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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17
spr.KNc OUT.-The Plattsmouth JEFF I

SPEAKING OuT.-The Plattsmouth JEFF
fefsonian, an Independent Democratic pa
per, talks right ont in meeting. 1t is in
favor of Nebraska being a Free State,
and wants the question settled at once,
notwithstanding the cry that there is no
danger Of her being Slave State. The
JeHersonian is right. Now is the time
to settle that matter. They have Kansas
before them, as an example. If they are
not watchful, when the time comes for
forming Constitution, they viii find a
pack of usurpers foisted upon them, whe
will force them to have Slave Constitu-
ton, whether they want it or not. 1t will
be done in the name of Democracy"
and the Administration will fasten it upon
them with Federal bayonets. The Jeffer-
sonian says =
SLAVERY IN NEBRAsKA.-Will Nebras-
ka be Free State is question we Of
ten hear asked, and nearly always answer
ed in the affirmative. Nearly always We
say, for we have heard the answer, by
the over-loyal to the South, eve don't
care - which it is" But we think
the time has come when the question
should be settled, and set at rest. Is Ne
braska Free Territory Many think it
is, but is it so in truth In truth it is
not, for slaves are held in the Territory
at this time, and there is no law to pre-
vent it. We hold that the Legislature Of
this Territory has the right to pass law
excluding slavery from the Territory, and
if excluded from the Territory, there viii
be no danger of its being allowed in the
State when formed. We believe it to be
the duty of our next Legislature which is
to meet on the 9Th of next month, to pass
a law totally excluding the noxious insti-
tuition from our soil, and making the
slaves free, if their owners persist in
bringing them here. We are in favor oil
Nebraska as FREE TERRITORY, and Ne
braska as FREE STATE. Men may tell
us that there is no danger, and that it is
only useless agitation to start the question
now. But we do not wish agitation now.
nor to have the question open for agits.
ton hereafter, but that the question may
be now settled and thus forever shut thG
door to agitation.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

BUCHANAN AGAINST KANsAs.-Nuner-
Gus reports from Washington concur in
saying that President Buchanan is deter
mined to use his influence to have Kansas
admitted under the Lecompton Constitu-
ton, no matter what provisions it may
contain, or whether it be submitted to q
vote of the people or not, regardless of
the opinions of majority of the people
here. The only hope then is in Congress.
The Philadelphia Press, edited by Col.
Forney, who has perhaps more influence
with his party than any man in the North,
says that there is but one Democratic
member of Congress from the North,
who will'vote for the admission of Kan
sas, unless the whole Constitution be sub
mitted to a vote of the people. We hard
ly think that they will disregard the voice
of the whole people of Kansas and of the
North, their party included. But Bu-
chanan may prevail over them, and bring
them under his thumb, as Pierce did, in
regard to the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise. If Congress deserts the people
of Kansas, they viii then have to look
out for themselves, and it will be the
people against the Federal Government.
The determination of the people cannot
be misunderstood. Not only Kansas. but
the whole North, will have hand in the
matter-and then we viii see the begin
ming of that time which has so long been
"read about"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

A Coon SIGN.-White Cloud is still
rising. Although not at present making
any pretensions to anything but q retail
market, she is yet getting into whosale
trade. During the recent fall, consid-
cradle business ofthis kind was transacted
with the back country. Last week,
Ruffner & Co. fitted out a store for Brown
County; and this week they filed like
order for Nemaha. When this kind OF
trade is centering here, while the town is
yet in her infancy, with scarcely any
facilities at all, what will she be, after
the improvements ofnext season, and Of
future years?
While we are on the subject of dry
goods and groceries, we will remark, that
one of our citizens few days since went
to St. Joseph, on business, and while
there. thought he would lay in some ne
cessary articles, cheap. But he says he
could not get them cent lower than they
are retailed here. According to this,
persons who goto st. Joseph to trade, in
preference to this place, are losing time
and money.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17
r. We re-publish, in this week

