The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-06

The humidity of the Sierra Mohada gives
great fertility to this region and the
country bordering OH the sides of the
mountains, as well as the valleys in their
recesSes, are unequaled in loveliness and
richness of vegetation. To the settler
they offer every inducement aud have
no doubt in few years this tract of coaa-
try will vie with California or Australia,
in the number of emigrants it viii invite.
1t is by far the most beautiful part Of
New Mexico, now part Of Kaiisas,sa
and a remarkable level country CONNECTS
it with the western part of the Atlantic
States. As soon as this is thrown open
to settlement, continuous line of farms
will be established, By which the agricul-
tural and mineral wealth of the country
will be developed. -
Mr. Charles McClanahan, Virginia
emigrant to California, and a large dealer
III stock to that country, writing back to
me from the Valley of San Luis in August,
1858, says: g On this route almost the
entire way may be settled, as all the land
from Missouri to Bent's Fort is rich and
very fertile, equal TO the best lands. of
Missouri and Illinois and no land can
beat the Sierra Blanca for grass. Even
, to the very summit it stands as thick as
the best meadows, and many acres would
NOW at least four tons to the acre.
"Then comes the large and beautiful
valley of San Louis, said to be one of the
most fertile in New Mexico. Indeed,
fine land is upon the whole route; and the
climate is such that stock can live out all
the winter upon the grass. On this route
there is an abundance of grass and water,
so much so that stock will travel and keep
fat. A very large majority of our sheep
are as fat mutton as any i'll the Philadel-
phia or Baltimore market; and a very
large number of Mr.. Barnwell's cattle are
fine beef, and | have never seen any stock,
after travelling so far, look half so well"
This is the western or Upper Kansas,
and will make another great State and
both will quickly be ripe for admission
into the Union-East Kansas in 1856,
and the western in 1856. They will both
be settled with unexampled rapidity In
agriculture and grazing alone they pre-
sent irresistible attractions to the settler
But it is not agricultural and pastoral ad-
vantages alone, great as they are, which
are TO attract people to this region: other
causes are to add their inducements to the
same attractions, and render them insin-
cible. At the head of these other causes
stands the pre-emption law, now engraft-
ed as permanent feature in the Federal
land system, and made applicable to all
the public lands in the Territory. By
virtue of this law the laboring man, with
out dollar in his pocket, is put ahead of
the speculator with his thousands. He
may choose for himself out of the wide
domain--mark out his choice-take pos
scssion--work it and raise enough out
of it, or on it, to pay the government price
by the time the pay is demandable-with
the good prospect to see it rise to ten OF
twenty times as much as it cost within a
few years. This is chance for free
hold, and of provision for "a family, which
the wise and industrious tiller of the earth
will not neglect Then come the politi-
cal advantages. The act of Congress
creating the Territory gives great politi-
cal rights to unnaturalizcd settlers coming
into it. 1t gives the elective franchise
and eligibility to office, upon the simple
declaration of an intention To become a
citizen of the United States, aud takin.;
the requisite oaths. This is ar.advantigc
which the foreign emigrant will know
how to appreciate, and to appropriate
Then comes an advantage of a different
kind still, novel but energetic, and already
in full operation--the competition for ex.
cess of settlers between the free and the
SLAVE States. That competition, though
deplofable in its political and social as.
Ipeet, must have one good effect upon the
Territory-that of rapidly filling it with
people-the only point of view in which
| refer to it. Finally comes fourth cause
in this extra list.for attracting settlers
one that must have its effect upon all who
can reason from cause to effect-who cal
look ahead and see what is to happen By
seeing what exists-who can estimate the
force of natural causes, which are self
acting and irresistible, and which worl
out their results without the directing ant
| helping hand of government. 1t is th'
Pacific railroad Kansas has the charte
from nature for that road, aud will use 1t
She has the smooth way on which b
place 1.-THE straight way on which 4
run 1.-THE material with which to builc
Iit-the soil and people to support it--a,r;
the salubrious climate to give it exemp
. ton from disease and she has in I've
: southwest quarter, precisely where tn
straight line requires them to be, the mul
} tiplied gates which open the mountains
10 the Paeiic-the Coochatope, the Car
, nero, the San Juan, the Poonche, tn
Medic, the Mosca, the Sangre de Christn
i the Utah. These passes, and the rich
J grand, and beautiful country in whicl
. they lie, command road-and viii hav
, It: and the prc-emptioher who acquire
! a quarter section on its line, may coliside
his fortune made. +
%% Now think / hay
: provided for two of the five States whic
l have promised. and that witfiu tn
: brief space of one aud two years, an'
: each upon larger population than ha
: ever yet been required from other ne'
, States. Now let US proceed to tIie othc
J three, and let US dispatch them. in les
, time than these two have required.
{ We take section of the Rocky Noun
i tains, from 81 to Al dcgrees--near 81
S miles north and south-and go down I
S the base on each side. say an hundFe
2 miles or more each way-nnaking IN are
!. Iof $1,000 square miles, while all Fl
Swiss cantons have not 10000. Hen
: then, is territory enough for q gfes
4 mountain State. -
i We Americans are IN the habit os ne
: ferring to Europe for point of conpas
: Ison for everything we wish TO praise ]
S Iour country, although cur own may b
5 FAR superior Therefore, I compare chi