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Che Mrn$ha gcraM. PLATTSMO'JTH, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY, .. MAY 30, 18C0 UNION STATU TICK UT. fur Cfpfrrrsx - . . .T. il. MAUQUETT. - -DAVID BUTLER. 'or SerrJtrt of MhI. T. 1. KLNXAllD. ForSf.tf And.'f'ir, .. JOHN GILLESPIE. Jir Wt Treat'irer, AUGUSTUS KOUNTZE. nr Chief Ju!icr, ,0. P. MASON. I.. CilOUNE, GEO. B. LAKE. UNION LEGISLATIVE TICKET Senator for Ca count. . THOMAS K. IIANNA. Senator for Ca, httneon'tr, SMne and Seicard JOHN C A DM AN. tfrtnsn nf Eeirtfnlntlres. VM. F. ClIAPlN. SAMUEL MAXWELL, II. D. HATHAWAY, L. K. BELL. U.MOS RESOLUTION'S-. Resolved, That we, the delegates to this Convention.repreaenting the Uuion Party of Nebraska, are in favor of im mediate Slate organization, for the reasons. , rust That in-our iudemeut, it . will tend to promote the speedy settle inent of the Territory, and to develop iu material growth and psospenty. Second That it will place under the control of the people our School Lands nnd thereby , largely contribute to re duce taxation for the support of our . Common bchool system. Third That it will enable Nebras ka to select the Public Lands which 'the General Government has proposed to grant to her for a State Lnivtrsitv Agricultural College, State JJuildmgs and for the developement of our mm eral resouces, before all the valuable lands within our limits shall have4been absorbed by foreign speculators, and by the location of Agricultural College Script issued to other States. Fourth That the iccreased revenue which may be derived from the baxa lion of the property of foreign corpo rations, from which no revenues have heretofore been received would more than compensate fcr the increased ex penses incident to Sta'e Government Resolved, That while we are in favor -f this measure for the reasons above assigned, and for many others which we might mention, we do cot regard the question of Slate organization as in any proper sense a party issue, but on the contrary, as a question to be decided by each individual citizen in accordance wih his best judgement. Submitted as n was by me joint action of Republicans and Democrat?, we re gard it as pureiy a question of loca policy, which every voter must decide for himself, without regard to his po litical antecedents or attachments. Resolved, That the party which has triumphantly vindicated and sustained the Government, and carried it safely ' through four years of sanguinary war, waged ny tne enemies or civil ana religeous liberty, owes it to its cherish ed principle and to humanity to secure liberty and civil rights to all men under general law. Resolved, That we hereby pledge ourselves to render a hearty and earn est support to the nominees of this Con rention. M mm . 8T01 HIM ! Julius S. Morten, who has gracious ly consented to be set up in order to be knocked down, changed , his base on . Monday night last, and made a rapid movement towards the South. The climate of such a high latitude . as Plattsmouth, and the sledge-hammer licks of Butler did not agree with Doe sticks No. 2. "Circumstances over which he had no control" sent him pell mell to Nebraska City, at the expense of the commonest courtesy, tvhich re quired him to conclude : the correspon dence between Mr. Butler nnd himself and to agree to some arrangement which would bring him north of the Platte river. The people here want to know what he has to say on several subject. Can't he spare time to visit the 'Northern Precint'' whvre he has so many friends that no one else knows of ; or does he throw up the sponge ? -Omaha Republican. . ' A String or Natckal Ink. A " man has recently arrived at Los An gelos, from the vicinity of Buena Vista Lake arid the oil springs there, having in his possession a bottle containing a mineral substance very much resem bling etude petroleum, tut without any smell, and possessing all the qualiiiescf a fine' writing fluid. Several experi ments were made by different persons, and all pronounced it a good quality cf 'ink; or fluid for writing. We dipped our pen in the fluid and wrote several lines, and not distinguish the difference between it and the best writing fluid now in Use. " When firs', usd the color is a deep, rich black, but after expo3 ' ure to the air the color, moderates a ;little,: still retaining a good, and to all appearances, durable colcr. A com pany is being formed for the purpose of testiag the.,abpe. discovery.' Scm Franciscc Alining and Scientific TVcs. GOT 'ESI." The Omaha Herald is' jubilant over the fact that their candidate for Gover nor. has an old certificate from Gov Saunders to enable him io travel about the country. It says "Morton has rot erru" He cannot le accused of disloyalty any more. Welti the May or of N.ew Orleans has "got 'em'' ex actly the same way. lie was pardon ed b as to enable him to assume ihe duties of the office to which he was elected, by rebel votes, and consequent ly he cannot be accused of disloyally any more. Shame upon a paper that attempts to base a man's loyalty upou a certificate, especially in the community where