E We re-publish. in this weeks
paper, the article on White Cloud and
the Surrounding Country" which we
published in some three or four issues, q
few weeks since. We have recently had
application for number of copies of the
paper containing the article, from mem
bers of the City Company residing in
distant States, but are unable to accom-
modate them. except by re-publishing the
article. But it is all truth, and no one
will lose anything by it. We likewise
re-publish an article which appeared in
last weeks paper.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

SMALL PoTXToEs.-Mr. Elisha Huff
man-don't understand us to say that
Mr.. Huffman is "small potatoes" for
you see, people misconstrue things now
a-days, just for the pleasure Of getting
"grassy" at them-but Nr. Huffman
sent rs basket full of small potatoes.
raised on his farm, in Brown County.
The basket was jammed full, and held
Just twenty-three potatoes, the whole
weighing sixteen pounds, or averaging
nearly three-fourths of a pound each.
The largest weighed one pound and a
half, and several weighed pound each.
That's Kansas for you. There were
several among the lot, such as we had
been in the habit of calling "whoppers;"'.
but by the side of some Of the larger
ones, they looked like walnuts in size.
Who can beat pryor."
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

PREsERvE THE PARTY As IT Is.-Thers
are some persons in Kansas who seem
DESTROYS to fasten the name Of Republican
upon our Free State party, and make 4
subservs the interests of that party IN tho
States. Again and again we repeat, thaa
the Free State element of Kansas is made
up Of the members Of al parties, and are
held together only for their love Of free
dom. While we thank the RepublieaHs
inthe States for their sympathy exhibitsd
in q thousand ways towards the Free
State cause, yet NE have thousands o.
genuine Democrats ofthe Buchanan stripe
among rs, cooperating with the Free
State party. Set up the standard Of Be-
publicanism and We drive out from g
all. or nearly AL the old Democrats, .
wei as . majority ofthe Amsriean vc.e'
which is not small element Of strength.
The only hope Of the Free Stats party =
in standing firm upon the Big SPRING
platform. To erect another. platform
would be TO break US into thousand
pieces.-Hrald Of Freedom. Y
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

CISCISYArUs. "A communication
upon the Slavery question, over the above
signature. was recently received by us,
for publication. Being DESTROYS of giving
fair hearing of all sides of the question,
we were on the point of placing it in the
hands Of the compositor, when we recei-
we'd the Holt County News, containing
the same communication, written for that
paper. AS it does not contain sufficient
interest or depth to Justify its appearance
in two papers published almost within
sight of each other, we must let it go by
the board. However, we will remark
that it is the same old sing-song that has
been heard from time immemorial-"'the
quickest way to get rid of Slavery, is to
extend it''-likc spreading a very small
lump of butter over very large slice Of
bread, we suppose. 1t is impossible to
eradicate an evil, by extending it. As
we'll attempt to stop the ravages of the
small pox, by spreading it over the entire
country. Another argument is, that if
we have any regard for the welfare of the
negro, we should permit him to leave the
worn out soil Of the old Slave States, and
come to the fertile plains Of Kansas.
Why this ceaseless talk about the worn
out soil of the Slaves States What
wears it ont? The soil of New England,
New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, has
been cultivated as long as that of Virgin
ia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Kentucky; yet who ever heard of their
soil being worn out? 1t has been Guilt
ted by free white labor--there is the diff
ference. Why, even New England,
where they have to shoot the grains Of
wheat between the granite rocks from
shot guns-we do not hear of her soil
being worn out--and yet they have no
slaves therc--a negro could not produce
enough to keep him alive there. in a
whole year. On the other hand. Virgin
10, with her broad and fertile valleys,
grooming under the incubus of Slavery,
continually sends up tho cry of vermont
soil. If Slavery wears out the soil Of a
State, that is a sufficient reason Why It
should not he extended. We 90 not
want the soil of Kansas to DO worn out
by slave labor.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

KANSAS NEwsPAPERs.-The Geary City
Era has again been. received. 1t had
suspended for few weeks. Mr.. Grant
has retired from the paper, which is now
under the control Of Messrs. Thompson
snd Marble
The dimensions Of the Squatter Sow
e7cign have been cut down one column
70 the page.
The Leavenworth Times reaches us oc-
CasiOnally. We rather like the paper,
and are sorry it is not sent for, if sent,
does not Gomez to us regularly.
The Delaware Free State. Wyandotte
Citizen. and Tecumseh Note Book, have
suspensed.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

