Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1858-12-30

last act, it is provided that the said sele0
ton should, be made BY The SecTetaEy OF
the Treasury, ont Of any unappropFiated
Public lands, within the land districl
where the township for which any tract
is selected, is sitaaled. 7g9,d gfEl gidgTsf
:. II is nor demonslFable then. shaAi inno
case. can the selections be made out Of he
land district where the land hes. And
that, were it possible to find 10 vacant
public land within the land district from
which to make such School selections.
that, then any other unappropFiated pub
lie lands can be selected, and that too,
whether In the same State or Terrilory1
How else did the State Of Alabama, Sc
leCt 2000 acres Of pubic land within
this very county, for School purposes,
during this very. year. no s1s hnB ,aoB
1t were insulting common sense. % dwell
on so futile an objection.
The organization Of the several State
governments in the valley Of the MisSis-
sippi, we believe in eyeryainStanee has
given an additional impetVs 70 weaith, en-
| igration, and enterprise, And judging
of the future by the past, why will It not
have similar effect on us4 With a
soil of remarkable fertility, with unparal-
leled natural advantages, with a position
on the great map of the West which. in
sures to US, sooner or later, the grand
route of travel to the Pacific and the In
dias, and abounding in all the material
elements FOR a great dempire ;Eonly give
Us place in the American Union, as a
State Sovereignty, with It's consequent Sc
curity to life and property, its spirit Of
generous enterprise, Its inevitable pro-
gress and developement, beni6ceht sys-
tenn of education and intelligence, with
its political weight and influence, and ils
perfect guarantee of self-goEernment,
and the free exercise Of theProudest PRIV
ilege Of an-AmerieanAa voice in shap-
ing the destinies of -ihis glorious Repab-
lic-who can doubt but that KansasWbuh
shine the brightest state in the Federal
galaxy, and that The South Platte Dis
trict will be the halo around IT,
For the foregoing reason, and others
: which time will not permitps to discuss,
! your committee cannot avoid the conylc-
: ton that it would be for the best, inter
est of this section, and of the people re-
siding here, to be embraced within the
contemplated state organization Of Kan
sas; and we, therefore, propose fortHe
adoption Of this meeting, the following
, preamble and resolutions: -,
Whereas: 1t is expected that an Act
will be introduced in Congress, atits pres
ent session, providing for such a change
, in the boundary line between Kansssaad
Nebraska as shall enable the people Of
Nebraska residing south Of the Platte
river to unite in forming state Consti-
tuition with the people Of Kansas, and
when thus united, of becoming an inde-
pendent State Of the Union and where
/ as, the people of Otoe county are hereby
Z in favor of such union upon certain con-
ditions and desire to make known their
views and wishes in the premises; there
5 fore, ll Lass f.- q q
ResolUed, That we are in favor Of tg
passage of an act at the present session
] of Congress, enabling that part Of this
Territory south of the Platte river, TO be
! included within the proposed State of
t Kansas, when admitted into the Union
: exempting any part of it after such ad-
: mission, from being subject &c. the pay
ment of the present Territorial debt Of
Kansas. l @ eH
r RESOLVED, That Congress should pass
: an act, at the present session, granting
t the right of way, and donating the pub
/ lie lands, upon the usual terms, for the
S purpose Of constructing a railroad or
S railroads from the Missouri river west
D ward and in accordance with the Memo
orial of the General Assembly of Ne
. braska Territory at It's late session.
i RESOLVED, That copy Of these resol1-
:. tions be sent to our Delegate, and % the
Hon. Jas. Craig, Of Missouri, to. be lad
before Congress and the President. OF
a the United States. -,,-. -,-.-..-,
! Resolred, That more fully TO concen.
n trate and embody public opinion in the
IS section of territory TO be embraced IN the
n proposed State, South Platte C0nvsn
3 vention, composed Of delegates from al
a parts Of said section, be requested to as
! semble at Brownville, on the 9Th day g
January, next, and that the basis Of rep
/, resentation in the proposed Convention
- - be the same as in the General Assembl,
= of the Territory, under the Act passed
at Its last session.
N ResolUed, That for the purpose Of car
!. rying into effect the foregoing resolu
tions, this meeting shall elect nine dele
gates to represent Otoe county, in sal
of proposed Convention, instructed TO use a
10 honorable means to carry out and CIV
2 effect to the views embodied in these res
olutions. re 70
Respectfully submitted. l-azsl
. CHAS F HOLLY, Chm.
7 81 MILTON w REYNOLDS
w M'LENNAN -
= A A BRADFORD
ST NUCK0LLS
WI TAYLOR Ts -33h1
JOSHUA GsABBE -
n DAVID LINLEY, Com. -..u
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