The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-01-12
Letter from Cen. stringfellow.

mOHtSOtHcI5 - aid, AOs CisieSi'
written by man who has acquired a
great notoriety of infamy as any othel
of the present age. 1t is needless t.
comment upon it,
WESTON, Mo-, Oct. 6, 1855.
My DEAR SIR II was much graft
fed by the receipt of yours of -, ant
take pleasure in replying to your inqui
ries. l have deferred writing until
could give you the result of the election
of delegates to Congress. which wa:
held on last Monday. | thought it bare
ly possible that the result of that election
might affect my answer. From th'
threats of the Abolitionists in the East
and the secret movements of their ennis
saries in Kansas, it was impossible t.
foresee what would occur at that election
1t seemed as if they desired a conflict
and | regarded it as mere possibility
that at some precincts they might bring
itabout. But | am glad TO find that, a.
usual, they are mere boasiers. and very
careful to keep out of the way when true
men are at hand. They did not sttenc
the election suffered it to go by de.
fault. TIE result is Whitfield election.
though nos half the pro-slayery vote was
given. There being no contest, and the
settlers Being busy gathering their crops
and preparing for winter, did not turn
out. The Abolitionists have evidently
abandoned the contest in Kansas, and de-
termined to transfer it TO Congress. On
next Tuesday, they hold an election on
their own responsibility +; will elect Reed
er by as many nominal votes as they
choose to certify, and will rely on the
House with its abolition majority, giving
him the seat, You may think | am
;esting. as it is hard to realize such folly,
but am in earnest, and am satisfied they
act under advice and instructions from
leading abolitionists in and out of the
House. | am prepared TO see any out
rage perpetrated by them. Should the
House give Reeder this seat and elect
Whitfield, what viii Southern members
do? l hope no one of them will SO far
forget himself as to open his lips in oppo-
sition to such movement. We should
throw the whols responsibility on the
North force them to the issue and max e
them decide.
| may seem to be wandering from the
matters about which you desire informa-
ton, but am not. If Reeder be admit
ted to a seat, or any other action be taken
by Congress to deprive the people OF
Kansas Of their right to determine their
future condition, We shall need the mel
at once. | need hardly say to you thai
Abolition cannot be forced upon Kansas,
unless the South prove traitors-and not
then without more and better fighting
men than can easily be found in all Abo-
htiondom. The Pro-Slavery party have
been Indifferent to abuse, to the vilest
SANDERS; they have submitted to and
availed themselves of Abolition law
have quietly, by voting, succeeded in
protecting themselves. Ifresort is to be
had to other means-to force-they will
be found equally ready, and, doubt not.
equally prepared.
Ii, however, no extra necessity be
created, | would advise you to send those
of little means in the Spring. They can,
by reaching Kansas by the middle oi
March, or even 1st of April, secure to
themselves pre-emption by erecting a
cabin, and then find ample employment
by farmers at good wages during the
Summer and Fail. In this way they can
save enough to pay expenses during the
Winter, and have that time for fencing
and improving their own claim.
There will be no election until next
October.
Men who have means can come in the
Fall-during the Winter fence their land
so as to be prepared for breaking their
grounds early in the Spring. Our crops
are abundant. and provisions will be very
cheap this Winter. The land is being
rapidly surveyed, and by Spring al
north of Kansas River, and a good dea
on the south, viii be surveyed, and nc
difficulty will attend settlements. Every
mechanic can find more work at high
wages than he can do. 1t is thus thai
the Abolitionists get all their strength
their mechanics alone can live in Kansas
and could Southern mechanics be found
theirs could get no employment.
Any who may come, directed tc
Thomas Johnson, Shawnee Mission; any
of your friends at Westport myself a
Weston ; P. I. Abel, or my brother
DR.. John H. Stringfellow, at Atehison
viii at once receive every attention anC
be forwarded in their wishes No healthy
industrious man will need any help tC
support him after he reaches here
Twenty-Five dollars would be more thar
enough to cover contingent expenses
while making a location.
| will say further, that to any maj
who will come and secure a pre-emp
ton, the money necessary to enter it vii
be advanced on the security of the claim
at reasonable interest. la ninety case
in one hundred his claim win, when en-
tered. bring $500. Claims can now b
had which viii bring on entry SO pc
acre, with only a cabin.
But you should not confne yourselve
10 sending poor men-of all sections o
The Union, Kansas is the most desirabl