The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-12-13
LETTER FROM KANSAS.


LETTER FROM KANSAS. ,
sEsscA, K. T., November 93d, 1860.
EDITOR ADVERTISER Dear Sir: I
We have been 10 possession of the cleo |
ton news, here nearly two weeks. The ,
people of Kansas feel very jubilant over
the election of " Honest Old Abe" 1t
is true Kansas could only be calm spec
tator, but she was more deeply aud vital I
" Interested perhaps in the result, than
any other Of the vast portion Of "Uncle ,
Sans domains over which the popular ,
sovereignty doctrine holds sway. But ,
singular as it may seem, those democrats :
who were free State men in the time Of
the troubles, are now Democrats under
the present state Of things. But when
they are approached on their adhesion to
either wing Of the party, they find it
difficult to assign reason for "the faith
that is in them" Kansas is largely
Republican aud whenever occasion calls
'or the test of the polls she is always reg
istered on the Republican side. In
many counties Democratic organization
is not yet known; aud when the people
become thoroughly convinced that they
are voting in earnest under State organ
ization, larger Republican minority will
be rolled up than has ever been known
in her history.
AS to local affairs they are desperate
enough-though the condition of people
is not as bad as it was generally supposed
it would be. So far as many persons
suffering .or immediate relief is concern
ed, that is true; but all those parties have
succeeded by great sacrifices in getting
credit up to this time but there is not
, sufficient credit in the country, even if
it was disposed to seek such an invest
ment to keep the needy sufferers much
, longer. So far as foreign aid is taken
into the account it is imperatively de-
a handed by at least one half Of the ci,i-
. zens Of this part Of the territory. and by
i that mean district Of country embrac-
pssp .6'ARts, Of tfs teIrscrs s.cen,
the river counties. This may be easily
. ascertained by any candid man when he
= even recollects the past history of Kan.
c Sas and the privations and expense of
: settling new country, and from the fact
- that poor people generally have settled
+ here and have been compelled to pay for
their lands under the most disadvantage
e Gus circumstances and all of this followed
up by the most severe drought ever known
in the West. The accounts that you all
y see in the papers may be generally over
. drawn-but the suffering as noted in iu-
c dlvidual cases is 10 the main correct
The only reason of the variations appear.
! ing exaggerated is from the fact that the
; reader fails to gcneralze The blunt
: truth is 0et him try to avoid it who
, will that about one half Of the people Of
northern Kansas are to day suffering for
food and clothing, aud unless some prac.
teal mode of relief is adopted and put in
operation, many will be laid under tho
: sods of the valley before the ensuing
spring. What the people need is not
money; but -four, meal, meat aud cloth.
. ing-these will sustain men, women and
children, and the tea, coffee, &C., may be
left out-but money of course will be
needed to r., freights, but tina. should
be managed by careful, prudent men,
who are agents of the donors. The OBJ
ject to be accomplished you understand,
but it would i'll becorue kansan to die.
tate your mode Of operating If the
people Of the Western States desire to
furnish any aid in this crisis. they may
ascertain how their donations will become
effec,ua by writing to Geh. Pomeroy. Of
Atchison. In the northern counties of
the territory, county conventions have
been held and county and township or.
CARNATIONS effected so as to represent the
actual necessities of the people and to
secure the necessary aid through the
mode proposed by Thaddeus Hyatt, of
which l presume you are informed.
Any additional intelli gence may be.
come possessed Of l will communicate to
you from time to time.
Yours very respectfully,