Kansas weekly herald., 1854-10-13
Wash.aekon Sent. 26th 1881.

| - . esa Washiagton Sept 26th 1854.
DEAs OssoRs: The first number of the
"Herald" has come to hand large and beau
| ltiful, and marked with that ability and every
circumstance that makes the sheets of our.
own city or any of the other cities: of the
Union so desirable! congratulate you,
Sir, and the good people of that infant Re-
public for being the first to publish and the
first to read the news On your own SOIL I
shall, Sir, preserve your first paper. so that
when ] shall, as hope to be, a citizen of
"Kansas," when she shall stand in proud
majesty among her sister States, can say
| have paper set up under. spreading
Elm when Leavenworth was yet young
and could not accommodate a. printing
press! f'l's $50 r -as..,sfi, ii,,s.siss -
/ ann glad to see the practical operations
of your people vindicating the principles of
the "Bir' that gave you a territorial ex-
istence, "that you haze right to regulate
your osOn afairsT' to print paper out doors
if you have no Office, to read it in doors or
out. to ride or go afoot, to marry or remain
sold bachelors or .s'old maids as you
please or as you can; in short to be free
people, capable of transacting every busi-
ness calculated to augment your present
happiness or lay the basis of your future
greatness! This you know is the Demo
cratic doctrine; and this the last Congress
labored hard to secure to you, and after a
long and boisterous struggle succeeded -
How perfectly simple and how supremely
ridiculous the idea that Congress can and
ought to take out of the hands of the peo-
pie who migrate thither from the States, full
Of all the attributes of sovereignty, the power
or right to mould and fashion their own
society and establish the great features
which are to mark the character of a future
Commonwealth! consider it little or no
better in principle than the system adYoca-
ted and sought to be imposed upon the
original thirteen colonies. 49,
Among those who labored hard for this
desiaeratuns was Judge Douglas the he
roic advocate of popular rights, and the In
vi1cible and answering friend of the great
and growing West. To Virginia belongs
the honorable distinction of being the
Mother of the old States and of Statesmen;
but to Judge Douglas belongs also the hon
or of being the Father Of the new State, the
planter of those nurseries that have already
and will continue to produce Statesmen,
who in our onward march to grandeur and
renown will influence and direct our desti-
ny! To the west, the mighty and growing
west, will be committed this care; because
her rich and boundless prairies will furnish
all the elements of commerce and of wealth
while the Eastern cities will be only great
store houses that shall contain the vast
burthen of our explorations with the world!
For this great good, never to be requited,
which he has so largely contributed to Sc
cure to the country, and indirectly to the
world, he has received every mark of un-
kindness, and ingratitude the most cruel of
all injuries. But, Sir, ere long has own
children, will ''caU him blessed" and will
vindicate his character and his life, dedi-
Gated with parental regard for their exis-
tence and their welfare!
The passage of the Nebraska Kansas
Bill having been one of the great acts of
President Pierce, that shall place his ad-
minisration side by side with the lamented
Folks on the brightest page of our future
history, as having conferred upon our coun-
| try the greatest good, and filled her lap
with the hidden treasures of California, he
doubtless feels every solicitude to facilitate
all enterprises that may contribute to the
advantage of the territories.
There is nothing transpiring here Of
much interest, OF ofpublic importance. Il
has been remarkably healthy here, consid-
ering the ravages ofdisease in many of the
cities and towns throughout the country.
Our city is now, and since the adjourn
ment of Congress quite deserted, but in q
few weeks, we will again be full of hustle
] and activity when the peoples representa-
tives return with the retinue that is in usual
attendance, to get slice out of the huge
/ and fat sides of ssUncle Sam" ei
| Uncle Sam is a great fellow, and if he
was mt he would long since, have beel
dead, and his eyes scratched out by the
hawks and buzzards that are keeping an
eternal clamor over him, and endeayoring tt
prey upon his carcass! Your friends her,
are all well and your particular friend Gov
Marcy is attending to the foreign relations
of nl1r country and to a IL fha mott ons bnunn,