, 1873-05-09

! of monarchy act this oblipc,tion down amonrs
: fhan and reaect whether It viii not bo wall t.
Save The liberty nc possess by respecting it anc
: giving It some Of our attention. Tho enforced
litarr service Of Prussia bad as il is is bettel
81 than lie intorminable scandal OF American pol
tica which is gpreadinc in6delitv to froedom' t.
conntTy. and to God. Our politics i
6canda1ous because nobody attends to it
il We wore to change our form Of government.
the samo corrupt Influences would prevail intan
Bifed in monarchy, and without opportunity
for complaint, because the strength, so-caled, o1
form OF government has nothing to do With tue
morals OF the governors. Those peraons prevail
i'll al countries who devote themselves to affairs
and Kingdom in America, with such politicians
as ne have, would be worse than Poland under
THE IAND-oFF1cE AND KANSAS SETTLERS.
We have now another railroad scandal: In the
counties Of Neosho and Labette, Of Kansas,
about 600 persons have been gougod out Of 100,
GOO acres of land by tho railroad companies
called respectively tho Missouri, Kansas l. Texas,
md the Leaycnworth, Lawrence & Galyoston'
under tho protection Of the Interior Depart
ment. sent you several lettera two
that Willis Drummond, Commissioner of tho
Land Office, was probably tho instru1uentality Of
| the Iowa and Kansas railroad ring. It now ap-
pears that Delano, his superior, is not the tool
OF the said ring, but q personal acquisition Of
the same. In the particular case just cited, it
seems that the Lnnd- Office, under act of Con-
gross Of 1862 began to sell the land in tile said
counties Of Kanses to bona-ide settlors residing
therein. Secretary Cox and Secretary Browning,
patents for these lands up to the number OF
! l,627, leaving nearly 500 patents upissued.
When Delano came in, and the other stool-pie-
cons of the railroads. be suspended the private
| decisions of Secretary Cox The consequence is,
that at least 500 600 acres of farms in The most
| valuable part Of Kansas instead Of belonging to
| the persons who have improved them, are now,
f.
railroads which bisecr thom. hIr. Delano vas
recently burned in ef1igyin California for his
imbecility in connection with Indian afraire,
Persons from Southern Kansas with whom
have spoken Indicate that ho may
more directly touch his remaining sensibilities.
it he goes to that part Of the world, having dis
posed Of men, women, and children to these rail-
way monopoIes. The people Of Southern Kan
sas, who have been robbed Of their improvements
by these decisions, propose to show the rest Of
the country that the Missouri, Kansas l. Texas
Railway and the Leayenworth, Lawrence & Gal
weston Railway arc now preparing to make pub
Lie sentiment in favor OF opening the Indian
Territory, III order to get the lands OF the Cher
okees, Creeks, semiuoles, Ohoctaws, and
Chickasaws, just as they have been
taking the lands OF the white settlers
OF Neosho and Haoette Counties, under
tor the settlers, Mr j. Brown, shows that tho
railroad companies do not dispute that the set
tlefa we're On the SAID lands pr1or to the definite
location Of the routes OF the railroads in ques.-
and excepted from the operations Of each Of said
railroadgrant acts; and that all OF the said set
tiers we're in actual possession OF their respective
the time Of the dete oGe9n Of the
session for more than two years. one-hfth Of
the best land IN tho State belongs to the rail
ways.
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