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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1860)
THE ADVERTISER. It. W. FURNAS. EDITOR. ' THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. "fl, 1SC0. . ' FOR PRESIDENT IN 1SG0, STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. " ; Of the. United States. ' FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, ANDRF.W JOHNSON. ... Of "Tennessee. DTlU? cnTr C ourseT The Nemaha City Herald, an ultra Republican sheet, and the Nelras,kaCi:y Vhr5, znvlira Adin migration sheet, are greatly exercised cf late, at what they are pleased to term the inconsistent course of ,4R. W. Furnas, Editor of the Brovvnville Advertisers We want no better evidence of the corectness of our course than to meet ivith opposition from cuch sources. Now we challenge the editors cf those papers, cr any one else, to show a single instance in which we have varied a hair's breadth in our political course! -We mean just what we say. Politically, we hare always been, and are yet, governed '"in our actions, and the course we pursue, 'by what we conceive to be principles, tx.d we make these principles a sine qua tion, in our course ; and we further tell gentlemen who differ from us, cither , m principle or policy, that the position wt nrninv tinon the "issue of the day" is backed by the masses of the people land, and they will yet force politicians, who ride hobbies only for a day, to come to them. We arc not disposed to notice, or de Tote time, or space in our paper, to ev ery little thrust that may be made at us ; prompted only by feelings of jealousy, or Vammsp p nnt become the slave or A W Vsfe V. IS "V - - - loo of blind and Uisncnest paruzans. We are pleased to discuss, upon their merits, any questions that may arise, in which are involved the interests of the people, or welfare of the Territory; but will never condescend to low personali ties' or scurility. As to the Herald's intimation, that we vi n n ri r i v ihm n - i r a. 1 a i .t v u ia w w a iCU tV iWl-ulX'!"' " J ' that's-all bosh, and we understand per fectly well why it thus talks. We nei ther profess, nor propose to lead anybody, nor do we allow any one to lead us. This thing of leading people is something we do not believe in; its entirely out of place" 'among the American people. As for ourself.'we do cur own reading, thinking and acting; and are quite sure the peo- - pie pf. Nemaha County, "Douglasiies" or not, are fully competent to do the same. Such "flings" are downright insults; call in question tiie intelligence 01 our peo- pie, and tne iieraia ougm louaie ficient good sense to know it does know it: ; The" Yacs thinks us inconsistent be cause we publish in our paper the call for Republican Convention ia this countyf and charges us with quoting from the Republican Press in this Territory in our - review of Gov. Black's veto message. In regard to quoting from the. Republican JPress, the News knows belter; not a svlable have we quoted from the Repub lican Press. We have studiously avoid ed quoting from any o'her than the Dem ocratic Press, or Democratic Speakers, for -the simple reason that the principle we are contending for vas a Democrat ic principle, and we proposed to sustain it 'from Democratic authors. Are the quotations in anoiner column irom me Cnicago Times, Philadelphia Press, Cin cinnati Enquirer, and Pittsburg Post from Ihe Republican Tress? As to the cdl for a Republican Con Yentipn ; bur paper is a local one, and anything our patrons desire to give pub licity, shall find a place in our columns. The JWir speaks of "the friends of Mr. Douglas spitting upon such misera ble trickery," &.c, i. e., acting with the Republicans or any body else who advo cate his principles. Does that paper mean or refer to our course ia the Leg islature upon the Bill to prohibit slavery ia Nebraska? If so,'. we have only to ay, Mr. Douglas, himself, in the U. S. Senate thought it not "inconsistent" to b found voting with Seward, Hale, Wilson and others, in sustaining the . principles enunciated by him in opposi tion to the Kansas Lecompton Constitu tion ; -Douglas Democrats in the election cf Speaker of the House of Representa tives in Congress, found it not "inconsis tent" to vote for Mr. Pennington ; Doug las Democrats in our Territorial Legis lature others than ourself found it not "inconsistent" to vote with Republicans for the "Bill to prohibit Slavery in Nebraska." " And we are pleased to find it. not "inconsistent" to act with Re publicans or anybody else, who will act with us, in sustaining Mr. Douglas' po sition upon the rights of the people of the Territories. If Democrats choose to prove recreant to the professions they Lave made in regard to Popular Sover eignty, and Republicans choose to take the Kansas Nebraska Act as given us, and act it out, tre are willing to work with " them upon that question. We quote from good autnoruy better man irom euner a Republican or Democratic Tress when we copy .f rem. Holy Writ, which reads: "Bat what think ye? A certain man had two sons ; and he came to the first, and nid, Son, -o work to-day in my vine . "He answered and said,! wilb riot, but afterward he repented, and went. "And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. "Whither