The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-01-24

away, without any compensation to the
State. They should pay for the protection
of the business they enjoy. They should
bear their portion Of the common burdens
of the State. Nor can you mistake your
duty here. Il is by distributing taxation
upon all business equally. that you can les
/ sen or relieve the burdens Of the people.
/ Virtually, we have received nothing from
| Congress for the building of State Cap
! toll. We are an exception. Every State
West has been provided for literally. 1t is
| true. that an appropriation of fifty Thousand
/ $3.50. O00) was made for US while In a Ter
ritorial state. But even this appropriation
was squandered by the officials appointed
! by the Federal Government to disburse it.
OF this sum SO appropriated, the State has
only received three hundred (30O) dollars.
AS an act of justice, no discrimination
| should be made between Illinois and Kansas,
or between Kansas and any other Western
State. The Federal Government should
do for US what ii has done so literally for
the other States admitted into the Union.
In every State in the Union this objection
has been raised by the best and wisest of its
citizens, namely that the greatest mischief
done the State has resulted from over legis-
lation. Various remedies to overcome this
evil have been proposed. In many of the
States it was thought that biennial sessions
of the Legislature would prevent it. This
| plan has been tried, and, wherever tried,
has failed. States, snch as Massachusetts,
and New York, have adopted another mode
to correct this evil, and that is through gen
eral laws. The reason of this was, that the
township and the county should have con
| troll over the Legitimate business of the town
ship and county, leaving to the Legislature
of the State the control of the legitimate
business Of the State. Thus, county lines,
county seats, incorporation of cities and vii
lagos, escheated lambs, authority to con-
struet dams and whatever may relate spe
cially to township or count, have been left
by the general laws Of these States, to the
people of townships and countses. With a
view, then, of correcting the evil in the State
and letting the people do their own business
in their own way, so far as relates to local
legislation, of Kidding the Legislature of cor
rupting and unnatural combinations, ofvex
atious and troublesome questions, and of
lessening the expenses of tbs Legislature by
consuming its time in questions foreign
wholly to its business, I beg you as a mat
ter of wisdom and economy, to heed the ex
perience of older States, and to pass general
laws.
have intimated to you that had not the
official information which was really neces-
sary to impart to you. Such is the fact.
On the subject of taxation, known to be so
important to the people, 1 have neither sta
tistics nor facts. On another subject equal
ly important, that of ystematizing the laws
and of establishing a true financial policy
Co. tIo II Iof oh
enable me to speak advisedly. I have made
such recommendations, as in my humble
judgment, would best advance the true in
terests of the State. That may be clearly
understood, I present TO you a summary oil
these recommendations:
lst. An amendment to the Constitution,
that our citizen soldlery be permitted to vote.
Cd. To affirm, by law, the acts of the for
mer agents of the State, and to complete
the contract made with the Secretary of the
Interior.
Sd. To advance the benevolent and edu
cational interests of the State.
4th TO accept the Law of Congress, Ju-
ly Cd, 1862.
9Th. To locate the branch of the Pacific
Railroad, and to establish a State Railroad
system.
9Th. To tax Foreign Insurance Compa-
MES.
7th To pass General Laws confning To-
cal legislation to local authorities.
9th That you memorabilia Congress for
a Decaratory Act Of the law Of September
4, / 84I, and of the Act of January 29th,
1861.
AS military necessity to complete the
Platte County Railroad to Fort Leaven
II. J -. I L.
ing from Fort Leavenworth, West and South.
For just proportion Of the Public
Lands.
For the extinction of Indian Titles.
For the completion of the Public Sur
veys.
For the relief of the sufferers of 1855,
1856 and 1857.
We should not forget the sufferers of
1856, 1856 and 1857. 1t cannot be your
wish, and it is not my purpose, to revive in
any way the wild bates and rude animosi-
ties of those memorable years in the history
of Kansas. The pioneers came here to Pur
sue peace, and the art of peace. They came
here to make for themselves happy homes
in this beautiful land and dedicate it forever
to freedom. Their simple and honest pur
pose was. to lay deep and strong the foun
dation of free State, for home for them
selves, their children and their children's
children. A misguided portion of the PEG
pie in the Southern States. assailed them
with ruffian brutality, and involved the
young Territory in bloody war, as the scar
red bodies of the living, and the charred
remains of many ruined homes so sadly,
! yet so truthfully testify.
Impartial his DRY will sustain my asser
| ton, that these Kansas freemen met the first
! IL 6 troorOr no.n;rnt liza EoLornl In