The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-09-18
From he Ldnrcssrtiie HctaiG.
LETTER FRoM KANSAS.
DELAWARE CRY, X. r.,
Aug. IL, 1856.

~ Aug. ~, 1856.
NIT EDIroR: 4 letter has been received
ut this place addressed to one Of Gen. A. G..
Jones company of South Carolina Emf
grants, which letter says that Mai. B. F.
Perry, of Grecnvile, has been canvassinr
the District aud everywhere making whole.
sale and public charges against the South
Carolina Enigrants, affecting their merit,
position and standing mt home. lie is re-
ported to have said that mono bu, the low
est class and scrapngs" Of that State had
come to knausas. Now these charges
need no refutation, nor do we require any
vindcat!on OF our character and standing
before the people of South Carolina, where
we are known TO our friends, acquaintauces
and neighlors Our only surprise Is, that
any man in South Carolina, euen Major
Perry, would stoop so low and debase lill-
self so much as to utter such foul-mou,hed
abuse and slander. The only thing that
entities the charge and its author to any
produce in other parts of the country,
where we are not known. l do not speak
boastingly in saying that Il more geutlc-
manly, respectable, intelligent and gener-
GUS body of men never left Carolina, and
never were reared there, than the COM
pany of Gen. Jones. In this assertion the
unanimous public sentiment of Laurcns
District will bear me out. Mean and de-
spicabfe must be the man, who Larcs openly
and publicly to stain the character and
wound the honor Of a company of gallant
men who, sacrificing the endearments of
home and friends, cmigratcd to Kansas for
the patriotic purpose Of advancing the
Southern cause, and Of defending Southern
rights and Southern honor; and sure we
are, that his falschooIs and SANDERS will
not find an echo in the hearts of any but
his abolition sympathizers OF the North.
Major Perry has also charged that Gen.
Jones company were driven from the Ter
ritory, on account (he mcans) Of their law.
lessness and bad conduct. BY this charge,
Major Perry las attempted to create the
II impression that VIC are nothing less than Il
rowing band of robbers and murau,lers.
and that we were expelled as such from the
Territory; but in the charge the author
misses the truth as far as he is guilty of a
base falschoou in the first SANDER. We
have never been driven from the Territory,
nor has the attempt ever been made to
drive us out. We have been in Kansas
since we first entered tive expect to re-
main here without dread, us long as we
choose, and if we desire to leave, we will
leave without compulsion. Now, it is well
known here that disturbances in this Terri
tory are frequent. About the time we EN-
tered the Territory, outbreaks were COM
mon, parties of ahuli:iouists were in open
rebellion against the laws, and bid defiance
to the officers Of law. They were daily
numbering pro slavery men in cold blood,
and driving others from their homes, steal
ing their property and pilaging their houses.
This state Of things aroused y feeling of
resentment, anil not only citizens Of Kan
sas, but of Carolina and Missouri, marched
to the rescue, to stay the hand of abolition
aggression and barbarity. We had just
arrived, and feeling all the sympathy for
our murdered and injured friends, which
animates the Southern heart, and feeling all
the hatred for abolition SIN which education
and justice impiants in the Southern bo-
som, we stood ready and willing to play
our part in the contest with our outlawed
enemy. For this we were not driven out
of Kansas, for we acl"d with tile whole
."." slavery party. Neither were we cen
..S',h except by those from whom censure
1,sionest men is praise. At one time we
/fere camped about two miles from the u.
S. troops, and were visited by Capt. Des-
sausure, a native Of Carolina, who treated
ns with great respect and civilily, and told
,is that Major Buforl anil company, and
some company from Missouri, were ordered
from the Territory, on account of their hos
tile attitude; but he remarked that we
were Law and Order men, and that the
company should not be interrupted. So
much for this charge. We do not believe
that any true son of the South will cast
censure upon us for holding ourselves in
readiness to repcI abolition aggression, and
resent abolition ou,ragcs upon pro-slavery
men and property; nor do we suppose that
Major Perry had any other motive in SLAM
derlng the character of honest men, than
to recommend, himself TO the good graces
Of Northern aboitiouism. No doubt he
,ssinduIges in the delusion that either Fill
sfnpve or Fremont will be elected to the
PRESIDENCY, and that lie will lie rewarded
ts / ION 10 the South, by receiving
aest,r tlnent under the general Gov.
E-1:;-" le knows full well that Caro-
va yer endorse his conduct. and
s:':' hirst for Office and his desire to
'rs' hsl'iLgton, that he is willing to
'-t:.;r parent that reared him, to Tow
':s."-: q. Shrine Of aboIitionism, for the
,a'~'. eration Of Office. Every Caro-.
''n!sa s'.' 4 scorn the traitor and despise
8" 4;-.'-. But it is unnecessary to pay
s'Sf't i !ntions to this matter. Before
';s9 2..i' lay of December, Major Perry
vi: :aiia'l e called to accoun: and REQUIRED
Il, Rim; Or his unDrovoEnd sl.nfor o,,1