M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-08-07
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A working MANS experience.


M. w. King Of Racine, gives most in
terestng relation ofhis experience in Kan
sas. After relating the circumstances that
led to his emigration--hls arrival in Kansas
city, in Missouri, with his famiy--he writes,
" Leaving nay family, | started for the
spromised land / travelled just one hun
dred and eight miles, according TO the sur
yey, before / could find suficiency of tim
Der to warrant me in an attempt to build a
house. AtPawnee, the capital as projected
by Gov. Reedef, or rather within distance
Of FIVE miles from that paper city, / succeed
ed In making claim Of so acres, on which,
AFTER much severe labor and privation, !
succeeded in raising a house that would
shelter myself and family. During all the
time Of my struggle in the wilderness !
was aided and assisted in every way by my
neighbofs, Missourians, and, indeed, never
even had to wait longer for their help than
they saw wherein they could assist me,
Ny claim made, and my house, such as il
was, completed, started for Kansas city tC
bring my fsmily out. Judge ofmy feelings
when learned that for nearly the whole
time Of my absence my child had been lay
ing at the point Of death, and my wife, The
mother, among strangers, too. And remem
Der, also, that these strangers we're all bor
der rufians.' Of course I iwas anxious
questioned my wife. How did you ge
along What did you do Z! Why, she an
swered me, no people could be more kind
oil took an interest in our suffering and sor
row ] never saw a more kind-hearted on(
generous people. was astoniShed-I con
fess L. Of course | said but iittle-wha
could / sayl They asked me the borde
rufians'-of my politics. told them lha
! was an out-and-out free state man. Tht
answer was invariably That's right, MIR
King, vote just as you think--we wish eve
ry man to enjoy his own opinion
For many days l walked around, waiting
for the returning strength of my child, ent
during these days saw many things tina
would have been dsbelieved by mysel
if stated to me before | left Racine, ant
while | was reader Of, and believer in, The
New York Tribune. / saw many--very ma
ny poor families, landed at Leavenworth--
sent out by the New England Aid Societies
who had not the means to bury the dead O
their company, Men, women and children
were there, sent out by these aid societies
without funds to purchase one meal of foo(
after landing. They came there, expecting
no one knows what, but in as destitute a
condition as ever emigraDts landed at the
docks ofNew York.
The men of Missouri, the border rufhans,
took them to their homes, they fed them
the living ones--and buried the dead-they
gave them clothes, food, and kind words ;
they acted in short, the part Of noble, gen.
erous, Christian men, and their reward has
been abuse, contumely and misrepresenta.
ton.
That the men Of Missouri felt and feel ag-
grieved is not to be wondered at by any who
know anything of the facts. They have
been flooded by companies, sent out by aid
societies, OF men who at home could moi
command the respect, hardly the forbear-
ance ofthe communities in which they lived
they have been Obliged not only to feed
these men, but to listen to their scurrilous
abuse, and now, when they have sought
nothing more, as | well know, than an equa
and just share ofth advantages Of the new
ly opened territory, they are belied by press
and pulpit through the entire north. AS
said before, hate slavery, and never by act
or word will give it aid and countenance
but, hate it SO much that | cannot beaI
even to see the mistaken, (though | believe
honestly mistaken) supporters oft lied about
and abused.