Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-09-12
slavery in Kansas.

Slavery in Kansas.
We hear II said almost every day,
that Slavery can't go to Kansas
that there is not the slightest danger
of such result--and that all the ex'
element that pervades the public mind
on the subject il. therefore, uncalled
for. Many very excellent people, who
declare that they wodld not for the
world do anything TO extend Slavery
propose to vote for Mr.. Buchanan or
Mr.. Fillmore. under the belief that.
in any event. Slavery cannot 60 to
Kansas. aud that there is no need OF
any Legislation to prevent il.
Now upon this subject we are in-
clined TO believe that the South knows
more than the North. The men who
are trying to establish Slavery in Kan
sas know much better what their
chances OF success are than we do.
We take il for granted that they would
not have incurred the political dan
gers Of repeating the Missouri Com
promise:--that they would not have
resorted to the extraordinary outrages
they have perpetrated in Kansas---that
they would not resist the admission OF
Kansas rs Free State. unless they
expected to succeed in the great OBJ
jecl Of all these acts. namely, the in
production OF Slavery there. They
are not such fools rs TO nave encoun-
tered all these dangers and performed
all these labors. for nothing. The
very fact, therefore. that they have
undertaken to plant Slavery in Kansas
| is evidence to our minds that it can be
done-that. If they are not resisted
and defeated. il will be done-and
that II accomplished it will be Of suf-
6cient advantage to repay them for
I'll the efforts they have made.
And this conclusion is strengthened
by the perusal Of the following appeal
to the Shareholders oil the South,
from COL, Buford.--who went into the
Territory from Alabama, with Slave
holding Colony,-who has made n
personal examination Of the country,
and who has now gone South again for
fresh recruits
TO THE PEOPLE or THE SOUTH.
Herewith you viii end the appeal Of
your friends in Kansas. together with
letter accrediting me as the agent to
solicit your aid in maintaining that in
dispensible breakwaler to tho angry
tide OF Abolition. Want Of time for
bids me calling on man5 Of you per-
sonalIy. Read that address thought
fully: consider that il Kansas, our
natural boundary to the Northwest,
Is lost. that then Missouri all west Of
the Mississippi. nay. east Of Il must
soon follow, while If We maintain IL,
the Territories west Of Alabama and
Texas are safe to us---nay. the future
is safe. Ask yourselves whether you
are prepared TO surrender white su-
premacy in the South. to debase your
blood. to degrade your social and po-
lllical status to the level Of an inferior
race by submitting to Aboltion's man
date TO fraternize with il.
Remember. that |. aud all who know
the country. will tell you that slaves
thrive and do well in Kansas. and that
there and in Western Missouri their
labor pays better than in any cotton
State in the Union. Reflect the we
have everything TO encourage US in
the STIR ggIe--we still control the Gov
ernment in the Territory Our immi-
grafton is daily increasing. while that
from lhe North is greatly diminished.
In Illinois. as il in disgust. they have
lately applied to elec,ioneering purpo-
ses the funds they had raised Tor emf
grants. Remember. that instead OF
endangeripg the Union. or winning
Kansas makes IL permanent by ena-
bling Us to defend our rights in II, and
by discom6ting and breaking down
the agitators. Think Of the magni.
tue OF the question at issue, think OF
the iminence Of the peril. and you will
not need personal solicitation. but each
one, Of his own volition. will send his
contributions according to his means.
Those who cannot alone send their
lifties, hundreds OF thousands, can
unite with filty or hundred others
and do 50. WheIe there's . will
there's a. way.
Remit in drafts on New York, pay :
able or indorsed TO our Chairman. the
Hon. d. r. Atchinson---if convenien,
get duplicate drsfts--inclose the orig
inal or duplicate TO our Treasurer. A.
G. Boone. Esq. at westport Missouri
and the other 10 our Chairman at Atch-
ison. Kansas Territory. Take the
Postmaster's receipt and then you
have three guarantees that your con-
lributions will not be misappIied; our
Treasurer and Chairman ara both gen.
llemen Of wealth as well as OF the
highest character. And il is better
to send in this way than by the hands
Of collecting agent. for then both
his authority and responsibility be-
come questions Of Indifference.
/ II the contributions justify It. l pro
pose to take one hundred emigrants ts
form the central colcnoy alluded to ia
the address. | want only men whss
as long Ms required, will abstain from
liquor. and will implicitly obey orders
To such company. II the funds are
raised. will give one townsight oI
three hundred acres. with the privi'
lege VI their getting preemptions, and
will transport them to Kansas and
fnd them in provisions t'lI the middle
Of April next. The town-site Is cen
trail " one Of the best counties in the
Territory, and VIII most probably be-
come its country-seat. j. BuroRp.
RrcHMoSp, July "a. 1855.
Coon PLucK.-An editor Of Buc'
hanan paper. who has just failed. says
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