Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-01-17


MA ths char lesion, u. z. 1, Mercury.
SfIALI.IgAlg sAS BIZ SURRENDER
ED NITHOuT a STRUGGLE Il
we calI the special attention Of onr
rsader to tho lstterof Jefferson Buff
ord, Esq. Of Eufaula, Ala. He propos-
"a II raise . company of3OO cmigrants,
and rs start with them TOR Kansas BY the
2lth February Toefect this object he
proposes u inyes. $40, 600 ofhis ample
fortune IN the undertaking He offers
~ each emigrant free passage to Kan
sas. q support for the first year, and
forty acres Of the best land in the world.
Major Buford is too we'll known in this
to need commentator at our
hands. He Is b South Carolinian by
birth, an ardent friend Of Southern
Rights, q bold and fearless man, and
The leading lawyer Of the circuit. Heis
also man Of fortune, and Is willing to
expend part of it in the enterprise. At
our instance, he has consented to visit
Columbus about the 10th Of January,
when, if It be agreeable 20 the members
of the Kansas Enigrant Aid Society, he
viii develops his plans % them and beat
up forrecruits
An opportunity i here offered TO the
friends Of the Southern settlers ia Kan
sas TO give them efficient aid. The
whole South is being agitated upon the
subject Virginia has already sent out
4 large body Of emigrants. But the
other day MIR. Carlyle took out AZ set
tiers from Griffin, and was followed
shortly afterwards by Captain Allison
Nelson with 100 more from Atlanta.
Captain Hamilton i engaged at Adairs-
vile. Let Us follow suit. What has
become Of our Kansas society !?
For the Information Of persons who
desire 70 enaliigrate. We publish, ia con-
.nec,ion with Maj Buford's communion
ton, q letter from highly respectable
citizen Of Platte City, giving minute
description ofthe country at the present
attitude the controversy between Mis-
sourians and the New Englanders. We
viii follow i up with other letters from
the scene Of strife. M II
TO KANSAS aEMIGRANTS 81
Is WHO WILL GO TO KANSASt u
wish to raise 800 industrious, sober,
discreet, reliable men, capable Of bear
ing arms : not prone to use them wick
eddy, or unnecessarily, but willing to
protect their section ID every real emer-
gency. / desire to start with them for
Kansas blythe Goth Of February next.
TO such | will guaranty the donation o.
a homestead Of forty acres Of first rate
land. a7free passage to Kansas, andt
means Of support for the first year. Go
Ministers ofthe Gospel, Mechanics, and
those with good military Or agricultural
outfits, 4 will offer greater inducements
Besides devoting $4,000 Of my OWE
means to this enterprise, i except al
those who know and have confidence ir
me, and who feel an interest in the cause
to contribute as much as they are able
Twill give to each contributor my OBJ
legation that for every Fifty dollars SC
contributed, 1 will, within six month!
Thereafter, place in Kansas, one bon;
| fde settler, able and willing to vote
and fight if need be, for our section. O
in default Of doing 90, that will, on dc
mand, refund the donation with interes
from the day Of its receipt ! will keeI
an account Of the obligations 50 issued
and each successive one shall specif
one emigrant more than IT'S immedlat
lpredecessor-thus No. shall pledg
Ime 10 take one. emigrant, No. 2, two
j No. 8, three, SC. ], Sc, and if the Stat
/. makes contribution i shall be divide
I into sums of fifty dollars each and nun
lbered accordingly. Here il your cheaI
j est and surest chance to do sonethin
i for Kansas something towards holdin
!, against free-soil shordes this great The
mophylG of Southern Institutions. ]
this their dav d darkness, nay, Of Z.
, treme peril, there ought % be-. thel
!, needs must he.great individual lsacri6ce
or5they cannot be maintained. Hsv
cannot find many who are willing g i