The Kanzas news., 1858-04-17
TbaIand sales.

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which the LecOmptOn and KickapoO districts
are to be brought to the hammers on the
5th of July next. is the most serious blow
struck by a partizan administration at the
people of Kanzas. The SANDERS of the
i President about the sslawless" and 'svicious''
character of our people. win not injure US
materially His falsehood and peridy viii
take the sting from such reproaches. His
attempts TO back up the Border Rufian out
RACES have already shown themselves to be
futile weapons against u.s.. Even the at
/ tempt to thrust upon us hated Constitu-
tien, fatal to our best interests, is likely to
fall But this blow at the private interests
and rights of the squatters of Kanzas is
serious. 1t is the first time that Federal
executive has thus hurried the lands into
market against the expressed wishes of the
squatters. AS the great bulk of these lands
are occupied, no motive for such haste could
have existed save to annoy people who
have incurred the splenatic hatred of par
tizan administration by their jealous main
tenance of their civil rights.
But it is useless to waste language in dep
recating an act which does not exhibit one
spark of craftsmanship. Just as idle as it
would be to hope anything from an appeal
to the tender mercies of those who have
done it. a corrupt and pusillanimous party
has placed in power chief magistrate who
does not seruple to prostitute that power for
such purpose, and it becomes our duty
calmly to look the matter in the face and
devise remedy.
In this Leeompton district upwards of
5000 squatters have filed upon claims. Of
these but few over 1900 have pre-empted.
Besides these there are many squatters who
have not filed, and the incoming emigration
of this spring will add to the number. The
number of claims thus occupied, fled on
and pre-empted in the Kickapoo district is
not SO large, but not very far behind it. In
two little months and a half the title to this
land must be secured, or it will be brought
| to the hammer.
How is it to be done? Some three or
four millions of specie is demanded for this
purpose, or its equivalent in land warrants.
Where is it to come from? The CONNER
cial world of the East is just emerging from
a severe financial crisis. Kanzas has not
emerged from al get. The wave of COM
mercial revulsion has only reached US with
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heavy demand for money, the article was so
scarce that ten per cent. month was unable
to extract it. Where is the source of in
come that is to relieve US :? Not in the soil,
for in many of the chief staples of even
food, we are still tributary to Missouri
The army, which annually disburses thou
sands here, is now emitting a species of pa
per promises, not now available. The sums
paid the Indians, although valuable as a
regular adjunct of trade, are inadequate
I Emigration will do something towards it.
We cannot now say how much, for we nei-
ther know what will be the extent, or char
acter of the migration-whether it will
be chiefly of the kind to bring capital, OF of
that which needs supporting employment.
Money may be sent here by spectators to
invest.
We do not wish to alarm any of our read
ers. Our object is to set the main facts dis
tinctly before the public, to prepare, so far
as we are able, those who are interested for
Iiwhat is before them, and to suggest what
ioccurs to us as most favorable
We have heard suggestions that squat
ters' organizations would be formed TO pre-
vent spectators from bidding on the land at
the sales. We suppose that this will be
done, and we do not stop to discuss either
its propriety or impropriety. We would
/ merely recall those who are satisfied with
this as a means of relief, to fact they have
overlooked. They may prevent SPECTATORS
from bidding off the land on the day of
sale, but how are they to prevent thousands
of acres of it from being quietly taken by
warrants afterwards. Warrants will not paw
for the land at the sale, but any one can use
any number of them to locate land unsold
after the day of sale.
The fact is, there must be a more tho
rough and practicable remedy Land war
rants enough, OF money enough, must be
obtained to secure the land.
Land warrants can be had, if we give
enough for them. Money. too, scarce
though it is, can be had, if We give those
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rate of interest than they can get elsewhere
We must make our wants known, in the
proper quarter aud in time, however. There
must be nothing .'bogus" about our seeu-
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