The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-05-08
KANSAS CIRCULAR.
OFFICE LAFAYETTE Kansas EMIGRATION Society,
LAFAYETTE County, Mo-, Musch %, 1856.

LAFAYETTE County, Mo-, Murch %, 1856.
To the People Of tic Southern Statcs:-
On the undersigned, Managers Of the
"l.,t'yc.te Emigration Society,"" has dc
voIvcd the important duty Of calling the at
tcntion vi the people of tho save-Ilolding
States, To the absolute necessity Of i,nne-
,liatc action on their part, in relation to the
settlement Of Kansas Territory. The crisis
is at hand. Prompt and decisive measures
must be adopted, or farewell to Southern
rights and independence.
The western counties of Missouri have,
k'r the last two years, been heavily taxed,
bo,l, in money and time, in fighting the
httle Of the South. Lafayette county
alone, has expended more than 100000
in money, aud rs much, or more, in time.
UP to this time, the border counties of Mis-
souri have upheld and maintained the rights
aud interests Of the South, in this strug-
gle, un.ssistcd, and not ulsucccssfully. But
the Abolitionists, stalking their all upon the
Kansas issue, and he>itating at no n.cahs,
fair or foul. are moving, heaven and earth
to render that beautiful Territory not only
"Frco State" 50 called, but n den of
negro thieves and "hiyher law" incen-
diaries.
Missouri, we feel confident, has done her
duty, and will still be found ready and
willing to do all she can, fairly and hon
orably, for the maintainance of the integrity
Of the South. But the time has come
when she can no longer stand up, single
handed, tlo lone champion of tile South,
against the myrmidons Of the entire North.
1t requires no great foresight to perceive
that if tho "highcr law" men succeed in
this crusade, IL aOiU Je Jut The commence.
memt 0f ,oaf upon the institutions 0f the
South, schich a0iU continue unki slucery
shall cease to erist IN any Of the States, or
the Union Is dissolced.
How, then, shall these impending evils
he avoided I! The answer is obvious. Set
tie the Territory soiA emiy,amts from the
South. Tic population OF the Territory,
ut this time, is about equal as many pro-
slavery settlers rs Aboli,ioni>ts; but the
fanatics have cmissarics in all the Free
Statos--n almost every viIIage-and by
,uisrcpI .tation and falsellool, are en-
gagged i'll collecting money and cnlisling
men to tyranize over the South. Is it in
the nature Of Southern men to submit with
ont resistance, to look to the North for
their laws and institutions? We do not
believe it! II, then. the South is influenced
hy u spirit Of self respect and independence,
let societies be formed to assist emiy,u,,ts.
Those who cannot rmigrate, can contri-
buto money to assist those who can. We
have such societies in Missouri, and We
can induce more people to emigratc, than
VIC arc able to support. If the whole
South would adopt this system, we would
succeed; Kansas would be Il Slave State,
and tho slavery agitation would cease If
we permit the North to make an Abolition
State Of Kansas, the whole South must sub
nit to be governed Lv the North. Will the
Sou.l, help us2
next election, i'll October, 1856, and unless
the South can ut that time maintain her
ground, all vii! Le lost. We repeat il,
the crisis has arrived. The time has come
for action-bolR, determined action-words
will no longer do any good-we must
have men i'll Kansas; and that too by
tens Of thousands. a few will not answer
If we should need ten thousand, and lack
one Of that number, all will count nothing.
Let all, then, who can come, do so a: once
Those who cannot come, must give their
money to help others to come. There are
hundreds Of thousand Of broad acres Of
rich land, worth from IS to $50 per acre,
open to settlement and presumption, Il,
81 25 rcr acre. Let, then, the farmer
come and bring his slaves with him.
There are now one thousand slaves in Kan
sas, whose presence there strengthens our
cause. Shall we allow these rich lands
and this beautiful country to be ovcrrun
by our Abolition enemies? We know of
- surety that they have cmissaries and
spies in almost every town, village and city
in the South. watching our movements, and
tampering with our slaves. Let us, then,
be vigiIant and active in the cause; we
must maintain our ground. The loss Of
Kansas to the South, will bc the death
knell Of our dear Union.
Missouri has done nobly, thus far, in
overcoming the thousands who have been
sent out by Abolition Aid Societies; we can
not hold out much longer, unless the whole
South will come to the rescue. We need
men; we need money +; send us both, and
that quickly. DO not delay; come as in
dividualS, come i'll companies, come by thou
sands.
Our hearts have been made glad Ivy the
late arrival Of large companies from South
Carolina and Alabama. They have re-
spondcd promptly to our call for help
The noble Buford is already endeared to
our hearts; we love linn, we will fight for
him, and die for him and his companions.
Who will follow his examples I'VE tell
you now, and tell you frankly, that unless
you come quickly, and come by thousands,
we are gone. The elections once lost, are
lost forever. Then farewell to our South.
ern cause, and farewell to our glorious
Union. We repeat the cry, come over
aud help u.s."
w. II. RUSSELL.
MARTIN SLAUGHTER,
.. ANDERSON,
G. w. BAKER,
EDWARD WINSOR,
NATHAN CORDER,
WIN. SHIELDS.