The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
Freedoms Struggle In Kansas.

great Plnkney proclaimed but plain and
simple truths, when he stated, in the Leg
islaturc of Maryland, thatSlavery was con.
trary to the eternal principles of natural
justice. and that the most fruitful soil
must ever wither beneath the touch oI
the unpaid slave. The observation ol
every man, who has enjoyed opportunities
in the Older States of the South, confirms
this declaration; and yet the concoctors
Of the Kansas, Nebraska Bill have exposed
new and immense, and naturally fertile
and beautiful tracts of territory to the
tread of Slavery. But one of the pro-
visions of that Bill, however designed to
operate. has left it in the power of the
friends of Freedom to secure Kansas from
the grasp of the spoiler, by settling i;
with such emigrants as are alive to the
evils of slave labor. and the advantages
of free labor-not with emigrants from
the free States merely, but from the slave
States as we'll, for there never was a
greatermistake than that which represents
the people Of the South, generally, as in
Notwithstanding the acknowledged curse
of Slavery into lew States, however the
case may stand in the border State oi
Missouri, and the ever-fussy State oi
South Carolina. Having aYailed myself
of the advantages of my Southern birth
and citizenship in the slave States. in
in four of which l have spoken publicly
on Slavery, / know whereof affirm on
this subject.
With the fact, that associations have
been founded in various parts of the
country, to aid emigration to Kansas. the
public in general are aware. The
purpose ofthis Circular is to give def
mite information as to two of these assoia.
tions, with which the undersigned has
become associated-or, rather, to open the
way for giving it. I allude to the 7"
American Settlement Company" and
the New York Kansas League" !"
which are located in the City of New
York. and cooperate for the furtherance
Of their great common object.
The League purely philanthropic
association, depending for its funds upon
pecuniary aid, in the form of such con-
tributions as the friends of Freedom in
Kansas, and of the emigration movement
thither, may feel moved to give. Its aims
are to furnish information as to the best,
route to Kansas, the proper equipments,
the cost the advantage Of the country,
DC, and to arrange with transportation
companies for reduced fares, when the
applicants for this information shall have
made up their minds to oemigrate. Topro-
mote these ends, the League" has OPEN
ed an Office at 11o Broadway, where the
General Superintendent, George Walter.
hold himselfin readiness toa1ord iaform-
alton to visitors or to transmit it By mail.
in the shape of circulars, DC.
The other association the American
Settlement Company J is joint stock AS
sociation in its nature and primary oper-
alton. Impressed with the importance
of establishing central points of infu-
ence upon emigration and settlement, as
well as of sympathy and cooperation, it
has located city, in a beautiful agricul-
tural and mineral region, on the great
Santa Fe road, to which the name oi
Council City has been given. The stock
of the Company has been divided into
shares of five dollars, of which, to pre-
vent even the suspicion of speculative
Intentions, no person can purchase more
than six shares. The ownership of one
or more shares constitutes the holder a
member of the Company, thus putting
all Its advantages at his command. and j!
entities him to lot in Council City, and
also to the aid of an agent on the spot,
should he emigrate and desire to locate q
farm besides. in the neighborhood. Thus
amembershipin the Company, purchased
with a few dollars, will insure advantages
which any one arriving in Kansas, with
out any connecti,n Of the sort, cannot
reasonably expect.
Ever since the discontinuance Of his
paper in Baltimore, 1.-THE Saturday Hsit-
er, the undersigned has desired some
practical mode of aiding the cause OF
Freedom, through the prevention of new
slave markets-one Of the most effective
modes, IS he thinks, of breaking up slav-
cry in It's present stronghold, removing
as it would the stimulus of increased pri-
ees in the slave-eIporting States, while
cutting off all new outlets for that supera-
bundart slave population. 30 much feared
by the late Gov. Mcdowell, of Virgins,
and other far-seeing shareholders. and
thus rendering emancipation a self-pro-
tccting measure! This consummation,
he trusts, has been afforded by official po-
sitions in the above described sssocia-
tons, (the Vice Presidency of the Com
pany," and a Direetorship in the
League, which have been recently
rendered him, and which he has accepted
in hopefuless, and with determination
to make the most of their machinery fol
the benefcent end Of their organization
In pursuance of this determination, he i
about to enter upon sn extended tour
commencing in the border slave States
whose slaTe-depressed classes are read,
for emigration. He sends forth this cir
cular for publication, as he hopes, in al
such papers. without regard 70 their po
litical bias, as may be favorable to thu
great enterprise, to notify those seeking
/ information, while not able to visit the offict
in New York, that it will givehim pleasure
to attend meetings, wherever they can bt
50 arranged as TO economise time and ex-
pense of travelling as much as possible
say upon or near the great central route o.
the country. For his services. as a lee
lfursr on fAis subject, he ssW make NO
charge. He may be communicated with
/ wherever he may be, through prepaid
letters, addressed TO the care of George
Walter, General Superintendent, Gc.. No
ITO Broadway, New York-to whom al
letters on the business of the Office should
be sent direct
| With the resolve that nothing shall b
left uudone on my part, 70 promote 1