Nebraska advertiser., 1856-07-12
From the National Intelligencer.
NEBRASKA TKRRIT0RY.

In the Union newspaper of Friday
last 1 find a comparison, physical and
political. drawn between two Of the
Western observation-disclosures and Ne
6raska-in which I think the latter is
very greatly misrepresented. I quote
from the article: -
"Nebraskais, compared with its twin
brother Kansas, a vast, cold, barren,
and inaccessible region; and. without
the facilities for transportation or bust
ness that its neighbor enjoys. 1t has
no sod like that which fills the rich
valleys of Kansas, and no multitude
nous streams, such as afford mill sites
for its southern neighbour. Natureha
done eyerythingfO Kansas and nething
for Nebraska" &c.
Knowing these statements to-be un-
true in the main, and believing If they
are left u-ncontradicted the effect will
be felt in Nebraska for the worse, [
would be remiss in my duty to my fell
bowman, now hat so many are seek
ing homes in the 'far West" did / not
speak out and nail this false represent
tation to the counter before it had OBJ
tanned a wide circulation and credence.
I speak of what l know and talk of
what | understand when l say that the
advantages of soil and climate, of Sc
curity from Indian depredations, of
rivers, streamlets, and springs, and
other things, not only do not leave. it a
"barrem" country, bat make it equal,
and in some respects superior, to its
neighbor, Kansas.
mo multitudinous streams in Ne
braskaI!" Look at its beautiful one
mahas," afording mill sites every few
miles; itsromantic and dreamy sweep
ing Water the same; its widespread
ing Platte, coming from the foot of the
Rocky Mountains, under the setting
sun, with its brOadbottOms not excelled.
in beauty and fertility by the "valley
of the Nile," and its tributaries, the
elk Horn and "Loup Fork" stretch
ing far away to the North land; not to
mention the NiObrarah and White
Earthrivers, and other large tributaries
to the Missouri river further to the
northward; nor its creeks and stream
, lets all over the Territory, kept flow
J ing the whole year by out-gushing
springs at their sources; nor its "Salt"
springs and river by the same name,
whose waters before long will supply
the people of the whole West with
salt.
7 Barren" does he say? Look at its
r stone quarries and coal fields, its groves
of timber upon every creek and, more
! than all, its soil, indispensable in rich
: ness andfertility, yielding rich grasses
which from time immemOrial have sup
ported immense herds of the wild
buffalo. Can a country be called barren
which has all these things and supports
such immense herds of buffalOes as
Nebraska does? 1t may be called such,
/ but not truthfully.
As to facilities for transportation, has
not Nebraska the Missouri river wash
r ing it's whole eastern border, naviga-
bic for steamboats, the whole distance?
What other or greater facilities of
= transportation has Kansas than this
t same river? None whatever: Then
why claim superiority over Nebraska
in that respect? i:
Nebraska is true, has had some
e Indian troubles. What new country
# has not? A few United States troops
G we're butchered by the Sioux at Fort
: Laramie nearly two years ago, but that
n is all over now; 'Ethe tomahawk is now
buried" 'the calumet has been smok-
ed" and we are now at peace with
them.
Not so in Kansas with the maraud-
ing Cheyennes and Camanches. Be-
sides the internal strife and bloodshed
in Kansas, these -bloodthrsty Indians
n are continually lowering on her borders
n and, with a hatred to the white mar
of SO long standing "that the memory
i of man runneth not to the contrary
they are killing and robbing all who
d fall into their. power.
is But, again, in a geographical view
a how does Nebraska compare with Thu
Of boosted Kansas? Its southern bound
airy is the 40th PARALLEL of north lati
tude. 1t lies to the west of the north
es western part of Missouri. The Stat
lie of Iowa and the Territories Of Mime
d. sofa and Kansas lie to the west o
a Missouri.
of Nebraska lies in the same zone o
err enterprise with Boston, New York
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh
y and Chicago, whilst Kansas is too ia
p south for it. Nebraska will soon b
u connected, by four railroads across tn
re State of Iowa, with all these. places
t. and when, if ever, can the same b
ut said of Kansas?
hit Emigration to the Pacific, whethe
tn it went from Chicago or st. Louis
cd whether it rendezvous at independence
We or St. Joseph, old Fort Kearney o
in Council Bluffs, allhaye to pass thrOug,
ss the heart of Nebraska, up the vale.
cir of the Great Platte river, to reach tb
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