The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-04-24
Cha leStO, ian in Kansas.


uini in the Standard of Monday A. this
letter was written to the Chairman of the
Kansas Committee in Charleston we have
every reason 10 believe its facts and states
ments perfectly reliable:
PLATTE Cry. Mo. March 25. 1856.
DEAR Sir: Your favor at The 2Tih ul,
reached NE on Saturday evening last. aud
hasten To furnish you such Information IL
| have been able /" gather. In :" new "a
country as Kansas. much of what ,nu de
sire To know is mervl matter Of opinion.
and, impressed with the Importance of Civ
ing you nothing hut what has been we'll
dines,.d. aud is believed 10 Ice correct.
.aeemei ii adv;sahlr I" confer will,
on the subject. He is more c"nrer~ant
with every thing relating Ia The rollth'"i
condition OF The territory than any one ia
this upper country, and has devoted much
attention 10 the scheme of pupulalin. Kan.
sAs with pro.slav"ry emgrants. The he
salt uf our conference ! will euihody in
answers TO your questions in the nrle" IN
which YOU have put them. Should NV
replies not he as full ~ You would wish
them. You mas, attribute i, Ia Your request
that should write immediately" and Ia
the Importance at giving the Information
desired at The earliest nUnurul.
l. Can YOU give u> nrurat" information
as 10 the relative strength among the bOan
nfe settlers in Kansas uf the two p,iiip,i
cannot tell with any precision the
strength of the TWO paitics at This time.
There has been no reliable test ot The vote.
OF either party >iucr last spring. Tia. r"
turns of the elections ui Winfield anil
Rredes cannot lac taken a. an, criterion "t
the true vote of the respective ptr,ir,.
There being no opposition To Whitfield.
the vote cast at his election hy our lr-md,
VIA. very light; While -, r .rIcr's. thcr, lr
ing no legal restraints, the vul" was such
rs tne ab"it"u!Sts chose iu make il.
From the most rehnhic Information can
get, think there is certainly majnrity "r
pro slavery men III the Territory, nml a.
they ate moi like the ah"!ition,>I>. c,uccnlr,
ted upon one ortw" points. III an election for
members of the Legislature they would
without aid from the ''B"rdrr Runitu.," h-
able To- carry decided mnj"iiN of rrprc
senlaiiNe- We have lhr assurance, l.nM.
ever. that the abnl,tinui>ls will a.an make
the most renuuus rtfrus Ia sruh ont emf
gram;s. and a. Ms>ou, has already con
dnbuted man> >-ttlrI>. IL j. al important
that ihe other Southern States should now
.coiue tH OFT N>>I>Jance.
.. a, Ia the possibility of a hostile col.
lslon umneii3nry.
| lhnnk lh"rc is none nor indeed do | he
'ere II very likely ,n,,r viii be- one ~ all.
The knowledge that Government troops
wil tc used against Them viii keep The
aboti"ust, III check. auI prevent them
again breaking "ut III in,u.rrcllon: and un.
less Whrtrteid'> clr.li"n hr sci n~ld,. ,,,d q,
'irw election ordered, there cannul we'll
arise any OCCASION for - collision III, least.
until next illl. wlIei the eel c,rnn for mem
bcr> ot The Legislature viii hr held.
The p'-NIbiIHy of Strengthening cf
fcctualiy tne hand, o III pro slavery PARTY
by the "cNl fan elections. And
!. What number nt cmI.raniS from he
SJuth Will he NECESSARY To secure IN a po.
.lliIc!, contest al The ballot box tie muinIi.
~ 10 The pro-.iue.y parry.
Ine election tar m"nirre ii The Le.is.
laluro will bc held um lrr r>, Nlnr,lay IN
Oct ter next. Ii The >l.,Nvllndlm.. States
Will seHd ~ tw" Thousand rinI sranl>-lhat
Ii, tw" thousand roier>--,iurinH The pies
ent yca'. oar fIrnl> hrIcyr The ,nirlI,inn
oi k,mSa, will hr lriini,rIv >ctlr.i. This
Is. ho"evcr. n'"rc mater "i conjecture
for, of cUG:-,'. We canned tell how large the
ei,'.'ratiun from The N.r'h will Le
From lnc most rcn...'Ic mf"m nr"n W"
;aFe Ied 10 hclirve that We shall rccr,,,'. the
nunber suggested aud more. There viii
also be from Missouri u lar.c rniYraIinu
in addition to those already IN ll" rrr,iio
ry u % =
5. The parties who arrive hy the first Of
june ought To- make ly their labor enough
To pay for their Subsistence. Enpln\ mcnt
for all kinds 6f laI,orerS can hr uhlalncd al
high ralc~. Mere farm hands will hing
fl III fifteen /" twenty dollars per M, nlh,
with board furnished them, aud mcchmic,
OF all kinds are III greM demand. All can
certainly procure employment unll The
tirsl of Deccnher, and am assured in "r-
dlnary "inier, can labor c n,rniculv out
doors almost the entire S,it,nn.
In addition la the matters suggested bv
your inquiries. ] would >tale that the terri
tory lying between the Kansas and Nilsson
ri rivers Is now occupied hv a decidedly
pro slavery population. On The south side
OF the Kansas river and especially along
that river, the Aboii"ni,tS have made their
chief settlements. II has occurred to our
friends that it womld be better, MS u mat.
ter Of policy. and rs being more Snn'hcrn,
more agreeable to the Southern emigrants.
that IA good portion of them should setle
South of Kansas river. BY this means we
Nill secure the Southern half of The Terri.