Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-04

Mr. c. StorTs who has lately como from
Kansas relates to rs some particulars Of The
fearful dessitation which prevails in that ter
ritory. tits indeed terrible state Of affairs,
and We earnestly urge the people Of Ohio
to come up promptly to the rescue Of
their brethren in Kansas I. is no question
in which religious OF political preferences can
interfere. bus one purely Of humanity and
mercy. There srestaFving and freezing mal-
tindes upon the plains Of Kansas who must
have help or theydie.
Nr. Storss, while at The general distri6a-
ting agency at Atehison, saw some pitiablee1-
amplss Of suffering. One man, who was an
intelligent asmer, came iron Lykin county
to beg for aid He said that in all that oOun-
ty nof sagls bushsl Of corn was harvested
that was st TO use. Another from Breckin-
ridge county, who had been a manufacturer at
the East and who had always been comfortably
situated, cane to the sgenCy, almost naked,
aad begged for food, thing he said, that he
had never thoughtio do. He said that out Of
20 acres Of wheat and corn he did not raise
kan5Talof grain. An old man and bis SOC,
who lived at a little settlement sixty miles
from post oHice,cam for aid. The old gen.
tleman had suffered terribly from rheumatism,
and was 50 roEsn that be would not recover
for weeks.
The SHOWS IN Kansas are now from two
to three feet deep. Through this the poor
men had to travel scores and hundreds OF
miles many having no boots or shoes, and
with clothes Is attered as though they had
been through a picking machine. Thus they
plod their weary way for aid for themselves
and families.
What is mostly needed now are the three
articles Of boots uheat for SEED, and money for
JTsigkis. The State Of Illinois has come up
nobly to the rescue, and has herself contrib
uted enough to feed the people Of Kansas,
while to the Eastern States they look for the
means Of forwarding this relief to its destina-
ton. The people Of the Territory rest all
their hopes upon the next harvest for their
living. They have no wheat for seed. They
need 100, 900 bushels Of wheat to give them
good promise Of g harvest next faH. # they
do not have this, then there viii he o-her
year of fearful suffering. They need beside,
$1,000 bushels of corn for seed. These are
not fancied wants, but actual necessities,
which alone can give them relief in the year
to come.
VIII not our farmers spare from their
abundance for the relief Of these worthy but
starving settlers7 VIII not our merchants
supply the pressing need Of boots and shoes
to protect the freezing feet of their brothers
and sisters who are building up the newly
admitted STATE, and win not all add their
mite to send on the charity which the people
Of Illinois generously furnish2
And can rot our Legislature aid in this
matter7 It is a matter in which they will
be supported by the people Of the State
The prosperous State Of Ohio can easily
spare $780, 900 to aid the destitute, and
the people viii heartily uphold their IegisIa-
tors in such grant We trust the matter
viii come before them at an early day
We have not space to urge this matter
further to-day, but shall recur to it again. 1t
is literally a question Of life and death, and
as such should be met with open, hand and
liberal heart.