Kansas weekly herald., 1854-11-03
DeZxEarU1.e Lands.

DeLsgsCga.e Lands.
A memorial to the President of the Uni
ted Shtes,sadopted by meeting at heay-,
en&orth, on The s1st Sof OctoBeB s. the
sszslssz ppoh DelaWazs lshds, s. neW in
circulation fr obsaii1ing signanress We
hope every settler VIII sign is indeed we
know that they feel deepand abiding In
terest in the subject. 1t is time the settlers
=werespeakiHg outyand letting these land
spectators, who are encouraging the In
dams TO acts Of depredations know, that
they know their own rights, and knowing
dare maintain them-that they are law
abiding -eitizeassa netdisposed te.#feags
the government Or the Indians, I,..s,a 1901
1t would have been far better for the In
dian, the settler,r and gosernnent,i that a
fixed price should have been placed upon
all the lands, it is, no price is stipula-
ted, and the sale may. fall far. shortsof what
the whole lands would bring if subject ITO
pre- e-emptiomn. 2 The country then would
have been settled faster, the Indians have
obtained as good, if not better prices, and
thus the pelicyfof the government hitherto
pursued, would have been carried out to
the'interest and benefit of all parties. But
as it is ia some of the treaties. and In the
Delaware treaty particularly, the lands. are
to be- said. to the highest bidder, and is there
any assurance It will bring more than the
minimum price of the government lands?
There will be a large portion that will not
be ssold,. at least for years. Why then
should not the government pay a fair price
for these lands, and let the squatter' have it
at the customary price, The government
does not want to speculate, neither should
it permit spectators to come in and prevent
the, settling Of the county, o ..xs1st-g..lt
The government first held out induce
ments to the people to settle this. country,
else why organise the Territory at all; and
after they have made the lands valuable by
settling on or around it, is it right that
those who have led the van guard Of settle
ments and opened the way for others,
should come in competition with the shy
locks, at the land sales? Justice and sound
policy require change in the Delaware
treaty, so the settlers on the Delaware lands
can make their pre-emptions, as others
No one can be injured by it, the govern
ment will get one dollar and a atquarter an
acre, and it can afford to pay the Indians
what they have hitherto asked, which is less
than this price. r.,: .;.rr7 s.l.e .5..:! .7.,.s
The government has ever, been charac-
terised by wise and liberal policy towards
the settlers upon the public lands, by ex-
Indian titles, by encouraging
settlements, by graduating the price of the
public lands. We cannot noW believe the
government intends to change its policy in
this respect, ard usurp species of tyran-
ny upon the poor squatter, by expelling him
from any of the public domain, where the
Indian title has been, extinguished or trea--
ties made for that purpose. ,eliis.. 5os
There are other reasons why this Della |
ware treaty should be changed. The 18th
and 36th sections which have been hereto |
fore given for school purposes, are to be
sold as other lands, and the people cut out
from all benefits Of a school fund arising
from this source. The policy of the gov
ernment has always been to encourage % ane |
foster the cause of Education, for upon the
virtue and intelligence of the people rests
the permanency of our American lnstltu-
tionns. The settlers will be protected, the
treaty must be changed. and equal justice
done to a large and meritorious class Of
pioneer settlers. We ask the press every
where to notice this subject, and call the
of the. President and Congress to
the subject. ;arniiaa |
$40 A Coon H1Nr.-A sagaeious statesman
in advocating some public improvement
once said: s.If you would have your city
loved. you must maks it lovely ass.a
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