Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-11-21
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

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MN. F. RITCHiE X ROGER a. PRYOR, EDITORS
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER FL.
AID TO KANSAS.
Always foremost in tue path Ut infamy' 'e'no"'
has taken ostep from which its moro considerable s's-
tiers Of New England shruDk in prudent apprenehsio"
Of possible consequences. But even vermont eAn'o
tied some h~esitapcy in placing itself IN Inc unequ''''
cal attitude Of aptagonistn to the au'hofny VI '"e
Federal Government, which it assumes by Its vote OF
supplies 70 tbs rebels in Kansas. At last the thing Is
done under the decent disguise Of u charitable con-
tribution to destitute enigrants from the Free States.
If ,hi. be the spiri, Of the donation, it ~justifes our
suspicion of the character of the people whom The
Emigrsnt Aid Society imported into Kansas. II they
ore so destitute of the necessaries Of life as to appeal
10 The sympathies Of u benevolent public, they were
not the persons to undertake the enterprise of suoou'
log tue rugged antagonisms Of an uncultivated region
They were unequal TO the h~ardships of frontier ife'-
They we're yegabonds aud paupers-the refuse OF
the redundant population of New England. The
Yankee who embarks upon the world in quest of for
tune, whether as pedagogue or peddlar. ~hether 10
veud some machine of fabulous powers, 10 retail rags
IN q reuOte village, OI W PicoSu ue So'PS
the beatben Of the South, 10 as well distinguished Oy
The energy of his character and the fertility OF bis re-
sources, as by hi. lapk locks and nasal tWang' 10
him. the apparently impossible achievement OF aceu-
mu!eting wealth on a sand bank is an agreeable pas
time. He only wants all opportunity torthe Tree pay
of his smooth tongue and nimble fingers. The IAN
kee whom the Emigrant Aid Society have sent INTO
Kansas, Is a very different individual. de is utterly
helpless, and clamors for succor in the extremltles q
col! and hunger. a vagrant and outcast In the nrst
instance, he did not 20 TO Kansas TO earn a subsls-
tence by the labor OF his hands. He went there TO
vote, and not to work. His mission is to manuiac.
ture q Free State, not to dig the earth. He contract
cd 10 drive away the bona .fde settler by the terrois
OF arson and burglary-not to become a peaceful
law abiding, self sustaining citizen himself. For q
while be subsisted on the uncertain resources of petit
larceny; but now that an energetic administration
has repressed the productive play of his faculties, he
cries out for bread and clothing. The tender heart
of Is touched by the appeal, and che re
spends by a donation of twenty thousand dollars.
Thia is the formal action Of a State in its sovereign
capac;ty. This is q contribution by a member OF the
contederacy, 10 the necessities of an organized opso.
sition to the supremacy Of the Federal authority.
Meanwhile the scheme Of excluding slavery from
Kansas, through the agency Of the Emigrant Aid So
ciety, IL zeslously promoted by individual e1ertioIi'
The defeat Of Fremont has not moderated the ardor
Of the Abolitionistsi in New England. II the "wrongs
of Kansas" have lost anything OF their pathetic i'm
por,uni,y, the deficiency Of interest is more than sup
piled by the promising prospects of a speculation in
land. The stockholders ia the Emlgrant Aid Society
want nothing to the realiz alton Of a splendid fortune,
bu, an adequate supply Of labor on their extensive
domain. Slaves will not answer, because Of the con-
slant care and provision they demand of the master.
White men and white women, capable o. work for
fourteen hour. q day. and claiming no solicitude or
expense in case Of sickne.s-this is the sort Of ma
chinery with which the Emigran, Aid Society Of
Massachusetts, proposes to ex;ort an interest on its
capital from the bowels of bleeding Kansas
Hearken to Mr.. Eli Thayer-the peripatetic agent Of
the Society. in his speech before the Leather Deal.
era" Of Boston:
Mr.. Thayer. 10 commencing, said that the slave
calculated that free State emigration would
come slowly in, one by one. and could easily he man
aged by being sent doTn The river, !ynched, IL. But
they were mistaken; instead OF freedom coming in,
as they expected. as An infant, it cams rs a ful! grown
man and armed. Hence their great hue and cry
against the Emigrant Aid Society.
