[May 17, 1860.]
I have to-day two
letters from you and one from Frank — your letter, May 9 and Frank's May 12,
and have telegraphed that I am here and will leave for Philadelphia to-night.
I found on arrival
at Lawrence some earnest men, who are desirous to use active measures if they
could have the means. Among them a Mr. Stewart, who tells me he formerly lived
with Mr. Henry A. Page. S. has several colored people on his farm, one a
good-looking young girl who, when her master tried to take improper liberties
with her, knocked him down and ran off.
He, with others I
saw, assured me that it was the wish of the majority of the people of Kansas to
make it a “free state” for blacks as well as whites, and they would do so if
the means could be procured to effect an organization.
If I had returned
home my work would only have been half developed, and of course half done. I
now feel confident that we can make the whole of Kansas a place of rest for the
“panting fugitive,” and that done, Missouri, Arkansas, and the Indian
Territory can be cleared of slaves.
Montgomery is a
splendid man. I will tell you lots of stories about him when I get home.
SOURCE: Preston
Stearns, The Life and Public Services of George Luther Stearns, p.
225-6
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