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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DICiEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1858
Abstracts 3718 - 3721
UNITED STATES TERRITORIES & POSSESSIONS (Cont'd)
"How much longer wi 11 the people of Cleveland look on and permit
others to bear the whole brunt of the fearful contest?.. Shall we say,
to all the world, that Cleveland wi 11 do nothing, or shall we wait a
Ii ttle longer?" (4)
3718 - L May 13, ed:2/l - It is desirable that all emigrants to Kansas
from northern Ohio go in such a manner as will accomplish the most for
the cause of freedom and also tell the most for the patriotism of our
state.
"We want a colony in Kansas, to be able to vie wi th our neighboring
states in our practical love of Freedom.... We want a real old fashioned
Plymouth Colony, with pastor, school teacher, mechanics, merchants etc.,
all complete ••••
"Let us carry this thing through, fellow-citizens, and let us do it
up in good style, and with dispatch."
All communications on the subject of Plymouth colony addressed to
Mr. Blackmer will receive prompt attention. (9)
3719 - L May 14, ed:2/1 - It is probable that the next four years will
be fraught with great events. Aside from the contingencies of a war
with a foreign nation, there are complicated questions of our own to
settle. Kansas has appl ied for admission to statehood, and the South,
backed by the Democratic party, has declared that Kansas will not be
'admitted with a free constitution. Utah is almost ready for admission,
and here is involved another perplexing question. Next we may have
Minnesota applying with a free constitution, and then New Mexico with
a slavery constitution.
"Now if we commence by compromising a single inch, we shall be forced
to compromise till all the free territory shall be exhausted, and till
slavery shall have formed a cordon of states from the Atlantic to the
Pacific; and then the peculiar infamy would continue its conquests
without any restraint at all.... Never before was there so fair an opportunity
to either settle the question forever, or entail a civil war upon
our children. Let us place in the presidential chair a well tried
man, and all will be well." (15)
3720 - L May 14:3/2 - There will be a meeting of the Kansas Emigrant
Aid society this afternoon at 3:30 p. m. at the offices of Brayton
and Mason, to elect officers. (3)
3721 - L May 15: 2/1 - At a meeting of citizens held in Brayton and
Mason's offices, it was resolved to proceed with the formation of
Kansas Aid society. Officers elected were: Charles Hickox, president;
W. T. Smith, vice president; William H. Stanley, treasurer; T.
Sterling, secretary; and Rev. J. C. White, M. C. Younglove and J. G.
Stockley, executive committee. (5)