Demoine courier., 1854-07-13
From the Washington Era.
movements I'm Nebraska and Kansas.

MOVEMENTS In Nebraska ana Kansas.
Tire following extract of letter from
the former delegate of Nebraska, TO 4
member of Congress, has been commu.
nica,ed to us for publication.
KANSAS TERRITORY, June 8, 81.
| So j, seems The foul deed has been
consunmated, and this beautiful terrific
nv, for whose benefit | have spen, so
much time and money, is surrendered up
to the full power of slavery. Blu, the
outrage is not to stop here. tits bu. one
link IN the cham of insul. and injury
offered to the people of the Free States.
Y ou will remember that at the last SEES.
sion of Congress $4,000 were appro.
priaied to enable the President to irea,
with The Indians of these new Terrific.
ries for their lands. But this law was
disregarded until the plan for the repeal
of The Missouri Compromise was ar
ragged: anl then, instead of Com
missioner being sent TO treat with the In
dians in the ordinary way, delegations
from each tribe have been hurried off TO
Washington, and the treaties there mace,
so that neither the tribes at large nor the
public know anything of the conditions
of these treaties. The Indian Agent.
the Senate and the particular friends of
the Administration alone know what is
going on. These individuals circulated
the story that no citizen would be allowed
10 take claims or settle on The lands ceded
b. the Indians TO The Government. until
the surveys were made and the lands of
fered a: public sale. In the meantime
Senator --sent private ielegraphic
dispatch to his friends to go and take pos
session of The most desirable locations.
This information was circulated secret.
iy, and thousands of The Pro.Slavery
party swarmed over the country before
those not in The secret were apprised of
what was doing. These men, under.
stand. have banded together to proven,
the settlement of anti slavery men in the
country. Several meetings Of these
CLUBS have been held ia Missouri, and
anli-slavery men have been denounced
with fierce threats. This ] knew from
the start would be the course pursued
by The slave power if the Missouri res.
friction was removed. Thus you see
tina. one great &C. Of treachery and bad
faith has been followed by others equally
atrocious. Ia there 10 be no end of these
outrages! Are freemen to he thus tram.
pied upon. their rights disregarded, their
personal safety even endangered And
no remedy! Will The people of the free
States quietly submit, to these wrongs
and iEsul,s-to be mere vassals of the
slave power! am for resistance; /
care u TO What ertenI | cal! upon
you and every friend of freedom to come
TO our assis,ance--to rescue this land
from this remorseless power---lhis coun.
try, The most beautiful, the most fertile,
and The most healthy. do verify believe.
on the face of the earth.
You see the plan Of Operations adopted
is this: 1t is ascertained where a com
pany of shareholders and their friends
desire TO settle; the Indian Department,
a, Washington then sends on for dele
cation of the tribe owning the desired
lands; this delegation goes 20 Washing
ton, makes treaty ceding the coveted
lands, and private information is sen, 10
the shareholders that all is ready, and
they take possession before outsiders
know that treaty has been made, or
the lands sold to government, all.
This is an easy way of colonizing the
whole territory with Shareholders, while
an ahti-slavery man cannot even get
good home. These are facts which the
whole country ough. to know, and as
soon as am in little better health |
shall endeavor to make known. | wish
we could have press here. Can YOU
not assist rs in getting one!
What we want is men-men Of cour.
age, industry and intelligence. They
can find no place on the habi,able globe
where they can get more desirable
home than here. The other Territory
Nebraska) is not comparable to this in
any respect, and there the STAKEHOLDER
will make no effort at dominion.
Your obi setv't,
ABELARD GUTHRIE.