New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-17
FROM Missouri.
n. Y. Tribune.

Nv others, than The Mss0urlansS II would, how
ever Be folly to suppose that the inhabitants of
Missouri do in any respect essentially differ from
those Of the neighboribg States. will undertake
briefly to explain their pcssion, observing, however,
Beforehand, that l mcsa to speak Of the mass
and tina, contemplate such characters as AtcAison
and biz hike ss EXCEPTIONS 10 human nature, and
happily Of rare ccccTrer.ce.
When, after lS;S fcaeign immigration began to
H,w mole abupdsnily into Missouri than into any
other State The choicest lands ia the eastern p,i.
ton Of the State especially along rbe backs OF tae
large streaus. we've already occupied The new
com,rs, therefore, must eithsr be content with
second AID third rate land, or buy out the old
settlers, most of whom were willing enough TO
pocket The European gold and "moVe further
west." They had no difficulty ia finding, on or
near ts western frontier, those prairies unsur-
passed in richness and beauty, still Better land than
they had left. Thus they greatly improved their
circ ms ances, while the excellence OF that portion
Of the country, it's adaPtedoess Tor raising hemp,
tobacco, and many other valuable articles for the
market soon attracted the attention Of thousands
tey.nd the liuts of the State. Swarms of Ken
tuckinns, Vrsnians, and the like, with large gangs
Of slaves, were now annually seen passing up the
Missouri River, to settle near the frontiers, add
particular to occupy tina. very Eden, the Platte
eouDtry-added to Missouri by an undeser7sd and
misplaced favor of the Federal Congress Mean
while the foreign immigration increased, taking their
residence chiefly in the eastern river counties, as
also in ST. Louis and smaller cities and towns,
l. l.. G.
the river communication and adapted to tillage only
In q smaller degree, were principally occupied by
poor white immigrants-exiles, it were, from the
elder Slave States the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennes
see-whO settled in their new homes as squatters.
Land in the most fay Ored that u.s. the western pOr
tiOn Of the State, now commands good prices, and
thus it becomes profitable for the unstable owners
there is considerable body of young folks growing
up there, and looking for home.
1t is natural, then, that the Mssourans in the
western frontier counties should also long to take
possession Of the fine country west of the Miss
River, which is before their very eyes, and it by
force only that they could be prevented from
running it long ago. Scarcely was the Kansas
Nebraska bill passed, when the rush commenced in
good earnest Being most of them slaveh ,lders
they naturally desired to take their human chatels
with them; but there was another urgent reason
for introducing Slavery into this new Territory viz:
the security of the human property of those that
would remain in Missouri.
Now, wha, is to be blamed for all this'
He who has set his mi0d to a certain pur-
pose is generally TOO apt to overlook and
disregard the claims and rights of others
such selfish and reckless disregard our Mis-
sourians have made themselves guilty. Those who
bad ,eltled and we're living in Missouri as slave
owners bad no right to expect, no prospect at ali
Under the Missouri Compromise, held 10 be sacred
covenant by ali men OF upright minds-that Kansas
should ever be made Slave State. 1t had been
soembly dedicated to free labor, aud by fraud and
treason only could it be delivered to the curse of
Slavery. Then our western MissOurians ought to
lave known that they had arrived st hmit-and
there must be limit somewhere (which they were
not allowed to overlap. If they wished to move
again with their slaves, they ought to have wended
their way toward the vast unsettled portions of land
south of Missouri in Arkansas or Texas. Already
the area of the Slave States exceeds that of the Free
States by several hundred thous square miles, and
their lumber of inhabitants many millions smaller,
while in the sunny South in general three persons
can comfortably i've on spot that in the Indictment
North scarcely supports one. This Southern
greedDess and iDsatableness rs truly horrible. The
people of the South do not take possession of what
they need but of whatsoever they dare seize upon.
They leave their own territory not half improved,
almost waste and wilderness behind them to grasp
nj all they can reach, in order to secure to them
selves undue power and supre macy.
While Atchison aud his accompices will rather
wade knee-deep through blood than yield up Kansas
10 free labor, and will risk all to make her Slave
State "ether in or out of the Union" we may
Justly ask What is lan1, well situated, productive
and healthy, worth in Alabama, Florida and Texas
Is there any difficulty for slaveOwners to appropri
ate in those and other Southern States As much
COED land as they may reasonably wish for, to give
employ meDt to their slaves and make easy lving
for themselves The people Of the North are stu
ated quite otherwise. Land in the best agricultural
districts Of New-York and Pennsy lvania would not
already command 5000, in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
lIOm Gov W FiOO oil oSiS-iouu WVuiu uVt dlIclul
be under tillage there aud be worth $25 an acre,
which a Soutberuer would not choose to tase for
the taxes of one year Il speak from personal OBJ
serystivn), people would not already either un
naturally crowd in cities and towns, or expose
themselves to the nclemency and privations OF the
climate, even in the extreme nth, il it were such
an easy matter to acquire good comfortable home.
Add TO The natural increase of the population
quarter or hiatt million annually pouring into the