has .lived during; the entire re bellion. It is the only hope, however, fcr the Democratic candidate. He has lived in Nebraska for eleven years. and now cotnes before our people and attempts to establish his loyalty by a certificate, obtained from our Governor before he became acquainted with h:s rebellious tendencies. We opine he Wiuld find it a difficult task to procure a certificate of loyalty now from any man in Nebraska ; even the loyal Dem ocrats would object to signing such a document. Gov. Saunders did give him a certificate, because, when Mor ton applied for it he had no evidence against him, and presumed a man to be loyal until he was proven otherwise. HO AXD VOTE. This i3 probably the last opportunity we will have cf reaching a large pro portion of our readers in the country before the election, and we wish to say a few words to them on the subject of voting. Do mt flatter yourselves with the idea that it is immaterial to you and your interests whether you vote or not, for such is not the fact. The ques tion of State is a vital one, either fcr good or evil, and every man in Ne braska has an interest in its decision. If State is good it is good for all ; if r is bad, it is bad for nil. It is not a ques tion of politics, although some are in clined to make a political question of it. Let every voter in Nebraska depos.t his ballot either for or agaiust the Con stitution just as has judgement, free from all party, local or individual pre judice, may dictate. He is responsible to no one but himself for the action he may take on this question. We be lieve a State organization would be beneficial to the whole people of Ne braska, and have, from lime to time during the cauvass, given publicity to most of our reasons for this belief. If. there are those of our party who differ from us upon this point and we know there are all we ask is that they are honest in their belief. But there is one point upon which there houId be no difference in the Union ranks, and we believe there is none, eith er in this county or elsewhere in Ne braska, and that is in regard to the elec tion of the Union ticket. We all know what our political opponents are, and by whom they are led. We know they are led in Nebraska by such men as Morton, who calls upon Price's dis banded rebels to come up to the polls and vot9 down the "d d blue corned, brass buttoned abolitionists;' and Tra;n, who declares openly in favor of re spening the African Slave Trade, as he did in a speech in this city last Sat urday evening a man who thanks God that his father, and mother died when he was four years old." Will you endorse such sentiments by allow in? the election cf men who endorse them, and who stand pledged to the support of such .leaders ? Let the m?u who have stood 'by the Govern ment in the hour cf peril not forsake her now. Let them see to it that, if we are to come in as a State, we come in under the management of the party that stood by the Government during the war for our existence; and if the people do Dot see fa to adopt the Con stitutional will certainly do no harm to elect the Union ticket. We hope no man in the Republican party of Cass county will be found to falter on this point. We occupy the proud eminence of beinr the leading Republican coun ty in Nebraska. Will you lose this prestige by not voting on the 2J : of June? You can .rest assured thut every Democratic vote in the county will be polled, and you will be com mitting political suicide if you do not do the same thing. Let it Le known throughout Nebraska on the morning of the 4th that Cass is still the tanner Union county of the either Territory or State. VOTE FOR STATE, And let us get into the Uuion before the law is repealed giving 500,000 acres of land to each hew State that enter the Union. Don't put off asking admission until after the Southern Slates are reconstructed for they will surely oppose us. The grat west was not partial to their peculiar institution, and consequently they will, not le par tial to thr great west. STATE OKIiAMZATIO.V. Mb. Editor: Having last week pointed out some of the objections to the Constitution. I now proceed to can vass hastily some ol the arguments in favor of "State," premising, that no considerations, however weigluy,shou!d induce 'us to adopt a Consti ution faulty, as the one under consideration. One artrument relied upon, and much used in favor of State in the abstract, is, that all Territories that have here lofore made the cbauge io St-tes, have improved the condition of their people; and the fnendi or tb measure assum ing a triumphant attitude, demand to be informed if the people of Nebraska, are wiser 'han ihe people of Ohio. In diana .or. Iowa, or. ciheis, that have theuht fit to change their relations to the General Government. Now, Mr. Editor, unfortunately this argument has no logical sequence. To illustrate: because Tom Jonesibein twenty-one. and well grown, puts on a big hat. and clothes li!:e his fathers, and is regarded as a man; is that a good reason why that little Billy Smith of ten years old should do the same and assume to be a man? Now , it is the privilege, and under certain circums'ances the duty of the people of a Territory to assume the obligations and increased expenses of o State organization; but before we make that change, wc should consider candidly whether our population is suf ficient to give us respectability as a State, and whether the increased ex nenes would, not be onerous to Me people. Relatively speaking. (I refer now to the basis of Representation as fixed by Congress,) 1 believe no State has ever vet b'--en nUioiiiea into in Union with as small r. population as Nebraska potasses, aud perhaps but one (Oregon) with an actually less population. Our neighbor. Iowa, when oraanizfd as a Territory (July 4th, 1833,) con tained over 2-2.C00 innabitants, remai:.' ed a Territory eight vears, and became a State in 1846, having then a popula tion entitling her to two full members of Congress. The great argument in favor of State, however, seems to be- this: we would then have two United States Senators, and a Representative in Congress that could vote, and that they could do a great deal for Nebraska interests, as they would have votes to give to other interest, in exchange for votes to carry their own. Now, I auir eady to admit that this whole proposition is a Mrong one. The idea of having two ''Sena tors1' possesses a forc that will go a g;iod way toward accounting for the persistence' with which this whole ques lion has been kept before the people. It is in vain th t iluy condemn it with their votes; they are rharged with ig norance of their interests, and forced to the expense of an other vote. So, loo, the idea of securing our measures by exchanging vote- for that purpose, possesses a poper thai I would by no means disparage. . Just imagmir for yourself, Mr. Edi tor, ihe New York Senators represent ing GU0.000 voters calling upon the Nebraska Senators io ask iheir support for a certain measure. The Nebraska members reply: well gntle'men. we desire to carry a measure of interest to the G000 voters we represent, and if you will assist us with your votes we will then consider the propriety of help inir to carry your measure for your 000,000 voters. But, os it is not cliimed by those who are for State, that we have even one half the population entitling us to a voiing Representative in' Congress but let us see if there is any other foundation on which the claim can be rested. And here it devolves on those who set up the claim to show that we hve not an e jual representation with other Territories ; or, that our rights are ignored, and just and necessary laws refused to us by Congress. As the first will not be assumed ; let us turn our attention to the second. And now I assert riAou aiy fear oj contra diction, that no Territory, now or here tofore existing in the United States, was ever more liberally deal by than our own has been, and that none ever received more mtiniricienl grants of privileges, mcney and lauds, direct and indirectly. I will say nothing -of that peculiar privilege in our Oi gunic Law, so much extoled by statesmen, of "regulating our domestic institutions ?n our own way." ana pass at once to consider other priv ileges and pecuniary grants. Our Ex ecutive .Legislature find Judiciary ex penses were all as-umd by congress. 50.000 in gold was appropriated to ereci Capital buildings, containing room (enough and to spare) for the Legisla ture, the Supreme Court, United Slates Grand Juries, the Library, aud all Territorial officer ; $-5,000 for a Li brary, 820,000 for the coiStruction ot one military road in pur Territory , and S3-5.000 lor another.' Besides these, ai an early period of our settlement. United States Land Offices were estab lished at Brownville, .Nebraska City, Omaha and Decotah, a greater number in proportion to the area of surveyed lands then in the Tt-rriiory, than any other State or Teiritory ever had. The appointments to offices here have generally been made from our own citizens. The office of Secretary has always been fil ed by a citizen of this Territory. Out L-ind Offices are all filled by our own citizens. The In dian agencies ore all filled by citizens of our Territory. Tne Superintendents of "Indian Affairs" are citizens of our own Territory. So is the Uniied States Marshal, and the Associate Judges of our. Supreme Court. Has such liber ality ever been extended to any o her Territory ? Truly, never. But far exceeding al! thef-e. and far surpassing all ever granted to any other Territory is that munificient grant of money and land made to certain Companies for the p-irpose of building railroads and Tel egraph lines in o.ir Territory. In your paper cf May 2d, article on State and Taxes," you assume the line oi the Railroads to be built in Nebras ka.lo be 900 mile.-. Tne grams made to these Cu;::pauies to build these ro ads, according to act of Congress, is 0,400 acres of land per. mile, and Sl6,0u0 per mile in LTuited Slates Bond-, bear-in-! interest. G.400 acres tier mil' for DUO miies frive an areir.tte of .5.700.