New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-30
KANSAS.
THE ORDINANCE.

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HAIL OF CONVENTION, WYsSDoTTE, XII,
july 81, 1850.
The provisions under which Kansas is 70 be sd-
mitted into tie Union are matter Of no small mo-
meut. There is Territorial deb. which it 's ex-
pected tia. Congress will Of course pay The total
amount is much smaler than usual wi:h IerFito-
ries. and especially Of Territories recently admit
ted as States and, if We consider the amount oi
trouble thst ha. existed in Kansas for the psst fve
years, positively small ia itself While Oregon,
beside her regular Territorial debt, brings Indian
war claims - the amount OF several millions, the
debt Of Kansss, claims and all, is but little over
half million. / presume the Territorial DEBT &C
cruing from the expenses OF the Territorial UoV'
erpment will not exceed 800, 900 or >l50,OOC
The Commissioners % Investigate claims arising
from losses out of all the wars 10 Kansas have
audited and awarded claims 10 the amount OF
Sil2, 600. For these, Territorial scrip, under an
act of the Legislature of last Winter mas been or
will be issued This matter has aroused q great
deal OF feeling and some resentment. The scheme
was unquestonaby engineered by few persoas
who heavy claimants, ami can af0rd 70 push Tue
matter. 4 supplemental act was also passed 1T the
same session. which provided that Territorial scrip
should not be issued until subsequent. legislation %
had This act wss either altered after bsng INTRO
duced or errors secured IN IL, by interested per-
sons and il is claimed that it is de I'd letter, on
account of nformailty. That some OF the larger
claims are exaggerated, and grossly SO, IS pretty
certain. Whether real sufferers should oe deprived
of their lust claims on account Of these Gaiphin
monsters Is q grave question. If 50 able and I'M
partial Commssi should bs appointed by Con-
gress 10 investigate the mstter there would be,
doubtless, considerable reduction IN all the lsrger
claims, though the expense of such Com
mission would eat up part o: the saving. Inc
claims are for several hundred houses bnrnej, be-
tween four and five hundred horses stolen, beside
other property taken or destroyed. IL g estmated
that 200 lives have been lost in the various murders
atd skrmisbes But il is also true that while many
Of the larger claims are no doubt grossly exaggsf-
ateJ there are great many other parties WOO have
met with losses, Tor which they ssk no retlTn.
Some have left the Territory. Offers refused y
present claims after the peculiar legislation secured
by the large claimants last Winter. T1e sun, on
the whole, is not large-with the regular Territo-
rial debt and all, little more tEsn hall million.
Part Of the Territorial debt is for the expenses Of
this Convention. An appropriation was made for
the payment of the Lecompton Constitutional Con
vention by Congress
But although the debt is not large Uncle Sans
purse is not III very petnorIc condition. Ii -
possible that demand for the payment Of these
debts 4 condition precedent might operate preu-
tcidliy Oh tle dullllrsOi Di h1isde ~ hvL luiilh
ILa. sucl condition VII be Inserted m Tue 0rd-
nanc-, but Congress will be memorlalzed u pay
then.
The ordinance demands the land snd other :hings
guaranteed by the organic act, aCd where the
school land bss been taken by reserves, preemp-
ton, an equiv,ent in vslue; also four AID 1.lf
millions oi rsiroid lands, the amount gwen y Mn
nesota; s. grant OF mineral lands; toe usual an01lt
for university and public buildings and five per cent
on the sales Of pub ic land. For these Ksasss cJn-
sents - relinquish her right 20 tax Go7errnent
lands or property. But IL is 20 be remArked
that All lands mat ear now Dc obtsirsd must be IN
the western, or leas. valuable part of Kansas. IL
is not the design % allow the Indian reserves 10
st ss Independent municipalities. or communities,
il tne midst OF Kansas. In. ls the standing nu.-
sance Of Kansas. BY the returns Of tie Registry
law. and an approx nation of The remainder, j, ap-
pears that Kansas has population Of sbou. 100 900
-thst is, Eastern Kansas, with the proposed State
boundaries.
This morning = provision Wss made. under the
miscellaneous head, for the equal property rights Of
the wife; her equal control over their children n
minority, and al exemption secured f5r he-.