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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1860)
the advertiser: It. W. FUIIN'AS, EDITOR. for" president in isco, ' 1 STEPHEN: A; DOUGLAS. ' - Of the United States. - FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, : ; ANDREW' JOHKS OH, ; : . .O.f Jehncssec. . . - " ? j -.". Ilcnctcai : Kill. -- ,A Homestead Bill parsed the House of Representatives in Congress on the 12ih inst. Vi6 have not 'seen a copy of the bill, Wt from what we gather from the debttcstcd dispatches,'! prDrisionsvarc about these: .i ' Any rersoa s head of a fam ily, or who has ; arrived at theoge.cf twenty-one years, anS is a citizen of the United States', or who shall have declared his intention to become cuch, shall be en titled to enter, free of cost, one hundred and sixty acres of public land, upon which such person may have fixed; a pre-emption claim, which may, at the time, such application is made, be subjeet to pre emption at a dollar and a quarter or less per acre. No certificate or patent is to be issued until the expiration cf five years .from the date of entry, and on payment of ten dollars, "rights are secured to the actual settler ta issue to heirs, and de vises the lands acquired, which are . then in no event to become liable for the sat isfaction cf any debts contaacted prior to the issue cf the patent. - ' , IVe rather thinlc this a favorable ses sion at which to secure the passage of . measures, for the particular benefit of the laboring classes; all parties are actively engaged in making political capital. Therefore ve may reasonably expect a Homestead Bill cf some kind to be passed by Congress. Don't Distract the Partj. . If Douglas men happen to complain be cause cf the prospective actions of the Administration, or give a lick back when kicked, for so doing the cry is "you are detracting the party! be still! keep cool! now don't! let by-gones be by-gones! let us bury the hatrhet!. unite the party !" fee While Douglas men are thus talked to, the Administration lets no opportunity, however unimportant, pass, to wreak its vengeance upon any and all who smile upon Douglas. We have a reminder by the following dispatch found in our late eastern exchanges: ; "The officers and employees in the Bal timore Custom House, who .voted for , Douglas delegates to Charleston, have been dismissed." : Gen. EstafcrooL's R. R. Bill. ' ' We to-day publish the bill introduced by our Delegate, Hon. E. Estabrook, for a grant of lands for Rail Road purposes in Nebraska. A grant of lands to this Territory, at this time, would be of incal culable benefit to us, and we hope Mr. Estabrook may succeed in getting it through. We see but one objection to tbe bill before us ; we fear it asks too xiuchi which fact may be the cause of its failur. Better, we ; think, have asked merely for a liberal donation of lands for the purpose cf constructing but two roads from the Missouri river at present ; . say ens South and one North of the Platte. ' . The Election.; We have but little more election news, m detail, than that furnished our" readers last week. It is said the proposition "For State Government" is voted down by-. about 200 .majority. . In Washington county 2 Republicans zzii rDemocrat'were elected. Majority .."For State Govemment" about 300. Dakota county elected I Democrat and 1 Republican. Majority agamst State Government, 173.r - ' j ; ": -' ': Nortli cf the . Reserve, the . majority against will probably be 275. . . We have . heard nothing . from other than river, counties. - "'' -' How It Works. The only "county "in the Territory that elected a full Democratic ticket at the late election, was Sarpy. Her Council man and Representatives (Democrats) voted for the bill to prohibit Slavery in NebraskaaftKe hst session cf the Lrgis latere. ' . ; . r Judge Miller. Tudge Millex, o this Judicial Dist rict, passed this place on the steamer Asa Wilguj.loniis way to Ohio, on Friday lasU He is in poor health, and is visit ing his eld' home. ' " The following, relative to. his- depart ure, we clip frcrathe Nebrasla City, pa pers. . ' A. bar meeting was also held, at which the usual ccicjilitnrhtary resolutions were passed. -. . . , CORRESPONDENCE.." ' To the Hon. Joseph Miller : 1 " .The undersigned', members of your Bar, and other citizens of Otoe' county, . N. T., learning that the state of your health has rendered a trip eastward- nec essary, beg leave to express to you our sincere sympathy and condolence. During the year that you have presid ed on the Bench of this District, you have discharged all the onerous and accumulat ed duties of your