Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-05-20
A Response from Kansas.

| The Kansas Dddg ledger, an independent
paper published at the city of Leavenworth
furnishes in its number of the 7th OF May, the
FIRST response from Kansas in reference to the
act which lately passed Congress for the ad
mission of that Territory as a State of the
| Union. We copy enough of the article to in
dcatc its spirit
| LEcoMProN OR No ADMIssIoN.-Since our
last issue, we have read carefully the substi.
| tute of Mr.. English, which has now become a
law, and are prepared to give our opinion OF
| that measure, as we'll as our views or what
should be done in this crisis. Before proceed
ing to this topic, however, we wish to have it
understood that our opposition to the LeaVen-
worth Constitution has not abated in the least.
We have never believed, nor do we yet believe
that that movement will amount to q snap OF
the finger i'll Importance.
We, as a people, are obliged to pursue one
of two courses We must either swallow Le-
compton head and TAIL or vote to remain out
of the Union until we have population which
will entit.c us to one Representative in Con
gresS. This is as much US to say g If after, all
your >hrieking and believing if, all your op-
position to this " swiDdle," if you will now sac
rifce your principle, and say amen to it, we
will give You for school purposes SO much Tor
the support of State university so much tor
the completion of public buildings so much; all
the salt springs within the State, not exceed
ing twelve also, five per cent. of all the pro-
ceeds of the public lands for building roads, III
ternal Improvements, &c. but if you will not
/ do this you will be obliged to stay out of the
| Union until your population will entitlc You to
one Representative"
Having found that threats alone are insnf-
iicient to curb the people of Kansas, our ene-
mics have Joined a threat and bribe, and hope
/ by these means to succeed in their purposes.
/ We would inform them that the Government
does not own land enough 10 buy the people
of Kansas. We would rather conSign our
selves to eternal poverty, than to be the In
Strumcnt of our own degI adatOn Who that
mingleS with the people, hears their opinions,
and observes the spirit in which they are eX-
pressed, can doubt as to what will be the result
of that election Our enemies may consider
us fools and knaYes ; but give us a chance at
the ballot-bOx and we will return the cOmpll-
mcnt. In the event of the rejection OF that
ordinance. and with it the Constitution, what
harm is there to accrue from our remaining a
few years in a territorial condition We can
see none, unless it be that the hungerers for Of
flee, the wolves who hope to gorge themselves
on public plunder, will be for while, at least,
disappointed. Our population is at present
small; the expense of establishing State Go
vernment, erecting public buildings, &c, must
necessarily be enormous and, worse than that,
Leavenworth county will have nearly, if not
quite all this expense to pay. What voter Is
there who wishes to saddle himself with bur
dcnSome taxation. Let US retain our present
position until our population becomes more nu-
mcrouS, our business expanded, and our resour-
ces developed then We can be admitted, with
honor to ourselves, a noble member of the
greatest Of Republics.