AID FOR KANSAS.
Letter to Hon. M. F. Conway, November 17, 1856.
Hon. M. F. Conway, afterwards Representative in Congress from Kansas, in communicating this letter to the public, reported that it “was of great value in securing the appropriation of twenty thousand dollars by the Legislature of Vermont in aid of Kansas.”
Boston, November 17, 1856.
DEAR SIR,—I wish that I could aid your efforts to interest the State Legislatures for Kansas. To these Legislatures I look at this exigency for something worthy of the cause which is now in jeopardy. They have the power, and this is the very moment to exert it. God bless the State which begins!
Surely liberty in Kansas, involving our own liberty also, is worthy of every effort. To its security every citizen should contribute according to his means; and I know no better rule for the State Legislatures than for the citizen. These Legislatures should all contribute according to their means,—the more, the better. And such contributions, like every other charity, will be twice blessed.
Accept my best wishes for Kansas, and believe me, dear Sir,
Faithfully yours,
Charles Sumner.