The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-14
Kansas Affairs,

OUR Or. LOUIS CoRREsr0NDKNcE.
81. LOWS, June Q, 1857.
inside VsNO q Konsas Afais-Ransas to BE- Free stats,
and wAya- w1puu<ys for he Presidential Nsmination
n 1880 and Asir ScNm@-Karxas to do the Work.
WaIser, Stanton and Tie "Llte 0tane'-Ths Sasard
Po'ic-sAe Free State Democracy Unhealthy Speculative
ytelins in he Wtss-A Crisis al Hand-Loos out for
Commercial, Crasa-Land Observation-Disclosures Men
Body Wanted
Having been for tho past two years attentive e1der
of the valuable newspaper You conduct have taken the
liberty Of ong down the results Of recent tour through
Kansas and the far Wes-or least you Of the East
call the far West the States bordering upon tho Mississippi
and Missouri riversin the hope that the result OF my
observations and deductions might De TO increase and
build up conservative feeling, not only in political
but in financial point Of view, among your readers.
had head great deal and read more about "Besd.
ing Kansas" and az prefer to and understand FOR
myself, made pilgrimage thher. visited Ia wrence,
Lecompton and other principal towns talked with border
rufbans, democrats, abohonss, republicans rascals,
specvlatofs-eveTy thing and everybody-and roughed
with the crowd, think my bard common facts
just ~ good as those OF he profess scribbers Your
correspondents don go under WATER they salts
lied wih skmming the froth Of political events, but don't
zee the drift OF the under curren.
Kansas is to BIO free State because the pro slavery
fire eaters can't help IT, and the republicans Can't help IT,
The question: in fact so far Kansas concerned Is set
tlet-n Is only matter Of tme-nothiDg more Tho mig
ger system and la peculiar Institution, like water, seeks
lis level. has found its proper settlement in Kaa'
sas. The institution don't quit the soil, the climate
or the majority Of the people You may rest assured
hs OF the actual residents Of Kansas free State
men, The question of its becoming free State is then, q
have already said virtually settled .
But the time which may 90 CURED TO render Kansas
politically quiet is uncertain il may be heightened or
Buchanan, Walker and Stanton desire 10 settled. 1t
would noob the way for Buck make Walker President
perhaps In 1861 and Stanton Secretary Of STATE. They
have therefore, every interest ts becoming free de-
mocatic State without delay But there are others not
quite 30 anxious. The Little Gai " would not, perhaps,
dislike the animation to the Whie House. If Walker sue
he has the inside of the rack IL Walker fails
Douglass is ahead II is then, Douglass best policy 70
keep the wound open With this view Ia presumed that
Dough- felt lively interest in the Kansas appoint
mcnts under Walker and stanton. The ADMINISTRATION
Ohough as democrat should, perhaps, leave this un
sao) has embarrassed seif in Kansas by appointing men
10 on;e who have been VIGOROUSLY mixed 10 with the
laie difficulties In Territory Northern may talk
expect) ind them acting with the ultra pro slavery,
we miRot as well call them ri oncetho unaiic asylum
marty IN nansas Bone OF toe most violent pro slavery
mep Tor instance, who are TO DO found In kans&s, nov
hola eic, andsy the Surveyor Genera! .cAhcn) le.
compton II you meet Douglas man In Kansas you
may almost take 1t for granted that he ID pro slavery
and an urais. to ooos while those favor o. WAGER
Wilson did not go 70 Kausss without an object He
has bis vie N 70 work out bs party wires 70 pun.
Their object s TO keep the free State menor that portion
Of them that he influenced by the republican lenders
back from the polls the June election, 30 as TO permit
the regis cred voters" of whom are pro slavery
men, n, elect their men, pack their convenhon
make proslavery nothing at all consn luou; and Kill
the democratic party In Kansas and every here nortn
Mason and Dxon's hne This VIII, as they hope, enable
them vote down the constitution which must be sub
mtted to the people, adopt the Topeka constitution
0her own, and 30 ciam republican victory 10 hansas
cy TO aid H. make Seward President and reward Greeley
and the Tribune for their very dsniercsted labors.
But bile these worthless plan, and light and agae poor
Kansas make President IN $780, third party is com
ing up IN the Territory hch but just beginning TO at
tract attention for the free State euocrae the admiuis
In ~ m " n
In their views from the mocrac bore ruanism Of
the PIERCE sungfes and Atchson party on one side,
and the equally fanatics Seward and Greeley bleeding
Kan as' harnbugf the olherare coming up the
stump orators cay, Ike army with bar Tney will
sand by Walker and Stanton not becarse they demo
Gratis becaase heiher from self interest not they
ples ged to upr ght and honest policy In Kan
They have another motive TOO foe approaching coersa
tism not bad one elmer Kan and the West
the Of financial aud commerce. crlsis-it may De
cash knowing ones say, indeed that the West has over
bough-rashc Son pay Unity Cent? on the dollar; and
think There many and enough pro
ducertso many Idle gentlemen aud not enough laoorers
Kansas and Nebraska the former are excel
knt examples in point rhe land fever RACES there
towns paper spring up ike Aaddins palace, night
men buy and sell town lots and claim and most Of all,
town scrp, without regard 10 location validity of title
Now, q his bread by swapping jack
cts, Kansas won't DO much improved by state Of things
dollars and hfy per bas ,eI money
Duands Western interest six pcr cent per month,
from sro sing better tnines grow worse Immigration Is
mms nse, bat money is scarce, and working men even
harCer 10 nnd you LOT your lnnuencc 70 SEM
the West q better sty le of emigrantsf
There s yet another feature which, particularly In Kan
sas, bas strongly Impressed Itself upon my mlnd-if
demagogues don't mind their own business, and
few ousoo medders Like Jen. Davis, Bcecher Greeley
Seward, Henry Wise, and the second band operators
under them, don't grow peaccabe, Whist would
come 10 thing, let "mother county" Barton
the play, take Of selr shall srt mp
Daop and the whole concern con,tuton and Union to
boot, 10 the pace unmeDuenable 20 ears petite IN
consequence
There Is o feeling Of bitterness growing up between
North and south that deeper and stronger every day
perhaps should qualify this by saying in Kansas but
Is only evident the both. adet admrer Of ultra South
ern views calls every who bears Yankee stsmoed
upon hts face, who halls from FREQ SAFE,
id abohtonst, while the Nor,he -ner Is
not SLOW 10 draw unfavorahle Conclusions from the
shness ret along OF fashion IA which
moet far western pro slavery men i've
And now Mr. Bennett you have the true state of the
Gan you help through your papcr9 Dan you send poor
Kansns greater share Of sound co rmon people,
who como out mako their fortunes In the only war In
which fortuneis 10 be made legmatey In the West by
gOod honest sw eating hard WORK.
And ast and moz important question of all, you
chow up the wire pucrs Washington, Albany and else
where who saiisaed 10 LEI Robert J. Walker carry
Old Bucks honest old fashioned noOns, about letting Kan
sas settle her ans's by free vote Of their PEG
pei kAnsas wants rcace outAde5s want STRIFE Il Kan
sas then to he political bsals held wiling OF unwilling
/ f,or nouu ull1