He did not think that slavery could be carried int"
the territory, if the society only kept on upon the
same plan they had pursued from the first; keeping
up the emigration Of free State settlers, Sc. Atchison
had even said that unless the South caine to The res
cue, they woald have 10 give up Kansas. There was
pow no difficulty i'll making Kansas a free State, il
the people Of the free States were not supine. and did
not relax their efforts in her behalf. We had always
considered slavery too dangerous a foe, whereas she
could make no show at all.
The officer and interest Of the society now was.
4 -., ls ,L.,, -.nyo o. nr.asn
a demand for labor, and then there would soon be
ct Efficient leborers. Let it only be known that there
IL u prospect for quiet, and that an industrious mar
can support himself there, mud there Will be nc dan
ger but that there will be . sufficient number OF eni-
granite. To produce this d. nand for labor 1t was ne
ce..ary that about 500, 0o1more capital stock ,hould
DE invested in the company, which they coSld lay
out in furnishing steam engines, and building totels,
&c. A steam engine was worth ten tbousanu men
any day; Tar more eloquent than u hundred lectures,
and would make more converts in o day than Il Gar
.lson could In q year.
The strongest feature of the society was their mo.
ney basis, aud they should develope it, for it was the
backbone, a. it were, Of. the society. By the con.
struction Of these mills aapopula,ion was gathered
abou, them, which could hot fail to have a tendency
70 increase the value. iichison had in his mind a
blow a; their money interest when he destroyed Inc
Free State Hotel at Lawrence, which cost them
But Notwithstanding all their lossrs the
etock was now worth more than their original invest
.nen,, and if the society had only a fair chance they
would do al. that they had promised.
early mar in i h"~ epri n : sioo,o to t. erea re' free labor. to
build one or two hotels, and expend the remainder
mostly in the erection OF steam mills. The society
was limited in its capital stock to S2N,0Oo.
Tha: is the truth, spoken without disguise. Above
all things, the Emigrant Aid Society must create Il
demand for labor. To this end-of which the ulti-
mate object is the enhancement Of the lands Of the
company-steam engines must be purchased. saw
mills erected, hotels built, and other such schemes be
Set TO work in Kansas. "Men must be hired to 60
there Money is wanted for this purpose. 1.-The
s,ronges, feature of the .ociety is :heir money basis;
and they should develop il, for 1t is the backbone o.
the soctsiy" A,chison saw the obj ct OF the society
and inf cted all effective blow upon .thcir money inter
e.t, when he destroyed the Free State Hotel a; Law
renee But Notwithstanding all their losses, the
stock was now worth more than their original in.
ves,men;; and if the society had only a fair chance,
tAe, uould do all they had promised" This ia the
style 10 which a Yankee philauthropist appeals to the
compassion Of the Yankee heart. The money inter-
est is the backbone Of q benevolent institution. and
an enterprise OF pure humanity is promoted by the
sorGid impulses Of a aelish heart. Admirable Emf.
grant Aid Society, thus to harnonize the vensl in
s,incls Of the Individual, with the angelic aspirations
OF the company!
These operations of New England philanthropy are
apt to excite disgust in an honest bosom; but they
convey a lesson which the South should no, despiss.
From the beginning of the Kansas controversy,
the South has demanded nothing more than the i'm
partial protection of the laws, and the quiet enjoy
ment Of its rights under the Constitution. By the
repeal OF the Missouri restriction the South was sim.
ply reinsta,sd in the possession Of e privilege of
which i, had been despoilsd by the arbitrary and
Illegal legislation of a less enlightened day.
The Kausa.- Nebraska bill removed an unjust re-
striotion On the DEVELOPMENT Of the South, and cover