The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-12-13
yhe nmigrant Aia comnanx.

OuIlnS Tie present tulf IN the pOllt-
lical tempest, It may not be improper
Ito express an opinion in regard to the
workings of the various organizations
for the aid of emigrants to Kansas. and
more particularly of the New England
Emigrant Company, the oldest of
them all. As one of the early pion-
GERS to Kansas, and deeply interest
ed observer for months before arriv-
ling here, we feel that we have oppor-
tunities equal to that of any other per-
son for arriving at just conclusion
of the merits of these different move
ments.
| Of the New England Company, We
have always been an admirer, because.
we believe it was based upon correct
principles. It hired no man to come
to Kansas; it furnished no man with
passage money; nor did it promise to
sustain any man on his arrival. 1t
merely aided those who voluntarily
desired to come here, by cheapening
his passage. Here they invested cap
ital in saw mills, and hotels, and
formed the neucleus for settlement OF
Ilsborers. Every man was at liberty
to go where he pleased, stop where he
lpleased, and pursue whatever avoea
ton he pleased. No restraint has
been placed upon any one. They have
evidently had an eye to investing their
money in a shape that it will eventu-
ally pay liberal interest and yet
they have realized nothing from it,
thus far; ON the contrary, to a super
IfciaI observer, one would suppose that
only disaster had attended their in
vestments.
/ They commenced investing money
! in Kansas, when individuals were too
cautious to do so. They have given
labor to hundreds of persons, who,
otherwise, must have left the Terri
tory. This money has permeated the
whole country, and every settler here
has derived advantages from it. They
did not gather up the money in the
country, and carry it out, as business
men generally do; but they brought it
here, and invested it in labor. 1t has
gone, not into the pocket of the CAPT
talist, to make him still richer, but it
has found its way into the pockets of
the destitute, in payment for labor. to
supply them with the comforts essen
tial to their existence.
When others have been doubtful,
the Emigrant Aid Company has been
hopeful. When many were giving up
all as lost, the Aid Company COM
menced removing the rubbish. which
was all that remained of their $50, 900
investment in the shape of hotel
with the view of building finer struc-
Eture than its prototype. When gen
eral gloom seemed to enshroud the
country. they commenced erecting the
walls of their new structure, and by SO
doing, have inspired new life and hope
throughout the Territory. Said the
people: eff we are not to be abandon
ed by capital, we can struggle on, and
triumph; but take the capital away,
rob us of our means of acquiring sup
port by labor, and we must leave the
country
We are conscious that the Emil
grant Aid Company has been made
the target of every pop-gun throughout
the country. The pro-slavery party
saw that it was a powerful engine
against them, because it organized en-
igration, and sent it here united, in
stead of single handed. Had isolated
individuals come, they could have
been frightened away; not so howev-
er, when they came by hundreds, each
relying, not only on his own right
arm, but upon that of his neigh
bors whom he had known in the East,
and whose cheek was never known to
blanch with fear.
| Every fundamentally which vii
lainy could invent has been devised
and employed to bring the n. E. En-.
Aid Company into disrepute, but it
has been growing stronger daily in
the good opinion of those who are ac-
Iquainted with its workings, and will
| dose, notwithstanding the calumnies of
those who are opposed to its princi-
lpIes, and who, from interested motives,
seek its destruction. Politicians have
lopposed it, thinking they could observe
something underlying its movements
(which was of suspicious character !;
but we believe the American Union
has no stronger advocates, or more ar
ldent supporters than are the mem bers
of this company. They love the I'm
ion, and their Kansas investment has
a view to its prolongation. By es-
tablishing justice and insuring tran
guilty here, they hope to further the
lends of the national confederacy.
i The South commenced the formation
| of Kansas Leagues and Self-Defensive