- 01)0 acres, which ai S-5 per acre, the minimum fixed on the Scliool Lands in the Com titunon, gives $i!3.800 000, and 16,000 per mile gives l 3,100, -DUO, or a grand total of S.'JUO.OOO. l'alk about lack of representation and parsimony of Congress ! And contiti ue. to "cry give, give!" Why n con fess what is apparent to the . people, thai the leaders in this measure are seeking political power that they have j no jusi claim to. But the advocates assumes all tueir arguments to be irrefutable. One par ty assumes that the population of the Territory is now oO.UOO, and rapidly increasing. The Republican, of Oma ha, repudiates th census taken last spring, on the ground thai the law pro vided no pay tor the census takers. How poor that ground appears, when tlie tact is slated, that the Assessors swore to the truth of their returns and received the pay, all of them, as pro vided by law. The voles c.st at our last Territorial election were about 6,200, which, according to a ratio, rec ognized in old settled countries of five souls to the voter would indidaie a pop ulation or 32.0L0.. Now.there was per tiaps, 100 voters temporarily absent or not voting but then the ratio of voters to the population is much less than one :o five -The ratio, of voters io the people, is greater in the towns than in country, and yet in this Precinct where the population is all a farming popula tion, no towns, no mills, no freighters mploving hands, there is one voter to 3 1 2 ot ti.tf whole number. But, the friends of State say, if State is good tor the lew that are here, it must be trood for the many who will come here .itlr, that it will induce immigration; they have hunted up "axioms" and 'old saws" worn out lu ol!ie,r. places und sharpened them up for osu on this question. In a p iper advocating State 1 saw quoted ihe o.'d saw that "capital is always timid," and would not here ven ture uhile we remain, a Territory; and in the Herald, under ihe head of "State and luiiiiigra.ion," you take the grouud thai capital would be inure secure in a Stale, anJ business move iu better de lined channels. The "adage" ih-t capital is timid never had inuch force in America, and ihe reverse is true in ail the Nonh and North-West capital is bold, st ekiug investment at any rik ; witness the petroleum, and gold, and silver mining operations. You know, Mr. Editor, ihat nawhere in the United Stales do ihe laws, furbish more ample prelection to person and property than in our own Territory. And further, no Territory east of the Missouri river was ever settled by people having as large an average capi al as the settlers ot Nebraska. And finally, the amount of capita! engaged in Nebraska, out side of farmu.g, will show a larger average to the papulation, than any State iu the Union tan claim. I hope to here no more of the liimdny or in stcunety ol capital. It has no place in this discussion. Some say we have remained a Ter ritory too long already I heaid that ar gument even in 18-30, and e.-pecially in 18-53, and again 1S61 This impa tience of certain individuals is certain ly no argument in favr of Stale, unless we have the numbers to make us re spectable as a State. New Mexico and Utah have remained Territories much longer than Nebraska. and have always had a much larger population. It is argued ihat S;ate will give a fresh im petus to immigration. Now I believe ihe ilfeci would be to retard and deter it. The prestige of a new co-nury with cheap lands would depart from us ai once. In fact we are too apt to over estimate the influence of our local and internal changes on the public mind abroad. As an illustration: I have before me a number of the Republican, of Omaha, (a paper in which 1 have great confidence,) of 1S63, which in exulting over the location of the Union Pacific Railroad, prophecies a mighty rush of emigrants as one of the results. And goes it in this wise : "-A great empire is rising to the west of us, Mlontr the base of llv Rocky Moun tains, (outsiae of course). - Five years hence ihat region will contain'a popu lation of four or five million !" and de clares that none of this mighty ho-t vill be engaged in agriculture, aud that they must be fed by Nebraska farm ers, who must increase iu proportion, who will then have millions of land in cultivation when they now have thous ands. Alas, for the prophecy ! We are now told that Colorado has a popu lation of from lo to 2-5.00O who'declare that they can make their country, as regard agricultural products, indepen dent of all the world, and many of our Nebraska farmers have even goue there to engage in that avocation. You say, Mr. Editor, that the oppo sition to State, on the ground of increas ed taxation is about abandoned; still you labor to show that is a bug-bear. The Auditor's Report which you pub lish shows that the Territoritl tax is in round numbers about S79.000,'and in your comments you add 84.500 as paid by the General Government, making S121.000 the cost annually of nurTer ritorial Government. Now add to this Territorial tax the county taxes and road taxes and we have about Sl80,000 taxes paid by the people of the Terri tory ? about five dollars to each person, or over 25 to each voter of