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Emigrant Aid Society. - - We are credibly informed that quite a large number, probably several hundred of these purchased voters, are now on their way up the Missouri River, consigned to Messrs. Parks (George S. Park) & Patterson (William J. Patterson), of Parkville, and other consignees at different points, for distribution, in lots to suit; subject to the order of A. H. Reeder, Esq., President of the “Underground Railroad,” in Kansas Territory. A still larger number are said to be in St. Louis, ready for shipment on the first boat.
We hope the Quarantine Officers along the borders, will forbid the unloading of that kind of Cargo.
A cargo of rotten oranges, once introduced death by thousands in Philadelphia, (in the shape of Yellow Fever.) A more horrible disease, and one followed by many deaths, we fear; may be the consequence, if this mass of corruption, and worse than leprous loathsomeness, is permitted to land, and traverse our beautiful country.
(Researcher’s note: “Andrew Horatio Reeder (1807–1864) was appointed the first governor of the Territory of Kansas by President Franklin Pierce in 1854. The phrase mocking him as "President of the 'Underground Railroad'" appeared in pro-slavery territorial accounts during the Bleeding Kansas era, satirizing his opposition to the pro-slavery legislature. Initially a Democrat who tried to navigate popular sovereignty, Reeder broke with the pro-slavery border ruffians and the administration after election fraud, eventually aligning with Free-State forces.”)Date(s) of Creation
3/6/1855