An OBJEcuoS.-We have heard OF
but very little opposition in Brown COun- |
fy, to the proposed alteration of County
lines. One objection. urged by some few
persons, is. that there are always more
fights, robberies, and difficulties OF all
kinds in river towns. more than in inland
towns, and that would cause an expense
to the County. in the way Of trials, jaiis,
&C., which the taxes Of the people out
there would have to help to defray. This
is a poor argument. On the contrary, it
would lessen the taxes of the balance OF
the County. The County buildings must
be erected, and the fewer people there are
in the County, the greater VIII be each
ones taxes Then, great part Of their
trade necessarily must go to river town,
which they will assist to build up. If
there were such town in their County,
they could concentrate their trade there,
and the taxes on the property which they
would build up. would remain in their
own County, and make their taxeslighter.
This matter is too plain to need argu-
ment.
The real secret of what opposition there
is to this measure, lies in selfish consider
atoms. There are just about six towns
out there, which are in the centre of the
County, and bound to be the County
Seat and if the lines are changed, it
VIII throw them out of position. For
this petty consideration, they oppose a
measure which will be of the utmost ad-
vantage to the entire County. And what
is County Seat 1t does not amount
to anything, after all. If a town have a
good situation, and superior advantages,
it will prosper, whether the County Seat
, be there or not And we would respect
|, fully hint to these towns, that they cannot
all be the County Seat One will succeed
and the balance will have to look on
Then why act SO sel6shly in the matter
| If they think White Cloud wants the
; County Seat, they are mistaken. White
! Cloud has advantages which will build
a her up, without the paltry aid which
S would accrue from the County Seat being
located here. And she would hardly hav,
so little regard for the convenience of tn,
q people of the balance of the County, al
, to want the County Seat in the extrem,
b corner, just for the sake of having cou
}. pie of County buildings here. The!
e consider that the consummation of tn
e project would be a benefit alike to thi
: place and to Brown County; and that i
g all they seek for.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

A WEDGE IN THE CAMP.-The De-
fnOcracy of Kansas are about having q
fare-up among themselves. The fire.
eating, PrO-Slavery portion. which Is
much the smaller part, has run the thing
into the ground, and disguised the rea-
sOnable portion. The latter will not
swallow the Constitution, and will not
unite in any organization under it 1t is
probable that majority Of them will
initiate the Free State party, and not
vote on the Constitution at all. The
Le.yenworth Herald and the Doniphsn
Constitutionalist are the only papers in
the Territory, that stick to the ire-eaters,
and the latter is about "pegging out.
The Central Committe, composed OF
such men as Calhoun, Henderson d Co.,
have called a Convention to nominate q
State ticket to be voted for on the first
Monday in January, agreesbly to the
LecomptOn Constitution. The Lecomp'
ton Democrat repudiates it, and says 1t
does not belong to such Democracy as
that Committee represent, and will not
be bound by its action. The Leaven-
worth Journal, under its new auspices,
takes the same ground; and we believe
that even the Kickapoo Pioneer goes the
same way. The great mass Of the Dem
ocratic party Of Kansas are of the same
mind. So the Lecompton humbug meets
with poor encouragement all around.
In this County, the 6re-eaters are hope
lessly in the little end of the horn, not
withstanding they were represented IN
the Constitutional Convention, by Key,
Vanderslice, and perhaps one or two
others. Capt. Eye, of Donirhan, one o.
the Democratic leaders of this County, il
out against the Constitution, hot and
heavy. We believe he was formerly an
American. He was advertised to speak
at Doniphan, on Saturday last, in oppo'
sition to the Constitution. We under
stand that he undertook to speak at Troy
a few days before that, when the 6re-eater'
attempted to hiss and boot him down
and threatened violence. But he drew
his revolver, and made them "come t.
. Limerick"
Even at Iowa Point, we are told, FIRE
eating is becoming unpopular, and SOM
of the party are kicking. If this be true
then there surely must be something
rotten in Denmark" We are told tina
) some of the leaders there, declare the!
are done with tryingto force slavery upol
, the people of Kansas; that they hav
more regard for the Democratic part.
than they have for slavery, and will no
: kill the one, in the attempt to build n
l the other. On the other hand, some o
: them are for slavery all the time, n
5 matter whether it kills the Democrat
party as "dead as a door nail" lie
them go-we are glad to see men be
\ ginning to listen to reason. There il ye
t hope for Kansas.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

