The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-06-30

negro hating, than any other party tha
ever was or ever can be.invented. Their
is nothing that more strikingly expose
the radical baseness of slaveholding tbs
the fact that its votares 20 hate thos
whom they have long injured that, beat
en- 10 their desperate struggle to force ne
groes into Kansas as slaves, they nov
turn a short corner and insist that, if the,
shall be shut out, and even driven out, al
( together.
| apprebend that it will be necessary
for the Republicans of Kansas. in view
of the ipveterate Western prejudices of 8
large portion of her population, to con
cede, for the present, that the Right O.
Suffrage shall be exercised only By white
males. or men of European lineage, exclu
ding. on account of their imperfect NOR.
al and intellectual Developments, Indians
Negroes, and their descendants. Furth.
or than this, would not 60, no matter
how great the inducement. Leave the
Democrats alone in their glory, when
they come to propose and support. as
they are certain to do, propositions that
negroes shall be expelled and excluded
from Kansas-shall be excluded from
testifsing against white man-shall be
debarred from attending shoots frequent.
ed by white children, &C., &c. Let any
city or district that sees fit make ade-
quate provision for the education of col
ored children by themselves; but in de.
fault of this, let the schools be open to all
who need their ministrations. Such. l
hope, will be the determination of Re-
puslicaus generally; and, if Kansas has
to be lost in consequnce then let her GO!
| left Osawatamie on the morning of the
9th, in the Lawrence stage, crossing the
Marais des Cygnes, at Bundy's Ferry
(where we crossed the day before), and
finding the water considerably lower,
though still over its regular northern
b bank, and the access on either side de-
testable. Passing Stanton, we kept still
west of north into the Ottawa Reserve, so
as to leave a mail at Ottawa Jones when
we struck due north to Prairie City, lea
vipg Peoria City and Ohio City some
miles distant on our left either upon or
near the Marais des Cygues. ct takes
three log houses to make a city in Kan.
sas, but they begin calling it city so
soon as they have ttaked out the lots. y
STOPPED at Prairie City and talked to a
gathering Of four hundred
people, though where on earth so many
could have been scared up, within rea-
sonable ride of this point, one who mere
Iy rides over the country could not i'm
leiDe. True, we had here prairie City,"
: Baldwin City and Palmyra in string,
all within three miles; but they could not
lll lave mustered half this audience; and
was forced to conclude that the country
S really better peopled than it seems to
mere traveler-that, while the favored
oads traverse the high divides" or mid.
lie of the prsiries, in order to avoid, so
ar as possible, the miry bottoms and
ater- courses, the settlers are nestled 10
he edge of the timer, and fuel are far
nore accessible.
The country, l traversed between Stan
on and Prairie City was a little more
oling, and considerably better tim bered
ban that between Shawnee and Stanton,
lready described. The Oaks often COW
red considerable tracts of upland, while I
oung timber was visibIy spreading on all
ands, under cover of the universal ha-
el bushes of those Kansas uplands, which
re not burned over every year. Our
ext post Office above Jones was Hick kory
rove, which reminds q e that saw more
God Hickory this day than in any form
r day of my life. Some the Oak, also,
las very good. These, with the Black
ValOut, are the settlers main reliance
Dr. timber, rails included. The Elm,
Sycamore, &c, warp SO bad
: when sa wed into boards and seasoned,
lat very little use can be made of them,
Rough think | saw few Cottonwood
ailS. The grass was abundant and su-
erb; the soil generally deep and excel
mt.
We had another smart thunder shower
o Friday morning (20th), after which
anne from Prairie City to Lawrence, Is
lies north. My companion was young
ioneer from Southern Missouri, reared
nong slaves and shareholders, but Free
tate from the time he could fairly see,
ho assured me that be knew large por.
on Of the people of Missouri to condemn
nd hate slavery, even while they shout
I'D vote in its favor. He came out here
1855 to be rid of the curse, and had
I'd pretty fair experience of the strug-
e, having been with Lane at Bull Greek, {
ben 500 Missoursns did not venture to
tack $50 Free State men, but, after be-
G separated by night, beat retreat a. {
oss the line, leaving some of their arms s
ID camp equipage behind them. He |
as also at the somewhat noted "Battle {
Black Jack, (which he described to {
e substantially as follows:
On the Ist of June, 1856. Henry Clay
ate, at the head of Pro Slavery band, {
merging suddenly from the Indian Re- t
rye. which then covered most of the re-
on between this point and the Missouri
rider, surprised the little settlement of S
almyra, which they sacked without re- s
tance. Next morDing tbey proposed to I