of them twain did the will of his father ? They "say unto him', The first." The Democratic Tarty raid "J tn7" carry out certain principles, but when the time and place arrives to practically dem onstrate these principles, they fail to prove true. The Republican party in Nebras ka, especially, said, will net," but re pent and do the will of the people.. Our readers can draw their own conclusions. We go for the tprincipls Mr. JVnrs, and we are willing to work with any set of men who will carry them out. Do you understand us ? ' We hope you do. Talking about "consistency the " edi tor of the J"ews in a letter written to the Chicago Times attempts to explain why Douglas Democrats voted against the bill to prohibit Slavery ia Nebraska ! ! ! That is the richest thing we have yet heard of. Douglas Democrats vote against a bill to prohibit slavery in Nebraska!! "No such thing in the book." Mr. Reynolds claims to be a Douglas Democrat !(?) and to speak for others in his letter to the Times, giving as a rea son why he voted against the bill, which simply was to prohibit slavery in Nebras ka, that by voting for the bill he would thereby recognize the existence of slavery in Nebraska! You might as well say that voting for a Homestead Bill, you thereby recognized the previous existence of such a law. The. Times in reply to Mr. Reynolds, very appropriately and sensibly, says: "We do not agree with Mr. Reynolds insupposing that an act 'to prohibit,' rec ognizes the presence of the thing pro posed to be prohibited. An act to 'abol ish,' pre-supposes the existence of the thing to be abolished. The act before Legislature was te prohibi, and not to abolish. We agree with hi n, however, in his opinion of the absurdity of the whole act. It was an absurdity only equaled by Gov, Black's very unsound, injudicious attempt, to carry out the attor ney general's exploded 'political ax ioms.' " Is Mr. Reynolds satisfied with the an swer to the interogatory he propounded to the Editor of the Times ? viz : "I ask you who were the most consist ent and true popular sovereignty Demt crats those who voted for or against this ridiculous and nonsensical proposition to prohibit slavery in Nebraska ?" . " "This little pig went to market !" and was sold. While Mr. Reynolds is "explaining," would it net be well for him to "explain" why he offered an amendment to the bill to prohibit slavery, the provisions of which was that a negro should be allowed to testify in cur courts against a while man, and that his evidence should have equal weight with that of the white man ! which reads as follows: "Any black or mulatto person, or In dian, or any perron of Negro or Indian blood shall be permitted to give evidence in favor cf or against any white person whatsoever, and hisor her evidence shall be entitled to the same weight and credit in the courts of this Territory, as that of any white person. Away with such manifestations of friendship for either Mr. Douglas or his Territorial doctrines. Sustain Buchanan and his edict in the matter of direct issue between he and Douglas on the doctrine of Topular Sovereignly. Mr. Douglas and his true "friends will everywhere spit upon such miserable trickery, and consign to a merited oblivion the pitiable huck sters who offer his principles for barter and sale," in that maniser to use the .Vetrs' own language in reply. As to our seeking at the hands of a Republican Convention, a nomination as Candidate for Delegate to the Constitu tional Convention, cur friends who are conversant with our wishes in regard to that matter, will bear us out in saying, such is not the fact. While at one time, we are free to confess, we would have prized the honor of a seat in the Consti tutional Convention, and would yet, did circumstances permit, and the people will it, yet we would not have accep ted the nomination as candidate from any convention that might have been held in the county, upon any other condition than that of an adherance to the position we have always occupied upon the issue of the day. We would not, under the circumstances at present surrounding us, deviate a hair's-breadth from our principles even to be made Tresident of the United States. Our views are well understood in this county, upon all ques tions in which are involved the welfare and prosperity of our Territory; and we have reason to believe our course in private or public has given satisfaction to the ma jority of our fellow-citizens. But from the fact that we cannot give the prop osition "fcr a Convention" for reasons which we may hereafter Rive -our cordi al support, and as our business affairs are, or will be such, that if a candidate and elected, and the Convention did meet, we could not attend, without too great a sac rifice on our part, we through the columns of our paper declined Incoming a candi date. This much in r?e$rA to tirself we deem is but proper to fc$y, Ex-Gov. Cnitc of Ohio, was, m the d of this month, elected to tl? V, S. Senate ia the place of Mr. Pec if. The vote was, Chase 75, Vagh 51, Corn in 5. Mr. Chase was first. elected to the U. S. Senate ly the Democratic party. Delegates to llie Constitutional ConTenllon. The Convention which met in this place on Saturday last presents the names T. W. Tipton and