White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-01-10
Who Are the Friends Of Ramsay

ng into existence with the passage Of
he Kansas BILL. has been her UNIV wavsring
'riend. We pass over the tyrannies and
wrongs under which Kansa. suffered for
Years, at the hands Of Democratic Adj
ministrations, which strove to fasten Sla-
very upon her. and because they could
not, have, thus fer, refused her admission
into the Union. All this has passed into
history; has been submitted to the pso-
pie of the country. and they have record
ed their verdict.
Kansas is now suffering at the point
Of starvation, caused by an unprecedented
drouth; and for the consequences OF that
drouth the Democratic party is RESPONSE
bic. From the time settlers FIRST came
here. they have been oppressed and kept
down. They have been compelled to
carry their rifles to the field. to protect
themselves from Democratic Rufians
while tilling the soil. They have been
turned out Of doors. and their houses
burned before their eyes, by Democratic
officials. Land sales have been needless
ly hastened on. and settlers have been
compelled either to give up their farms,
or to pay to spectators ruinous rate Of
interest on money to secure their homes.
which has almost invariably resulted in
their loss at last. to satisfy the claims Of
hungry spectators. Being thus harass-
ed and kept in constant dread. they were
enabled to produce barely sufficient from
year to year to supply their wants; or.
if they had something to spare. it went
for the payment Of debts incurred to save
and protect themselves; and now. when
the famine has come, it has found their
granaries empty. Had the people of
Kansas been cherished and protected by
the Federal Government. as they should
have been, they would have been enabled
to lay up something. and the famine
would have found them prepared to meet
it. We presume but few will actually
starve; but who can tell the number that
will die Of diseases brought on by suffer-
ing. aniety. exposure. lack of wholesome
food, and scarcity Of comfortable cloth
ing!
Now that the people are suffering.
what is the spectacle? Pick up Kansas
Democratic paper. published in the midst
Of starvation. and the first thing that
meets } our eye is . snesr at bleeding
Kansas. or a would-be witty criticism Of
'ome extravagnnt or unguarded express
ZION which has been made in an appeal
tor relief. These go abroad, and persons
anxious to avoid contributing aid for
Kansas, eagerly seise upon them as proof
that the people here are not needy. "a
friend came to us, this week. with letter
from New York. which stated that tho
were procuring aid for Kan
sas. but that the Democrats declared it to
be useless, as the people here did not
need it; and the writer requested a copy
of some Kansas Democratic paper, to
them Of their error. We dill
gently searched over our Territorial ex-
changes for such paper, but were COM
pellsd to give up in despair. Every De-
mocratic paper We opened. had some
snesr about " bleeding Kansas" "Star-
vation Railroads" Montgomery aid"
or something else Of the sort, which would
have done more harm than good abroad.
Democrats. as well as Republicans. are
destitute yet this is the treatment they
receive at the hands of their partisan
brethren.
Not q Democratic State has sent any.
thing for the relief of Kansas. Wherever
you find point that has been especially
liberal in its donations. you will find that
point to have an uncommonly large Re-
publican majority. We venture to say.
out Of every hundred persons who have
contributed. not more than one Democrat
can be found. To be sure. there are some
liberal and noblo-hssrtsd Democrats: but
their number is daily growing lsss-they
find they are in uncongenial company.
While Republicans are aiding Kansas.
not content with refusing to
give. are doing their utmost to prevent
others from contributing. The country
Is flooded with stories to the effect that
The aid is for the benefit Of Montgomery
md his Jayhawksrs. Railroad deposs
.re broken into by Democratic mobs, |
who hope to discover something to give
. coloring of truth to these lies. The st.
Louis Republican publishes forged let
er. purporting to be from . Republican,
irving statement Of the amount of -.
Instance sent to Montgomery. under the
yuiss Of " Kansas Relief" and disclosing
plan to seize upon the st. Louis Arse.
lal. This forgery is copisd BY the echoes
# the Republican throughout the coun.
~. and the starving people Of Kansas
INST srffer for n And all fho.. tb;,I