the Ter mor y. Truly, we are a well taxd people. But you, Mr. Editor, are not going to over burden us by increasing our taxes. Well,' that's good. You even quiet our fears on that score by the opinion of the Auditor, that the taxes cannot be increased until the State passes a law to increase them. Well, now that is kind, on the pari of the Auditor. You even propose to reduce our burdens", by opening up new sources of revenue. One of these I called attention to last week. Keep that before the people. You gave in vour paper of the '9ih inst. iiue your views of the School reve 1 be to give those of another Editor, on the tame subject. (I quote (fromiiie Nebraska City JVews, of May, ISbl. lL,Jitor supposed to He tne same as the present Editor ot the Statesman ) He estimates the School lands of the Territory at twenty cents per acre. The truthful . meau lies jusi between; but nearer him than you. Besides, all t.e School lands in this part of the country, (hat invited settlers, were set- tied prior to the field survey, and were pre-empted by the settlers. " ' ' It now remains to speak ct the grcai source of revenue, as you esteem it ihe Railroads. Why not include the Telegraph lines ? They are incorpo rated too You fay that no dime of all this property can b.j taxed by the Territory. V uu have not tol l us why And you claim that it will all be taxed al a hiijh rate too, fco-l.OUU to the mile as soon as we become a State. You, doubtless, claim for the State this pow er under the provision of Constitution, declaring that the piopeny of all cor pofations shall be forever taxed. Now I showed last week that the Churches, Parsouacres, Rectories, Seminaries, School Houses, the property of Fra ternal and Benevolent institutions, as well as City property, and Grave-Yards must be taxed. But as regards the properly of these "soulless corpora lions" it is by no means so sure. The property of Railroad is peculiar. It is a realty, in one sense, and in another chattle.and in another il is a franchise The franchise entirely, and the real ty mainly, in all our roads was derived directly from Congress. Now, I never owned a Railroad, but I have owned Railroad shares, and if I owned shares in any Railroad, or other company here the law requires me to pay tax on my shares, and could the S:ate turn round and lax the road itself? How Rail roads are taxed in the States I do not claim to know certainly ; but this I do know that the capital stock "of all Rail roads in this country is reprepresented "by shares, and that these shares are persona! property, and taxable where ever held, and it-would be strange in deed, if the owners uf any property should be compelled to pay lax in two Sutes on the same property. Now, Mr. Editor, I hope you will look into this matter carefully, for it would be a matter of serious regret, if the people should be deceived through the medium of the public press. I have examined the Auditor's and Treasurer's Reports of Iowa to see if I could find out how th Railroads in that State are taxed, and, although. I find different kinds of revenue alluded to, such as School revenue. Saline rev enue, &c. I find no allusion to Rail road tax And I l.now, Mr. Editor, that if the Stale of Nebraska, under the new Con-titution,can lax Railroads, that your fig-ures can never be real ized in their valuation ; anil I know loo, that such monopolies as these will resist to the bitter end, the payment of any levy that can be evaded. Yours for the truth, A Farmer. Mt. Pleasant, May IS, 18G6. In the above "A Farmer" starts out with the assertion that "no considera tion. however weighty, should induce us to adopt a Constitution so faulty ;" yet he does not produce an argument to show that the Constitution is faulty, but only attempts to pick flaws in tne arguments used in favor of State. Now, it is a well known fact that every question of the importance of this one must necessarily have a variety of ar guments brought to bear on it, both for and against ; and it would certainly be a very strong case if none of the ar guments for it could be shown to be exaggerated or entirely fallacious. We do not pretend that every argument produced is perfect in all its bearings; but we do say that among the multitude of arguments in favor of State brgarii zation for Nebraska there are less poor ones used than on any important ques tion ever publicly discussed in Nebras ka, as our reaaers will Observe from the labored effect of "A Farmer" to find a weak one. He is very cautious, it will be ob rerved, about touchi: g upon the "ex pense" of a State Government, and only mentions this momentous part of the question in the most general terms. A short time ago this ' expense' ques tion was the all absorbing theme. But now we find this shrewd and dodging opponent entirely ignores it. And why ? Because it has been exploded so thor oughly that even his sagacity fails to find any tenable ground on that plat form. His principal objections to the whole arrangement is ihown in the remarks about "Senators." "A; Fanner" is cer tainly very magnamimous when he ob jects to Nebraska