Dr. McPherson of this city, D. C. Sandersof Nemaha City pre cint, b. A. Chambers of Peru precint and J. D. N. Thompson of Long's pre cinct. We were prevented by other engage ments from witnessing ihe deliberations of the Convention ; but are informed that it was well attended by persons from ev ery section of the county, and that its proceedings were characterized by mode ration, yet firmness and determination in reference to the rights and interests o the people. From our personal knowledge of. the character and number of "citizens from all parts of the county we met on the street that day, we have no hesitancy in indorsing the representation. The gentlemen whose names are pre sented are too well known to require any commendation, cr suffer from condemna tion ; they are from the ranks of our most reliable, substantial, and intelligent citiz ens. Messrs. liDton. cnambers ana Thompson possess a goodly amount of le gislative experience; and Dr. McPher son and Jude-e Sanders are unsurrassed as" sound practical business men. Four out of the five of the above nam ed gentlemen were "born and bred' Democrats never voted ariy other kind of a ticket when party lines were drawn but recreancy to professed party princi ples has driven them to seek other party affiliations. If Nemaha County is made irredeemably . Republican, Opposition Unit a, or by whatever came it may be called in the future, such a result can on ly be attributable to the no-Congress- Legislature-or-human-power doctrine cf Mr. Buchanan, and the "soft delusion' ukase cf.Gov. Black. . Congress A Speaker Finally Elected. We are at last permitted to announce to our readers that & Speaker is elected. Ex-Governor Penxingtox of New Jer sey, upon whom was concentrated the Republican, and a sufficiency of Anti-Le compton Democrats, and American votes, succeeded by a vote of 117 to S5 cast for M'Clers axd. Mr. Pennington is an Old Line Whig, but has for several years been acting with the Republican party. Joiin W. Forxey, Douglas Democrat, and the able editor of the Philadelphia Press, was elected Clerk. We regard the election of these two officers as a triumph of the conservative feeling of the country over the ultraist?, who seem to think their mission to be to create and enlarge a feeling of enmity between the different sections of the country. However much hot-headed po liticians may denounce conservative men and measures, they and they alone have always been the oil poured upon troubled waters. It is a source of rejoicing to the country that such men and measures are yet to be found in the land; and when they cease to exist, then indeed may we have cause to tremble for the safety and perpetuity of our free Republican form of government. We may now look for Congress to go to work and do something for the coun try ! The gashas.been pretty much used up within the past eight weeks. "The Son Delusion." The Press throughout the States, both Democratic and Republican with the exception of course of those owned by the Administration are out upon Gov Black's veto message." We quote a few extracts from Democratic papers only. The Chicago Times in speaking of the message says: "In his message, the Governor Hon Samuel W. Black, furnishes the legisla ture with a literary and legal production, which is a weak, very weak, condensa tion of the other Black s famous argu ments. As a matter of history proper to be recorded, and not because of any remarkable merit in the paper itself, we give the message a place in our columns. It is possibly the poorest effort yet made against the right of the people to govern themselves. It-resembles in spirit and tone, some of the veto messages of old Dunmore, thd royal governor in Virginia, in which that officer, in obedience to roy al commands, employed the executive negative to defeat all acts of the colonial legislature which denied to British sub jects the right to carry slaves into any of the royal dominions. .Lacking Uun more's ability and polish, Gov. Black, of Nebraska, insists in his message that the people of Nebraska have no political rights which are not subject to the laws of other states. Each slaveholder in Missouri, derives the legal title to his slaves from the laws of Missouri; Gov. Black insists that the Missourian who brings his slaves into Nebraska brings with him the title to his property which was approved by the laws of Missouri; and that wherever he may go, outside of the State, the law of Missouri overrules all other laws, and continues to afford protection and title to the slave property. This doctrine is abso lutely subversive of all state authority. If the right to hold slaves iu a Territory be a right which is secured by the Con stitution of the United Slates, then sla very becomes cf its own force an insti tution superior to all laws, except the constitution. If slavery cannot be re pealed or prohibited in Nebraska by the legislature because the constitution pro tects and guarantees security to it a3 property, how can Gov. Black, a3 a law yer, (he was once a judge.) maintain that the people of Nebraska, by a state con vention, can displace and overrule the Constitution of the United States? A State convention has no more authority to deprive a citizen of a. rfcht, hf Id bv him in virtue