The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-05-01
From, the South Carolinian.
FROM KANSAS.

SHatrttl;tn or TIE NailSa5 Executive Com
mittee in that city:
PLATTE CRY, Mo-. March 25th.
Dcar Sir Your favor of the 9th ult.,
reached me on Saturday evening last, and
hasten to furnish you such information us
have been able to gather. In 50 new !,
country rs Kansas, much Of what you de-
sire to know is merely matter OF opinion,
anil, impressed with the importance of Civ
ing you nothing but what has been well di-
gcsted. and is believed to he correct, |
deemed it advisable To- confer with -
on the subject. lie is more converSant
with everything relating to the political
condition Of the territory .han any one in
this upper county, aud has dcrot:d much
attention to the scheme of popuIa,ins
Kansas with pro-slavcry cmigrants. The
result Of our conference | will cmbo'ly in
answers 10 you' question in the order in
which YOU may have put them. Should
my r, plies not be rs full us you would w>l,
them. you must attribute it to your request
that should "writc immediately and to
the Importance OF giving the information
desired a, the earliest moment.
l. Can you give us accurate information
as to the relative strength among the bona
fd: settlers of Kansas Of the the two par
ties
I cannot tell with any precision the
strength of the two parties AT this time
There has been no reliable test OF the vote
Of either party since last spring. The re
turns Of the elections If Whitfield and
ReeLer cannot I've taken as any criterion Of
the true vote Of the respective par'ics.-
There being no opposition to Whitfield,
the vote c..>t at hi, election hy our flicn,ls
was very light; while ut feeders there
being no legal restraints the vote WIS such
rs the aboi,ionts choose t" make it.
From the most rcli#h!c information
can set, think there is certainly majorilv
"f pr".slavcrv m,n in the Territory,
and, rs they are not like the Ahol:iunlsts,
concentrated upon one or two points, in an
election for the members Of The Lrgi>la-
turc they would. without aid from the
" Border Ruians," he able to carry Il dcci-
dcd majority of representatives. We have
assurance, however, that the Abo!itionis,s
will again make the most strenuous efforts
10 send out cmiyrlnts, and rs Missouri had
already contributed SO nany settlers, it is
all important that the other Southern
States should now come to our uss:s-
tanca.
.. As to the possibility Of allos,ile collision
Immediately.
think there is nonn, or indeed do | be-
lieve it very likely there will he one II, all.
The knowledge that Government troops
will he used against them will keep the
Ab"liti"ni>ts in check, and prevent them
again breaking in insurrcction. and unless
Whiitiers election he set aside ANA n new
election ordered, there cannot well arise
any OCCASION tir collision-;i least until
next fall, when the election for members of
the Legislature will lie held
3. The possibility Of Strengthening cf-
fectual!y the hands Of the pro slavery party
10y the next fall elections. And,
+. What number Of emf grants from the
South will te necessary t. secure in Il po-
litira! contest ut The ba!Io; box the n,njor-
ity to the pro-slavery party.
The election for members uf the Lcri,-
lature will he held on the first Monday in
October next. If the slavehn,iny States
will send Us two thousand cmiyran,s
Is, two thousand voters during the pres
cnt wear, our friends believe the condition
of Kansas will be definitely settled. This
Is, however, a mere matter Of conjecture,
for. of course, We cannot tell, how large
the emigration from the North will be-
From the most reliable information, we
are led to believe that we shall have the
number suggested and more. There will
also he from Missouri large emigration
in addition to those already in Tie Terri
tory.
S. The parties WHO arrive l'y the first Of
June, ought t" make by their labor enough
to pay for their subsistence. Employment
for AL kinds Of laLorcrs can he obtaircd
ut high rates. Mere farm hands will bring
from fifteen to twenty dollars per month,
with board furnished them, and mechanics
of all kinds are in great demand. All can
certainly procure employment until the
first Of December and am assured in or
dinary winters can labor conveniently out
doors almost the entire season.
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In addition 10 the matters suggested bv
your inquiries, would state that the ter
rItory lying between the Kansas and Mis-
s"url rivers is now occupied w decidedly
pro'savery population. On the South
side vi the Kansas river, and especially
along that river, the Abo!tionists lave
made their cl.ict settlements. 1t has oc-
CURED to our friends that it would be bet
ter. rs IL matter Of policy, and rs being
inore Southern, more agreeable to the
Southern cmigrants, that good portion
Of them should settle South of Kansas
river. by this means we will secure the
Southern half Of the Territory before it is
tillcl by abolilionsts the Northern half
will he secured 10y Missourians. The rep
resenta.ivcs have already Lecn apportioned
to the different counties, and adding to our
numbers North of the Kansas river, will
not increase our strength for we have
majority there now; but if the Southern
men are distributed among the coun-
ties South Of the river their votes will
tell.
Tho emigrants should still come up the
Missouri river, and land at Kansas City or
Atcl,ison, as they might determine on going
to the Eastern and Western portion Of the
Territory. Atchison is nearer 10 Lccomp