Nebraska advertiser., 1857-08-13

KANSAS VI HEBRAsxA.
BY c. v. aTDDINGs.
General Superintendent Of the Nebraska
Settlement Company.


zen may well glow with an honest pride
when he thinks of his Country. With
aloftierfeeling than that whichinspired
the ancients to exclaim 81 am a Roman"
may he say II am an American In
common with my fellow citizens love
my country, and am proud to think the
Objects worthy my affections. love
her thrilling and sOulstiring history,
her extensive seaboard washedby many
thousand miles of ocean waters; her
vast rivers; numerous bays, seas and
harbors, teaming with commercial life;
her mighty lakes spreading out into
inland seas; her hills, mountains, and
plains, Astounding in every variety Of
climate, production, and soil. Most of
all does my heart glow with gratitude
to the Great Author Of all our mercies
when 1 look out on the great and glori-
Gus West. How rapid has been the
growth Of our country; how glorious
the onward march eff her progress
A few years since our governmentcon-
ceived the policy of removing the few
scattered fragments Of the remaining
Indian tribes to the far West, away be-
yond the bounds Of civilization, where
the poor Indian mightremain in undis-
turbed repOse in the unknown solitudes
Of the western wilds, SO far away that
the white nan would never be disturb
ed by the savage yen of his war cry
nor the clash Of his arms.
Little did the nation dream that they
we're placing these conquered foes il
the very garden of the country
garden more highly cultivated and far
more productive under the hand Of the
Great Spirit alone than the most highly
cultivated portions Of the East. Nor
did they think they were placing these
rude sons of the forest in the very
centre of the United States. Kansas
and southern Nebraska, whether we
measure from the Atlantic to the Pacific
or from our northern to our southern
boundaries, are the centre of our
country, the key stone to the glorious
national confederaey.
Kansas and Nebraska as now con-
stituted embrace all that extent of
country lying between the S7th and
51st parallel Of north latitude, andbe-
tween the Missouri river on the east
and the sumit of the Rocky mountains
on the west. A territory sufficient to
make II or IA first class States, and
capable in all probability of sustaining
a more dense population than the most
thickly populated portion of the East.
For the sake of d~istinctness we will
be a little more minute and particular
in regard to some of the localities of
this vast country.
The northern portion of Nebraska
is vast plain of table land, rich and
productive and Astounding in excellent
pine forests. The main and perhaps
the only defects in this portion Of the
West are the severity of the winters
and the scarcity of water. To any
other people except A~mericansi it might
have been a problem whether these
vast plains would yield to the hand Of
cultivation or remain in their original
solitude; but the spirit of American
enterprise is already opening up farms
on these plains and dotting them over
with cities, towns, and villages, and it
viii soon send thrifty forests down the
Missouri to beautify and adorn its
shores.
Southern Nebraska embracing the
valley Of the Platte, or Nebraska river
and extending as far South as the
northern boundary Of Kansas is also
a vast plain nearly level and resem-
bling when its rich grass is moved by
the wind, the ocean when under the