The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-12-27
An important Letter.

1ne IOiI0WlnS Is lfOm one VI Ine
oldest and most devoted friends OF Kan
sas in New England, one who has been
Ilaboring almost day and night for the
last two years to advance the interests
of our people. He has sacrificed the
comforts of home, incurred heavy ex-
penses, and travelled for weeks over
our prairies, observing the state of the
country, and mingling with the people
to learn the resources of the one and
the wants of the other. His expos
ures induced disease, and he suffered
long weeks on o bed of sickness; and
all, not for himself, but for the cause
which he had so near at heart. 1t is
proper that such man should be
heard publicly, when he finds himself
and those with whom he acted, stab
bed by his friends. The letter was a
private one to us, but we take the re-
spoasibility, and risk of incurring his
censure, by giving it to the public
We will endeavour to prepare an ar
ticle for our inside columns bearing up
on the subject to which he alludes.
He says =
"BosToN, Dec. 5, 1856.
"Our friends are as busily and en-
ergetically occupied as ever in favor
of Kansas, and are confident that the
glorious cause in which we are en-
gagged viii prove triumphant, in spite
of political cabals and partisan move
mentS. q
"For complete success, prudence
and good management are as requisite
! within, as without the Territory. The
good feeling that prevails throughout
| this section, is evinced by the liberal
manner in which the appeal for cloth.
1 iHs-and provisions has been, and is
still being responded to. Not only
have many contributed literally from
their purse, but have given freely o
their time, which, to most of them, i.
more than money. Influenced by {
true spirit of philanthropy, they seel
no commendation of their acts: but
on the other hand, they have not an
, tieipated abuse and vilifcation-nei
, ther have they, for moment, coniec
: tured that the disinterestedness O
their motives would be questioned. o
that they would be charged with
: desire to speculate on the misfortune
: of the distressed, and to enrich them
i selves at the expense of those the
D professedly intend to relieve.
"Yet Col. HARVEY, with some ninet
confreres, has. through the columns Q
the St. Louis Democrat, given publicit
S to such gross allegations; the effect {
e which will be, not to harm those al
v tempted to be thus aspersed, but ser
Ie ously to injure our suffering Terrific
= rial friends, by inducing the generousl
!, disposed among US, to withhold fui
IT IitCl COnli IOuIiOuo. dM ISlOlCSu !
Is find how few, very few, of the signel
o hail from New England; and what
: still more cheering, whilst clever
= twelfths of the relief from this sectio
has been donated by the old Bay Stat,
n but four of her sons are to be foun
= = among the maligners-a less numb,
J. than you will find of Missourians, an
ID but one more than there are of Sout
e Carolinians, on the list.
of e 1.-The administration papers, gene
ne ally, gloat over such statements, an
m thus the slander is multiplied, ar
DC published throughout the land.
70 70 any of the signers have been wronge,
" / trust the Territorial relief committ
n will render justice to them; if, on Il
IS other hand, they have commit.
to to wrong, that the committee will admin
" lister them justice % g..