The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-08-20


I trust WILDE wiser than we in this mat
teri how are you going to accomplish
this | believe what propose is for the
best interests of the whole Territory OF
Kansas.
Mr.. Houston proceeded to speak, also,
in reference to the annexation of southern
Nebraska: IS Ell
Gentlemen seem to get up here and
have the cry which reminds nue. Of little
children. They get up and repeat the
old story-''we will fall into the hands Of
The slave power" "We have been IN,
jured by the federal government" Bnt,
gentlemen, l do think such gruundless
fears the most foolish of all arguments
that / have ever heard. Fur us to snip
pose that whea We have Republican
Congress, the Republican House of Rep,
reseniatives will be divided and throw off
part of ;his Territory! Ills absurd. The
Democratic party dare not DO il, for they
have almost annihilated their party on
this ground. But the Democrats show,
their shrewdness by advocating this meas
ure OF annexation. They see the thing
in moment, and would be glad to be aid
ers. because they know they can sustain
themselves before the people upon this.
| am Republican, and am unwilling to
let the Democrats have the glory Of this
measure. l am sorry to have you give
this measure up, and call it Democratic
measure, because it is Gully to give them
the power and glory of it. Ii is lor z
lane that has no turn. How large would
Safe have to be to be too large You
can have perfect net work of railroads
over this S:ate-you can run railroad
from here TO the mountains in a few years.
Is that TOO large When the gentleman
says that the agricultural interests do not
want any connection with the mining in
terests. would like to know il he doupt
want to carry his corn to the mines and
get money for it?
Why, gentlemen, we want this connec.
ton in the agricultural region, and SHOULD
be glad to have connection of this sort
that we might get the highest possible
price for our products. This is the way
to give our young State strength and Wig
or. Oae would suppose, from what gen.
tlemen say of the country, that it was u
God forsaken desert; that the lightuiugs
of heaven had poured their streams of
death upon it for centuries. But what
are the facts Almost every one that
goes out there tells Us that il is covered
with immense herds OF buffaloes as far as
the eye Can reach, over vast exteut-
pnrth smith aud \
have as much respect for the butfa.
loe's opinion as l have for the gentle,
meu's here, in regard to that country
Who ever heard of wild animals seeking
home that is perfectly barren ? Why.
the grass must be extremely nutritious
there. / believe that cattle can be raised
ON those plains, that will supply the de
mands of the whole country. When we
get railroad out there, cart we tax those
herds /? When you run railroad out
there let men make u business of herding.
You know very little about that country.
There are mines and salt springs there
One gentleman remarked to me a short
time since, that he had written hundreds
of letters East, telling them to come on
here; that we wanted to make a pathway
to the. Rocky Mountains over this very
country We are now proposing to give
away. | would keep it till we found ont
all about it. Who ever heard of man
cutting off part of his farm before he had
examined IL? Now, gentlemen, this Ter
ritory may be too large for certain schemes
of partisanship, but it is not too large to
make grand and glorious State for the
people, aud for the interests of the peo-
pie.
We are told by one gentleman that to
take IN all the proposed territory will less
en- our chances Cor admission. Now, gen
tlemen, it is very strange that two men
may reason upon the same subject, and
yet come to different conclusions. / be-
lieve 1t will aid us to come in. The i'm
preston has gone out that it ought to take
ninety or que hundred thousand persons.
before Territory Can come into the
Uuion. Such law ought TO be applied
To every Territory We wonli have ha,i
peace and quiet here if it had been on the
statute book before we were Territory.
But now what are the figures in reference
to this / have enquired how many
votes there were cast at this last election.
and i lind there were only nine thousand
and ninety three. Grant that all did not
vote. Add one-half more and You have
fifteen thousand voters iu Kansas. How
many population will that be Well, IL
don't believe that we have mure than three
times that; that is, know from the az
ricultural region there is voter to every
three persons. Suppose it was SO, what
do you have? Why, forty-five thousand |
persons, all told; and, gentlemen, there
aint particle more in Kansas TO- day. if
the last one We're dragged our. You 90
up to Congress, and the consequence will
be you wou't have the requisite popula-
ton. Take in the people from southern
Nebraska, and that fifteen or twenty
thousand people would settle the question
at once /; and should favor that aunexa-
ton on that account alone, for that is a |
strong argument. We never have pro-
posed to ask for more than a memorial |
that might be referred to committee in
Congress, or laid on the table or under the
table; and the Constitution run through |
without any reference to it. Our Legis- |
lature will meet in December, and this
question may come up before the people.
and the l. 'gislature may memoriaiize
Congress again. And if you don't want
II, Congress will not let you have it. 1t
does seem to me that we have golden
to place ourselves in such an
enviable attitude, and it does seem to me
most un~ise to rrject it.
Gentlemen talk about the railroad and
commercial interests being affected by the
annexation. l am not so we'll
posted IN commercial matters as some oil
you, but | think itwould be wise plan
% make railrusd down ta Atchison.-
When the north is pouring 10, as she is.
nso the bosom of our Territory. / think
We ought TO get railroads into the s ate as
luick as We can. Get railroads under
way, and they would be the highways Of
be nation for years to come. Instead of
Waiting till capital from the Est com