The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-06-01
Nebraska and its Advantages.


The following letter is from w. WALK
Err, formerly of this place, and well known
to many Of our citizens; and as the Ne
braska excitement has been very high,
the letter will undoubtedly prove inter
esting to the readers of the Pioneer. II
first appeared, we believe, in the Cleve-
land Herald.
WEsr, JERSEY, March e5, 1854.
DEAR S1R:--As promised whenI last
worte you that, as soon as I recovered
sufficient strength you should have an an
swer to your last enquiries; I now proceed
the task.
You allude to the excitement produced
by the attempt to repeal the missouri
Compromise as provided in Douglas
Bill. This excitement is nothing new under
thesun, nor indeedis itnew in our country.
Railways have these periodical out-bursts
Unpopular feeling and they die away as
readily as the occasion which gave rise to
them loses its novelty. We may be Justly
compared to the French of Paris. No mat
ter what form ofgovernment they have
whether under an Empire, Kingdom or
Republic, they must have their periodical
out-breaks-their emeutes. After the
surplus gas has been blown of, they re-
lapse back to their usual steady habits of
mingling amusement with active business.
They had no idea of changing the form of
government,-that was not the object of
the outbreak-it was otup for the excite
ment and novelty it would produce.
What the fate of this Bill will be in the
lower House, seems, from present indica-
tons, hard to determine. But there is
one, Cif there were no other, strong pow
era motive power that is always potent
in the hands of a popular Administion,
and especially in times of high party ex-
cltement, that is now, and has been at
work. Imean the the power and influence
of the Administration in favor of the
measure.
1t is avowedly an Administration meas
ure, and the friends of the Administration
in the House must be made of sterner and
more infexible marterials than their ell
lustrious predecessors" if they do not
yield reluctant obedience to the high
behest, even at the expense of running
counter to the wishes of their constituents
However, I do not apprehend the general
interests of the two Territories will be ieo-
pardized much, even if the Bill passes in
its present shape; as I am convinced that
emigrants from the southern States will not
bring into the Territories any more slaves
than few House servants. Not enough,
at any rate, to create even the semblance
of a competition between free and slave
labor. Even these Southern men would
prefer to hire steady, industrious white
men, at high wages rather than depend
on their slaves. These men well know
that although slavery be tolerated and
protected by law during our homage, or
territorial form of government, yet it is
looked upon as amoral lcertainty-"a fixed
fact" that whenever the time arrives
for their admissionint the family of States,
Non Slavery will be written in glaring
capitals in their Constitutions. AS to Ne
braska, it is out of the range of probab-
ilities for slavery ever to exist there. On
ly look at its geographical position: be-
tween the parallels of 40 and 40 North lati-
tude!
There is one fact relating to Slavery in
this Territory, of which you are perhaps
not aware, as perceive it is not generally
known in East, viz: the existernce of sla-
very here, among the Indians and whites
in defiance of the Compromise of 1920
It has been in existence ever since it was
organized as an Indian Territory. True,
there are notmany slaves, but still slavery
exists. Some slaves are held by the In
dians by virtue of their own laws and
usages, and some by regular bills of sale
from citizens of Missouri. White people
going into the Territory by authority of the
Government in the character of Indian
Agents, licensed Traders, Mechanics,
Teachers. Missionaries, &C., hesitate not
a moment to take slaves with them,
regarding it as Slave Territory, and the
prohibitory clause dead letter This
opinion prevailing so generally, was fortii-
ed a few years ago by decision Of one of
the Circuit Courts of Missouri, deciding
that the Indian Territory, properly SO call
ed, was Slave Territory.
will briefly state the nature OF the suit
that called forth this decision from Judge
Ryland, now ofthe Supreme Court of Mis-
souri,. A. was appointed by the Probate
Court Administrator of the state of B.
Among the asets thatcame into B. hands
were number ofslayes. These were hired
out to service for the time being One "a
man was hired to person residing in
the Territory. He managed to escape and
succeeded in reaching Mexico and was
never reclaimed. The heirs afterwards
! brought suit against A, for the recovery