Of the battle Of
Kings Mountain in North Carolina. T. this
invitation he responded by writing them the
following remarkable letter.
platte CITr, No, Sept 70, 1855.
'GESTLEMEN. Your letter Of invitation re.
quesung my attendance at the celebration Of
the battle Of Kings Mountsin has been recciy.
ed, 1t will be altogether inconveniant for me
to be present on that occasion. l have csr-
tain duties, both private aud public, to dis.
charge a. home. The battle Of Ki7g's Noun,
tain was fought by the Wings under the lead
of Campbell, Mcdowell, Shelby, Sewer and
Williams, against the Tories under the gallant
Ferguson, We have a similar foe to encou.er.
! in Kanzas on the frs! Monday il October mex,
The border rulfians, such as iought with Ne
Dowell, Shelby, DC, on the one hand, and the
AboliIionist, such men as fought with Fergus
on on the other. We (the border rufilns') J
have the whole power of the northern States
to contend with, single handed alone, without
assistance and almos! without sympathy from
any quarter; yet We are undismayed- Thus
far have we been victorious, and with the help
of God we will continue TO conquer.
Gentlemen, thank you for the kind ex-
preston in the concluding paragraph of your
letteI-'Three cheers for Atchison and Kanz4s!'
l have read this paragraph to sundry of the
border ruffians, and their eyes sparkle, their
arms are nervcd. We have been acting on
the defensive altogether, the contes! with US is
one of life and death, and it will be SO with
you and your institution if we fail. Atchison,
Strlngfeow, and the border rufians' of Mis-
souri,, fill a column OF each abolition paper
published in the NORTH; abuse most foul and
falsehood unblushiug is poured out upon US,
and yet we have no advocate in the Southern
press; and yet we receive no assistance from
the Southern States. But the time will shortly
come when that assistance must and will be
rendered.: the stake he'bordqr rufians' are
playing for is a mighty one. If Kanzas is a.
bolitIonized, Missouri ceases to be a Slave
State, New Mexico becomes Free State, Call
ifurnia remains Free State; if we secure Kan
zas as a Slave State, Missouri is secure New
Mexico and Southern California, il net all Of ii
becomes Slave State, in a worldthe prosper
ity or the ruin of the whole South depends on
the Kanzas struggle.
Your Obedent servant,
DIR. ATCHISON.
'Messrs. W, B, Wilson, John L. Miller, and
Samuel W. Melton, COmmilte of Invita-
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/ On this letter, The Charleston (S.C.) Mer-
curry comments as follows
1T will be read with peculiar in.
terest. 1t rings in every line of the fierce bat.
tie which has, for almost year past, been wa
ging between 'fanatical hirelings' and the no,
BILE camplons of the South. 1t speaks of trials
met and trials still to come, in which, though
every nerve be tested, there will be no yield.
ing; for the cause Of Kanzas is the cause of
the South What an example to the whole
South have these border rufians' given of the
true and only spirit in which aggression is to
be met and masteredI And verify do they
stand forth in withering contrast with that pitt.
full brood Of meek men, who have SO long ours
ted and dshonored the South. =
yes we fear not for the result; and soon the
question will be removed from Kanzas to Con.
gress, there to stand or fall, with the represen.
tatives of the South. The House of Represen.
tatives will have to decide between Reeder and
Whitfeld-between Slavery and Abolition
and upon its decision the future fate of Kanzai
is nearly suspended. Thus, in spite of compro
misses, and repeals, and party platforms, Anti
Slavery sIill invades the council of the nation
The struggle will be fierce, and with immens
odds against us. Nothing will avail .he South
in her minority position, but concert and th,
lmost determined spirit, Let Southern Repre-