Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-04-04
NO. 10.
southern Emigration in Kansas.
CoFrespondenee O The Ny. Tribune.

Nashville Tenn. Tues. Mar. IL, 49, ]
The all absorbing topic of the day is Kan
sas. Now as the newspapers are filed with
what the Abolitionists are doing, suppose
we have little of the other side. During
the past month, there has been man by
the name of White lecturing in different
towns in the South about Kansas. He is a
fine looking man, but rather bragadacio.
and the people generally don't believe all
he says. He is also very profane. In one
of his speeches he remarked that he never
prayed, but he supposed he could pray if he
was to try, and that if he had only one to
offer, and his choice was 10 pray that his soul
might be saved from hell, or Kansas be saw
ed from a. Free State, he would choose the
latter This man was married to hand
some widow in Calhoun, Geo. He is bound
to raise'up voters to make Kansas pro-
Slavery State. Now. the newspapers can
make great hurrah about the Nortl's get
ing up emigration societies to send emigrants.
to Kansas, but .he people of the North may
not be aware that the South are sending
men every day. There is not n train of ears
that pass over the railroad between this
and Augusta, Geo., that does not have quite
number ofmen outward bound for Kansas;
and they are forming companies all through
South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee
These companies of men are all Of them
armed to the teeth, with Sharpe's rifles, re-
volvers, bowia-knives, &c. Their captain is
called treasurer. The railroads all pass
them free, and one company from Charles
ton, S. c., come to this point free of all
charge. Each man is provided with Ger
tifcate, of ofwhichthe following is a true copy:
CERTIFICATE.
@CHARLEsToN, s. c., -, 1856.
"To ALL THE True FRIENDS OF THE RIGHTS OF
THE SOUTH.
GIVE HEREBY CERTIFY, That Mr. -,
the bearer of this, is true Southern man
in sentiment, and emigrates to Kansas with
a bona fde purpose ofbecoming an inhabitant
thereof and in aiding the constituted author
ity in maintaining the government and
Laws now in force in said Territory, or such
laws as may be passed for the preservation
of Slave Institutions, and we earnestly COM
mend him to the kind offices and friendly
services of all who are in favor of maintain
ing the rights of tho South.
"WM. WHAIEY, JOHN CUxvrxGHAM,
as, G. UPPER. WIN. H. TREsCATT,
"WM. D. PORTER, A. WUREEr,
81. w. .EAsoE, We. MARTIN,
"THEo. G. BARKER, WM. LEBBY,
"W. R. TABER F. D. RICHARDSON,
IA. BRoWNIEG.
Executive committee of the Society for
the aid of the Slave Settlement of Kansas
Attested by me,
"THEO. G. BARKER, Sec'y.7
The members Of these companies, as a
general thing, are young men of good par
entage and quite gentlemanly in their be-
hayior. They have no fixed motive in going
to Kansas, except to vote to mako it pro-
Slavery State. have conversed with them
and they say that they intend returning to
their homes again as soon as the question is
decided. s
1t is to be hoped that the Northern men
will be aroused to renewed action. The
Southerners are going by thousands to Kan
sas, all armed and equipped for battle. Let
our Northern railroads pass Kansas emigrants
free. Why not