cf the Constitution of the United States, than can a" territorial leg islature. Both bodies are necesss.rily limited in their powers by that instru ment, and yet, Gov. Sam Black, in fee ble imitation cf Attorney General Jere miah Black, holds that the" Territorial Legislature cannot over ride the Consti tution cf the United States, that being the special prerogative of a state convent tion. The argument is flimsy, idle aud preposterous, and the legislature inflicted the severest possible ; punishment upon its author by having the message printed and circulated. " No one who reads it will fail to pity the individual who has, in order to screen and .support the presi dent, put his name to a document so full of glaring and blundering absurdities. The Philadelphia Press, the editor cf which is an old political associate of Gov. Black, says of him and his message : "The Executive authority of the Ter ritory is vested in Col. Samuel W. Black, of Pittsburg, who was appointed Gover ernor by. Mr. Buchanan, and who, while always an ardent Democrat, was at no very remote period, a warm adrocate-of the Wilmot Proviso, and we believe the author cf the resolution incorporated into the Platform of the Democratic State Convention, adopted at Pittsburg in 1S49 in favor of the Wilmot Proviso. In the campaign of 1856, Col. Black was an earnest chaapion cf the doctrine of Pop ular Sovereignty as then understood in our State ; and few who heard his elo quent speeches at that time could have doubted that wlien he advocated the right of the people iof the Territories' to con trol "their domestic institutions," with special reference to the slavery question, would have supposed that he entertained the sligetest doubt about the power to de cide whether slavery should or should not be tolerated among them. However, since the recreancy of Mr. Buchanan to his pledges in 1856, and the dissemina tion of the peculiar and abstruse doc trines of the Jeremiah S. Black pam phlet, Governor Samuel W. Black Las felt himself constrained to veto the law pub lished above. . The reasons assigned in his veto are of so intangible a character that it is difficult . to comprehend them; but they appear to be based partly upon the provisions of the Louisiana treaty, by which the Territory of Nebraska was acquired, and partly upon the reasoning of the Attorney General, in his reply to the Harper Magazine article of Judge Douglas. The argument based upon the Louisiana treaty unfortunately proves too much ; because treaties are the para mount law of the land, and if, in cense sequence of that treaty, the people of a Territory, duriug the continuance of their Territorial condition, cannot abolish slaj very, it is idle to suppose that the peo ple of a State, when a State Constitution is formed, or after they have been ad mitted into the Union, can abolish slave ry. This same objection applies, to a great extent, to the supposed arguments founded upon the alleged unconstitution ality of the law quoted above. If the Constitution prohibits the abolition of sla very by the people of a Territory; it is difficult to understand how the people of a State formed out of a new Territory acquire that right. The Pittsburg Post, of which place Gov, Black was a resident, before com ing to Nebraska, thus speaks of it: ."Governor Black is an appointee of the President,' and not a Governor elected by the people. It would seem from this fact, that the doctrine of non-intervention with slavery in the Territories has been repudiated, for, in vetoing this bill Gov Black has interfered with the will of the people, expressed through their chosen representatives. . The only true doctrine is, that the people of the Territories, as of the States, must be left to decide npon this question as they may choose. Gov Black's fine-drawn arguments that the Legislature is not the people in the sense of the onranic act, will not do. iiis veto of this bill is directly in the teeth of the doctiine of the majority of the Demo cratic party on popular sovereignty." The Cincinnati Enquirer says : "The action of Governor Black of Ne braska, in . vetoing a law which the peo ple of the Territory had passed prohibit ing slavery, thus violating the great prin ciple of local self-government, meets with the condemnation of the Democratic press. "The veto, in every respect, was mis- chosen and improper. "The people of the Territories, since they have been told by the ultra Southern politicians that they should have slavery whether they want it or not, are much more likely to legislate hostile to the in stitution than if such threats had never been made. The people of the States and Territories will do as they please about slavery. Senate." at that time." understood the Kansas-Nebraska bill as I then did, and now do." Mr. Davis then replied by throwing up to Mr. Douglas his removal from the chairmanship of the Committee on Ter ritories, and giving as a reason for hi: removal that he had chitned ; to which Mr. Douglas replied : ' ' "I have never complained of my remo val from the chairmanship of the Com mittee on Territories, and I never inten ded to allude to that subject in this body; but I do assert that the record prove that the Senate knew for eleven years that I held the identical