Freeman's champion., 1858-02-11
Minneola !
to fry

This was the first salutation that
greeted us upon our recent arrival at
Lawrence. Looking up we encoun-
tered the pleasant visage and received
the ready grasp of our eStimable
friend and no less q parsonage than
Captain 1--WE beg his PARDON! General
SAM. WALKER. n M
"What about Minneola ?" was
our anSaOer. (Vide Yankee manners
and customs na Hr '..
"What yo@living so near the cap
ital of Kanzas and not aware Of that
fact? Why, you are altogether be-
hind the times, my boy, The Legis-
lature has just passed an act removing
the seat Of government from Lecomp-
ton to Minneola, new town just
started by certain parties for that pur-
pose, near Centropolis, about six or
seven miles west of your town. All
sorts of conjecturos are rife as to the
motives that induced the Legislature
to do this, and shouldn't be much
surprised if considerable Of a rumpus
was kickedup about it, yet"
This was news to us, surely, and il
we had been informed that the nation
al capital had been located at this
point, we doubt whether our surprise
would have been Of greater mag
aitude.
"Nlinneola" "Minncola" Min,
neola' 'r~-was the subject Of universal
gabble throughout Lawrence; in the
hotels, stores, workshops, Offices Of
professional men, at the street corners,
and in those favorite retreats Of Bor-
der Rufliansr~tho doggcries. The
cry was Matched up that members OF
the Legislature had been bribe1 to
subserve the interests of certain To-
calities and individuals to the det,i-
ment of others, and the charges of
bribery" corruption" "compro-
misses with the National Administra-
tion," &c., &c,, &C., were hurled
against them to a virulcnt degree
The members of the Legislature who
supported this measure assert as a
reason for theil pursuing this course
that the position of Minncola is the
most central Of the settled portion ol
the Territory, and would probably be
for many years to come; that the in
habitants. Of the southern portion ol
the Territory had FOR long time been
in an edusiye pout about their dis
franchised condition, and would be
pacifed only by the means Of having
q State institution Of some deScrip'
ton located among them
Now the fact Of this body taking
SO weighty responsibility upor
itself as to remove the Torritoria
capital to aroint where town is yeI
to DO built, when there are hundreds
of towns in an advanced and flatter'
ing state Of success equally as wei
adapted to the position, Ito APPOINT
where tho people Of the Territory NJ
least expected to see anything oftht
kind located, as ever to receive JUS
tice from the hands Of the Democatit
party---docs have little singular op
pearance on the fape Of it; but thcr
such grave, digniIled, noble, incor
ruptblc, uhdSGled body Of men Al
the present Legislature Of the Terri
tory ofKanzas, is beyond tho bounds
Of question as to its integrity and III
adherence and devotion t6principle
0h.llyou poor unsophiStieeted cor
stituents you will soon learn thu
you were too premature in your de
nonciations against the efficient rep
rosentatiyos Of your Best interest
: and welfare, Yu itto
RY- Wintor is coming upon us II
earnest. rho atmosphSrc Of tho pas
three days has been bitterly cold, ant
d slight fallof l'asmudo It's ap
tI. i...I.t .tNiy .fiIIII IIIl. ItU