Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-30
From the New York News.
Letter from a Kansas Freesoiler Ia Search
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ABoLIrIoNyILLE, KANSAS TERRIroRY,


ABoLITIoNyILLE, KANSAS TERRiToRY,
June, 1855.
BROTHER GREELEY: | must always write 10
you when get myself mystifed and perplexed in
the meandering path of politics. find it SO diff
fcult TO get along without advise, that you must
certainly forgive my troubling you on such ocoa-
sions. When ! saw the Tribune, wherein you
say that friend Wilson is to be consulted,
and highly praised for his boldness at the Pha-
delphia Convention, thought | would write to
him; but then | thought again you would be the
best, because, II he was knowing chap, you
must be a much more knowing one, as you had
found out his greatness, whilst could see moth
ing particular in his actions there, unless it be
that he broke his oath with the Know -nothings;
and that III admit shows great deal Of pluck.
What want to know of you is in what way the
"nigger drivers" have committed ''aggressions"
on people of the North. Many people ask me
that question, and can't answer them. know
very well that they are always claiming that the
Territory of the country is as open for them and
their property as it is for the people Of the North
and their property, but can this be considered
'aggression?" Does not the Constitution allow
them the same rights as it does to us1 Or, are
they excluded from the same privileges that we
are?
If they stand the same that we do, how can it
be considered aggression" for them to claim
their rightss If they should claim that they have
the exclusive right Of taking their slave property
to our Territories, and that all new States should
be slave States, without any regard to the wishes
| of the inhabitants thereof, | could then see very
plainly in what they would be ''aggressing" up
on the rights of the North, but otherwise / cam
not. Or, if they seem to make as their political
cry, "No more free States, and no free territory"
should begin to think that they had become
crazy and wanted to ride over the rights, as
guaranteed to them, of the inhabitants of our
Territories: but have never heard that they do
make this their cry.
There is another question wish to ask Why
is it that you call Douglas slough facet" Is
it because he introduced the Kansas and Ne
braska bill, and thus repealed the Missouri Com
promises Now, as | understand the matter, the
repeal Of that measure was greatly in favor Of the
North, more especially when we consider that
you yourself are in favor of making all new States
free States. This could not be done if this COM
promise had been allowed to stand for, as | I'M
derstand it, that compromise allowed all the ter
ritory north of that line to be free, and implicitly
made all south of it slave States; thus striking at
one of our most patriotic and philanthropic prin-
ciples. But now that compromise is repealed we
can make all States free if we choose, by the
'sNew England Emigrating Company" and thus
send away from midst all the vagabonds and
panpers we have, keeping behind only those
whom we may want to work for You know
| / only speak what | think Of this matter, not
claiming to be able to Judge Of it like you can.
hope you will answer this letter soon as
possible, as there several who can be made
brethren in the good cause if we answer these
questions satisfactorily. Several have asked me
FIVE are in favor of amalgamation. / thought it
would be best not to say anything about that now /,
rs the public mind is not quite ready for it.
Yours, fraternally,
CHARLEY FAIR.
7. S.-Some people out here insist that we
Massachusetts folks deprive men, women, and
children of their liberty because they happen to
be poor and born in another country than ours
They say send them back to Europe in ships
very much like slave vessels, and that New Eng
landers should take the beam out of their own
eyes before they operate on the mote in other
peoples. hope you will furnish me with some
good answer to Shis, and show me how the send
ing off of Boston paupers in Liverpool and Gov.
Stewards offer to exchange New York Irshmen
for Virginia negroes is quite different thing