The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-08-01
From the Boston Rs,ua
Ouf 1AHAAs OoItesPondence,
I.AwRENcE. KAxs.s L.. q

native and recent resident of the old p.
State deem it duty to myself ~
Emigrant Aid Companies gsaerallr, .ns ne
the people of the East particularly, to S ~
pose the outsages committed, not by -.
Border Rufians, but by those who ,.a.s .as
TO consider themselves the sole benssa.4 bi4
aries Of the suffering people of Kanss.
upon the very same poor people who A.
Tended their homes against the ;nc..
sions of the Missourians the last wear
was in Massachusetts last wear wb..
meetings were held, and money was ~
leeted in nearly every town. to susts;r
those who were sustaining the causs -
freedom in Kansas. Massachusetts ~ v
pie bled freely for "bleeding Kapsasf fpO- y
The people of nearly every little ,o.1
there, and in other States, contribp,.a
from 800 to $500 to sustain deserv;eu.
people, fighting in noble cause. Fvs,s
school district, almost, was canyasssJ
The ladies, ever foremost in eyerv poo5
work, put their shoulders to the wheel.so,T--
ing circles contributed, and men and W.
men begged money everywhere for Kan.
sas.
Large streams from little fountains aU,p
and money and provisions flowed abun
dantly into Kansas; of which, me ;uSi,,
the Missourians stole very small nsr,
And what became of the lions shan:
Well, suppose it was distributed amOss
the suffering poor, but among so few ~
them, and so unequally divided, that i
made that few rich.
This is mere suppositibh, Mr. tdia,
from the nature of the case it is dif;eplt
to prove such accusations as default mo
the part of those who distributed the ma
ceeds of the funds for Kansas, and con.
sequently cannot accuse them specif.
cally, but people may judge for them.
selves.
! know this much, that there has been
a great deal of suffering here, both before
and after supplies were received from tbe
East: that there has been much sutfeupp
that has come to the knowledge Of th@e
who had means at their disposal to salts.
fy the wants of the suffering; that peopls
have died here from starvation and nee.
lect, when ample means were at hand
contributed by the people of the Nori
for their sustenance.
A we'll educated, intelligent, and high
spirited lady died in this town few dss
since, from disease brought on by the lack
of food and clothing, and exposure to the
weather. While sick and disheartensd
herself, she would sit upnights and wash
the one suit of clothes for each Of her
three children, and almost starved herelf
in order that her pale. ragged, wan, sickly,
half starved children might live. She
caught cold from the dampncss occasioned
by the rain leaking through her roof upOa
her, and died of fever after few DAYS
illness-her death preceded by the death
of her infant child, from nothing but star.
vation. all this, when there are men Of
wealth here who have received thousands
of dollars for bleeding Kansas, and were
amply able to assist her to provisions
and the basement of the Unitarian
church near by is crowded with clothing
She stated upon her death bed that
gentleman here who is reported to have
made 100000 here in two years, and
who had ample funds given him BY the
Emigrant Aid Society to satisfy her wants,
and who was requested to look afterthem,
had not given her money enough to pu.
chase corn meal for her family. And vet,
he and other Pharisees were right glad to
have her husband fight and endure all
sorts Of hardships in their defence. lie
eneamped out night after night, suffered
the pangs of hunger and long immison-
ment at Lecompton, which brought on
sickness and disease, so that he is not vet
able to work; and yet his Pharisaic
neighbors pass by on the other side, aud
his half-naked children run unfed in the
streets. This is but one of many instances
fsufering in the midst of plenty furnish.
ed by the people of the East-of suffering
all over the Territory, and especially in
Lawrence and vicinity, in the Athens Of
Kansas, where all the intelligence, moral
ity and piety of the Territory are eoncen-
trated.
One gentleman in this vicinity was
obliged TO sell his claim because he had
not money enough to purchase seed to
plant it with. He was perfectly ignorant
of the fact that thousands Of dollars hare
been appropriated at the East for the plIr.
chase of corn, potatoes, &c, to be given
to the farmers of Kansas, and that they
were given away in town at 81 per bushel
for potatoes, 81 for corn, and other seeds
in proportion.
A Boston lady, who emigrated here
this spring, and who worked hard three
months last winter, begging money and
making clothes for the poor people Of
Kansas, having arrived before her furni-
ture, borrowed some clothes of wealthy
neighbor, and among the rest aquilt that
she made herself last winter.
Soon the large stock of goods on hand
at the Unitarian Church is to be sold to
the highest bidder, goods contributed by
the people of Massachusetts.) Whether
the proceeds are to constitute a surplus
revenue to be divided amongst the con-
tributors,or the recipients of the proceeds.
l know not, but / don't believe the poor
people of Kansas will derive much bene-
fit from them. think the New England
Emigrant Aid Society have done the
fair thing by the people Of Kansas, but
cannot say that all who have pretended
TO act for it have done their duty.
/ am Free State man of the Msssa-
chusetts stripe. | am convinced that tbe
Free State men have suffered much from
the incursions Of Border Rtffians that
their cause is just, that they have been
patient and long suffering, and time will
show and will convince all Wings, Demo
Gratis and Republicans that tle reports
which we had from RepubIiean neWsps-
pers, In relation 20 Border Ruffians, were
N the main true, and that the truth was
not half told.
Igo as far as any one In defence of free
Kansas and Free State men, but viii
not uphold the course of some men, who,
ike some peepIe who do not believe the
stories of outrages committed in Kansas,
10 not believe the stories of the sufcTinss
If their neighbors, and take no pains to
lscertain their truth, and are so fearful Of
icing imposed upon By undeserving peo-
Die, that they will not give to any one.
Ten really needy people must sufei
or fear that one undeserving individual
Ihould impose upon those who hold the
,urse strings Of the poor Kansans. They,