The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-02-28
fCorrespondence of the st. Louis INTEL isencer
Letter from Border Kufhan.


Co, Mo, Jan. 22, 1886.
It may not be known to you. the world,
and the rest of mankind, that d. Atchlson, a
doctor or two, and one or two others who
have the honor of holding. or of having held.
military commissions, have given a greater
stab 10 the permanent prosperity and future
growth of St. Louis, than all the rest OF man
kind put together Nor is this ALL by their
lawless and unheard of course of conduct.
they have damaged shareholders to the full
extent of one half OF their slave property
/ These men have. by their lawless conduct,
opened wide the eyes of the slaves them
selves. Now they no longer ''see men as
trees waking" Worse than all, they have
opened the eyes of non slave holders in Mis-
souri. and the world over The unholy con-
duct Of these men. pat to the "compendlum OF
the United States Census" for 1850. afford too
much light for "Niggers'' and such as own
them not. Did they Atchison & Co., not
know that. by sowing to the wind they were
likely TO reap the whrlwind"' Perhaps not
one voter in thirty in Missouri, owns the leg
or finger of a slave. Is not this ominious?
All men know that where slavery abounds
(ngger l mean) it depresees white labor. Ii
keeps down the value of lands; is discourage
ment to enterprise and energy; is hindrance
10 common schools; is a drawback to internal
I'M improvements. ct. CUR LteNt-epeF ana,
and so did and do all my progsni:ors, both on
the pa.ernal and maternal side. Mine are val
liable as those are belonging to any gentleman
in Missouri. or any where else; and | viii de-
fend my rights with much igor and peril
nacity God and my powers will enable me
TO do. But rather than witness such barbar-
Gus assaults and stabs. again, upon the Con-
sti,ution upon the Bill of Rights, upon order,
decency. morals, virtue aud religion, upon
law and justice, for the sake and intent Of ma
king by force Kansas slave State sooner. far
sooner would l see my negroes and those of
my kindred, and all in Missouri. and all in the
United States. sowed up in one huge sack.
thousand mill stones fastened to that, and
the whole cas-. in the depths Of the Pacific.
am Virginan. and on my way up the river
from st. Louis. on the boats and at the land
ines. this past fall, l both saw and heard what
shall but family describe.
And now a few words concerning Kansas,
It contains some very rich lands and some
very good timber These lie in strips. with
wide intervening belts Of only tolerable. and
very good for nothing hills. precipices and
dales. The reservations by far the best
. 1t has been said that the Kansas Legislature.
so called. was legally constituted body: that
Judges John Doe and Richard Roe said so;
| that lteeder said so: that the Border Demo
Gratis. including Uncle Davy, said so; that Mr..
| Pierce. our Great Father, said so or at
least nodded assent. Well. how stand the
facts? Missouri Democrats. some of them
pretty we'll of. as the phrase is. and numbers
of others neither owning nor claiming foot
of land on the globe, nor horse COW, sheep
or gun. were hired 10 so and DO the voting,
the cursing. the drinking. and other overt
Democratic acts. Twenty five Of these Pat
,l..l llolI h., ID
and God serving Divine came all the way
/ from Macon county. $50 miles. to VOTE
/ Whoever has the right to vote, has the right
/ to be elccted-then you know the balance.
This sage body of Legislators moved the seat
of Government-to the Indian country
| left Kansas for Brother Johnson's s, in the In
dian country; and there they passed real dem
ocratc laws. and sent them into Kansas. Did
not certain Greek lawgiver "a Spartan per-
haps) give his country code which they
were not to alter repeal until his return,
and he then voluntarily starved himself 10
death? Well just so did the Jackson, Van
Buren,. Polk. Atchison and Stringfellow Dem
ocrats of the Kansas Legislature. They ara
al! dead. When Brother johnson first enter
ed the Territory, be (I told) very
poor, and entered. riding on an ass, and a colt.
the foal of an ass. But now. who expects
~ HedG S44NtI anu 1t}iI hive none.
Bah! he is worth his hundred thousands, and
| think two sections of land in the reserve; but
Mr.. Manvpenny knows whether it is so or
not.
j But. 10 return; if all earth, sea and skies,
assert that the Kansas Legislature was a le-
gally constituted body, will i:not be bare
laced lie? Can an honest man say II? Again,
Iowa is moving rapidly in improvement, lesv-
ing Missouri out Of sight, and soon, very
soon. few or no gentlemen W.! come TO
Kansas or Nebraska ria S.. Louis or the river.
\ our city and the river towns have lost and
viii lose millions. all from A,chisons con
duct Henceforth and forever the travel will
be through western Iowa.
| have been IN Kansas and can say of \
truth tha. there are few. vsry fer. aboliionists
there. but large ma alori,y are in favor of
making Kansas free Safe; and very many
Of them are no. from the North or East either
They are from Carolina. Virginia. Tennes-
see. Kentucky and Missouri. Don't this
show that A,chiSen settled his tavern bill
when his host was from homee The frequent,
assaults made upon the persons. property and
sacred rights of citizens. fill honest republi-
cans aad Shareholders with disgust and ahhog-
renee. The settlers in Kansas were every
where styled iguoramuses, serfs. paupers.
vsgabonds. towards. dastards and "nigger
steslers-" Twas rerdy to shoot them down
as l would wolves at first sight. / got nv
Y revolvers ready. But thought would frs.
70 into Kansas and see the seamps myself.
And what did they appear to be when seen
aud conversed with? A more industrious.
neat. eleanly. sooer. peaoeable. orderly. well
educs.sd and well bred people are not 70 be
found on the face Of The e.rth. than very
'naaI q them sre- found them to be good
J historians. uaIhana:icians. gramznar.sas, an |
even hnguiSrs. Some had read with profit
Hernin.US. Senonhon Iirx Old Enr,a-