The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-02-20
S.oster from Hon. P. 8. Brooks.
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Fesruary 7, 1855,

S,ringfellow addressed letter To mv,.lI
and others, giving descnp ion of the sol,
OF Kansas. and Ina average product, OF
aCncuitura! labor. That letter was pub.
hshed IN the ne ewspsrsrs ofour State, and
every sdditioaal testimony &C firms the
truth OF the statement therein contained.
Gen. Whitfield is, now at my side, and
IN rel ly to the question relative to the do
inands and rewards Of mechanical labor,
bids Inc say that the minimum of wages
for labor in Kansas is fully double the
price in Charleston.
Blu, higher considerations than pecu.
mary profit are now presented to the
young men Of our State; and they are ius,
tho considerations which soonest reach,
k"a most excite the heart of Young Caro-.
hElans. They are the considerations az IN.
tro'hm and honor. Civil war hss ri-,ual
~ begun in Kansas. Tho lives of such
friends ofths institutions Of the South and
OF the Constitution, as hare gone 70 Kan.
'a' to disseminate our principse., strength
en onnE INSTITUTIONS and rro,sc, your rights,
my rights, spd the rights of every Slave
owner, are in peril. lSy the fat ii "Abo.
it'on All Societies" rouer and men are
pouring into Kansas The .piri, of poru.
lar sosrreigpiy is being crushed, and the
principle Of fn"n-interven,ion circum,cn,ed
BY lxwless fsna,ici.m.
With the permission Of C.r. Whitfield,
make the following extracts from letter
dated Lecomp,op, January 49," and
written by gentleman in high position,
and OF intelligence and integrity. who.e
name TOR reasons which YOU would con.
cur With ina in regarding satisfactory is
withheld; -
":About ak days ago, sin men were
sent to Iowa TO conduct 500 tivh,;ny
men, who are to be here bv the last Of
F.hrusry. They will be hero wi,hou,
doubt Yesterday, wagons were sent to
rnre. train with two cannon and fve
hundred sharpe's rifles from Illinois
which are being sent to Lawrence.
!" these things 60 to show that the
TRAITORS are industrious and are working
b.y the first Of March they will have 90
or 1900 men more than they have now.
and be better provided with arms and
munitions. - So
On the 4,h ot March next, ,hsy pu,
ther Governmcnt into operation, snI II
va are no; strong enough to p;;:, down
them and their military utganiIstion. W.
will s.c driven from tn. territory.
for mTself, think tha, no man, in or
out OF the territory, is willing TO risk more
ofevery thing tha, is dear or valuable, &C.
eording to his circumstances, than I will
II the cause is appreciated 10y the South
and they show their appreciation by send
'ns men and money to help. But i. the
sisvs own r Of the South ,oatrn. them.
ssirea with temporary Injury and ease
and make no ctfor, t5sars mir .s,itu:
tons they may take cars Of themselves in
their own way, and will Of myself in
mine r there is II man who is enlisted
more deeply in the cause Of tho South
than myself. do"', know where he ia t,
be found. am fortified 10 my position
by principle and feeling. hate the ad.
verso cause, and love to war upon il. I
have Fsked my life snd my property which
are now in daily peril.
HE South must act with energy and
rlromP,ne.,. They r.u,i DO the entire
thing, It es.Ee i ap--scinowIedge them
ss'ves whipped.
Our friends must he here on the 2s,b
OF February, or the few pro slavery MEN
IN Tins part OF the Terri,ory will bs burned
out snd a.'ren OF a, retugeos. II the
South eanl,ot send Gfteen hundred men
by the 2:s,h o! February next, and do,,bl.
that number by fall and in time for the
elections. they need not send man."
Such is the state Of affairs in Kansas. a,
represented by one who is on the ground.
The admission Of kanss. into he Union
A. slave State, is now q point Of honor
With the South. Every assistance rhic,,
iaS'SlS,ion can render. WAS given by the
last Congress, when the Missouri probibi.
lion WAS repealed. What more can
Southern chivnlry ask of Congres,i An
open field and fair fight va. all that ou,
ancestors ever asked OF An enemy. Has
The spirit Of the sr.s departed from the
hoioms Of their sons I Shall The page Of
South Carolina history, which records the
lofty sentiments and glorious deed. of
Ia'lsdsn. of lIsyne. and Of Moultne. grow
pay when residing Of us? And shall !, l..
Written that their blood uas transui,,ed
without their virtues : and Of their ,oir;t
that the grace Of the fashion Of i, perish
thf"
Tho last C,asres' gave to the people Of
the South y fair field, and ,l,e Abolition.
i.ta have thrown down the glove upon il
who in all the South will take j, mpi
~ ), my deliberate conviction ihs, the
tste OF ths South ia to be deciied with the
Kansas issue. II Kansas become, a hire
ling State, slave ptoper,y will decline TO
half 1t. present v4lnciu Missouri As soon
as tue question is determined. Then Alb
olitionisrn vii! become the prevailing sen.
timent. SO with Arksnsas--so with Up.
per Texas. While wa are thus decreasing
IN political power. the Nor.i will increase.
War with Fnglan is now desired by
Re-ar ], who is the most dangerous man
in America. And whyI To exhaust the
Soath Of mon and money. and with our
t.o9d and treasure ~ acluisc Canada ~
sisssoi! Territory and, then will, fres.oi.
po~e' thus as 5inented, to reJuc5 tbs
Soufh to provincial dependence. And