Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-21

weari ome journey, because it was bad trarel Nmg through the state of Missouri. You re
 member that one of these colonies of organi
 Fed emigrants, which went from Maine and
 Massachusetts, and from various o, her North ern states, was arrested just as it was passing over the southern boundary of the territory oi Nebraska, Oil it's way to it's future home ih Kansas It was peaceful, quiet colony, go, l ing out with it's cm;grant wagons all in row, and therefore looking something like military zation-g0ug out with their women aud their children, with subso ploughs, with coui- ters yard long, Laughter, with pickaxes. with crowbars with shovels, and with garden seeds. This beautiful colony was arrested hy the officials of the present Executives prede- ceasor. It was by some amissake, no dolht, Perhaps he took the turDipseed for powder j; and doubt whether the case would have been hetter if the President had been there himself This colony was arrested within our own do- miDiOn. It was not an emigration to a for eign country, and there was no danger of in- terference with the neutrality laws. These quiet, peaceful colonists, because their wagons went in row for mutual defence through the wild uncultivated territory of Nebraska, where there were Indians--they were arrested as a military organization. We do not want here after, either within the limits of the United States or without them, any snch meddIesome or vexatious interference by the Executive power of this government Therefore, say, let us have some neutrality laws that can be understood. If there had been no apprehen- sions in the North about the neutrality laws, if wa had not expected that whatever emigration we might have fitted out fer Central America would have been arrested within the marine league of the harbur of Boston, why We woulI have colonized Central America dozen Years ago, and had it ready for admission into the Union before this time. We want mod,ica- tion or an elucidatiOn of the neutrality laws, and trust it will be the duty of the commit tee so to report.
 Before proceed to consider the power and benefits of this system of orgal"zyd em gra ton, aud the reason why it ought not to b. re- jected by this House, will proceed. as br,ef- Iy as can, to show the interests which tue northern portion of this country has n Amer- canizng Central America, as contrasted with the interests which the southern porton has il doing the same thing. l cone, then, to speak of the immense interests which the uortl ern states have n thus proposed enterprlse am astonished that so far n this dchate ths advocates for Amerlcanizi,g Central Amcr,ca, seem to be mostly from thosc states wh.ci. bn- der on the Gulf of Mcx.co AS yet, 1 have heard no from the northern states advuca- ttng tue same thing Let us look at the ill., tere>ts- of the northern states ln this question: and then at those of the southern states.
 These northern states are, as the states Oi northern Europe We're designated by Tac.tus. o6ictna gentium, " the manufactory of nations" !" w. eau make one state d year. In the last three years we have coloinzed almost wholly the terr tory O! Kansas. We have iurulsl,e, settlers to Minnesota and Nebraska, and rt, Lor knows where, aud We have not exhausted ore half of our natural increase. We have rece.ved access ols to our numbers ln that tune, from foreign countries, Of mure than one nnl- lon souls and now we have no relief we are orse off to-day than we We're when We be- 5au to coonze Kansas. We must have al. outlet somewhere for our surplus population. Laughter.
 ST, have d resolution in my pocket, whicl, 1 have be n carrying about for days, Waiting pat.entiy for an opportunity to prtsent 1t Il. this House. iIiStructng tEe Committed On Ter ritor,.s to report biii for organizing a,i, open jug for settl. ment the Indian territory. Mir. C.,, ,.rman, 1 calne to this cOnclus.oa with re- iuctance, that we must have the Indian terri tory. But nec s>lty knows no Law. We must go som where. Soin thug must be opened to the descendants of the P,:g-.m>. Laushtcr.I Why, sir, just look it. We are cr.H,p,d Il b, tween the Atlantic oceau and the R,cn. Mountains :! Tbe boundiug pillows eI tn, western tide of our emigration are dasl"ns &. ,tsy h.,So s.f .Ex tains.
 We come now to the obstruction of the great natura, barrier. Nothing Is more naturai than tba. ths tide should flow back Will 1t flow over towards Caaada! Not at all. It has already begun to flow over the "O.d Domlu- on," laughter, and into other States. Mis- souri IS almost inundated with 1t. We cauuot check this tide of flowing emigration We might as we'll try to shut out by curtains the light of the aurora bofeals. No such thing can be accomplished. This progress must be onward, and we mast have terrttOry ahd think it most Opportuue that the prUpos. tion seems to be before the country to Amercali.Ze Central America A better time could not be for, i'll addition to the population which we now have, winch is immense Ill the north ern states, as 1 shall show you as proceed, this financial pressure ID the East, aud Ill tIe different natieus of Europe. w.ii >e'd to our shores in the year 1858 not less thau hail million of mea Iu addition to that, we have two hundred thousaHd who will ci,suse iot al ity in shat tsme Then. s.r, there are Vt" hundred and fifty thousand .uen to ie pre. for, Somewhere Ill the year l75S-u,cI .UG.-.f, SIT, to make eight states, h V. uny s''sd terf.- Il them ecoDomscsIIy, (sausaterl as we are sure to do by this system or orgauzatHn-
 Now could any thing be more OlpOEtuHe at thEs time, than to nave ths project submitted to US, of opening Central Amerscz to settlr- meut l assure you, the cosaaait ee will report any b1ti ws.ch viii emable tne pevk,ie c. the NOsth, xlthout larceny of usi. Wssaf- out tyranny of any kindr to settie sIaf eoal'-