CHAPTER VII
1 William 0. Butler of Kentucky had been previously appointed governor of Nebraska territory, but declined the office. Harper's Monthly, vol. ix, p. 398. |
or distinct comprehension of the importance or sacredness
or inviolability of the union; and an adequate sentiment of
this sort could only be awakened by a shock. The first
awakening shock came with the clash of Jackson's imperious
championship of a real union against this very South
Carolina doctrine of the rope of sand -- of nullification.
The final shock did not come till the day of Appomattox. In
1854, as in 1832, the South dominated the Union, South
Carolina dominated the South, and the Burt family were to
the South Carolina manner born, and were of influential
standing in that turbulent, intractable, and irrepressible
commonwealth. 4 Cong. Globe, vol. xiii, pp. 303-304. |
ner by the account of this journey given in a recent
letter to the editor from Dr. Armistead Burt at his home in
New Mexico. 5 Appendix Cong. Globe, vol. xxix, p. 885. |
He then goes on to say that he had
voted against the measure for territorial organization a
year ago to save the rights of the Indians, but in favor of
appropriations for securing treaties since made. According
to reliable estimates, he said, there were now in Nebraska
9,000,000 acres of land obtained from the Indians by
purchase and treaty, and 12,133,120 acres heretofore owned
by the United States -- in all, 21,133,120 acres open for
settlement.
![]() From drawing by Geo. Simons, in the frontier sketch book of N. P. Dodge FIRST CLAIM CABIN IN NEBRASKA Built by Daniel Norton, between Omaha and Bellevue, in 1853 RIVAL
TOWNS. But in numbers, aspirations,
and hopes the carpet-bag politicians and other promoters of
the infant territory were as great as its actual population
was small, and the townsites did not fall below them in any
of the qualities named. The first number of the Arrow
makes a roundup of those worthy of notice. |
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