Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-01-26
OBJ 1)alIg Spp,
FRIDAY. JANUARY 2s, 1855.
The New Territory.


If the citizens of Missouri have made up
their minds to manage things as they please
in Kanzas, the inhabitants of Kanzas seem
equally determined to ignore any such man.
agement. Having no disposition to interfere
with the internal affairs OF Missouri, they
have no disposition to permit Missourians to
interfere with the regulation of affairs in Kan
zas. On the 25th of December last meet
ing took place at Lawrence city, Rev. S. S.
.yder, Chairman, and DR.. Charles Robinson,
Secretary. At that meeting the unwarrantable
impertinanee of the slavery propaganda of
Lafayette Co. to which we referred some time
ago, received the following emphatic rebuke /;
Resolved
"lst. That proclaming the doctrine of
non intervention in the affairs of Missouri, we
respectfully but earnestly and sincerely adj
nonsh the slavery propaganda in that State
and elsewhere, as they regard their own rights,
and desire permission to manage their own
affairs, to desst from all unlawful interior.
emce in the management of the affairs in Kan
zas Territory"
The resolution indicates that the Missou-
lians will neither be allowed to take the bal
lot boxes into their possession nor to control
the voters as they did on a former occasion.
There will be legal checks, and sufficient
guards to prevent fraud and violence, before
another election takes place in the territory.
Kanzas continues to progress in population
and to prosper in every department of social
lie. There are upwards of eighty residences
in Lawrence having from 5 to 20 inmates
each; and if it had been possible to erect
more buildings this winter, the population
might have been immensely increased. A
branch of the Mormons, amounting to about
200 families, propose to form settlement in
Kanzas, in order that the poorer Mormon en-
igrnnts, on their way to Salt Lake City, the
land of promise, may find place in which to
rest and recruit. They propose to pitch their
tents about 100 miles from Kanzas city, to-
wards the interior of the territory, and as
they are opposed to slavery, they will not be
molested by the other squatters.
The trustees of the Lawrence Association
are determined, in the premises, to secure the
peace and morality of the city which they
have just founded. The disposal of the city
lots is vested in them, and they have insert
ed, in all their bonds, which they issue for
deeds, condition, that The purchaser, his
heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns,
shall not make, sell, or give away any spirit
uous liquors as beverage, and any violation
of this agreement will constitute forfeiture
of the premises.
The Emigrsnt Aid Company have con-
structed the foundation of a hotel, on Main
street, Lawrence, and are engaged in digging
well to it, As the lowest part of Lawrence
is about sixty feet above the level of the river,
il is expected that this circumstance which
will prevent fever and ague, will also cause
wells to be dug about the same depth, in Or
der to reach good water. There seems to be
abundance of bituminous coal in the vicinity
of Lawrence, and at other stations in the ter
ritory, which viii be of great advantage to the
community.
We think the prospects Of Kanzas are cheer
ing and hopeful, and give promise of glori-
GUS future for that State. The emigration,
this spring, will determine the future institu-
tions of Kanzas; and after they are fixed,
all doubts of the prosperity OF ruin of the
territory will be settled. The emigration in
the spring promises to be very large, and, of
course, very influential We hope they will
settle the slavery question and then go
ahead.