White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-04
Correspondence.
(For the Kansas Chief
OREGON, Mo-, May a, 1857

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OREGON, Mo-, May "a, 1857.
Mr.. EprroE: Oregon, being the parent stem
from whence sprang the shoot that is now under
the name Of White Cloud, 50 rapidly surprising
the ephemeral plants that exist so numerously
along the river, may well claim portion Of your
time and space Perhaps, though, like one broth
er Jonathan, who, after gaining his independ-
enee, looked across the briny deep with feeling
Of dignifcd importance upon his worthy sire,
you NAV look across the muddy drink, and say,
ave entertain no affinity for such one-horse
towns" Dut I ten you, if you think so, you are
nightly mistaken. We, the people Of Oregon,
WELD an influence that is felt far and near, es-
, peeially in the pockets Of emigrants-an inAs-
ence that amt to be saeczed at, no-hOw. We
own more towns and more claims on Indian
Trust Lands, than any other set of individuals
On top of the earth. St. Joe and other little
"one-ryed villages" may produce clumsier
and more awkward set Of rascsls, but they can't
skin and fleece so smoothly and nice as we can;
and that, too, without any unusual distention of
conscience.
We do1ack one thing, however, very great
essential to human progress-the principle of
populating. The most Of our town originators
are old, withered bachelors, and as long as they
hold controlling influence in any +town site,"
the progress of that place, (city, believe is the
modern style Of reference to places containing
one house, with the prospect Of another within
six menths,) is rather of the craw-fsh order;
but as soon as the withered morsals drop out, and
the populating principle preponderates, then
stock takes rise, higher and undermining
fortunes ample for all who invest: If some mode
eouldjbe proposed by which we could get rid Of
this rttarding ingredient in our composition, we
could Ahen consider ourselves little the fastest
eonyhunity in this country. But this state of
affairs must exist as long as money can be made
oyer tha river, and as long as there is no great
FER degree of enterprise existing in the feminine
department; for it is their fault, too, that this
clog 10 progression rests upon US, We have,
dare TO say, as large and fair an assortment Of
this element Of humanity as any town in the
purchase. They are SO thick-no. corporeally-
but so numerous that-to use common phrase
you can stir them up with stick. It may be
true, though, that the cause of this state of af
fairs, is the non-disposition eff our maiden pop
ulatios to mix with those of the opposite sex,
and vice versa. Perhaps, If new supply Of
both materials we're brought on, things would
assume different shape altogether. 1t is GER
tain that the Reecssity for some reform does ex-
is among US, from the fact that there have been
but two marriages within the last twelve months,
aRd two dissolutions during the same period.
This is al alarming state of affairs, and clearly
indicates that our capitalists had better turn
their attention to this alarming source of affairs.
Oregon is a very pleasant town, even if it does
overflow with single people Of doubtful age.
Situated on the verge of E. vast and fertile prai-
RE. in one of the best Counties in the universe,
at convenient distance from the river, and
consequently free from the malarious influence
of the bottom, it rs necessarily healthy place;
that is, as much so as the climate will admit of.
The place is now, like all others in this part
of the country, laboring under the influence of
the speculating mania. The scarcity of money
& felt, and greatly retards the growth
of the place. Everybody is owing everybody
else, and nobody has any money to pay up with;
so everybody is pushing everybody else, because
nobody can get it. All are pushing and jostling
each other; the consequence viii be, unless
something fortunate turns up soon, that every
body will be so hard pushed, that they must nee
essarily " go by the board" So goes the world
--men under the influence of this financial can
nibalism, devour their fellows, and are never sat
ished until the last remnant of suffering human
ity is gulched down. believe that it would be
well for us, if some of the Eastern societies were
to send missionaries among US, to teach igno
rance; for verify ignorance of some of the ways
practiced here, Of making money, is highly nee
essary to the chrstianization and civilization of
our people. Blu. no more now.
Yours. worlds without end,
T. FIDDLESTICKS PILESER.