Squatter sovereign., 1857-01-13
Missouri Abroad.

Commercial says that the President of the
Pacific railroad company of Missouri. re- |
Gently paid a visit 10 England, with view
TO procure loan for the benefit of the road,
upon the security OF the mortgage bonds
of the company. On presenting his pro-
posais and securities to British capitalists.
he was gravely and persmptorily informed
that they could not Tsciprocate. They had
heard Of the lawlessness of the people OF
Missouri, Of their invasion of, and crimes
sas, and were fully of the opinion that
transactions with such people would Re
too palpably unsafe to be advisable. Re-
monstrance was useless. They had made
up their minds the whole moneyed inie-
rest of Great Britain was with them, and
the President of the Pacific railroad com
pany was forced to return home with an
empty pocket.
The above-which we find in the col
uFnns OF the Connecticut Press-is sus-
ceptibie Of one O. two constructions that
are esatitled TO the serious consideration Of
Missouri, and her sister rslavehoiding States
With their usual aagrant disregard for
ti.e truth, the abolition journals at,ri-
butte to anything but an accurate cause this
refusal (if any refusal there has been) of
English capitalists to make advances On
Missouri railroad stock. The part that
State tas takcA in Kansas affairs is not
the reason OF this unwillingness to invest
but the abolition symPaties Of the lenders
may have had its effect. Il is well known
thet the impudent interference in our local
affairs by the Engiish, is not confined to
Duchesses Of Sutherland alone, hut reaches
The very feet, and encirclcs the very crown.
Of the throne OF that ineddlssome monar-
ehy. Is 1t surprising, then, that we find
the monsycd men of England seconding
the designs Of abolitisnism in America.
especially when they is,sgine that con-
tingency might arise that would lender an
investment unsafe.
John Ball is philosopher. He enjoys
his roast beef for dinner, then complacsnt-
" strokes his chin while he cogi.ates over
his mug of als-nct with that enthsiasso
and sanguinsness that might be looked for
| in Young America, but with all the eau
tious and guarded reasoning that is char
| acteristic OF the dyed in-the- ssoal old To-
| gy. Thus pondefiDg. he pictures Kansas
as free State, under The rule of horde
OF negto-theyes, who are pressing down
upon the STAKEHOLDER in Missouri with a
vchemcpce that promises soon TO- rob him
Of his negroes, or force him either to re-
move to section of country moro remote
from their depredatiens, or to engage in q
| civil war-eilher of which emergencies
cur transatlantic abolition ally would de-
light TO see arise. He prognosticates this
state OF affairs, and portrays similar dis
as,ers 10 those that followed upon the slave
emancipation in the West Indies. He is
alive TO the fact, that should the aims OF
aboltionism be accomplished, Missouri
would be depopulatsd, her heap fields and
tobacco patches be essrsrown with briars
and thisilss. and her " stocks" be reduced
to useless rags, not worth farthing oa the
dollar.
Holding, as they do, such a crisis no
unlikely to arrive, is it strange that Eng.
lish capitalists should refuse to make in
vesiments where they would be surrounded
by such uncertainties.
Nor Dc they depict, in colors any to.
vivid, the evil effects the admission of Kan
sas as free State would have upon Mis-
souri, Ii would be her inevitable ruin
What measures. then, We ASH, ought sh,
not TO adopt to rhwart so direfal con
summation. If she pause midway, or per
mits conservative, tinid advisers. or treach
erous. abolition denagogues to rule in hel
councils, the time for action vii! be ire.
.rev.b bls lost II is no time for waverins
or irac;ion. The cemiag spring and sum
mer will decide our fate, and that Of Mis-
souri,. We both sink or swim, surviv,
or perish together. One more struggle
!. and it will be waria one, teo,-and i
the South does her duty. the day is ours
But we need settlers and means to procur,
them. An appropriation should be mad,
by the Legislature Of every Southern State
and We confidently look for Missouri tt
take the lead. If she will do this, ano
leave not stone unturned TO vanquish alb
oli,ionism in this Territory, she will en-
counter no further dificsliy in gaining &C
cess TO ths vaults Of English bankers.
E Mr.. Robt. GIbson. no was sho
recently in Kickspoo, and was supposed
a, the tirns to be lnortally wounded, is re-
covering.
E Judge Cunningham, cns Of tbs