THE ENGLISHMAN IN KANSAS: OR, Squatter Life and Border Warfare. BY T. H. GLADSTONE, ESQ., AUTHOR OF THE LETTERS FROM KANSAS IN THE "LONDON TIMES." WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY FRED. LAW OLMSTED, AUTHOR OF "A JOURNEY IN THE SEABOARD SLAVE STATES," NEW YORK: MILLER & COMPANY, 321 BROADWAY, 1857. Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1857, by FRED. LAW OLMSTED, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. MILLER & COMPANY, Printers and Publishers, N. Y. AMERICAN EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION. HAVING been requested to edit and introduce an American edition of this English book, I have thought I could best serve a public purpose by examining and setting forth its value and purport as evidence and intelligent European commentary upon the present exciting questions of our politics. MR. GLADSTONE, a kinsman of the distinguished ex-chancellor of the Exchequer of England, visited Kansas, at a moment of interest in its history, and in the history of our country. His opportunities of obtaining trustworthy information were good, and he appears to have used them calmly and diligently. As a foreigner, with claims of friendship, or even acquaintance, upon no one in the territory, except Colonel Sumner, who, as the military representative of the federal authority, was respected by both parties, he occupied a neutral position in their warfare. Going back of these circumstances, I find that Mr. Gladstone arrived in New York near the beginning of the year 1856, with the ordinary motives of an English traveler of his class. From all I can learn of those who knew him here, his testimony on any subject should be received with particular respect. He is thought to observe closely and accurately, to study carefully, and to be slow in expressing the conclusions of his judgment. He is not known to have had, at this time, more knowledge of, or interest in, American politics, than is common among English conservative gentlemen-about as much, that is to say, as is common among us with regard to the affairs of Sweden or Brazil. He proceeded, very soon after his arrival, to Washington, and thence further south, and, during the winter, enjoyed the hospitality of South Carolina and Mississippi. In the spring |