Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-05-18

1,;ro, +ol,nn from the st. Louis Democrat,
Inc Donnrl is of unusual interest on the sub
"a. If which it treats
9cI ol I,,,,I kansas be n Slave state!
-.,a the passage of the Douglass bill we have
ShC1 w onv doubt that Kansas would eventually
never nau siaye State The only question which ever
become rise to a doubt in our mind was what kind
has gwen ,yopld be established there Will it be
Of SaHeiy i EXISTS in New Mexico? Will the Afri-
s"el The Peon system predominant
can y, horizons of Kansas Immediately upon the
Many e +bis State are admirably adapted TO agri-
t0n'el n6 will under slave labor prove profitable.
cuI'uV, ab1e in soils, climate and topography the
They t.;io lands of the Platte purchase These are
Dos.c l' t alnval bottoms along the Missouri, and
cheny tTe Republican and Smoky Hill Forks, the
han55o and the Verdigrls together with their small
NeOsno streams To the residents of Western Mis-
UUub attractions thus presented by virgin praries
sour ,J with timber of the largest growth, well wa
With clear sparkling springs, and all to be had
iaTTqI askinc, are irresistible. Living upon we'll
tor no farms which will average in value from
. N fifty dollars per acre. and yet within days
'D3 n territory superior to II i'll some respects
"p tbot has never been exhausted by tllage, and
"G III i omen to presumption at the government
"".,' + is very natural that thousands of them
fd sneed across the border to possess themselves
s.o f.ir q heritage. SdCh carry with them too the
Limos and habits of the State from which they EN-.
". +@ and seek to plant there those institutions 10
tlp OF lnelr lives mas gwen q sanction
L,ro dpcamatOry phllanthrophy can shake. This
"' T ;rtroduce into Kansas slavery as it exists in
%, w." for the organized efforts of northern men
o.occuDv the country will only to kindle
F.ssions of many who would otherwise never
oss the line and thereby defeat their own ends by
nleriDg permanent the organic law OF the first le-
,.ature egalzing and protecting slave property
rhis is now a liked faCt which recent events nave
7.t clearly demonstrated.
m the other hand, however, we may here repeat
Aq has often been stated before, that the territory
Kansas from the ninety degree of attitude,
from the paIael Of Council Grove westward to
r., Mountains is of totally different character and
i,ed only for pastoral purposes. The "divides "
tween the streams are high scarce of water, with
d. IN Iigbt SOILS which yet clothed with the most
.,+rtious grasses known the streams are closely
nmgd in by the uplands, and for the most part des-
rte Of timber; while the total lack of all facilities
transportation will for years render the production
n grain crops, even if practicable, certainly unproft-
able Perhaps few exceptions may be made in IA
g0r of some spots upon the immediate lines of inland
,-qvp; but they amount to nothing in the aggregate.
Far pastoral purposes however, the system of Peon-
40 is far better suited than that Of our slavery In
[-w Mexico this fact has long been conclusveiy
moved and already We find that system extending
f raDdlv into Kansas and basing its cattle ranges
nd scattered ranches upon settlements along the up
,r Arkansas, the Heufeno and the Font que Boie.-
The dexertY, the endurance the sagacity, the Vig-
srco which the rancherS herdsmen of Taos or San
rgue display in gathering their cabballad," or in
.eoDng together immense numbers of cattle, renders
Her services in this respect invaluable as well as
rjispensable and we know of no kind of servtude,
atber than their own which bids fair to supplant it
mon the widespread pastoral regions between the
Canadian and the Platte. RdnCherOS are dropping in
along the base of the mountains and establishing their
racendas low down upon the smaller tributary streams
that flow out from the gorges Their herds are al
a. ct. n
GreenhOu-while their ranges are day by day ad-
ancDg further out upon the plains. Even those cit
liens too from the States, who have located in the
region find it necessary 10 acquire the same species
Of a5or and soon gather TO themselves Poems and
DEPENDENTS enough for all The purposes of stock rails
ing The only check which now prevents their i'm
mediate occupation of the western and central por-
Tons Of Kansas is to found in the fear of Indian de.
weIations This however, has even within the past
year in great measure subsidized as may be inferred
from the numbers who are now locating upon the
artdest outskirts of previous Mexican population
Thus il will be seen that the diversltes of country,
n rqurementS of labor are Introducing two distinct
systems into this territory; the coming from the
ast and carrying with it ro-slavery from Mis-
souri, and Kentucky; the other emanating from the
west and introducing the Peon serVtude of New Mex
co. and Chihuahua. At what point the two will in
amnge, and whether they will ever blend together,
will rather conflict with each other, is at present
"ACuIl 10 determine. L ne enterprise and energy OF
DIT own population, which is fast peopleng Kansas,
w unquestonably carry with them their institutions
Rs lar as the nature of the country will permit while,
already stated, we do not believe that beyond
certain point almost midway of the territory it will
ether prove profitable or desirable for them to 60
The expulsion Of the Indian tribes on the other hand
which must soon take place from the driving off
game, and the ceaslng of the yearly mgratons of the
aHao will give free access to the people of our new
acquired possessions, and induce them to cover
1eg reai divides with their hocks and herds. The
result which will, in all probability, flow from this
oloIe lnrOad must be to divide Kansas, or so much
1t as lies this side of the spurs of the Rocky Noun
ANS into two states, one OF which will be character
by the slave labor Of the South, and the other by
De Peon labor of New Mexico. The residue of the
@FioTy, which forms a mountain State, is just as
kelly as not to be settled by mountain communities,
Ieadng out from Utah in which event. as they
og0He neither the one nor the other, that will un-
~L0tedly become free soil.