Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-25
politieal.
LETTER FROM HON. e. S. BROOKS
HousE OF REPRESENTATIVES..

1 1lCUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
February z, 1856.
My DEAR SIR: Last winter, General
Striugfellow addressed letter to myself
and others, giving description of the soil
of Kansas, and the average products of ag-
ricultural labor. That letter was publish
ed IN the newspapers Of our State, and ev-
cry additional testimony confirms the truth
OF the statements therein contained.
Gen. Whitfield is now at my side, and
in reply to the question relative to the de-
mands and rewards of mechanical labor.
bids me say that the minimum of wag. $
Tor labor IN Kansas is fully double the price
IN Charleston
But higher considerations than pecuni-
airy profit are now presented to the young
men of our State; and they are Just the
considerations which soonest reach, and
most excite the heart of young Carolina.
They are the considerations of patriotism
and honor. Civil war has virtually begun
/ In Kansas. The lives of such friends oil
the institutions of the South and of the
Constitution, as have gone to Kansas to
disseminate our principles, strengthen oul
institutions and protect your rights, my
rights, and the rights of every slave own
er, are i'll peril. by the fiat of "Aboli.
tion Aid Societies. money and men are
pouring in,o Kansas. The spirit of popu.
lar sovereignty is being crushed, and the
principle of non-intervention circumvented
by lawiess fanaticism.
With the permission of Gen. Whitfield
l make the following extracts from a letter
dated "Lecompton, January 3D." and writ
ten by gentleman in high position, and
OF intelligence and integrity, whose name
(Which you would concur with me in re
garding satisfactory is withheld,
''About six days ago, six men were
sent to Iowa, to conduct five hundred fight
ing men, who are to be here by the last o
February. They will be here withou
doubt. Yesterday, wagons were sent tt
meet train with two cannon and five hun
dred Sharpe's rifles from Illinois, which
are being sent to Lawrence.
"These things go to show that the trait
ofs are industrious and are working. B,
the 1st of March they will have eleven o
twelve hundred men more than they hav,
now, and be better provided with arms an,
munitions.
"On the 4th of March next, they pa
their Government into operation, and if w.
are not strong enough TO put down then
and their military organization, we will b
driven from the Territory.
!" For myself, think that no man in 0
out Of the Territory. is willing to risk NOR
of everything that is dear or valuable, ac
cording to his circumstances, than I will,
the cause is appreciated by the South, an
they show their appreciation by sendin
men and money to help. But if the slav
owners of the South content themselye
with temporary luxury and case, and max
no effort TO save their institutions, they ma
take care of themselves In their own wa
and will of myself in mine. If there
man who is enlisted more deeply in th
cause Of the South than myself, | don
know where he is to be found. / am fol
titled in my position by principle and feel
ing. / hate the adverse cause, and love t
war upon it. have risked my life an
my property. which are now in daily peri
'The South must act with energy an
Ipromptness They must do the entil
thing, OF give it up,-acknowledge then
selves whipped.
"Our friends must be here on the 2Sl
tof February, or the few pro-sfavery me
in this part of the Territory will be burne
out and driven off as refugees. If Il
South cannot send fifteen hundred men
the 2Sth of February next, and doub
that number by fall, and in time for ii
Ielecsions, they need not send man."
Such is tie state of affairs in Kansa
as represented by one who is on Il
ground.
The admission of Kansas into the Tn
on as a slave State, - now a point Of hol
or with the Soath. Every assistance viii,
Legislation can render, was given by Il
last Congress, when the Missouri prohit
ton was repealed. What more can Soat
ern chivalry ask of Congressl IN ope
field and fair fight was all that our a
ces,ors ever asked of an enemy. Has Il
spirit Of she sires departed from the boso
e IL y q
Carolina history, which records the loi
sentiments and glorious deeds of Gadsde
tof Hayne, and of Moultrie. grow pa
when reading of US: And shall il