opinions which I ex pressed in my Freeport speech, and which are now alleged as the cause of my removal; and during those eleven years, with a knowledge of those opini ons, which are repeated over and over again in this body, within the hearing of every member of the Senate, I was, by the unanimous vote of the body, made chairman of that committee. At the end of eleven years I was removed, and the cause assigned for my removal is that I hold the identical opinions that I had ex pressed for the eleven years when I was unanimously made chairman of the com mittee. "If this be the true. state of the facts, what does . it prove ? That those who removed me changed at the end of the eleven years, and I was not sound be cause I did not change as suddenly as they. My only offence consists in ndeli ty to the principles that, I had avowed for eleven years. I challenge the world to show that I change a hair s breadth on this question during those eleven years. If, at the end of that time, my opinions were incompatible with those of the ma jority, it shows that the majority had changed their policy, but I had not chan ged my opinions. Mr. Green then came to Davis relief, and pitched into Mr. Douglas by charg ing him with admitting the question to be a judicial one, and that he (Mr. D.)had said he would abide any decision the Su preme Court might make; and that as that Court had already in the Dred Scott case decided adversely to Mr. Douglas' position as to the power cf the Territo rial Legislature, that he (Mr. D.) was acting in bad faith by still contending for the rights of the people cf a Territory, In answer to which Mr. Douglas said : Mr. Donzlas ana the Disunion Ists So soon as Mr." Douglas had sufficient' ly recovered his health as to appear in his seat in the Senate, he was pounced upon simultaneously by Davis, Clay, Green, Mason, and all others of that Stripe, who are for his annihilation and the dissolution of the Union. He how ever, pinned them all to ; the wall. We would like to lay before our readers the entire debate, but it i3 too lengthy for our columns. We make a few short extracts from Mr. Douglas' remarks to show what he always held and yet holds to be the power of a Territorial Legislature over the subject of slavery. Mr. Davis, in course of debate, charg ed Mr. Douglas with having changed his opinions or positions a3 to the power of a Territorial Legislature. Mr. Douglas replied: , "When the time comes for discussing it, 1 will show that at that period, on the very night the Kansas-Nebraska bill was passed, I stated that the sole object of the repeal of the Missouri restriction was that the people of the Territory might ntroduce or exclude slavery tnrough tne Territorial Legislature while a Territory as well as after they became a State; and no man who heard me then can ha re an j excuse for not knowing that I held the Territorial Legislature, in the Territo rial capacity, could do it. The record ia the Globe will sustain rue. "I believe I can show from the record that a majority cf the Democracy of the "In 1S56 I did say it was a judicial question, and I said it over and over again before 1856. I have said it since 1S56. I declared in my Illinois speeches that it was a judicial question. I have declared the same thing in every publi cation I have made during the last year. I assert now that it is a judicial question. The point is that for many years it was no want of soundness in principle that I held one side of that judicial question, while others held the opposite, and I as sert that the Senate did know that I held one side of . the judicial question. But moie, I have always said that I would abide by the decision of the Supreme Court, not only as a matter of policy, but from considerations of duty. I take the law as expounded by the Court. I re ceive the Dred Scott decision as an auth oritative exposition but I deny that the point now under discussion has been deci ded in the Dred Scott case. There isjio one fact in that case upon which it could have arisen. The lawyers engaged on each side never dreamed that it did arise in the case. It is offensive and injurious to the reputation of the court, to say that they decided a great question, which had been the subject of agitation to the ex tent of convulsing the whole country, when it did not arise in the cr.se, and when it was not argued by counsel. Sir, it would prove the court unworthy to de cide great questions in a civilized country, if they would take cognizance of a case when there was no fact on the record up on which it could arise ; when the counsel on either side never dreamed that it was in issue, when there was no argument on it, and foreclose the right of self-govern ment to thousands and hundreds of thou sands of people without a hearing. "But one word more. I assert, and the debates will prove it, that the understan uing or me Kansas-menrasKa Din was, that this was a judicial question, to be de cided when it should arise on a Ternto rial enactment. All the speeches of all of us show that it was in that way and at that time that this judicial question was expected to arise and be decided. The understanding was that, when a Territo rial Legislature passed an act on this subject, of which any man complained, he