Freeman's champion., 1858-06-10
PRAIRIE CITY K, T., JUNE 10, 1858.
Territorial add State Organization.

Gus under one or the other Of the forms
of organization known to the people
Of these United States, is one thai
demands their earnest attention, not
only because of our peculiar history
but also, (setting aside the fact thai
we now have an opportunity of com
ing into the Union as a Slave State,
which we do not mean to embrace,
that next winter we shall be applying
for admission under the Leavenworth
ConPtitution, with fair prospect oil
success, there being then no oppo.
sing constitution. We Propose to
present few of the reasons pro and
con, both for a State and Territorial
organization.
, FIRST, 1t is argued that having vo-
ted down the Lecompton swindle,
through the medium Of the English
Bastard, we should better remain o
Territory in accordance with the de-
signs Of the Slave oigarchy, because
we have been impoverished by troub-
les in the past and are unable to bear
the expense of State Government. t..
Second, 1t is said that the Federal
Government will erect cur public
buildings, make roads, pay Che ex-
penses Of Government, and that with
our present population we had better
wait several years, and get all the
National pap we can.
TAir9, 1t is agreed by demagogues
and believed by some. '.simpletOnss,
that if we go into the Union now,
we shall have to pay several hundred
thousand dollars for the Topeka State
Government and also the Leaven-
worth, and therefore be burthened by
heavy taxes.
On the other hand, the advantages
ola State organization are thus urged:
First, The advantages of more
stable government, and better admin
istration of justice, Speedier and
more prompt punishment Of crime
by the placing into Office Of men who
have the confidence of the people,
the removal from our midst of such
creatures as Lecompte, Cato, and all
the long array of Federal, Slave prop
Uganda tools.
Second, II is urged that Terrific
rial form of Government is erira-
constitutional; the people are deprived
ola portion of their rights as Amer
lean citizens, that under its forms,
society must ever be in an inchoate
and unsettled state. In proof of this,
reference need only be made to the
history of any western territory.
THIRD, That emigration will in the
case Of Kanzas be more than doubled,
the moment that she becomes q Free
State in the Union. Confidence will
be restored, peace established, justice
administered, and the prosperity Of
the community fully ensured. Cap
ital will come in rapidly, all kinds
of business will flourish, and title
and property be accrued.
Fourth, The public lands which
Konzas will get. no matter what oul
people may do with the infamous
Englieh bribe, whenever she is ad.
mittod INTO the Union, will amply
compensate her for tho patty assist
ance emay receive while in tho tor,
ritorial condition.
FVM, Kanzas ought to become
State as quickly as possible, because
her voice and vote is needed for tn,
cause Of Freedom and the proserva
tion of the best interests Of the coun
try, The, Administration and the Sc
poys Of slavery we'll know that sh,
will vote right on all the grSat quos
tions ofthc time, and tits their desir,
and design, failing to secure her I'D
mission as a Slave State, to keep he
outside Of the pale Of tho Union un
tilaftor the next Presidential cam
paign. This very desire on the par
Of tho Administration, " n stroni
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