White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1861-04-04

Wib The most rigid economy the taxs'
=, few years must b. dnerous. sspe.
.;.Il, when the comparatively impover.
;.h.d condition Of the people is consider.
= Il is therefore important to provide
g. finding the extraordinary expenses at
ending the change from . Territorial to
State Government. including the *.
o.usss Of the Legislature.
Tho current expenses of the Govern.
n.ot might be greatly diminished BY re-
Suciue the number of the members Of
n. legislature, until our population shall
nav. largely increased. Forty, five msm.
I'm Of the House. and fifteen Of the Sen.
~, would subserve the public interests
mite o. we'll as the present number, and
reduce the pr diem aggregate nearly one.
bali.
To lessen the tax for support of the
Judiciary, which cannot be less. by the
farms of the Constitution, than 812. 900
annually, the Legislature might provide
that each sutton should pay to the Clerk,
for the use of the State. q small fee Of
one or two dollars, to Be reckoned as
costs against the delinquent party. As
puties to suits are the persons chiefly ben
fitted BY the courts. no injustice is done
them II they are taxed proportionslly.
Although it is believed that the Gen
s.l Government will assume and pay
The Territorial Indebtedness. amounting
20 about 800, 900. in the meantime it
should be funded, payable some years
hence, that the credit of the State may
no. suffer. and that the taxes already lev.
led may DO appropriated for current State
expenses. .
The past year has been one Of unpre
csdentsd drouth and consequent scarcity
in Kansas. Our farmers. encouraged by
the bountiful return for labor bestowed
on the soil ia years past. cultivated an
unusual quantity Of land. With an or.
binary supply Of rain. large amount of
produce would have been raised for ex-
port, and no people would have been
more highly favored than our own. In
stead, however. of plenty and consequent
prosperity. many of our citizens have
been the recipients of foreign charity.
For the prompt and generous relief affor-
dsd by States and individuals, . suits.
BE acknowledgment should be made by
the Legislature. and it is proper to en-
quire il our State is not able to provide
for its own poor in future. No spirited
and energetic people will be recipients of
charity when able to procure their own
subsistence. Such course would be
dsnoralising and degrading. If the
State has sufficient credit it would be
bs:ter to ass it for the relief of her citi-
Gems. should it be necessary. than longe:
live upon the generosity Of others. Seed
has already been furnished in abundance
Tor spring planting. and by the first Of
June. the stock that sbounds upon our
pr.iries will be suitable for food: it is
therefore to be hoped that general call
for charity will soon cease.
Although the past year has been one
Of adversely to our people. yet with stern
integrity and mutual CO operation be-
tween the several departments Of the gov
eminent. together with frm reliance up,
on that Providence which has thus far
sustained and directed us. and whose
promise that seed time and harvest shall
not fail to inspire MS with hope and ceur-
age ia the darkest hour, we may conf.
IDENTIFY look forward to happy and pros
porous future for our new State.
When Kansas applied for admission
into tie Union. it was supposed there
Was Federal Government that would
endure until the present generation. at
least. should pass away. Recent devel-
opments. however, have given rise to &C.
rious doubts as to its existence. Theo.
reticslly. such government is extended
over thirty four States. but practically. it
does not exist in some. In seven States
the laws are openly repudisted. the forts
are seized. the revenue stolen, the federal
officers dstied. and the flag Of the natien
insulted with IMMUNITY; and eight others
threaten to do likewise if the Govern
ment attempts to assert its authority by
force in any rebsllious State. Such is
the condition of affairs as bequeathed by
the late administration to the present.
The future none eau predict. Should
matters progress as for few months past.
and coercion be decriei as at present. not
prominent seatoard State will remain
in the Union. and not . Law of the Uni.
ted States will be enforced anywhere.
Our government. once regarded as pow
er in the earth, will become Q Kissing
and word among the nations-s
stencil in the nostrils of all men. THIS
nation occupies a very remarkable posi-
ton before the civilized world. 1t has
heretofore been prompt and efficient in
putting down treason and rebellion, and
the whole force Of the army and navy has
been called into requisition at once when.
ever danger threatened. Shsy's rebel.
lion. the whiskey insurrec.ion, South Car
olins nulliication. and the John Brown
raid. were all summarily disposed of with
no cry against coercion" Now. when
certain persons in the South have seized
upon the revenues. forts. ships. post off,
ses. minis. arms and army and navy
stores, waged war upon United States
troops. set up an Independent government.
and bid defiance to all law. the position
OF the authorities has been simply that
OF non-resistance. Two independent and
hostile governments cannot long exist at
the same time over the same territory
without conflict. and either the Confed,
Grated States Of the South or the Federal