The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-09-03
Fram M Eir6,H d,iui,A.r.
KANSAS.

SI''''' w NY ''tE' -lV, tb|'tlrU alter al
COL Bakers eloquent appeals to he applied to
III" cans" oi Kansas, and IN whcl, yuu say lar.
,lcr c"llcctions would have been made bu; for
my letter "i June l?ih. To the Mayor Of Coum-
bii.
Tha, l"tirr was hastily written and wi,h,m
reference to its publication. Az kept, u" copy
ui it, doubt not hut that il WAS published ~
written. II fas ann i"l.ll il contains II s,,uurs.
ton that no more money be- raised in South
Carolina. it was not intended thereby 10 rrpu,li-
ate Col. Bakers authority or to revoke his com
mission. much less 10 drprcciutc his services or
the fidelity and ability will, which h. is known
To have discharged his trust nor would the in
ference be true, that funds were not needed and
could not Ict b, acknowledgements used in our r,rs,.
IN kaIi:hS. on III" contrary, our party at the
present n"iiicnt icrls the most urgent need of
p"cunary aid among other things, to support
our I,aI,rs am, 10 have the territory thcr,u,hlv
c"nvassr'l ii i, n!"nlcd to do IN reference. t.,
the pending Congressional canvass. and vU, M.
"n tll" Constitution, i'll the >siLI. event of liz
submission; indeed our friends here who have
n"a'ly almost exhausted themselves in tn. cause,
are now contributing funds rr these objects, and
one whom SAW to-day. and who has spent over
ten thousand dollars III the ca,.s.., ON Yesterday
cont riuc.l twenty five dollars for tho ul,;..,.
above m"nl iouc.l.
No. we have not drSpaircd nor ceased our OK
crt"ns. AMI although wa have been ,lisau,m,i,,t
I'd and mortified that our friends in the. S,uil,
have sustained lis no h"ttcr in Il cuntr.t tl,, in
deed i,i"i" concerns them than ourselves vet w,.
are moi un"raiciul to the few who hny,. sy,u,.n.
Lsrd with, and aidc'i It's. ans. whatever they
may Yet contribute ch""iiully, and not 9TH tn.
idea that they are doing charity bat that they
serving themselves AMI the cu,,,,,,nu caus,..
We Will Thankfully accept and faithfully n,,,v-
In my letter I" the Hon. Mr. Tra,icw.li dill
moi mran L" shy that South Carolina had dom.
more than her duty, but only :nrr:crcnce to villa,
others have drnc she has done far u,nr.. tL,u
1,,.r II Ill, tt,,,p
ludcd TO- the events "f last summer induced su.l,
expenditures by *un'ry Of our tr,l.St anl mos,
devoted l'trtIans as have left them i'm VERY
straitcncd circumstances, and these advances
were made under what then seemed :, W eli. found
"a expectation Of reimbursement by subsequent
contributions, but which, in I,"nt of fact. hav,
not been realized, AMI sound pp!icv as we'll II,
justice and gratitude require that such ubir:,irus
hc ,i,scl.ar-c;! il I'"ssh!".
The party reorganization of last winter i'm the
territory to have given offence To SOM. of
our friends, as we'll as I" have afforded IL pr.tcN
for cuvil by lnrtizan editors, who are hut too
ready to sacrifice their sccti"n Ia their ,a;ty-
IL is needless make an cXpoS. of r,oIiyr.; In
those who will not be convinced, while IL ol.,hl
To he sufficient for real friends iwl,o are too re-
mote 1" see and appreciate the rrcminstancc,)
/" know that ih!: policy Was, after full cnnsul:a.
ton, conc"rrcd i'll alike by Wings. Drrnocrn,
aud Native Americans, all of which pnIitcuI
convention. la conclusion, have 10 regret tha,
publication Of my letter has been the source Of
embarrassment Ia ouI agent and friend Col Rn.
kcr, i'll VIII" 4 fidelity and ability cvr,v ,,,.nlrr
OF our committee has unlimited confidence l.,*cI
not only on previous personal knowledge of his
character, but Sustained by numerous letters
from meetings addressed BY him, all tcstirvinr To-
The extraordinary zeal and ability with Which, he
WAS ,li>c!arcing his duties; and must take this
ocr'*'"n' personally, l""xl'r"ss my very high np-
rrc;;ii"n, not only Of his services :,s n,,r a-rm,
but his character as Il man. Your ul",ii,u, SER
want, d. X. ATCIIlSON
Gen. w. c. MorASGE.
1hr Tote 0n Negro .SnGiuq' in I,,ra-It is
not little singular That the vote on that clause
of the new constitution Of Iowa which placed the
negroes on an ciurlity. in point "i political
rights, with the whites, sl,onld nave been ;n de
c'l",lly n".a'ivcI l'y the people al! ,h,, S,air--
Iowa. Is considered republican STATE: tii,. re-
publican Leaders III This part Of the world have
lately made - practice of counting upon il as :.
thing certain Yet il sr..lnS hal tie r.prI!,-anS
"I Iowa. do not carry their republicis,n far .,s
~ ;,'iiit thr negroes inio community Of political
rights with Themselves
Very few political conmun,rs Of white men
have been poved wi!lin.,. in the present day, 10
admit The negro 1" political or :: S,ci: equality
with themselves. Northern men nre ready
enough I" sympnilis" with the ALLEGED W runcs of
'h' c'"ci race III III" Nn'l'li, ;;iI'i iD make
"IItcry about The I'M iSiicc Of ih. h"l.ln. Of the
human creature III bondage by another. But
when these Sic Northern .iir. are ask ed to :.
ut The same table, or I" ride in the same ears or
To occupy t!ic same apartment, To vote side by
side with these black human creatures, their rir
"I the an"!"isy becomes materially altered. In
| such states as Rhode Island free negro suifrac
may pass muster; but in New York and Iowa
it seems, the "prcj juiicc Of color operates to de-
l'ar the colorcd m.an from the privilege
We presume that, as in New TuIk, the people
OF Iowa will coinprnniisc tl. matter hy tacking
| on property qualification to the negro suffrage
and will declare that black man who is worth
one hundred dollars shall be held To he Il human
creature i'll all political intcnts and purposes
while the negro who has nothing shall be only q,
hybrid between humanity and cIlat,ldom. We
therefore, nilcct'onnt"ly recommend all negroes
within the State Of Iowa either TO get hundred
dollars worth of property without loss of time or
to hurry back to the SU:ith. We are full of COM
passion here i'll tho North but bncI humanity
to go down with us, mus. be moderately gildcd
" J. Herald
Significant U;ntS-The Magnetic Tclcrraph
though an invaluable blessing, is prostuicd
every where TO many base uses. In Europe and
III the United States it has ever been easily per-
vertrd to private .ohltinS by means of which the
masses are swimdlcd in a great many WAYS
! News Is delayed in its rinsiission to The organs
oi the people to allow the favored few TO work
out their sPcculntons on the faith Of their private
and exclusive information. The most signal in
stances OF this occurred recently in Europe in The