The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-02-07
VOL. XII...............NO. 42.


bic servants, bascly surrender this guardian
ship, because vain, selfrighteo,,s intermed-
dlcIs, have made it troublesome to main
tain What good, what valuable thing,
was ever brought forth without labor and
travail =. and what ever preserved without
toll and danger?
foreign Intermediates and masters Are
we prepared to sink to the level of the
Ethiopian, and clasp him in the fond em-
brace of political and social equality and
fraternity For TO this Abolition unstavcI
must come. Fana.cism must defend its
bcnrficiarirs; fist, hy sending the federal
amy to project them, and ultimately by
giving them the right to bear arms, TO vote.
testify, make and admistcr laws--to eat
out your substance, to pull you down to
their level, to taint the blood of your DOS
terty, and bring it to degradation from
! which millions OF ages cannot redeem it,
illis Is question Of races. Am mad for
per'llng my estate in the at,tcmpt-call it
hopeless attempt-to transmit conservative
institutions to my children? But rather
are not you mad who eagerly gather wealth,
not tor your postertv, but that free negro
drones may have boarded it, Are not
you mad who construct railroads, not for
travel and commerce, but that the rank
! forests may choke them up-you who
bul.I cities and palaces, not for high
civilization, but that grass may grow in the
streets, and foxes lock out of the win
uuws!
Let every one awake to the terrible is
sues now upon us. Let us cease fi,ldIing
. tud dancing while Rom. is bur,:inr. let
every one man the engines, let all contri-
butte according to his means. Let US
/ awaken the prayers of the church, the en-
thusl;'sm Of our beautiful daughters; let
them hold fairs and put III use their many
pretty devices to raise material aid
L""k not to the slow, inadequate action
CT political leaders; paralyzed Ivy tho
shack'cs of rarty, we fear they can only
! amuse you with vain sciuplcs and "str.fcs
Of words" or only "cry peace peace!
when there is no peace" And yet, what
politician SO dcmcnted, that he would
renew old strifcs to diss,,ade State action
and organized Defence under the vain homo
that disconnected Individual effort could
meet the emergency And yet for this
let not individuals despair, but rather let
them increase their contributions and re-
hopeful seekers of fair cIimes come on and
join our expedition. have before told
you what Judge Cato (Ju,ge of the Terri
tory says Of that fertile region Ip his
letter Of November last, he SAYS, "corn is
plenty at twenty-five cents per L,,shcl.-
ih'S Is as tine a country as amy on earth,
in the cotton regions. All gran, grass,
clover and hemp, give large rcturns-at
least from thirty to forty dollars per acre
annually. | lave seen no poor land; it
all seems richer than the best Clatialoo-
chec bottom, and most of it is Just like ad-
joining Missouri lands that now sell at
twenty to fifty dollars per acre. The csti-
mated average Of the corn is one hundred
bushels per acre, and six tons hemp per
hand, worth $l4o per ton. I can give
no lea Of the beauty and fertility OF til.
soil and country; good wells can obtained
anywhere, and running streams are fire.
quent."
DIR. Walker. a long resident of its l,r-
dcrs, and of high character and intelligence,
says, " as far health, climate aud profits
! of labor is concerned, Kansas is better than
any part of the Union. There is no ccul.-
try where a man can he more independent.
and make his bread and meat with less capi-
tai than here ten or twelve burrows will
make ten tarrels Of corn per acre. One
thousand pounds hemp per acre is com
mon crop. There are swarms of catt'e
and good markets for everything"
Another distinguished res;den, Of West
crn Missouri, in his letter Of 30th Decem-
ber to me says, "Planters ale making twice
the money per hand that they are in any
other part Of the Union. One hand will;
raise five tons of hemp. and this don't i'll
tertcre with the corn, wheat and ont clop (;
planters have no supplies to purchase, but
everything to sell. A near neighLor last
year, with fourteen hands, men, women
and boys, averaged eight hundred and
thirty dollars per hand-negro fellows.
field hands, hire for three hundred dollars
per ;nnum-mcchanics 5000 White mon
$50 per month any number of young.
men, in the spring, can find ready cmploy--
ment at that price. ard then they have
other advantages. Kansas is the starring
point for California, Oregon, Utah, aid
New York-,llousands Of wagons leave
every spring-thry carry three millions of.
goods per annum to New Mexico, besides
immense government supplies TO ray
Indians and sustain our military posts, &c..
Let every one wishing to 60, urge bis
neighbors to hold meetings to appoint.
agents to solicit every mans contribution.
ei,her in money or note payable affer.4ilie
emigrants are taken out. Contributions
must not be to individual members, but for
The common benefit. could, by tile lsst
of March raise thousand men, If tile CON.
tributions reached, say $3.50 per lead-for.
that would enable me to furnish all with,
their military and agricultural outfit. lam,
asked, "what military and other service do.
lrequire s"-none except that when he nets
to Kansas, the e,nigrant shall beginrson1e.
honest employment for livinH-Sif fl sba.
working on his claim-that will eiys3 him,
credit to buy bread on: On his wag. iIefe.
he is expected to be orderly and TEN inerate.
to attend the readinrsof the e{sri s,Sa