A QUBsTIoN.-'The Lecompton Consti-
tuition entirely does away with the Legis-
lature and the Legislature will probably
do sway with fhe Constitution. Dingus
wants to know whether that won't be
somewhat like the snake and frog which
were fighting. The snake caughhhe frog,
and commenced swallowing him, when
the frog caught the snakes tail, and COM
menced swallowing too. So they kept
on swallowing eaclr other, until they were
both entirely gone
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

Way is Ir?-We have often wonder
ed why it is. that those persons in Slave
States, who never owned a Niger, and
never expect to be able to own the toe
nail Of one, are the most rabid and sensi-
tive on the question of Slavery, and al
ways ready to fight the hardest for il [;
while those who own the most slaves, are
generally the most reasonable. Who can
tell:
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

ANOTHER SPEcnMEN.-We are receiy-
ing fresh proofs daily, that the late Con-
stitutional Convention was composed OF
the salt of the earth. 1t is said that
Randolph, the man who declared that he
did not believe . niger was a human
being, could neither read nor write, and
boosted Of the fact! And President
Buchanan says the people of Kansas must
be governed by the work Of such crea-
lures, whether they want to or not-does
he - sol
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

re- During the whole of this month,
we have had most beautiful weather The
past week has had more of the appear
ance of the first week Of October, than
the second week of December. The river
has not yet been closed by ice, but is very
low. However. on Tuesday evening, we
noticed that it had risen several feet, and
was still rising.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17
D,.c..c,v,,-Ax Ixp1AS KILLED

DIsGRAcEFUL-AN INDIAN hiLLzD.-
We have frequently mentioned the fact,
that some person in this neighborhood
has been in the habit of selling whiskey
to the Indians, and warned the commu-
nifty against persons who would do such
thing. as being disgrace, and endan-
gering the life of the citizens, as an Indi-
dian, naturally savage, is a perfect brute
when he is drunk. The effect is now be-
ing seen. On last Friday evening, the
Iowas had a drunken spree. at their vii
Isge, several miles from here, in'which
they got into quarrel, when one stabbed
the other, causing his death. They got
the whiskey Of man named Idle. living
near Cedar Creek. about two miles sonth
of this place, who has been engaged in
this traffic for sometime past, as we learn
from one Of his neighbors. - - 3
But the ARRAY at the village is not the
worst of it. If the Indians qaarrelled
only among themselves, itwould not con-
Germ the whites so much. But towards
evening Of the day on which the above
ARRAY occurred, some drunken Indians
left this Idle's house, and passed by a
neighbours, by the name of Moffat. Only
Ms. Moffat and two small children were
at home. One Indian entered the house,
and in brutal manner ordered her to
leave Immediately. He said he would go
out, and be back in few minutes, when
he wanted her to be gone. She made no
move towards going, when presently the
Indians squaw came and told her she had
! better go. intimatiDg that the Indian
would kill her, if he came back, and
found her still there. She Immediately
saddled horse, and when about starting,
the Indian came back, and told her to
hurry and be gone. She went, leaving
the Indians in possession Of her house.
; She went to the house of Mr.. Jones, 8
) short distance of, where her husband fol
lowed, when he came home. He remained
4 there all night, and the last we heard, the
, woman could not be induced to return
r home, for fear of losing her life. But {
= few days before that, an Indian wa
/ coming drunk from the same place, an(
Y meeting a little son of Mr.. Jones, spi
e upon him, and attempted to knock hin
Y down with his war-club. The boy ran
S but the Indian was too drunk to catcl
o him. or the boy might have lost his life
This is OVERRIDING the thing. We ar
e not in favor of mob-law, if it can b
It avoided; but when a man persists in sci
!. ling liquor to the Indians, thereby placing
b the lives of his neighbors in jeopardy
: should be warned once to desist, and if h
does not comply with the demand, hi
house should be blown to the four winds
= and-himself tarred and feathered, an
: cowhided every step out of the Territory
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

WANTED.-SOme wandering Arab, to
go about the country, casing against the
Chief. Here is good chance for some
one whose inclination leads him to engage
in such business, but not much else.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17
AN Imnnrtant Project.