should be able to bring the matter before the Supreme Court; and to facilitate that court in getting jurisdiction, we amended the bill by putting in a peculiar clause, providing that a case affecting the title of i i . i property in slaves mignt oe tatcen up to the Supremo Court without reference to the amount involved. Nobody ever dreamed that the court wa3 going, in a decision on any case that did not affect that question, to decide this point, with out argument and without notice, and pre clude the rights of the people without al lowing tnem to De neara. n nenever a Tt-rritorial Legislature shall pass an act divesting or attempting to divest, or im pairing or prejudicing the right to slave property, and a case under that act shall be brought before the Supreme Court, I will abide by the decision, and help in good faith to carry it out. istration-party as headed by James Bj chanan; and whereas we find the subject cf slavery occupying m some form or other the whole attention of the Union, and threatening calamity and disaster everywhere, and even noiv overleaping the boundaries of the States and Union, and by its tyranical demands proclaiming to us in the President's Message that slavery is among us "protected by the Federal Constitution," ani that "neither Congress, nor a Territorial Legislature, nor any human power has any authority to annul or impair this vested right ;"- and whereas Congress did in the Act or ganizingour Territory proclaim to us that "The true intent and meaning of the act was not to legislate slavery into any Ter ritory or State, nor to exclude it there from, but to leave the people thereof per fectly free to form and regulate their do mestic institutions in their own way, sub ject only to the Constitution of the Uni ted States." And whereas the framers of the Nebraska Act declared in the na tional Congress that slavery was submit ted to the action of the people, even ia a Territory, as is evidenced by the langua ge of Stephens of Georgia", that "The whole question cf slavery cr no slavery was to be left to the people of the Territo ries whether North cr South of 36 30 min., or any other line." And again, "I am willing that the Territorial Legisla ture may act upon ' the subject when and how they may think proper." Also the language of Butler, of South Carolina: "Now I believe that under the provisions of this bill there will be a perfect carte blanche given to the Territorial Legisla tures to legislate as they may think pro per." . Also the language of George W Jones of Tennessee, "It is, sir, the power of the people to govern themsel ves, and they, and they alone, shall ex ercise it, in my opinion, as well while in a lerntonal condition as in the position o a State." Also by the language of Cobb of Georgia, present Secretary of the Treasury, "The majority of the people oy tne action cr tlie lerntonal Legisla ture will decide the question ; and al must abide the decision when made." Therefore Resolved, That the President has eith er willfully published a national false hood, or been too imbecile to comprehend .1 1 A . . . . tne piaia Jbngiisn or our Unramc Act, or else under coercion of his fire-eating. sJave&reeding masters, has published him self as the "petty tool of contemptible tyrants." Ind Whereas, The people of Nebras ka did by their Legislature recently as sembled, pass an act prohibiting slavery hereattertrom their soil, and Gov. Black struck down the will of the people thus expressed by his veto, notwithstanding he had declared in 1S56, relative to slavery pronation mat, "ine general govern ment can take no notice of it, cither at the time it exists in a Territory, or when mat lerntory knocks at the door of the Union for admission as a State;" and had often repeated on the stump last fall, 'whether slave property will be protected here depends upon the local law." There- ore Resolved, That he has studiously de ceived the people as to his sentiments and intentions, bartered his conscience for his office, and cringingly passed under the yoke and yielded to the lash. Resolved, That we adopt as our rule of action, non-intervention with slavery in tne Mates, leaving them free to settle it egally and peaceably, but since the ques tion cf slavery extension is forced upon us in this Territory, .we will settle it here in the true spirit of our fathers when in 1S7 they proclaimed the northwest Ter ritory free forever. Resolved, That in coraranv with the: 1 ... i asiiiDgtons and l rankiin?, the Jetfer- sons and Jays, the Adamses and Mndi- precincts, fcr the purpose cf cf the Republican caue. ' On motion, the EJitors cf ths c fanpr WPrfl rpnnocle.l r. ...IV i i " ceedings cf mis Convention. . S. W. KENEDY, pr7 T. M. Taldott, Scc'y. The CocsTcatk aj DEDICATION. e&urch cf this Ciy m v. el to the worship of G..4, on nxt Sabbat tht U at 1-2 past 10, A. 3f. Sermon by the EflT Brt iinvn. si coneciiun laKen on taat occui citizen of attend. BrownTli'.a aai ririaSty ittj 7 WnV'in nv v... -it . a v.mi, lom... Syrup cf Sassafrai stand unequalled among (j,, wui.cv. .u. pycc-i.i vuriuj msei? ,)J t8i. Hjs Mamalcie Liciment has become cne ptes artic!s cf trs-.'e. Sf?rchinti th. constant urply of tfcese mediciaes on Land. Uw,t NEW ADTERTISE2IEXTs7 Lime! Lime!! LimeJJ! The