Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-31
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Saturday Evening, August 81, 1873
DAKOTA As A STATE.

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The Significance OF J mdge BemMetl,s NOsnl.
nation.
Dcadwood Times, Gath.
The next state that will be admitted into
the union must come from the territory Of
Dakota on the north, or be cut or carved out
of the state of Texas in the south. The
policy Of the government which prevailed
when Texas was admitted contemplated and
provided for the divisions of that state, at
no distant day, into six distinct and separ-
ate states, for, according to the cherished
idea of Calhoun, TO ''hold the balance of
power to protect slavery. In the organ
ization of the territories In the great north
west, while at that time the government
was always ready and willing to give them
q territorial organization, it never encour-
aged or gave cOuEtenaDce. to the idea OF
states.
We apprehend that if the people of the
Hills could he united in support OF q new
territorial organization separate and apart
from Dakota, 1t could be readily and easily
gress. Accomplished, and what then? Why
only that the territory of Dakota would
continue as al insignificant part Of the gov
ernmcnt for the next fifteen to twenty
years, as il has for the past. and the terri
tory Of Lincoln would keep her company.
This and nothing more. The new territor-
ial scheme has never fully and elaborately
discussed before nr by the people and the
only strength aud importance it ever assum-
ed was in tbelfact that a few democratic pol
i%:icians, having made such a Gin and noise
about it that they made believe that the
scheme was going through with a furore,
the republicans to head them off and not
allow them to get away with all the "plun-
/ NnrS a., nocn NG cs,noooe ool1nl n
sent q delegate to Washington and resolved
they too were in favor of a new territory.
Since then the bottom has fallen out of the
whole thing and it is deader than q corpse.
The next state that is admitted, as VIC
said before, is certain TO come from Dakota
or Texas. So virtually the old contest, be-
tween the north and the south, Of holding
1.-THE balance of power" will appear again
in the admission of the mex state. The
next state that will be admitted into the
union must have within itself the elements
of population and wealth sufficient 10 prove
to the country that, at least, it is fairly en-
titled to one member Of congress. Fol
both parties are likely to be so evenly bal
anced in the national government that M
new state seeking admission can depend
upon its political friends for success.
1t was the ambition of Judge Kidder Il
serve as delegate from Dakota until h'
could see the territory transformed into
state. 1t is an honorable ambition ant
worthy the aspiration of any man. Tn
was agitated with 80 much vehemcnce
year ago, retarded and, for the time being
made any effort statewards, futile and in.
effectual. But it must be evident to every
dispassionate and intelligent reader that i
we are to enjoy the privilege and blessings
of living under a state government within
the next ten or fifteen yesrs, we can secure
1t only by Dakota territory continuing as
whole, in Ole indivisible compact body pol
itic, and combining her population ant
wealth now and for the next two years t
this end, and by the time the sensus of1S80
we shall make an exhibition Of population
and wealth much larger than any territory
since the organization Of the government,
had upon its application for admission as
state.
The significance of fudge Benefits nom
%ination, in our mind, is, that he will be tn
instrument and medium whereby an
through whom this important and weight
event, fraught with go many consequence
of political freedom and prosperity to thous
ands of our people who will be united unde
the government of a free and independen
state, will finally be contaminated and bro
to a happy f%ruition, and that before the ex
piration of his first term. The unanimit
with which the nomination was rendered
from all sections ofthe territory conclusive
ly shows that he was the choice and repre-
sentative Of the people more than any
the other candidates. Probably they di
not fully comprehend the reasons and me
tiyes which impelled them to this course
OF course Judge Benefits character an
ability alone of themselves we're sufficient t
make him a desirable candidate-but ther
was an instructive, mde6nable, intelligibl
power, which inspired every delegate i
that convention to feel that there was th
man. 'ln unity there is strength" and i
his nomination we have unity which
nurturedAnd cultivated and maintained, i
q very few years will carry the stateh ood,