Kansas weekly herald., 1855-07-14
VOLUME I---NUMBER al.

4 thorize them to complete any proceedings
which may then be pending before them.
If, as is probable, you shall provide for FL
ling these Offices by election. would sug-
gest that some provision be made for the
time that shall elapse between the expira-
ton of the present commissions and the
election and qualifications of new incun-
bents.
The presence in our Territory of SO
large number of Indians, interspersed as
they are with the white population, adds a
| feature to the indiseriminate sale of intox-
icating liquors, which does not exist In 9TH
er communities. A portion of them in
dufge upon almost every opportunity in the
excessive use of ardent spirits, and the
friends and enemies of prohibition who
are acquainted with the Indian character,
and Its frenzied developments under the
the influence of intoxication, will probably
all unite in the admission that SPECIAL pre-
cautions in this respect are necessary, as
well for the protection of the Indian against
degradation, as of the whites against vio-
lence. = The more estimable members of
most of the tribes are using their influence
to check this evil, and we should second
their efforts, as well for our sake as their
own.
The cause of education need scarcely
recommend to your especial attention. 1t
is always better to pay for the education of
the boy than the punishment of the man.
To enlarge upon the necessity of general
education for producing a good govern
ment, would be at this day, a work of su-
perorogation, and leave the matter in
your hands, confident it will receive the at
tention it deserves.
Levying of public taxes at this time, at
least to anv considerable extent, before our
people have secured title to their lands, or
realized their products, would be undesira-
bic unless absolutely necessary; but if you
should find it necessary to levy and collect
taxes for county or other purposes, 1 have
no doubt that the pre-emptor who claims an
inchoate title in his quarter section, could
be assessed thereon for his share OF the
public burdens.
The location of the permanent seat Of
government is also referred to you by the
act Of Congress making the appropriation,
and in view Of the large expenditure ne
cessarY for the erection of public buildings,
and of the fact that in case of removal the
DVIuGA VI Lew UuILuluSS Will Idu upOII lne
people of the Territory, wisdom would
seem to require that this duty should be
performed with an eye to the future as Well
as the present, and to the probable rapid
progress of our Territory, and the probable
bounds of future state.
The organization of the militia of the
Territory is another subject which will de-
mand your attention, and in this connection
have to inform you that the Territory of
Kansas is entitled to two thousand mus
kets, deliverable in Kind, and also to one
hundred and thirty-seven muskets, being
the annual appropriation for 1855, from
the General Government. The annual
appropriation may be commuted for other
arms or Field Artillery at cost. These
arms are deliverable at any accessible point
in the Territory, on the requisition of the
Governor, and will be called for whenever
the Legislation of the Territory shall make
it necessary or expedlent.
A. II. REEDER.
Governor, SC.
Executive DEPARTMENT,