un.leridgTiprl -hue kiln are i:uati Bi,.. . west of BroirnviUe. on the road league to ft r keeps constantly on hand a very suprif.r 'm lime, to which h invite- tie atte&tk.n r th, ' " In; TLe Lin:e will te delivered at ite ki n of ..'Hi other pint in te county, ajdired ,s' Feb. 9, IStiO 6m E Improved Farm IbrEenF It U deaired U rect cut aa improved ,lr, , i westcf tfrownvdie. The firn, bi 60 ac'e ! under (toed tight fenre-h,-prv,f4o " a. n V V . . i - ... L4ic utiu uuuev lun.viwvn ,.r irr.a ... improvement are a ?xd fraae house i brte "'hr log stable, other oct-hon, a never txiu. ' 't water. The-frm nil! be rented for cVJ prit"f share, or taken in iujproTemeni ni.,i. L . ' for a!ef jr ca-a. 4?to For particulars apply to O. r. BUbt " .North Star P. O . or Soo0.i ya Legal Notice. David Scigel P'a A To Spria- Term A D BrownviCe nuJel Corjpany ana HDen . t urnas, Court for Nenuh. eoao Richard brown, f ty, Ntbraka Terror jioiuer jonnson, J. W. Coleman, 0car F. Lake. Defend'! Richard Brown wili take notice that Davie few, aid county of Nemaha clul, ca the21t daycf Decent A. V. 1S55 file bin petition in therffice of the Clerk it the said District Court for Xemaha Coasty .X-b-ui Territory, a;,-aj rjst the 3rownvil!e notel Corapinyit.' R. YT. Furnas, F.i .hard Brown. Ilomer Culemau, OacarF. Lake, Defen.UDti. wh edof aid defendant the uruof fiv e hunlredand tii.-. ij-eignc collar wun interest therein at !a rat of n per cent per annum from the 13;h d.iy i.f December k D. 13o3, on a rroniissory note executed brth. n' enUnts to sij p!3nitnr on the 13th day of December 1358. And the said defendant Richard Brown ia iiM further notified that upon the necessary iffldaritof at said plaintiff an order of attachment bi been i.Bj atfainst bim, and that he i required to acDer wer on or before the first day of the next term of u a court, or judgment will t rendered agaiaat him aid claim aud cost. HEWETT JtTXOlfAS 3I-lw$7 CO Feb. 9, ISoO Att'y for rz. SHERIFF'S S A LE. I Heath Nakol!?, v?. It. W. Furnaj NOTICE ia hereby given, that I ci puoiic auction, as mu aocr or the &oa in 5 the U.t term cf the District Court f-r 'exU county, .ebr;i;-Ka lerntory. was held in Crivrvii'. . in ?aiJ county, on Saturday, the 3J day of Man-b, A. D. lSO.at one c'clork r. if- of said dav the ful- 1 lowing described re.il-cstato to-wit : Jfs Vo. 113 in liUn-k No. 17, and I t no 3. in Mack no 40. and ! l..t II, in block 20 in Urownri'de, and let 7 in UVk "'. , in r urfftison s addition to Ilrownvil'a a:l tht '' n -rthcatt quarter of the southwest quarter of mc tion twelve, town Gri, north of Hano fifteen, eait of tho lixth principal meridian, eontaiaiot f,r?y acre?, al?o the following lot in Nemaha Gity, to- wit lot sixteen, in Uoik no 15. and lot 15 ia block ! 61, lot 13 block 33 lot 2 block 17. Lt 10 block 87,lct i 3!Mock5I, lot 11 block 23, and lot 15 bloek 22, t all in said Nemaha county, taken aj the crcperty cf I . furnasor. an execution in farr ef cati i Nuckolls i;xued by the Clerk cf the D.Mrvt Court of the said Nemaha county, and to n; diragttd m f &hri3 of saia countv. ; Given under my hind this ninth dr-y of Fetru- 5 ary a. p. 150. J. Is. WELL.S, I S!i?r'J tf Nemahacountj.' br ALFT.ED V. DEN 'IAN, Deraw. j rrcwDvi:,'Fv s, n:o. Sale of Real Estate. Wle-ea 03 :;e twe,itT-ecr;d djy of April A t A:eTiCfr 31. if-w Ji,:kai. Ferias. bit tite, r lie ju'-.e f w-rsrij-t si. vnuei;i t a proru- rr - iJUic ca.: J.J l.Li. i'Zi. drawn :o i .a;i c.-;U-- aiii S.tj T t: ll.e nine mootta suns, me 'Henrys ana i jcLncva - trie : n-i-. -.;'joeu. th t revolution, we uia march rro.iulv for it - Repnbllcan Convention of Nemaha County. Pursuant to notice a large number of voters assembled in the Congregational Church of Brovvnville, Saturday Feb. 4, 1SG0, for the purpose of organizing the Republican party of Nemaha County. S. W. Kennedy, Esq. was called to the Chair, and T. M. Talbott appointed Secretary. A Committee consisting of T. W. Tip ton, John McPherson and J. W. Graham was appointed to report resolutions for the action of the Convention, whereupon they made the following report which was unanimously adopted. Yikereas, We have been called upon to assemlle in a county capacity for the first time, in order to form a party organiza tion, in opposition to the present Admin- ward, leaving others to find if thev can a safer and wider basis of union. Resolved, That until Henry Clay is proven to have been the enemy cf his country, it will be safe for U3 to adopt his memorable language and treasure it up in our hearts: "Solon? as God allows the vital current to flow through my veins, I will never, never, never, by word or ... r tnougnt, by mind or will, aid in admit ting one rod of free territory to the ever lasting curse otnuman bondage." Resolved, That we are in favor of a speedy organization of the State of Neb raska, and utterly opposed to everv fur ther attempt at the dismemberment of cur Territory; and raiherthan see the admis sion of Nebraska postponed for the ben ent ot slavery, though we to the Platte should be attached to Kansas, yet we wouiu reject the boon and send greet ing to all our fellow-citizens of North Platte in the language of "one cause and one destiny." Resolved, That we heartily lament that the sectional pro-slavery charac'.er of the mi . .... administration party has called into ex istence a "viper brood" of African slave trader, defamer of the Fathers of '7G, and avowed advocate of secession and dissolution, to all of whom we vote the rope of the hangman and infamy of tho traitor. T . 