Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-08-13
EXPERIENCE OF A FREE-sTATE NAN IN
KANSAS.

AZ. w, King, Of Racine, gives an interesting
relation of his experience in Kansas. After re-
lalinr the circumstances that led to his emlgra'
tionehis arrival in Kansas city, in Missouri, with
his famiy-he writes:
"Leaying my family, started for the "prom.
i.ed land" | travelled just one hundred ana
eiyht miles, according TO the survey, before
cuuld find a sufFiciency Of timber to warrant me
in an attempt to build house. At Pawnee,
the capitol as projected by Gov. Reeder, or
rathv r within distance of five miles from that
paper city, succeeded in making claim OF %
acres, on which, after much severe labor and Prl,
yation, | succeeded in raising 3 house that would
shelter myself and family. During all the time
or nv struggle in the wilderness was AIDED
and assisted in every way by my neishbors,
Missourians, and, indeed, never even had to want
longer for their help than they SAW wherein
they could assist mc. :,
aMy claim made, and my house, such as it
was complete, started for Kansas Iity, to
bring INV family out. Judge of my feelings
when learned that for nearly the whole time
of nv absence my child had been laying ut the
pout Of death, and my wife, the mother, among
strangers too. And remember, also, that these
strangers were all border rufhans." OF course.
was anxious. questioned my wife, how did
Won oct along? What did you do? Why, she
answered mo, 10 people could be more kind
.ll took an interest in our suffering and sorrow
never saw n more kind-hearted and generous
npope I was astonished, | confess 1t. Vi
,.oprse said but litte-what could say? They
asl.d m,-,hs "border rufians"-of my poll
tics | told them WAS an out.and.ou Free
State man. The answer was sinSarlably-'Ihat'
rivh,. Mr.. King; vote just us you shink-we
wish every man TO enjoy his own opinion.
For many weary days | walked around
waiting for the returning strength Of my child
-and during these days saw many things tha
vould have been disbtliered by myself il statet
TO me before left Racine, and while was
reader of, and believer in, the New York In
bune. ! saw many--very many poor ialnllle
landed Mt Leavenworth-sent on ny the NeV
England Aid Society. who had not The means Il
bury the dead of :heir company. Men, womeT
and children were there sent on by these All
Societies, without fundS to purchase one inca
Of food after landing. They came there, ex
Meeting no one knows what, but i'll ~ destl'u
n condition as ever elnigrants landed at tn
docks Of New York. :.
"The men Of Missouri, the I" border rutilana,
took them into their homes, they fed:Sthem-
the living ones-and buried the dead-lhey CAV
them clothes, food aud kind words; they nctec
in short, the part of noble, generous, Chrls'H'
men. and their reward has been abuse, conlume
" and Misrepresentation.
sThat the men of Missouri felt and feel aG
crieyed i. not to be wondered mt by any VIII
knows anything Of the facis-- Thes hasa. h4tH.f
respect, hardly the forbearance of the commu
mites in which they lived: they have been ob'ig
cd not only TO feed these men, but 10 listen +
their seurilous abuse, and now, when they hay
sought nothing m"r., as well know, than Al
equal and just SHIRE OF the advantages of tn
newly opened territory, they are belied b,
press and pulpit through the entire North A
said before, hate slavery, ana never by ac
or word will give it aid or rountenance, but,
hate It 80 much that cannot bear even to se
the mistaken (though believe honestly mis,a
ken) supporters Of it lied about and abused"