, 1861-02-18

Nay VI lAS PUit4&E @AA0AAt$s II 4afG Ao4ClJ i!
seen SO blunde g, 50 heartless, SO wicked
a manifesto. Wstere had throc special
correspondents in Kansas to ascertain and |
report the facts in relation to this famine
men whom we knew, and in whose repre-
sentations we could place entire confidence. !
We have had scores Of letters from per-
sonnl acquaintances, residents Of the famine-
stricken region. We have been visited by
scores Of others, bringing the best crcden-
tails which the State affords. All these
witnesses have concurred in one thing, 10
wit, that the destitution is terriblc-that
unless speedy and bountiful relief shall be
forwarded to the scene Of suffering the con-
sequences will be fatal to thousands.
Mcssrs. Mcdowell, Pitzer s. Company
graciously agree that one~ifth Of the
the population Of the State arc unable to
rely upon their own resources for bread.
They blandly admit that this number Of
persons must be sustained until the first Of
June by contributions from abroad But
they do this in such way, with such IN
air Of apology tor the famine, and such u
spirit Of malevolencc towards Mr. Hyatt and
those associated with him, that the effect
must be most disastrous to the sufferers,
unless it is counteractcd by higher and bet
ter authority than themselves. This, we
fancy, will not be hopeless task, inasmuch
as The names attached to the manifesto e1e
unknown to the public ut large, while the
testimony on the other side comes from
those in whom the public have learned to
place confidence.
There arc three important interests
which are more or less affected by the con-
diiion Of things in Kansas ut the present
time. First, the specializing interest, Sec
ond the local political interests, and third
the rival town interests on The Missouri
river. We have been made aware Of these
conflicting elements moro than once since
the famine presented itself, and VIC have
only been deferred from exposing them to
the public cxccration by fear lest the ex-
! position should tie the hands Of those no
bic and devoted men and women in all
parts Of the country who have been and
arc now exerting themselves in behalf Of
their suffering fellows on our Western from
tier. The apeculating interest consists OF
those persons who have invested more or
less IN town lots and acres of prairie, and
who depend upon large emigration to fill
up the new State and give value to their
landed possessions. These men Of course
cry down everything like famine OF
destitution. They pooh-pooh The
gifts Of the charitable, and insinuatc
that Kansas is land flowing with milk
and honey. Their craftis in danger The
fact that 4 greater or less number Of their
fellow citizens are hungry and can get nc
bread, is nothing 10 them, so long as their
tcnantless lois and uninhabited acres arc
without q market The political interest
referred to consists Of these persons who
fancy that Generul s. c. Pomeroy stanes ir
their road towards tile United States Sen
ate. Some two years ago Gen Pomeroy
was candidate for this Office. Whcthe,
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know nor care, It tisafact that other Gun
dicatcs and rival factions have been catc1
up with jealousy by reason Of this gentle
1 mans prominence in the relief movement
These persons care nothing for Mr.. Hyatt
"a New York city gentleman who has lef,
his home and his business to look af1er th,
starving people Of Kansas But the,
have more than once. ATTEMPTED Il
whip General Ponneroy over his should
err: We do not chargc.;the signcrs q
the Lcavenworth manifesto, with this nur
pose, bit it is = well known fact that G>n
Pomeroy united with Ar. Hyatt in his re
. cent statement concerning the fam
: inc, and il The one has been. guilty o
/ "reckless and aagitious f:llsehood,
) the other has been guilty also. W
, protest in the name Of the givcrs no lcs
/ than the recipients Of the charity, again,
this miserable squabble. IfGen. Pomero
e has been making use Of his position as til
almoncr Of this charity, to max
, political capital for himself, (which We i
not believe,) let it be told in plain word
/. Let hs,n be the euffercr-not the 10000 {
10000 men and women who ore:Yantin
: the necessaries of life.
:, The third interest which Las Interfere
i: more or less with the efforts Of the charts
T. BILE in the premises, Is found in those towr
( On the Missouri river, which are Jealous {
: the importance acquired by Atchison
the relief movement . Leavenwort
e has been greatly afflicted in th
: regard e. The fact that Atchiso
!: is the only point ofany consequence in til
? State reached by railroad, and the otht
j circumstance, that the Missouri river h.
+ been closed by ice during the whole seasol
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