Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-12-03

to him. The Mayor Weicotieo hlhl oh bSuaii
of the citizens, and the Governor responded
as follows
FELLOW CIrIzsNs II have just completed
an extensive tour of observation through the
southern and western portions of this Terri
tory, and am happy to inform you tnat the
benign influence Of peace which | have every
reason to believe will be permanent, now
reigh throughout all It's borders.
Solicitude for the continuance of this aus
picious state Of affairs, is the only reason L
have to offer for my presence among you upon
this important occasion.
[ am truly gratifsd to learn that most ami
cable and peaceful feelings animate tie hearts
of the large concourse of people. this day as
sembled from all parts of the Union to witness
these land sales
These are my sentiments, and l desire you
to receive them. as utter them, IN the most
conciliat0ry spirit.
The sale of land this day is by virtue of
treaty with the Delaware Indians, the United
States m akiug the sale, as the trustee for the
Indians,
Justice to the actual Jord tfae settler and
the Indian, is the purpose of the Government.
Upon the opening OF the Territory for set
tIement many of our citizens came here, set
tied and improved these lands. These men
left their homes in the States and brought with
them their eae3gy, Industry, skill and capt'a5.
Through many privatons and in spite of
most insurmountable difficulties, they have
extended our frontier, erected homes for their
families, planted fields and fenced them and
by their persevering labor haze gircn raiue
aaI consequence to these broad acres
These lauds now appraised at from one and
quarter to ten dollars per acre, were pre-
vious to the advent of these noble and hardy
pioneers worth but one dollar and a quarter
per acre [ also understand, that the United
States Government, the Trustees of the In
dians, tacitly permitted this settlement and
expenditure OF labor and capital by never,
having given the settlers notice to quit.
These promises being granted, it is, in my
opinion. the duty of the Government to pro-
tect the bona Jfde settler in the enjoyment of
his equitable rights, and to see that he is not
deprived of The fruits Of his honest labor.
am, therefore, in favor Of assuring to the
actual settler his title to the land upon his
paying its appraised value, as fixed by the
Government
then say, unequivocally, that I earnestly
sympathise with the honest, bona tioe settler,
and l invoke all good citizens, they value
Justice and the peace of this Territory, TO per-
nit the actual settler quietly 10 take his land
upon payment Of the value liked upon it by
the Government.
While l recognise the claim of the occu-
pant to the fullest extent, under al the prn-
ciplos of justice and equity to thc land whose
value IS chiefly owing to his possession and
labor, I must remind him that it Is not right.
according to the tecnicaities Of law, and he
should not endeayor to eaforce this equitable
right by force and violence. This would put
him wrong before tho bar of public opinion
which now universally gives him support, and
! present him as w:eng-Goer, instead Of an
! honest, law-abiding citizen. Let me then
! pray you to rest on the good sense and justice
/ OF the people, both citizens and strangers,
! in authority, as far as I can answer for them,
! is thrown into the scale of your claim.
| This position can DO no injustice to the Del
/ aware Indians. Their magnificent reserve,
| 80 miles long by 0 Wi0c, with population
/ Of but one thousand is more than ample for
/ all useful agricultural purposes, and the pur-
chase money of these trust lands, viii enable
/ them &c cultivate and improve what is left
| Indeed, the value of the reserve viii be more
/ than quadrupled by the settlement and I'M
! proyement of thcse trust lands. The enter
| pI isins and industrious squatter has already
! given value and afforded a market and pur-
chasers for land which otherwise would have
been comparatively valueess Thus the In
dian gets an increased price for his land
which is useful to him, while the actual sett-
Ter and laborious eu!tiyator Of tho soil equita-
| bly, receives the fruits of his hard earned toll
Nothing will asst ne so much in render
ing permanent and enduring the peach which
now gladdens this beautiful country as the
sale of the public lands, and their ownership
by an honest, e,rterpyisiHg, industrious, Union
toving population. | aIn earnestly solicitous
! to see every citizen, who desires 10 make his
home among US, the proprietor of 100 acres
Of land. This policy will insure peace, bring
prosperity and wealth develop the moral SEN
timents Of the citizens aud make us a model
| people, and in the not distant future model
! commonwealth.
a portion of this Territory, including an
area of about 200 miles square from the Mis-
souri, river westward, possesses all the Gle
! ments of agricultural and mineral wealth =
| For richness of soil and salubrity of climate.
/ for its finely timber -fringed streams and ex-
cellent building stone, it is unsurpassed by
/ any portion of this continent
] Owing to the extreme productiveness OF the
soil. 1t is capable of supporting with but lit
tie labor, an immense population, and as fast
as the Indian title is extineuished to the Re
serves within its limits, viii be populated by
thriving and industrious people.
There viii be plenty of room for all good
| people who desire to cast their lots among US,
and if | mistake not the people of Kansas,
they mean to make no room for the 6atI
will cooperate with the citizens of this
Territory so long as I am clothed with the
Executive authority in rendering Kansas too
| Df hap{ ,J r n