having an equal voice in the Senate of the United States with the State of New York. He is cer tainly veryhberal, and we doubt not the Senators from New York will feel under lasting obligations to him for his timely interference io behalf of their rights. We fail to see the fcrce of his magna nimity, however ; for if New York does not olject io our having an equal voice in the Senate with her, il seems preposterous that a citizen of Nebraska should But this only the more clearly shows the lack cf any good reason why we should not become a State. When ! the oppenents of the move are com pelled to resort to such arguments and such reasoning it is evident that their case is failing. Again, he assumes that we should Ml 1 " not Come in as a state unless we can show thatvve have been fcadly used by Congress, and that Congress has re fused to give us sufficient grants, dona tions, etc... This kind of argument is not in accordance with "A Farmer's" boasted belief iu the "intelligence of the people." What dilference does it make now muai c uuc ucm ...j-w. i I. ..... l.iiri riolnml by Congress, so long as it is clearly ii shown.that we can do better Dy oecom- inr ii State i To illustrate as our cor respondent is fond of illustrations because John Jones is getting twenty five cents a day for working Jot Billy Smith, and t manages "to live on it, is that any reason he should refuse to set up for himself, and be his own "boss," when he can see clearly that he could make fifty cents a day by doing so ? We look upon this as the very best argnj ment why we should become a Slate. If we are doing 'well as1 a- Territory, and it is proved beyond successful con tradiction and our correspondent does not attempt such contradiction ihat we can do better as a State, we cannot, in our simplicity, see why we should re fuse (unless it is out of charity for New York). So far as the allusion to ihe grant of lands, etcs., to aid the construction of the-different Railroads is concerned, we would reuiind. our correspondent that these grants are not to the Territory, but to the Companies; and what we want is to piace Nebra-ka in a position that will enable her to derive more benefit from this gigantic monopoly. Is .our correspondent so very magnanimous I that ho would exclude this great money making corporation f rent. taxation 1 "Why not confess what is apparent to the people, that the leaders in this measare are seeking political power that they have no just claim to." snys our correspondent. Ho, ho! That's what's the mailer, is it! It is not the movement it-elf that he objects to, but because somebody is likely to get into power. "'. Well, wo must confess thai ibis is a regular "stunner." If "our set" can't come in we will oppose the whole arrangement, no matter how beneficial it may be to ihe people. We have heard of politicians taking coursi?,but it is a rare occurrence among "fanners," and we never knew a poli tician to succeed who adopted this poli cy. Now, not being much of a politi cian, we cannot see how the peopL- are io be benefitted by rejecting a good thing merely because tomebody ihat John Jones or Billy Smith don't like is advocating it. And again, the "peo ple," in whom our correspondent, as well as ourself, has great faith, have the control of this whole matter. They need not place men in exalted positions in whom they have not sufficient confi dence. If a man has no "just claim" io political p'jwer, and the people do not think proper to give it to him, we cannot see -how he is to get it under a Slate Government any more than under a Territorial Government. Our correspondent says we assume 'all their (our) arguments to be irre futable." Yes, we do contend thai taken as a whole that is, all of 'hem together they are irrefutable, and our opponents do not attempt their refuta tion. They only pick out a few of the most vulnerable, and pretend that they are the principal ones used. As we said before, in the multitude of argu ments in favor of State it caunot be ex pected that each one, taken separately, wil' bear the fiery ordeal of a dissec tion at the hands of our worthy cor respondent. Why dm't he attack the 500,000 acre grant ? It is because he fears to do it. He knows full well that this alone is sufficient to defray the en tire extra expense of a State Govern ment for Nebraska under the Constitu tion. So far as Regards his little matter of difference with the 'Omaha Republican is. concerned, we .have nothing to say. We are not responsible for ihe matter in that sheet, and suppose its editors to be capable of substantiating ihe truth of their assertions. Bat in regard to our assertion that business would move in better defined channels under Stale Government, we believe that most men even those who are anti-Staie as well as the advocates of State agree with us. It is a fact, admitted by al most everybody, 'that' in the east the name "Territory' is associated with ihat of -'Indians," "Prairie Wolves." "insecurity of property," etc. We are not discussing the propriety of people having such ideas. But that they do exist even "A Farmer" wi!I admit; and ibnl iIipv rpmrd r.itiital romirit here too one 'who has ever examined , ine matter win preiena to ueny. Now we are coining to a part of our correspondent's argument that has a - vast amount of "logical sequence."