AS we intimated, a few weeks since,
the Missouri Legislature, at its recent
session, granted charter for State
Road, commencing on the bank of the
Missouri River, opposite White Cloud,
and running to the Iowa State line, in a
direct line for Fort Des Mcines, the Cap
ital of that State. kEpetition wiz be
presented to the Iowa Legislature, at its
coming session, to continue the Road to
Fort Des Moines, which will no doubt be
granted. A petition win be presented to
the next Legislature of this Territory, for
Road leading from White Cloud to
Fort Riley, and there is no reason to be-
lieye this viii be refused. An effort will
then be made, to obtain of the present
Congress, tri-weekly mail service, with
lire of coaches, between Fort Des
Moines and White Cloud and from
White Cloud to Fort Riley. AS this
70 ute will be through an important and
rapidly growing section of country, there
is every reason to believe that the effort
will be successful /; and if SO, will be put
into operation, the coming Spring. p, Pc
This project will beOfimmense benefit
to White Cloud, and the country through
which the route passes. There is now a
vast amount Of travel between middle
and Western Iowa and Kansas but at
present. it all goes through Nebraska
But the projected route will lessen the
length Of time necessary to make the trip
about two days ; ard the facilities afforded
by line Of coaches, and steam ferry al
this place, will draw all the travel down
this wsy-thereby mutually bene6tting
our town and the traveller. Fort Riley
is an important point in Kansas. and
regular connection with it, will be &
matter of no little consequence.
J, But this road will also open the way
for still more important project. 1t il
already settled, that an effort will be made
at no distant day. to obtain charters for I
, Railroad over the same route, and t.
secure from Congress a grant Of land fO
the same. Fort Des Moines is already
connected by Railroad with Chicago, ant
Chicago with all the Eastern cities. B.
Railroad to Fort Des Moines, Whit
. Cloud would be but several days journe.
distant from the East and our place
on direct line from Fort Des Moines t.
Fort Riley, from which place Railroad
. will some day be built to Santa Fe. Tn
Railroad to the Pacific, will, withou
doubt, pass by or near Fort Riley, to Fl
Kearney and the South Pass, by whicl
, we ould have connection with that i'm
portant thoroughfare.
, 1t may seem to some like making will
calculations, to be speaking of these pro
jects at this time; but roads in the diree
tious indicated, will, without doubt, b
built, within few years-and now is tn
a time to agitate the matter, and determin
. the best and most practicable routes. W
think it can easily be demonstrated this
/. the best routes are those which we hav
indicated. This route is-aaturalIy adar
ted for building a Railroad, and the cour
+ try through which it viii pass, is one {
the richest in the world. Let the questiO
be agitated, and the Road will be built.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

E Next Monday is the day appoin-
ted for voting IN favor Of the LecOmptOn
Constitution. We hear but very little
said about it, and probably none but the
6re-eaters will vote.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

EWe understand that fight came
of in this place. one day last week, be-
tween q married and an unmarried fe-
male, in which the married one came of
victorious. upsetting her antagonist, and
rolling her down a bill ....-..
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

E One Of our exchanges carries the
motto-"We go where Democratic prin-
ciples lead the way" Then, all we
have to say is, that he is going to Hell as
fast As he can goI
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

TIE LEGIsLArURE.-Up to the time of
going to press. we have heard nothing
from the called session of the Legislature.
We had hoped to be ableto lay its action
before our readers, in this weeks issue,
but cannot do so.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-12-17

FAST AeRoUxD.-At last accounts the
Edinburg and Emma were fast aground 8
short distance above tue mouth Of little
Platte-prcbably chartered there for the
winter. The Emma we understand pass
ed up Saturday night and Findin9 ehs
Edinburg aground took . position hear
BY. Misery loves company, Is an old
adage.