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letter from tho Hon. r. g. Brook. /, Iy,sa =
The Mercury publishes the following. let. Il
ter, which it says was addressed to gem s
tleman in Charleston: {. ,f$32Es !. 3;:I = :
n s HOUSE OF. RErnEsEsrAr,vrs } s :.
February Z, 1855.
MY Dear Sir Last winter. Gen. StriiIp.. +.
fellow addressed a Iettersto myself and 9th.
e,s, giving description of the soil of Kan Il
sas and the average products Of agricuitu.. 3
raj labor. That letter was published in! the :
newspapers Of our State, and every ,addi- 3
tional testimony confirms the truth ssof the
statements Therein contained. - c,s- Z.
Gen. Whitfield is now at my side, and in
reply to the question relative TO the de-
mards and rewards Of mechanical labor.
bids me say That the minimum-of wages for:
labor in Kansas is fully double the price inc
Charleston. - II s -: -
But higher considerations than pecuuiary ";
profit are now presented to the Young. men;
Of our State and dstbey .are just the consid-
erations which soonest reach and most ex-
cite the heart Of young Carolina. They are
the considerations of patriotism and, honor
Civil war has virtually begun IN Kansas.--:s'
The lives of such friends Of the institutions
OF the South and of the Constitution. ss a.,
have gone to Kansas to- disseminate our
principles, strengthen our institutions, and.
protect your rights, myriglits, ,and the rightsf
Of every slave,owner, are in peril. BY tile ::
fiat Abolition Aid SDsieties,r money aprds
men are pouring into Kansas. Tie spirit :.
Unpopular sovereignty is being crushed, and.
tho pnncipe OF noninteryeGtion circum-
foI h., In g..
y With the permission Of Gen: Whitfield.
| make tile following extracts from a; letter.
dated .sLecompton, January 2ssn and writ i
ten hy gen,eman.in high position, and % !;
intelligence md integrity, whpse saissFs {(for
reasons which you would concur. with. me
in regarding satisfactory is Withheld (; &
"About six days. .ago, six men were sent I.
to Iowa to conduct 500 lighting men, W,lio,s
are TO be here bys the last Of Febrndiary.--- Il
They wilEbe here without doubt. Yester-,
day wagons were sent to meet train with
two canton and five hundred Sharpe 8 srS.s ~
f1es from Illinois, swtiehsars being; sentitos
@Fl,cse things 20 to show. that sthstraitsE
ors are industrious and are woskirir. BIZ
the first;4o MARCH, they will hpxs ii50 otss
, 49, Wv ~ ""o niatI tnot IiaVo low hnd; I;
be better proyide'lsWith arms and maDitionasst &
"on the 4thsof March next; they pss.3
their Government'into operation, and If wases
are are not strong enough TO putt down them
and their military organization; we: will rs
driven from the Territory. - -: VI sc:
"Fors,nyself.1 think that tsnotnan, ,iuSer:
out of the Territory, is willing TO risk .me,ae
of everything that is dear orssaIuable : de-
cordingto lis circumstances, than Iswill,,s if
the cause s!appreriated blythe South, and
they slow their appreciation by 4 sending
men and money toshelp.s But II ,lie slave !.
owners content themselves with tenp porary
luxury and ,enat, and max iiliot eforts to.saye
Their, institutions, they may ;ta ke
themselves in their n&n way ,sand il viii os
myself inxtnine. ST there is a man, who iss
enlisted ino4 deeply. In The scauss Of fstlIe
Soutll,thap mys.Jf, T don't jknowswh wheresfss
,is to be fonhd, am fortified in nYiposii..
ton By prindpleand feeling. IhatS ihe adj
versa cause, and loveto war sap6n il Have
5riHked my life and my fopsrty Z
now in, daily peril.
! B; The Soli:hsnsnst got with aud
;prompt ptness.E They must do The sSaiis,s thing,
59or giye i Sup; ack cknoyle sfaseises
swhippe s;;s,i g
Our friends must be hssfSe on thssaetli ;oE5
IFebHiarygo tEies few Pre-. slavery naenii tiiis
parf sths Territory 4 will .be burned soslt
and driven soff ma refugee II sfEasS Snsfff
cannot send fifteen ,hundred
28ih Of February next: md q douFAa that
number ~ fall and In time foff elscs
tons, they need send III man. q
aSuclrist the state Of affairs iH 3Efiisas: IL