The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-01-22

OsawattOmie, Lykins county, October 10Th and GOTH
81 81 be5nard franklin county. October 2lst and 22i.
Gum Spring johnson county October 2Sd and oath
fsyenxorih LeavensOh county October 2eh 9th and
hickaToo, Leavenworth county, October 10Th and 3Oh
Atcnson Atkinson county, November I'd and 81
DDonphan Doniphan county, November 4th and 9TH.
Palermo. Doniphan county, November 9th and 7h
Iowa Point DoniPhan county. November 9th and 10Th
osawkee, Jefferson county, November 2Osh and 2s
" Indianola, Calhoun county, November Path and 25th
Iecumh Shawnee county, November 18th 18th December
"A persons desiring present their claims will do so in form
Of petition writing, recng all the facts and crcumstan.
es connected Herewith and bills of items or other vouchers
uy authenticated under OATH officially certified by officers civil
Or military under whose authority the claims originated All
claims presented be supported by the fullest
proof possible be obtained All property claimed for must
70 described with reasonable certainty and the value
oartlcuarzed and stated The testimony of two
witnesses upon material point will be considered sufficient
all the proofs and vouchers will have be thoroughly examined
and satscay arranged by the first Monday Of January next
Or as soon thereafter possible will be necessary for claim
ants be in attendance the times and places mentioned
with their papers complete testimony otherwise will be
taken before the undersigned extraordinary cases In
order expedite the business claimants are
witnesses in attendance ao that they may be further examn-
ed if deemed necessary The undersigned would advise claim
ants to have their papers and proofs prepared with legal
g When sworn to before justices of the peace, the
clerks certificate and seal should be attached but it will
satisfactory to have the proofs oil ready and by par
ties and their witnesses person. before the Undersigned
1.-The Act above mentioned is broad in provisions and
zens OF all parties and all parts OF the Territory requested
to come forward and their just claims unite their
forts in accomplishing its object by enabling the undersigned
present complete, full fair and impartial statement Of the los
damages and that have enaed upon the ct-
of Kansas by the political and social questions evoved by
Congress upon them for settlement.
''H. j. sTRIcKLER,
Commissioner for auditing Claims.
"Lecompton, K. T., Aug %, 1851"
The commissioner deems expedent enter upon the dis
charge OF his duties within the thirty days notice this
sary to enable him to make his report provided by law
Accordingly three hundred and fifty claims have been
O
witnesses All of which, with the accompanying adavts and
vouchers arc hereunto annexed marked A.
To the accompanying exhibit B. your attention respectfully
invited 1t is classification far practicable, of the
era cams the amounts proven and the awards of the Com
missioner under the respective divisions mentioned said adyer-
tisement, public and private.
Upon examination will find that the whole amount claimed
S5O1 5 amount proven and awarded by Commission
292S, of which $3S 90 Of the public class
and $215, 311.3S is Of the private class.
There appropriation made the Territory nor are there
any funds available for the payment Of these losses but the said
contemplated, after complete collection Of tile testimony
and the awards made by the Commissioner that Congress
siona should be made for the of ndvd
ua who have sustained losses incident the unfortunate
under which the Territory opened for settle
menand which have from time to time been aggravated and
increased either by the policy of the General Government
the pursued by large proportion Of the people of the
Territory.
The Act organizing the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas
specifically introduced and important feature the
policy of the General Government relative Territories The
old policy directly sanctioned Congressional intervention and
pria acie left the validity Of Territorial laws subject
gressona approval The Kansas Nebraska Bill
the individual capaby of and right of self to the
people Of Territory, equally with those Of State far
local legislation and interests concerned and that while
the theory has been fully approved by of all parties and
the principle has been quietly and peacefully adopted and carried
sister Territory Of Nebraska has been attended
bloody and fearful struggle for long time the soil of
KANSAS Of the political anomalies which the attention
Of future and dsnerested historians will be directed
which all who have resided Kansas during past three
can readily comprehend.
The Territory of Kansas being joint and equal
all the States Of the Unon thrown open for settlements
emgrants from all the States and the repeal of the Missouri
strcon well as the decision Of the Supreme Court of the
United States in the bred Scott case by inducing emgants
from Southern States Kansas with their property
and servants held property under the laws OF the States from
which they came pecptaed issue which time and the sober
second thought of the people interested manifested at the
polls could only determine satisfactorily all parties and honor
ably country But owing the diverse interpretations
given the Nebraska Act and the much talked OF prn
cpe Of Popular Sovereignty therein contained
in the opposition manifested by large proportion of the
people of the Territory to due acknowledgment of the rights
Of such emgrans might be induced their fortunes here
by the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise and the decision of
Supreme Court while portion Of the people favor of
carrying out the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty to its fullest
and by reliance upon numerical strength to exclude from
the Territory institution existing in onehaf of the Unon
and from associations habits and interests dear the other
ton who relied upon the declared policy Of the general Govern
ment and their acknowledged rights under the constitution and
laws of the United States for protection In the OF
their slave property.
1t cannot denied that from the Of the ag
taon relative to the organization and opening OF the Indian
Territory foreseen by statesmen and politicians In all
of the Unon that great principle was to be settled that
public would ae and that consequences dangerous
the peace and welfare of the Union, might result from
tempting blend together the principle and interests OF people
from different portions of the Union, who alike Ignorant
Of the true social condition and Of each other and equally
preudced by education and political associations against what
one the other regarded inherent and naenabe rights
The Kansas Nebraska Act in effect destroyed all compromises