! He labors a long time to make pt !8 believe that we are unable io support i State Government ihat thh i ; a sparse ly settled country that our population is much less than it is estimate ! that our lands are comparatively wciil,!i-,s etc., etc., and then, apparently for. forgetting all , this, turns around airl says: "No Territory eust of the Mis souri river was ever settled by pt upl,. having as largo an average capital as the settlers of Nebraska. And finally, the amount of capital engaged in L j. ness in Nebraska, outside of farming will show a larger average to the pip. ulation than any State in the Union can claim." How are you poverty So our correspondent thinks that ue are abundantly able to support a St.ite Government, and virtually admits ihat this is not his real objection, utter all. What can il be, then ? Certainly not because John Jones cr Billy Smith favors the measure, or because either of thjse worthies suggested something that is in the Constitution, or because he fears the people, who control the matter, will elevate said Jones or Smth io some political positi n, Oh, no ; it cannot be this. There must be some "logical sequence" to all iln argument that we are unable to fathom. We place it before our readers, however, and probably they can fathom it. Our correspondent shows great f iir ness(?)in his argument when he spf aks about the Auditor giving it as his "opinion" that our taxes- cannot be in creased until the State passes a law to increase ihem. Does he not Ant w that the taxes cannot be increased al ow a certain per cent, without the consent of the people. As to our propositi :i to reduce, them, ho makes no attcupi to controvert our figures, aud does noi e ven venture the opinion that such will not prove the fact; but alludes, in on at tempt at sarcasm, to his former com munication, 'in which he very vtrJunily assumed that because the CoiinMi.M na tion makes certain property "suljeci" to taxation, il must be taxed, an I ihat no power on earth or under the larth could prevent it. As the editor of the Stai smitn in given by our opponent as authority on the subject of School lands, we will quote him a little too, fo ns to l.ave no monopoly of the ihtng. In that jo irii:il of ihe 26th iiut , we find, in an linn !. on Schojl lands, th.il in Otoe Comity nl jii" there are Schot 1 lainl-i valued at 172,800, which, at 1 per cent., would give a revenue of bd 7,:.,'-lJ, an amount almost, if not quite, qwil to the extra expense of S;ate Govern ment. In the hngtigt) of our illus trious correspond ?nt. "let us hear i more prating ab ut increai :d taxti mi." So far ns regards the lax i n Rail roads, we think our correspond wit M a little muddled. He claims ut one time that they are taxable under a T-'rnt)- rial Government, and then in inn i''", that iiey are not taxable und' r a State Government. We have the npini n of nearly all the legal luleui if the country on this point, both State .anil anti-Siate men, unci wo think that am ply sufficient, taken in connection with a common sen.e view or the matter. We do know that the officers f the Pacific Railroad coirTjrany are fighting State pretty hard, simply to take then own assertion to keep from being taxed ; and even admitiirii- our figures to be too high, y- l enough can be real ized from that source to make a mate rial difference in the tax on other prop erty. There has been enough said on this subject to give every man a chance to arrive at the truth ; and, as our corres pondent says,' it would be a matter cf serious regret if the people should bo deceived through the medium of the public press," either editorially or by communications. In order that no on1 might be deceived, either as regards the propriety of adopting the Cori't; tution or the Jpirit of the opposition t it, we have given space to this lengthy correspondence and such remarks as we think appropriate ; for which we ask our readers to pardon us, atid we promise never to inflict upon them an other such mass of words with -h:de meaning. Jfr5F The Chicago Times, in mu.cir? the noiiiination (if Morton for Govei nor of Nebraska, says : "During his college days at th? Uni versity of Michigan, at Ann ArUr, he was an intimate friend of Mortimer Thompson, ince so widely known as "Boesticks." Mortor. is doubtless the character who figures so largely in ' Doesti' k' writings as "Bamphcol." JVrirta Advertiser. E3" George Colman. getting cut l a hackney coach one n'ght. gave t!v driver fi-hilling, "This is a bad shi ling." said Jarvey. "Then it's all right," said George with his inimitable chuckle, "yours is a bad coach' Ch io7co7May" 21. Con na ku t Senate will ballot for U. S.-Senaur i n j Wn-Mlay. May 23-1. and t ed defection of three Rflpubliua report- ican Sen- a((jrs rm Get Terry, caucus romt- nee xnj had been elected onjiart of the House." ciuses the rcsuli to I awaited with interest.