position with remarka ble capacity, energy and impartiality. Your character and course have inspi red but cne sentiment in this community, that cf confidence and respect. And now that ill health, caa:eJ, partly at least, by unreuiitting'atteniion to busi cess, imperatively requires a temporary relaxation and change of scene, we beg hundred and forty sections for , each cf said reads having twenty continuous miles completed as afuresaid, and induced leave to assure you, honored sir honored ',vithin a continuous length of twenty as a man, as a citizen, and as a Judge ! miles cf each of such roads may b i sold ; tnat you carry with you the unfeigned and to. i rem time to tine until sai i road regret and heart.v.t sjmpa',.y of th tire community en- ire not .:omf ici: ar if tht e community. y j i j ;re not cotnplerd v.il a te - ye r?, i Signed by sixty cf the k idirrgitiz-! ."jrther ale shr.il be ba.'e, ar ! xl lar. sof Nebraska Cii v. v vnsold :;.all rev. rt ta tl Uni.od f .ates. .Was,-- ! roa ens Xebraska City, March 12, 1S60. Mr Dear Sirs: Your kind letter from the Bar and other citizens of this county ,'was handed roex f ewdays ago.:-: I cannot trust myself in words to reply fdiy to it. ' .Believe, me lhal the kindneEs" and sym pathy of the people of Nebraska "to me and mine'1 can never be forgotten. - - o j v In leaving, (I hope for'a-thort tirne tm and ly.) as I do, in ill health.yc.urkindppss.J, and sympathy does mucn to" sustain' encourage -me.-: ' . My best wishes are 'yours for: 3'otir prosperity and happiness in the future d ' - Yours truly, - V : 5 ' J. MILLER. Jcdge Hail All msht ' ' ; We are glad to know that our notice, Probable death, of Judge 'Hall,"., has turned out incorrect. The Judge, passed up the river on the Omaha.' on Friday last, looking as well as we ever saw hjm. Ketraska Contested; Election;:,;',; We have received a copy of the.-,VMe morial of S. G. Daily contesting the el ection of E. Estabrook of Nebraska Territory; referred to the Committee on Elections Feb. 16, and ordered "printed; Feb. 23, I860."' -.We have not had. time, since its Teception,to- peruse it. r It is quite voluminous-: one hundred pages. We shall examine it.at o'ur.Ieisure. . ,. A Bill for Grant oa Lands ior K. R. Purposes, in Nebraska. : . INTRODUCED BV HON'. E. ESTABROOK. Be it cnaeted ly the Senate and House of Mepresaitaievcs, of the United States of America, in Congress assembled i That there be, and is hereby granted to the Territory of Nebraska, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the fol lowing Railroads, viz : A railroad f roni some eligible point on the west bank of the Missouri River, so as to connect as nearly as practicable with the Burlington and Missouri Railroad," thence irito and along the valley of the Platte River.'via New Fort Kearney to the Western boun dary of said Territory. A railroad from some eligible point on the Missouri Riv er between the Kansas line and the rn'outh of the Platte River, tunning westwardly to.intersect the first named road' at or near' New Fort Kearney. 'A' railrord from some eligible point on the west of the Missouri river so a3 to connect as nearly as practicable with the Mississippi and Missonri River Railroad, thence in to and along the valley of the Platte riv er to intersect said first mentioned road at or near Fort Kearney. A Railroad from some eligible point on the west bank of the Missouri river, so as to con nect as nearly as practicable' with what ever Railroad having :a grant of lands from the government of the United States, may he located through the State of Iowa terminating on the Missous; riv er at or near the 42d parallel of latitude, thence in a south-westarly course :to in tersect the above mentioned continuation of the said Mississippi and Missouri riv er Railroad, at or near the mouth of the Loup Fork river. A Railroad from some eligible point on the Missouri river at or near the Mouth of the Sioux river, so as to connect as nearly as practicable with the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad, thence to and up and along the Neobra rah river or any other eligible ( route to intersect with the first named road at or near Fort Laramie.' "T"very alternate section of land designated by odd num bers for seven sections in width on each side of ' each of saii rpads shall be held by the Territory or future State of Ne braska, for the use ' and' purposes ' afore-' said; provided, that the lands 'hereby granted for and on account of 'said roads severally, shall be exclusively applied to the construction of that road for,, and sou account of which such lands are hereby granted, mid