Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-03-23

KAssAs. Mnrsh 10. 1853.

KANSAS March 10, 1888.
EpIrons UsIou ASB AsrnmcAs: In my last
promised to give you brief Of Kansas hleirs As
have recently prospeced the Northeastern part Of
the territory, hope y statements ars correct you
in Tenuesses know that Kansas is invariably fine
soil, but an confident that the means Of is ac~
complishment not fully apprecia'ed. You have
idea that slavery Wasthe ell absorbing question,
and that 10 ii property Interests we're subeerveni,
which was not The case with The greater number
who invest ia Kansas
The maxim thst on ihs intelligence and virtue of
the people depends The safety Of the government,
never WAS better exempl6ed than by the experience
of Kansas. Let any one acquaint himself with the
means by which Kansas vas populated, and look at
its population now, and condemn falteriug Of
feials if he The solution of politics here de-
Ponds as much on The land system ON the slavery
question. Congress in order secure homes 10
the actual settler and keep out Spectators, pros
Tided the presumption law, which requires the settler
to make oath III it is for his benefit he takes
the certain quarter of land. aud that he has made
no arrangement whereby any one else is to have
any part of this tract. Alter taking this oath and
proviog up certain conditions he is entitled to
ter, an such persons ony are allowed to enter, IN
til the lard has beea opened 10 general eatry,
which has not been dons. except few trust
sales No# it win be readily seen at Spectators
could make a good thing oui Of Kansas lands iy
engaging men to make settlements, provide them
with land a4rrsYis for catering. and when the IL
lies we're obtained, to require them transfer The
titles to themselves; o. urse tie tools in this
work bad c. pc jure themselves and it is surpris
ing how cheap such a commodity as men to swear
at will is and has been in the Territory.
The land spectators have picked Up abandoned
females and young men in she Eat, plid their pas
sage through aud sustained them while making
settlements, for the consideration of securing By
this means, warrant for quarter section Of land
There was "a eat inductmMt TO DO this, altogeth
er ore hundred and sixty acres of land would cost
them but about three hundred dollars, while il res
ally commar ded from FIVE to thirty dollars per acre,
by this double working, the territory has been
crowded with merchants from every eastern town,
while the speculstors have all become rich The alb
clifton aid societies tet the example, but are left
entirely in the shade by private speculstOrs of
whom l am informed, held at time eight hard
listed fellows, watching the pre- empiors who were
obgstedto their employer to quit title when obtain
ed, but this force was thought necessary 10 eoerce
the transaction Thus hiss Kansas been stocked
with most fOrbiddiug population might add
that these uDproyided families after being paid off
By their first employers, found themselves without
homes or the means of subssterc,, and naturally
enough, after being prepared by perjury, took to
plumber and ali kinds Of violence Tue most Of Il csc
people we're from Northern tOUns, and by cans Of
them the pJtie scale was turned in favor Of free.
soil To charge the administration with weakness
The acting oi;isls here VITA LIehss 10 duy beca1se
the difficulties between this rlb5le and the Invading
Missourians could not be quieted and civil order
maintained, is unwarranled and unjastifed. Good
citizens may consider it fortunate that things are
not worse than they really are 1t is thought that
Pixies Peak will attract the loose population this
spring aud leave the people tOlerbly fres from NOR
al peslilenoe.
1t is needless TO say that Kansas is one Of the
richest land countries in the UEi,ed States, it is
constantly filling up-bas about ffty Thousand pop
ulaion. I.