Nebraska advertiser., 1857-08-13
Original
Written fgr the Nebraska Advertiser"
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA.
By C. ". GIDDISGs.
General Srperi'lte',de'at Of The Nebraska
Settlement Company.

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The heart of every american citi-
zen may well glow with an honest pride
when he thinks of his Country. With
a alofierfeeling than that Khichinspired
the ancients toexclafm II am Roman"
may he say 'I am an American" In
+ common with my fellow citizens I love
my country, and am proud to think the
Objects worthy my affections. Hove
her thrilling and sOulstiring history,
I her extensive seaboard washed by many
thousand miles of ocean waters; her
vast rivers; numerous bays, seas and
harbors, teaming With commercial life,
her mighty lakes spreading out intn
inland seas; her hills, mountains, and
plains, abounding IN every variety of
climate, production, and soil. Nest Of
all does my heart glow with gratitude
10 the Great Author of al our mercies
when look out on the great and glori-
Gus West. How rapid has been the
growth Of cur country; how glorious
. the onward march of her progress
/ A few years since our government con-
ceived the policy Of removing the few
scattered fragments of the remaining
Indian tribes to the far Vest, away be
yond the bounds Of civilization, where
the poor Indian mightremain in undis-
, turbed repose in the unknown solitudes
I of the western wilds, so far away that
the white mn would never be disturb
ed by the savage yell of his war CRY
nor the clash Of his arms.
Little did the nation dream that they
were placing these conquered foes il
the very garden of the country
garden more highly cultivated and fal
more productive under the hand of the
i Great Spirit alone than the most highly
|. cultivated portions of the East. Nol
did they think they were placing these
rude sons of the forest in the very
centre of the United States. Kansa:
! and southren Nebraska, whether We
: measure from the Atlantic to the Pacif,
or from our northern TO our southern
boundaries, are the centre Of oul
: country, the key stone to the gloriou.
: national eonfederacy.
Kansas and Nebraska as now con
stituted embrace all that extent o
country lying between the 37th anC
51st parallel Of north latitude, and be
! tween the Missouri river on the cas-
: and the sumit of the Rocky mountain
on the west. a territory sufficient t,
make u OF "A first class States, an,
J capable in all probability of susrainin,
a more dense population than the mos
thickly populated portion of the East
;. For the sake of distinctness we VII
= be little more minute and particula
in regard to some Of the localities Q
this vast country.
The northern portion of Nebrask
/, is vast plain of table land, rich an
productive and abounding in excellen
= pine forests. The main and perhap
= the only defects in this portion of th
q West are the severity of the winter
and the scarcity of water. To an
. other people except Americansit Nigh
have been a problem whether thes
i vast plains would yield to the hand {
cultivation or remain in their origini
sOlitude;- but the spirit Of America
enterprise Is already opening up farm
!. on these plains and dotting them owe
with cities, towns, and villages. and
~ viii soon send thrifty forests down II
.&is5 & Missouri to beautify and adorh il
. shores.
~ Southern Nebraska embracing Il
valley of the Platte, or Nebraska ,riiv,
and extending as far South as Il
:. northern boundary of Kansas is al.
vast plain nearly level and resen
T. bling when It's rich grass is moved
= the wind. the ocean when under Il
action Of a gentle breeze. To Il
eastern or northern men this is Il
5, garden of the West. The sly is Gle
and remarkably brilliant for eight
nine months in the year. The rail
fail spAringly, vet IN sufficient quant