7 I T1 a rn i nesoivea, mat we re-aiiirm the reso lutions adopted by the Territorial Con vention of the1 Republicans at Bellevuein last August, as follows: The resolutions have been published in this paper, and as their tenor is known pretty generally, we deem it unnecessary to republish them. Ed. T. W. Tipton, being called upon, made a brief, enthusiastic speech, denouncing the political corruptions of the day. Speeches were also made by John Mc Pherson, J. P. Baker and others. The following persons were unanim ously nominated as candidates for the Constitutional Convention, to be voted for on the first Monday of March next ; viz : T. W. Tipton, D. C. Sanders, John McPherson, J. D. N. Thompson, and S. A. Chambers. On motion, a Central Committee was appointed, consisting, of C. W. lVheeler. of Brownville, as Chairman, J. P. Cro ther of Nemaha City, J. P. Baker cf Peru, R. Hughs of London, W. S. Huhs of Long's precinct, S. G. Goode of Glen Rock. Said Committee were authorized to call two outers to their aid, m;each f th?ir : tm. r3.k" ii: enu.ha r.-n kj, Netrafka. tu".t Tie ),: .'. ii: :)" -mi .1 i a':; Barter aiit ro'?J ' tarrfr Uit iiJ. liij-t: tnk -r of ectiir ipctt:" (i"? is imts:':: rtmiiiiir Lt ' rth uf rar.; i rtfl v.ti ,".; rfi iinifC i.h i;ir:s.tKe Lcoc-ci .3 rs 14,14 is. rc'.iru f Nemaha cu.y. raaa. i-.-a, ; v( eU iu ni l Ctft i-j( lai-l pv;u; rj ..'o . - .4 fLI y anl proavtlJ ifi- u J J-.-scZ.ari-t o.vrf:c J :le au.l tern f il " at r.iar.:n:y, the ..l J L. Crsn fioul 1 at a:iy u after the ciatcnt? ticrt. t rr.xfr-J u ell the eriUed real wtate at nf-!i ren-in to the hift lcr frcah in hand at He J. r f tiiecrice of lue C ty Clerk of 8ald Nemaha County, he being requir. i lora making saiJ sale to gire D"tn'e thereof by puV.. tion in some newspaper published in naij rooniy n t' coQei:uiive weekly issue f inl piper, the proceHi-.f aid tale to be ni'"J n the payment of siil r at.' A1 -tereas Faiitnte h.isnt r-ien paid or any part thW; Notice i therefc-re hereby piven thai I wi;i, on Saitf Uay the 7th Jay ut April. A D labO, between th Iku' 9 o'clock A M and 4 o'clock p 31 of ta'.J day," from door of ihet.r2.-e of theCounty Cierk of Nrmtt county. In the tfitin cf BrywnviUe in sail coopty. p" cefd toseMan.l will sell tothe hihet bilJer fr ts the ahove dexntefl real estate wjta the inproveirxnt therennt.) beloriycinj;, and up.n uch nale will aiai' execute, acknowlclxe anl deliver to the pnrchaer cr purchaer a dee1 or deet for mi 1 real estate i cordance with the powers contained nnii sxtri by deed. JOHN' L. CASSON, Trustee. January 31, ISHO. I:.w$2i I'roliatc IVotiee. NOTICE la ieretr siven to at I per nt interested a iiSappears that, there are claim asmst the e''f' Andrew J. Darr, Uto of Johnson county, h"eMi.iT?r ritorjvleeascd, 1 have appointed M'-nJy. the 3th Jar f ITarch, 1S60, astbeSiii! day for hearing c';n! K-r,,t aide-tate. Persons havinz claim ssairwt etJi are hereby notified to fie them at my offce oa or be fore the aid diy, or they will forever be ilerarre4 -lection; and frum setting off the came in any whatever. C. A. (H.iHt'S, Actin? JwUe .r Probate. Ordered that Ihe above notice be published for twtirt successive weeks iuthr Nebraska AWertWfr. G. A. GOSHEN', A. r. ABSAUAM Ma.ix, Admini-itra-or. Johnson ConLty, November 15. llio3. t4 20- I2tf$il Probate Notice. WLcreas appTcati' n ba tbiJy tee "!je l!J'r" tmeCourtof Neaaba Comity. Nebraska TerrlW' 1 John Ktbs to be appointed i.d ni:nstratr of tfce Cbar!e Ebb, late of t. Kearney, N. T. dfcraM. noticei terebv iriven that Saturday th-? 10th J7 March, A. D.. It 60, at 10 o'clock A. ii. it tbe !:" for the hearinj if nid application at ray office. 1 Brownville, in nil cnur.ty, when and were :i V1' n-n interested may appear and hw ca-i w iT !'!,le.r of administration of said estate should not bt the taid aprlican;. . . Given under my hand and off!'-! a 1 eal this lit .U February A D InW, CVRt'S W. TVIIZIIaEIT, Prufcate Jo' Nc30.6w-$7 SHERIFF SALE. , vnTirc;.ii1n.;r.nV..n. r h Wll.Ki- I y - y - - - I riffin and for tho County of Nemaha, Nebraska I ; on U-vrit : tho 13th Jay of I ehmfy. ( t two o'clock, p.m. of said da, that I ntTnr tnr an.1 otl i r. hixhett l.l.l.Ifr loffc3" at thelereein thecitjof Urownrille insa;.l ; county tho fcllo'ting dt-stTibo-d property 1,lt,t ,! j strata ferrj bo.it Otoe, au.I the gnIi and eaatt- chattel now lrinat th j lid leree, the tiUf4.1 ing under and by Tirtueofawnt &.um eix"" directed torao andiued aiiin.'t th idb at upo the said jteam ferry bo.:t Otoo, at the March adjar" ncd tc:ral359f f the DiJtrict Conrtf M.e c' nwrl o.url at t?ie f (ivernber adioxn held and begun, cn January 19, a o li'O toi th aiB of six hundred and forly-ix dollars acd fcfty-a cent.aad lorco.ttjof suit. . Gion under icj band tuunrjt Uay oi ttfJ - J. B. Wi U. . 2w-5U0 Sheriff f Nemaha Czunlf- S. T Ilazelline & Co., . 171, Walnut Strict. fdMrgj' Giito Dealer, in Seed,, Tsf. , J?- U' Plant. CMt flowers, Ajr.cultura! lmp!ep;.- and Dilwrrrsi'Sj k. via- H t ! r ! !
