The Kanzas news., 1858-11-06
state vs.. Territory Again.

last week in regard TO ths relative economy
of State and Territorial forms of gov
ernment.
The expense for maintaing State gov
ernment in Kansas, would be about as
follows: le ae E's
Salaries of State officers Governor,
Lieut.. Governor. Secretary, Auditor, Treas
urer, Attorney General. Superintendent of
Public instruction, and three Supreme
Judges, two thousand dollars each,i twenty
thousand dollars. 30 $
Per diem and mileage of the Legislature.
to consist of seventeen members of the Sen
ate and fifty members of the Lower House
session of forty days-three dollars each
per day-twelye thousand dollars. Con-
tingent expenses, twelve thousand dollars,
For Office rent for State officers, one thou
sand dollars. "a - ssse 80
Contingent expenses, Executive Depart
ment, FIVE thousand dollars. -.
Public printing. five thousand dollars.
Making grand total of ffty-ive thou
sand dollars. i as to
All the above estimates are very liberal,
and viii be found to exceed the actual
amounts necessary to fair and Just ad-
ministration of the government a1e
The New Hampshire State Government
costs the people less than sixty thousand
dollars per annum. and its Legislative As
sembly consists of about three hundred
members
The amount of tax paid into the Terrific
rial Treasury the present gear viii exceed
thirty thousand dollars, and by the time
Kansas could be admitted into the Union
as State, would exceed twice that amount.
The State Of Kansas would receive from
the Federal Treasury double the amount
received BY the Territory of Kansas
Fsrst-it would receive fire per cent. of all
the sales of public lands in this Territory
from the date of its admission into the I'm
ion. This would afford permanent reve-
nue. of at least Jyty thousand dollars per
fundamentally enough to support the en-
tire State Government ~ ,Second-The State
would receive from the General Govern
ment upward Of half million acres of
land for the purpose of building and en-
dowing State University, and building a
State Capitol-the land to be selected by
the State Government, from the lands own
ed by the General Government. To have
the privilege of selecting these lands now
would be of double the benefit to the State
that it would be five or ten years hence,
when all the valuable lands will be taken up.
The Territorial Government costs the
people in round figures. by taxation, thirty
thousand dollars per annum. They are al
so diddzed out of about FIVE thousand dol
lars more to pay for the commissions for
municipal officers, which come through
the Territorial Executive. saas-a
These facts need no comment. They
speak for themselves. 1t is just as plain,
We think. as figures can make it, that
State Government would actually cost the
people less than the support of a Terrific
rial Government now does. We shall not
get the five per cent. of the land sales un-
til our admission into the Union, and of
course if we stay out q few years the
amount thus received viii be materially
lessened, as we shall get nothing for those
lands sold previous to our admission The
Eve per cent. is given in lieu of the aban-
donment on the part of the new State of
the right to tax the lands belonging to the
General Government and lying within the
borders of the new State. - = ss-
The simple fact of the discovery of rich
gold fields in Kansas, is of itself good
and sufficient argument in favor of the i'm
mediate admission of Kansas into the I'M
ion as State. The new and varied inter
ests which will arise therefrom viii demand
the protection and regulation of stable
and efficient form of government-one
whose powers and privileges are clearly de-
fined by constitutional provision. Such
protection cannot be afforded by Terrific
nal Government. 1t is an extra-eonstitu-
tional affair, not contemplated by the fra
mers of the Federal Constitution. The
most prominent statesmen and iurists of
the country have differed in regard to the
extent of its power and binding force of its
regulations No two administrations have
held the same opinions in regard to it, or
pursued the same line Of policy. 1t is at
best but an unstable, transitory affair. only
calculasd to supply regulations until the
people could take matters into their own
hands. s'ssz 81 81 81 s@issa sssri-3lst
= :. For q such government the people can
have no respect. L is not of them nor
for them 1t is but creature o. the Pres
fasnt, and has nothing ia oommon or sym