Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-11-28

in Kansas. At least the thing is done under
the decent Disguise Of charitable contribu-
ton to destitute emigrants from the free
States.
If this be the spirit of the donation, it JUS
tifcs our suspicion of the character of the
people whom the Emigrant Aid Society
imported into Kansas. lf they are 80 desti-
tute Of the necessaries of life as to appeal to
the sympnthics of a benevolent public, they
were not the persons to undertake the enter
prise of subduing the rugged antagonisms of
nm uncultivated region. They were unequal
to the hardships of frontier life. They were
yagnhonds and paupers-the refuse of the
redundant population Of New England. The
Yankee who embarks upon the world in quest
of fortune, whether as pedagogue or pedier,
whether to vend some machine OF fabulous
powers. to retail rags in a remote village, or
to preach the gospel among the heather of the
South. is as well distinguished by the energy
of his character and the fertility of his re-
sources, as by his lank locks and nasal twang
To him the apparently impossible achieve
ment of accommodating wealth on q sand bank
is an agreeable pastime. He only wants an
opportunity for the free play of his smooth
tongue and nimble fingers. The Yankee whom
the Emigrant Aid society have sent into Kan
sus, is a very different individual. lie is
utterly helpless, and clamOrs for succor in
the cxtrcmities of cold and hunger A va
grant and outcast in the first instance, he did
not 60 to Kansas to earn a subsistence by the
labor of his hands. He went thers to vote
aud not to work His mission il TO manu-
lacture Free State, not to dig the earth
lie contracted to drive away the bona fde
settler nv the torrors of arson and burglary
not to become peaceful, law-abding, self
sustaining citizen himself. For a while he
sub~stcd on the uncertain resources of petit
larceny hut now that an energetic admins
trition has r pressed the productive play OF
lis faculties. he cries ont for bread and
clothing The tender heart of Vermont is
touched by the appeal and she responds by
A., donation Of twenty thousand dollars.
This is the formal action of a State in its
sovereign cnracity This is a contribution
hy q member Of tie coniedoracy. to the ne
rrssiu.s Of an organized opposition to the
supremacy Of the FEDERAL authority.
l'a,rwhilc the scheme of excluding slavery
rr.n Kansas, through the agency of the
EmsrJut Aid Slcirty is zcal0u~y promoted
" individual cxortinn. The defeat Of Ere
nuut bus not moderated the nrdor Of the
Ah.liiuniSts in New England If the
WRONGS oi Kansas - have lost anything OF
their pat etc importantly, the deficiency OF
interest is more than supplied by the prom
i>iug prospects Of a speculation IN land. The
stockholders in the Emgrant Aid Society
want nothing to the realization of splendid
fortune, but an adequate supply of labor on
their extensive domlin Slaves will not an.
sVcr, because Of the constant care and pro-
vision they demand of the master White
men and white women. capable of work for
fourteen hours day. and claiming no solc-
itud, or expense in case of sickness-this j:
Il Q sort OF machinery with which the Emf
Grant Md Society Of Massachusetts proposes
to extor. an interest on its capital from the
blWcls of " bleeding Kansas.