The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-29
miscellaneous
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Progress of the Free Soil Sentiment
in Missouri.

We present the following interesting
letter from Missouri.
OREGON Holt Co., Mo, April 9th, 1858. .
EDS. COMA few of our citizens went
over to Kansas the other evening, to
hear Gen. Lane speak. We were all
much pleased with his discourse, which
was conservative aud friendly. He re-
marked, concerning the LecomptOn Con-
stitution that if it did pass Congress it
would make no disturbance in Kansas,
"not a ripple upon the waters, gentle
men, were his words
Last night we got the news Of the de-
feat Of the Lecompton Constitution,
which was hailed with joy by all the
people of Oregon, not even excepting
the Postmaster. Holt county is anti
Lecompton by nineteen n-twentieths ma
iority. l will add that all North and
Northwest Missouri is anti-Lecomptou,
and many counties strongly anti-slavery.
The people are waiting patiently for the
day when emancipation will be the ques-
ton in their State Legislature. Only
let the North, continue to pour in her
Free Soil population as she has been,
and the day of freedom is not far dis
tant. Southern emigrant aid societies
are endeavoring to countcract the emf
grafton from the North by sending their
''poor white trash" and dirt-eaters into
Missouri; but the whole South combined
cannot send as many people into the
State as one good emigrant society Of
the North can. Another thing, the
Northern emigrant is industrious, intel
ligent and energetic, while the Southern
emigrant is generally a degraded, lazy,
whisky swilling vagabOnd. 1 mean the
poor emigrant. We greet the Northern
emigrant with a cordial welcome, know
ing that he adds to the value Of our
lands, and the average Of intelligence
1 cannot see, for the life Of me, why
men should 90 to Iowa, Nebraska, or
Kansas, while this Northern Missouri is
so sparsely settled, and presents facili-
ties in respect to climate, soil, timber
and water, surprising these. Another
thing, land is cheaper here than in To-
wa, from the fact that there is no wild
speculation.
Every county in this section has
good school fund; for instance, this
county (Hol3 has over one hundred
thousand dollars for that purpose well
secured at 10'por cent. interest
HOLT.
The Missouri Democrat, of the 18th,
publishes some Free Soil correspond
once, from which we quote
MARTuAsvuLE, Mo, April s, 1858.
I emigrated from Ohio to Missouri on
the 25th day of December, 1856. 1
came here through the advice of an es
teemed friend. Since 1 have been in
Missouri my expectations have been
more than realized; and I proudly say
moreover, l have reported so favorably
to Ohio, that before this year is out,
expect to be instrumental in bringing
from thirty to ffty more of the bone and
sinews here that earn their living by the
sweat of their brow. Let every work
ing man that emigrates to Missouri do
half as we'll for the next FIVE yeers, and
free labor will have supreme power.
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You have no idea of the great rush
of emigration TO Missouri from the Free
States, and the Shareholders make mon
ey by selling their farms or subdividing
them You seldom or never hear Of a
free-soiler selling his farm, unless it is
to buy a better one Nearly all the
farms for sale, or sold, are those former
ly occupied or cultivated by slaves.
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Missouri RIVER, April 2, 1858
The conviction is forcing itself upon
the people-upon the siaveholdetthem-
selyes-that free labor is more pro6ta-
bic than unrequited service; that white
freemen are more desirable than black
/ bondmen; that if the slaves were "cleor-
ed out" ten whites from the older States
would replace the loss Of every one Of
the sable population.
Missouri lies in the latitude of whea
and corn-the white mans latitude. /
is too cold for the African, but is exact
! ly adapted to the white mans constitu
ton, 1t is hard for the negro to endure
the climate Of Missouri as the white .,
stand tile malaria heat Of Louisiana
The motto Of the party is, missouri fol
white men, and white men for Nilsson
IH." The free-soil sentiment will gair
ground with an accelerated speed, aud
am so sauguine Of the speedy triumph
of our cause, IN this State, chat ! afil
Eve years hence as tho limit Of seryi
tude IN Missouri,
From the Alexandra tMo.) Delta, April 8.
"A GROWING CAUSE.
We have noticed the advance Of th
cause Of freo-labor in Missouri, as iudi