White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1863-03-19
ali political relations,

oil political relations.
I say that to-day. if the citizens Of
Atchison had consented, the railroad now
running from St. Joseph to Atchisor.
might have been bnilt on the west side
Of the Missouri river. I tell you that
Atchison has nothing in sympathy with
Kansas. All hsr trade is with St. Louis
she never buys dollars worth Of
goods at Leavenworth. she has NO affiui-
ties Of trade with any town in Kansas.
tell You that Missouri will have q
road from Cameron to Leavenworth. So
the Lesvenworth member told you last
evening. He says that the Hannibal and
st. Joseph company will certainly make
that connection. It comes with q poor
grace for Atchison and Leavenworth to
charge us with endesvoring to build up
Missouri. Leavenworth is now. in this
measure. endeavoring to secure the build
ing of the Cameron road in Missouri, to
the sacrifice of Kansas road. Leaven-
worth believes that the Kansas Valley
branch of the Pacific Railroad will cross
the Kansas river near its mouth. and be
built on the north side of the river. /
ask you now of johnson County and of
Douglas County. where you ought to
stand on these questions. in which it is
apparent that Leavenworth intends to
make every. thing stoop and bend to her
interests to the sacrifice of all other inter-
ests Of the State. If it should be that
another year Southern Kansas should
have an opportunity to have . road car
ried through that section of the State,
you will find Leavenworth arrsyed
against you. What does the gentleman
from Leavenworth say? Self preservs.
ton is the first law of nature. That is
the generous sentiment which will con-
troll Leavenworth in all her measures. I
say to Atchison men now that they are
being made the cat e. paw Of Leavenworth.
Atchison has been beguilsd by Lsaven-
worth into q conspiracy against her
friends. Lsavenworth is srraying North
ern Cansas against itself in order to de-
stroy it.
His Honor, the Mayor of Afchison, is
here, looking after the result of this con-
troversy. Mine host, of the Massasoit
House, is here. When these gentlemen
90 home. If this resolution is defeated, l
have little message for them to deliver.
Let them tell their people that their. Rep.
resentatives have sold them out to their
natural enemy, Lsavenworth-sold the
interests of Northern Kansas. too-that
portion of the State to which Atchison
owes all her prosperity.
now call your attention to one fea-
ture of the case before us. 1t is this:
The Pacific Railroad bill requires that
the branch to be built by the Hannibal
and St. Joseph Company shall be located
in two years. We therefore come before
the Legislature at this time. We do
not propose to let this privilege be lost
by limitation. But if we do not gain
this consent at this time, we shall be here
at the next session of the Legislature to
make the same demand. It is our duty
"a duty which we shall not neglect-a
duty which the Representatives of North
ern Kansas owe to their constituents
duty, too. which we owe to the State, for
it is time that the State should know to
what extent this disposition of one por.
ton to defraud another out of her Just
rights is to be carried.
We say to you, gentlemen OF Southern
Kansas, that you have come up here
pledged to oppose the Henderson Amend
ment-you must redeem your pledges.
But l ask you, if you see that those
pledges were wrong. that you 60 home
and so inform your constituents. I do
not say what have heard said here. that
the Pacific Railroad is q measure of no
importance. I think it is a measure of
great national importance. and of great
importance to Kansas. If we had had
that road in operation at the time this
rebellion broke out, $4,000 men from
the Pacific coast would have been here
to aid Kansas and the Government in
wiping out the last trace of treason in
Missouri. The rebellion has given the
to locate the Pacific Rail-
road. Southern men, now traitors, had
always prevented its location, BY insisting
that it should start from the South and
take Southern route.
I believe that the rebellion is drawing
to close. believe that the last enger-
gies of treason are being exhausted.-
Peace will bring back into Congress the
power Of the South again, to some extent
at least. Now is the time, then, for us
to get those acts done for the national
progress of Kansas which we desire to
have done by the Federal Government.
The Legislature of Kansas should be q
unit in endeavoring to secure to the State
now those privileges and grants to which
it is entitled at the hands of the Govern
ment; and in the distribution of those
privileges and grants, no such sel6shness
should be exhibited, as we see here exhib-
tied by certain powerful localities to-
wards another.
Mr.. Lacock's speech was On able one,
and in its delivery was not excelled by
any former one in this discussion.
The question being then put. the reso-
luton was lost, by the following vote:
AYEs-Messrs. Bradley, Brown. 54th,
CLARK, Cobb, Conrey. Dennison, Emery,
Ford, Formsn. Foster. 40th diet, Grif
itb. Hanson, Hidden, Hiner. Hollenberg.
Irwin. johnson. LIST dist. Lacock, Nc
Cartney. Russell, Sayer, Vaughn, Weis-
bach-23. a
NoRs-Messrs. Afford. Baker. Beeson,
Barrett. Bishop. Bottom. Bowman,