The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-05-07
Kansas and Missouri.

!" Kansas Association" addressed to our
Sheriff, will be understood and appre-
cIated by the Southern people. Ifit esen
overstates the danger of failure in the set
tlement Of Kansas, it does not at all exag.
gerate the disastrous consequence of that
failure if we relax our hold upon ibis Ter.
ritory. II we lose Kansas, we Law bare
Missouri on three sides to the depredatioas
of Abolition. She cannot endure this
overwhelming hostility, and the result
must be, at no distant day, the loss of that
State 10 the South. Hence the VIA! i'm
portanee Of working while there is a
good promise that our exertions will bear
fruits-will really control events affecting
the permanent well being Of our country !:
SOCIETY.
Lafayette County, Mo,
... March 90, 1856. { 2.
To tie people Of The Southern States: '
On the undersigned, managers Of the
Lafayette Emigration Society,"" has de-
volved the important duty of calling the
attention oil the people Of the slaveiiclding
States 10 the absolute necessity Of imlne-
diate action on their part in relation to
the settlement of Kansas Territory. The
crisis is at hand. Prompt and decisive
measures must be adopted, or farewell to
Southern rights and independence.
The western counties OF Missouri have
for the last two years been heavily taxel,
both in money and time, in fighting the
battles of the South. Lafayette county
alone has expended more than 100000
in money and as much or more in time
Missouri have upheld and maintained The
rights and interests OF the South in this
struggle unassistel, and not unsuccessful.
". But the Aboli;ionists, stalking their
all upon the Kansas issue, and hcsitaline
at no means, fair or foa, arc moving hca.
ven and earth to render that beautiful
Territory a Free State"
Missouri, we feel confident, has done
her duty, and will still be found ready and
willing to do all she can, fairly and hon
orah! " for the maintenance oi the integri
" Of the South. But the time has come
when she can no longer stand up, single
hanGed, the lone champion Of the South,
against the myrmidons of the entire
North. 1t requires no grea> foresight to
perceive that If the "highcr law" men
succeed III this crusade, it will be but the
commencement of war upon the insttu.
uuns OF the South, which will continnc
until slavery shall cease to exist in any
OF the States, or the Union is dissolved.
How, then, shall these impending evils
be avoidedl The answer is Obvious
settle the territory with emigran,s from
the South. The population Of the terri
tory Il, this time is about equal, as many
pro slavery settlers as aboltionis,s; hu,
the fanatics have emmissarics in all the
Free States, engaged in collecting money
and enlisting men. Is il in the nature Of
southern men to lsnh,nit without resist
ancel We do not believe it. II, then,
the South is influenced by spirit Of self
respect apd independence, let societies he
formed TO assist ensgran;s. Those who
cannot emigrate can contribute money to
assist those who can. We have such so.
cicties in Missouri, and we can induce
more people 10 emigrate than We are able
TO support. II the Who'll, South would
adopt this svs'cm we would succeed
kaHsas would be y slave State, and The
slavery agitation would cease.
The great struggle will come off at the
next election, in October ls56, ana unless
the South can at that time maintain her
ground all will be lost We repeat il. the
crisis has arrived. The tine has come for
action-=bald, dc,er,pined action. Words
will no longer do any good; we must
have men IL Kansas, and that bv .ens Of
thousands. a few will not answer. II
% should need ten thousand and lack one
Of that number, all vii count nothing.
Let all, then, who can come. do so at
| once! Those who cannot come. must
give their money to help Others to come.
There are hundreds.of thousands OF broad
acres of Iich land, worth irt IN So To $40
per acre, and opeE' to settlement and pre-
empiion at 1925 per acre. Shall we al
low these rich lands and this beautiful
country TO he ovorrun by our abolition
enemies F! We tell you now, and tell YOU
frankly, that unless you come quickly, and
come 10y thousands, we are gone. The
elections once lost are lost forever.
w. II. RUSSELL,
MARTIN SLAUGHTER,
o. ANDERSON,
e.. w. BAKER,
EDWARD WINSOR,
NATHAN CORDER,
| WM SHIELD