White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-17
The Annexation Question.

The Highlander OF last week, contains
ed an article upon the subject Of the pro-
posed annexation of White Cloud to
Brown County, in which it attemPtelto
excuse the part the opponents Of the mea-
sure in that vicinity took in the matter.
Itadmits that they were actuated only
by, selfish motives; and even the reasons
set forth by the Highlander are Of no
force Its excuse is, that the, people of
Highland do not wish to be thrown upon
the verge of both the Township and
County, as White Cloud now is; and it
seems to take il for granted that this was
why White Cloud wanted to get into
Brown County. Now. we SHOULD like to
know il White Cloud would not be in
precisely the same situation in Brown
County, as she is in Doniphan? She
would be in one corner, and on. the verge
of the County and the Township. In
case the proposed change had been effect
ed, Highland would still have been three
orofour miles from the line, and her into
rests would not have been affected in the
slightest degree. White Clouds being
on the verge Of the Township, had moth
ing to do with the movement on her part.
We stated, two weeks ago, as plainly as
we could. the principal reasons for desir-
ing the change. Two of them were, that
the interests Of the people of White Cloud
all lay in Brown Comfy, and the County
Seat would have been much more con-
venient. We do not know what the
Highlander intends to insinuate, when it
speaks of the animals Of the movement /;
but if it has reference to anything else
than we have stated, that sheet has wide
ly missed the mark. AS to the fears of
the Hiawatha people. that White Cloud
wanted to get the County Seat. we again
repeat, emphatically, that she had no
such intention.
We know that the opposition Of Iowa
Point arose from enmity to White Cloud,
and the Highlander admits that the OPP
position at that place was from motives
of sel6shness. 1t also vehenently denies
that certain speculator influenced the
action Of the people of that town; but
we know that said SPECTATOR got up the
reInonstrance, that he was the head and
front of the opposition. and that he in
duccl citizen of Highland to carry the
remonstrance to Lawrence. There was
three-fold reason for doing this. In the
first place, Iowa Point is a notorious
Pro-Slavery hole, while Highland is a
Free State town; and it was thought
that a movement seeming to come from
the latter place, would have more inAu-
ence with the Legislature than if it came
in its true colors. Secondly. by making
it appear that the opposition originated
in Highland, it would hide the fact that
the remonstrance was piece of spite
work of Iowa Point, founded upon nei-
ther reason nor justice. And thirdly, it
was correctly supposed that a citizen Of
Highland could command the services Of
member Of the Legislature hailing from
the same place, who could in turn exert
much greater influence upon the Legisla-
ture than private individual. If this
does not look like. using Highland rs a
tool to perform the spite work of Iowa
Point, we are greatly deceived. The
Highlander's declaration, that the people
of that place take no part in the rivalry
between neighboring towns, may be true
as regards many of them, but not all
We have it from good authority, that the
member of the Legislature from High
land said, at Lawrence, that the interests
of Highland were identified with those of
Iowa Point, and he thought it was no
more than right that he should favor the
latter place. against White Cloud. He
acted rather small on several occasions,
at Lawrence, in matters concerning White
Cloud, which we conld mention if we
were SO disposed. When votes were
wanted to elect him, We presume he en-
tertained quite different notions. The
considerations limited at by the Highlan-
der, which ought to have induced the
people of White Cloud to desire to re-
main in DOniphan County, we think we
understand. Yes, verify she ought to
want to remain in the County from those
considerations, in the face of the treat.
ment she has received at the hands of
those whom she has saved from defeat !!
We will simply suggest that White
Cloud has pretty much quit doing that
way as much as she used to. Hereafter
she intends to keep an eye upon Number
One, as other towns do.
But other matters leaked out during
the annexation excitement, which will
more readily account for the " aninsus"
of the opposition to the effort of White