Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-25
WAsnrNeroN, Feb. 81, 1858.

AS | claim to be, de fdcto, a citizen Of
Nebraska, | have thought proper to adj
dress TO you a short letter having refer
ence to matters, that | trust are not en-
tircly unintsresting TO your numerous
readers in the Territory, and among
them is the project, of dismembering the
Territory.
Mr.. Parrot, the Delegate from Kansas,
is urging that in the admission of Kan
sas as a State into the Union, the line
should follow up the Platte river from its
mouth to the present western boundary
of that Territory, and | hear from good
authority, and greatly 10 my establishment,
that our former Delegate, Hon. b. b.
Chapman, strongly fayors the project,
and has been cooperating with Mr.. Par.
rot to effect This great injury to Nebraska.
Surely, | cannot conceive why Mr.. {.
should feel willing to sever connexion
with a part of the finest portion of the
Territory, unless he finds them opposed
to the fu,her advancement of his political
ambition; or, it may be a hope he has
ultimately e securing the location of the
Capitol at Dakota City, thereby enhanc-
ing the value of town-lots in that "City
Of willows"
The all-absorbing question here is, the
admission Of Kansas as u State, and no
Legislation of importance will be done in
Congress until that question is disposed
of, and l am among those who are per-
fectly satisfied it should be admitted at
once, even under the Lecompton Consti-
tuition, rather than leave it longer a bone
of contention, or a hobby for aspiring
politicians to ride into office upon. In
deed, the feeling throughout the country,
among the true Democracy, in favor Of
a prompt settlement of this Kansas I'M
broglio, is enthusiastic, and of the deep
est anxiety and there is an absolute me-
ces.ity for turning all the energies Of ouI
National Legislature in Il much more
profitable direction than the s~quabbles Of
faclionists III Kansas, and | am pleased tC
see so firm a determination on he part Of
, the Democracy 10 support the wise policy
4 Of Nj. Buchanan in removing as.quickly
: us possible this source Of strife from oul
National Councils.
: And here permit me to give my view.
upon this Kansas question, in a few words
trusting your Democratic readers will, il
substance, agree with me: In 1864 tn,
Democratic party "%inaugurated a polio,
involving fundamental principles, b,
which it was proposed to govern the Ter
~ritorles of the Federal Union Fo
many years, indeed, beginning with tn
= great controversy in lSl9-2O, the peopl
) of this country were deeply excited upot
the question of slavery as practically in
volved in the organization Of new States
In 1870 Congress undertook without an
l. warran, in the Constitution, 10 lay down
principle, by which the people should b
governed in the organization of ne,
States out Of the common Territoriei
"a In 1854 Congress repealed that act an
IT, asserted the true doctrine of non interre,
of tion, declaring that the people thereaftt
= should form and regulate their own d,
; mestic institutions in their own way, al
b upon this great doctrine the opposite
took issue, and the Democracy sus,aint
il by an overwhelming majority. Now,
:. consider the admission of Kansas, in rea
no ity, a Democratic measure, as it is recon
he mended by the President and all his Cal
~ met, and is sustained by more than OF
he hundred and forty, out Of one hundrt
and sixty five Democratic members
rnr Congress, and ii wM be admitted, althoue
IN the entire Republican force is arrayt
If against it.
%. That the admission is opposed on Il
,,v alleged ground that the people Of Kanst
of do not sanction the Constitution may
true, but, if il is true, it is entitled to
he weight, from the fact that they refused
it's express any d~isapprOyal when they we
Or called upon TO vote, and when it is adm
q. ted they will then have absolute power
hlu control their institutions.
IN. Judge Ferguson is very active in i
-, discharge of his duties, and as he is IN
"a king hosts of friends, | have not