The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1858-05-29

| opened the minds of the people to anothe
contingency, and the question is no,
asked, Ought we not to remain a Terri
toryW Many who before never though
OF the question in any other light than tn
necessity of our immediate admission
have had another view unfolded, and tn
benefits to accrue from longer existenc
as territory, or remaining as such 70
TWO, three, or even five years, are begin
ming to be examined and acknowledge
We confess that before this period, W,
had almost wholly ignored the other sid,
of the question. The excitements connect
ted with the three Constitutions alread,
formed, and the Importance the differen
movements assumed, had almost banishet
from cur mind collateral questions anc
results. But as Eli Thayer says, "Thanl
| God for tyrants." The English swindl,
has directed public attention to another
course, and the tyranny it sought to faster
upon Kansas will be defeated by an almost
unanimous vote, while its threat is begin.
ming to be regarded as desirable condi.
ton.
Indeed we think that the admission Of
Kansas at this point would be attended
with the greatest disadvantages, not to
say ruinous results to the people. We do
not suppose that we have within our bor-
ders population exceeding forty or fifty
thousand. The richest and most fertile
portion of Kansas is useless in the SUM-
port of government, because vet occu-
pied by the Indians. These Indians have
almost all the timbered parts of the coun.
Try. Not one cent of revenue could be
derived from them, as they pay no taxes;
and to depend upon the revenue coming
from that portion occupied by the white
settlers is folly. 1t would be ruinous to
them. They are mostly people of very
moderate means, who, by severe industry
and privations are striving TO secure for
themselves homes and competence. To
tax them heavily, as the support of an
expensive State Government must, would
not only engender hatred and bitter
feelings, but force them to forsake their
lands.
A heavy taxation would be the natural
sequence of State Government at this
period. There never has been Territory
which has been treated SO meanly by the
General Government as Kansas. We
have never, except in one instance, re-
celyed an appropriation, and that. instead
of being expended for the design it was
intended TO accomplishing building of a
State Capitol-was squandered and filched
by the pro-slavery officials, and only
few stones scattered over the summit of
Capitol Hill, remain to show how $4,000
were appropriated.
1t would be impossible, under the
present administration, to receive that
evenhanded justice we are entitled to
receive. Events point with unerring accu-
racy to change in the government. The
present dominant party is doomed. 1t
has written Its history in a long series of |
outrages and wrongs on weak people.
and it must fall. Its fall will end its
career. The prestige of its name will no
longer be deceived by an empty tuord.-I
Designing men will no longer cloak them
selves in its ample folds to raise themselves
to political power. A greater, grander,
and more glorious party will assume the
relns OF governments party which has
ever sympathized with our cause. but was
powcrless to aid us because of its numer-
cal weakness. Its adherentS are increas-
ng day by day; every moment it becomes
stronger In numbers as it is in right
With the next Presidential campaign it
will be the ruling power, and Kansas will
eceive at its hands that justice which has
hitherto been denied her. The leaders.
IS we'll as the rank and file of the Repub
lean party, have ever been our warmest
r1ends, and we may expect from them !
more liberal policy than that which has
characterized the conduct of the Black i
Democracy, whose only effort seemed to s
e to impoverish, crush and retard the {
rowth of Kansas.
But in addition to this it is highly prob {
bic that the remaining Indian titles will ]
6 extlnguished IN few years. These
Inds will then come into the market, and '
thousands of people will rush into the s
'erritory to fill them up. Improvements
I'LL be fastened, and cultivation will
pread over the whole country. The in
reased demand for articles of consump- {
on and manufactures of every descrip-
on will rapidly fill our infant towns and |
ties with teeming population. And t
lere Is always a stronger disposition to L
'ttie in Territory than in State. The Y
cry name of a State carries with It the | T
lea of occupied lands and an over. v
oundant supply of laborers and artizans. il
he ideas of people in the East respect a
e the West are very vague and indistinct. a
I'D the fact of our being State would P
, more to turn the Westward tide of J
migration into another channel, and deter d
lie people from seeking homes here, than v
~ cause which could be stated. a
The magnificent dowry," which the b
raitor's Insult pretends to grant, is mis- B
able deception. 1t is not as much by 1
7er a million acres as we would have p
celved had We, by our votes, given vital N
? to the Lecompton Swindle when first IL
esented. it is not half of the dowry to
her new States have received, nor half p'
hat would be given us under Republi- in
n administration. By waiting we shall OF
ceive justice at the hands of the general II
vernment. By an over-weening haste <
become State, we shall only plunge 81
rselyes into difficulties and retard our
owth, while other Territories will receive to
e benefits which might have been ours. ST
ne "dowry" was only intended to mis- SD
I'd the unwary, aud redeem the Admin ly
ration from an open and disgraceful tn
feat, but unluckily for its originators, its Sc
ject was too apparent. and it will mis- ca
Ibly perish. The people of Kansas have its
great respect fer themselves to con- stI
1t to their debasement and enslavement lol
the empty honor of ranking among the ca
States IN the Union. They opposed
principle on which the Constitution Re
ginated, and the features it contains up
its land grant; and they will oppose it are
/. fro
As Territory, we shall soon attain a adj
'uiatlon sufficient to entitle us to spt
Fesentation in Congress. As a Terri Ia
J, our country would flourish and grow gan