New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-11

the money.
The National Kansas Committee and the Free
| State men of Kansas having been sssalled In Tie
| Albanu Arqus, Ne,c. York Express and kindred
prints, on the assumption that money contr'buta
to relieve the sufferings of the FreeState settlers
had been directed to different object, the Natiooa
| Committee have authorized the publication Of tho
following statement Of facts 1t will be seen that
| the former statement made in their defense VIZ
strictly correct. Not one dollar Of any k'a<
of"Kansas Scrip" hss been redeemed scih any fnrd'
contributed for the reii Of destitution and suffering
among the Free State men-thoush we heartily wish
the fact had been otherwise. What will the Libel
ers who talked of these funds being used to redeem
Topeka Scrip IN Ne,c- York say for themselves'
VIII they dare publish the following statement
We shall see We copy from The Chicago Ir'brs
of July 4:
KANSAS SCRIP.
great deal has been said in the Pro-Savery plnb
abouf the application of donations for the relief Of the
suffering in Kansas to the redemption OF scrip issued
by the Free-State leaders for political purposes
Those who have most objections to make about " mis-
appropria,ng Of charity funds and s sasmslss
money about which they gable so vociterousy. For
the purpose of dsabusng the minds of any donors who
may have given ear to the lying clamor OF the Pro-
Slavery sheets, we wish 10 offer brlef explanation,
or statement Of facts.
In the first place. we desire the reader to bear IN
mind that tco classes OF Kansas scrip have been v-
sued. The first class was called Free State Scrip.
II was Issued about the time of the first invasion
Mssouraps to pay the expenses Of framing the Free
State organization, including the Topeka Constitu-
tional Convention, and the subsequent Free-St
Legislature. This FreeState Scrip was issued for po'
do Hnh aar
and payable when Kansas should come int the Union
Free State 1t similar in purpose and char.
acter to the scrip issued during the American Revolu-
ton. The amount was confined to $4,000. We be-
leve that portion Of that has never yet beea
issued
The second class was called Protection Fund
Scrip" 1t was created and issued by vote Of the
Free State citizens Of Kansas to be used TO lqui-
date losses and expenses incurred during the armed
invasion of Kansas in Dec, 1855, and the subsequent
Winter. 1t during the time that tried mems souh
when. the cause seemed irrevocaby lost when ns
boot of the slave driver upon the neck of Free.
dom: when towns were sacked, dwellings burned,
men butchered, and famine was staring that brave
band Of patriots in the face, that of Protec
ton Fund Scrip issued to procure necessaries OF
life. A few men in the Free State ranks had little
surplus property in the shape of store goods and food
Their neghbors had no money and no property that
OF
what food and clothing there in their store to re-
eve the wants and distress Of the starving. naked
people, and took Protection Fund Scrip in psy.
ment Morrow gave all the provisions he had for tie
same sort of pay. Miss Hall, who kept boarding.
house in Lawrence fed large number of Free State
men under arms to repel of the nvasions and
ceived scrip" therefor. Several other ladies in Kan
did the same. The Hutchinsons gave away 20
much of their property for scrip to prevent starva
ton, that they failed in business and were Obliged TO
make an assignment to their Eastern creditors.
Gov. Robinson and Others managed to obtain dons
tons in Massachusetts to redeem $lO,l5S of this
scrip" There remains outstanding at present
$l369S of it. Those who hold it are poorly able to
sustain the loss They need their money for the cloth
to their suffering cOmpatriOs.
The National Kansas Committee, at its meeting in
Newly City, Jan. ~, 1857, recommended Ithat
50 the future distribution of aid among the needy 10
kansas, OF provisions, clothing and seeds, it be sp.
praised at low valuation, end each recipient 81
asked to give his obligation therefor payable within
three years, and that the obligations thus received
be applied TO the redemption Of the Protection Fund
scrip until it be redeemed" 1t was found by the
Distributing Committee in Kansas that but few per-
sons desired aid as gratuity they preferred 1t in the
shape OF loan or SALE to be paid when they got
able. This is a we-known trait of Northern char
acter.
Now, where was the. wrong in making provision q.
above for the repayment, Of those noble men and
women Of Kansas who turned out their property in the
hour OF need, and beggarea themselves by doing
Who is it that is hawking at and bace harding tie
Aid Committee for the and judcious courss
recommended? Who arc these Intermediates in other
things
Who are those fellows that are bowling about
shameless breaches Of trust and "
Of charity funds r. They are the malignant enemies
Of the Free-State They are the dastardly dough
faces in the North who have done all they could TO crush
the Free-State cause in Kansas and curse Il With
Slavery They those who exhausted their vocebu-
larry OF abuse and rdicue to prevent their ReDub-
lcan neighbOrs from making donations for the elef
{ the distressed IN Kansas
Now in regard to the Free State Scrp t,se All
Committee bavs neither redeemed nor sought to re-
deem dollar Of 1t. The holders of il are Wiling to
wait until Kansas comes into the Union as q Free and
Sovereign State when they viii present TO- the State
| Government for redemption.
The " Protection Fund Scrip" outstandin. ia Of
different character, and should be quidated with a
little delay as possible II issued for the purpo
Of rel@ving personal suffering to clohe the make;
| and feed the hungry; AID those who divided tlei
payment at future day, should not be turned ava,
empty. To cheat those confdng, generous men All
women, who gave up twenty-five thousand dollars o.
their scsnty MEANS to sssuage hunger and clothe max
edness IN the dead Of winter, wozd be mean unnaaI
| and dishonest.
| In conclusion may be proper TO saw. and wo hav
ohcai authority tor the statslnent that
| mig the action AID recommendation of the ksnsa
AID Committee, last winter no part of The Donation
MADE tor ne rsi, OF suffering in Kansas kars get 1e
soidor appropriated for tie redemption Of me Pro
teet'on Fnns Scrip" and the citizens Of KAMA. WI
turned out Their property during the winter OF Do 20
are Sill out Of pocket $l3700. What more have ~
Ch'cogo Times, Albany Argus, and Ne''' York Ell
press to say about it