CONTRIBUTION FOR KANSAS.
Letter to Messrs. Greeley and McElrath, of the New York Tribune, September 23, 1856.
Messrs. Greeley and McElrath:—
I have watched with interest your generous fund for the relief and liberation of Kansas, now insulted, trodden down, torn, and enslaved by the President of the United States, acting as the tool of the tyrannical Slave Oligarchy. To other funds for this important charity I have already given according to my small means; but, as a constant reader of the “Tribune,” I cannot miss the opportunity which you afford to protest anew against an unparalleled Crime, and to contribute anew to its mitigation. Please to accept the check which I enclose for one hundred dollars. I wish it were more, when so much is needed.
Believe me, Gentlemen, your faithful servant,
Charles Sumner.
Philadelphia, September 23, 1856.