The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-05-10
Nebraska.

.,t WEsr, JRRsEI, March @. 1854.
DEAR SIR;-As Tpromi>ed when last
wrote Won that aS soon A. recovered saf.
firient strength. you shonId have An anseer
TO your last enquiries now proceed 10 the
task. Era E Hr..r
Eon allude TO he excitement produced
by the agtempt to. repeal the Missouri
COMPROMISE, '.s pros.deI AZ Douglas, E.II.
This excitement IS nathing pi;w under the
sun. nor indeed is t'new ii oar country.
we always have these periOlicAl out. bursts
OF popalsr feeling ana Jhey die away as
readily rs the occasion which gave rIse TO
them loies its noYeley. We may he. jps'lc
compared to the FreqSh ot Pa,is. Eoma,.
ter what form Of y.oSernment ihey hive
whether under an Empire. kinyl On Or f.e-
public, they must have their Perio iirai oct
breaks--tiieir smsa!cs. After lhe surplus
gas has been Blown Oh they relapse bsck e
their usual steady habits % min5iins amu~c-
meut with active basines.. They Lad Nc !.
dea of change IN The farm Of glgeran:ent, -
that wae not the ahlect Of the outbreak
l; Was got up COR the eEcilementarl novelty
1t would pfodtce.. "
What The late ,6f' this Bill VII be in the
lowSr House, seems. from present i3lica
Sious, hard to determine. But thecc is, one,
(ifthefe were NO other. strong propeliins
power-a motive power thst is always potent
in the hands Of popular Administration,
end especially IN fines ofhigt party excite
mcnt, that is now. and has been at work.
mean the power and influence Of the Ad.
ADMINISTRATION in favor Of the measure.
1t is avowedly an. administration measure
and the friends oC the Administration in the
House must be made Of steiner and more
ilfeSible materials than their ''liustrious
predecesscrs, II they do uotyield reiuctan,
obedience TO the. high behest, even at the ex,
pense Of running Counter to the wishes Of
their constituents. However, l Do not ap-
preRent The genera! interests Vi the two
Territories wiIl ke jeoPariiavi much, even
il the Bill passes in us present shape; as I
am eonyincedNha: em;grants from, ,le south
ern States will 10. baag into TIL Tergto-
res ary,rnore slaves than few House ser
IaHts. got enough, al any ra.y, II create
even seniblance oi comp2titon between
free and Slayelab Even ,bese Southern
men would prefer to hjre s4e.ly, industrious
white men, at high wares rather than de-
Tegd on thcir'siayes' These men well know
Mat although slavery be tolerated AMI pro-
reried BY lazy during our mona &c, Or terrific
~ial form Of 3pveroWrns, yet it IS booked
upon as a,rnoca cerGnty-"a fixed hct, 4"
that whenever the pIc arrives for theiI al :
mission int tie family Of 5,a,es, Won ga
rery will e,,wFiltrh in giaung capitals il
their Constitutions. As u Nebraska, it is
out of!Ee range 2t probabilities for slavery
ever to exist there. ORIy Lok at its geo
graphical position between The parallels Of
~ and 40 North latitude,
There is Que fact relating to Slavery in
this Territory, II which yeu are perhaps
moi aware, ., | Pe7oeiye il i nos generally
known in lie LAST, viz: the existence Of sla-
very here. among the Indians AMI whites in
DEFIANCE Of the Compromise of 1926. It
hasiheen in existence ever since it was or
ganized as an Indian Territory. True,
there are 10! msny slaves, hug still slavery
exists. Some slaves age held by the Indi-
ans By virtue oftbeiG. oyn laws and usages
and some by regular bills OF sale from eli,
&ens q Missouri. Waite people going into
she Territory by authority q the Govern
ment in the character Vi indian Agents, ii.
censed Iraiers, Mechanics, Teachers. Mis-
sonaries, d., hesitate not q moment "a
take slaves with them, regarding il aa Slave
Territory, aud the Frqhibrory clause y dead
letter. 4hia opinion .pYeya!ips SO general
!y, WAS tortSel y few ysarS ago BY, = de-
cision Of one of the Circrit Courts ci Mis-
souri,, deciding tina: the Indian Territory
properly SO called. was Slave Tgrrl@ry
| viii briefly state the nature,oftke suit th.t
ealled forth this decision from Judge Ryland
now Of the Supreme Court of Missouri. A.
was appointed By the Probate Court Admin
;strator Of the state Of B. Among the as,
sets that came into B q hands were anum
Der Of slaves. These were hired ont to ser
vice for the time being. One Ia man) was
hired TO . person residing in the Territory
He managed to escape and succeeded III
reaching Mexico aad was never reclaimed
The heirs afterwards brought suit against
A. FOR tie recovery OF the value Of the rim
away slase en- the ground that A. had put
the slave to service in Free Territory, yirtu.
ally emancipating him, On the partof the de,
it9ce it was contended and proved thai
"Slayery and Involuntary servitude" had
existed and did exist in the Indian Terrific
ry. and'ittHas not free soil Judgement fop
the defendant Such is the prese attitude
Of slavery Here Bat | must be brief and
hast2p or have not answered a single
question yet, rs ylt the Kansas river ha,
not been navissttd'bg gteam Graft, ex1ep
ia lev INSTANCES by special contract when
there wa any considerable amount s
I,reislJs 10 "a, lP TO the {ndian Trading
rfsts, and this doas in a hlah time Of wa
ter
';fac rlser can be aaavigatei by ligLy
draught boots from the opening Of naviga
ton (Februny,) till August; during ihe
autumnal months The water would be toe
low. There has heretoforG been no bbsi
ness to employ boats on the. stream, One
boat. I1learn, i< now in preparation ior
runniag and making occasional trips to For
Riley near the e.juactien of Republican with
ne L@susas. With regard TO tiie physical
character of the country in th" reghbor
hoooisaf Fort Riley aud on the RepGbtcan
am not able to speak from petsoual. Pbser
yation; bnt fr6m informaton derived from
any ncigtlboFs VIA have Visited that coEntry
i must bs one 4f The finest agricultural gGd
ssock raising districts in the Territory, be+
lis . rish,open esppQ;sn coltutry, and rich,
" satrreJ. .Yhe Regaborhood Of Fort
LearenWefLb aaJ Wyandott, Ike the rest