shall be i disposed of only as the work .progresses;: and the same shall be applied to no other purpose what ever ; and provided further, that all min eral lands and any and all lands hereto fore reserved to the United Stales by any act of Congress, or ia.any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding la -any. object of . internal, im provement, 'or' far,' any 'other purpose whatsoever, be, and the same axe hereby reserved. to, the United. States from'the operations of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to . locate the routes of said railroads on, such reserv ed lands, in which case .the right of . way shall only be granted, subject to' the ap proval of the President of the ", TTnited States. " ' . ' Sec. 2. Aud be it further enacted, That the sections and parts of sections of lainl "which by said grant- shall remain to the United States within seven miles on-each side of said roads, shall hot be sold for less than double the minimum price -of the public lands when sold, nor shall any of said lands become subject to private en try until the same shrll have, been -first oflered at public sale at rthe increased price. , -A ' Sec. 3. And be 'it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted to the said Territory or future State,1 shall be subject to the future disposal of the leg- islrture thereof, for the purposes ". herein expressed, und no ether; and the said Rail Roads shall' be and remain public highways for the use of the Government of the United States free from ; toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property .or troops Of the United States. ' . .. Sec. 4. Acd.be it further enacted. That she lands hereby granted-to said Terrj tory or future State only in the manner following:, That is to say that a quantity ot ;and not exceeding one hundred and forty sections for each of. sr.id roads may be sold; and when the Governor of said Territory or future State shall certify, to the Secretary o the Interior that , any wenty continuous milts .of said roads is completed, then another quantity of land hi-rt'l.y granted, not o txcef-d over one at the United States mail shall be transport ed over said roads, under the direction of the Post OSce Department, at such price - as - Congress--tuay by-law direct: Provided, that until such price ,is fixed by lavv th Posrnaite'r "General'shall have the power to, deter mir; the same. :.r-.-' Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in caseany landsfon theline of j said roacLs afa within lany led i4n-f Territory, no title to the same shall accrue nor shall ihesTirt ieeiitered tiponby the auther- ny of said Territory or future State, un til the Indian title to the same shall have been extinguished.; . m ti C - : Sec..7. And be it further-enacted, That there be,, and is hereby granted .to the Territory .of 3 Kansas and Nebraska al ternate, sections of : the public lands to the same extent and -.innhev same-manner ; and upon the -same limitations and restric tions in every respect as i. by'the prece ding sections of this act' granted to the Territory of Nebraska to aid in the con struction. of a Railroad from Elwood in Kansas Territory Ho. Fort ' Kearney in Nebraska Territory. : k. i iv Speech Hacb ln Reply to Governor Black, at Ilie Otoe County Ccn- - . : : . m x Ventlon; ' ; . : ' r ; " - BV J L7DGE tJ. P.1 HOLLY..f ' Mr. rRrprDEST XND Fellow-Democrats : 'It is known io you,; that daring mj. four year'j residence in this Territory, I have never sought of fice.. I am no! professional office -feekcrJ But the position for which I have now the' honor of being nominated, is one which more than filla the meas ure of my ambition. The floor cf an Assembly, charged with tbe bih duty of frfctnirg tbe funda mental law for a free pccple, will compare in digni" ty with tbe nature of any ether body on the face of the earth. And, nlthough I confess, I shoufd have preferred that the best men of tho country, without rcgnrd to polities, should bat e been elected as members of tbe Convention yet, as the Repub licans have nominated a party ticket, I concede the propriety and necessity of a corresponding action on our part.,. ' t, '.,,-, - .! J, I sbouid have been proud to have been one of its standard-bearers upon a platform of" equal rigtti? freedom in the Territory, and "popular, sovereignty But there are those here who have claimed to speak f6r the party, and who have repudiated this the birth-right of freemen, and I could not represent their views- upon this great cardinal feature of De mocracy. I know that it is said here, that differ ences of opinion-on this question of populor Borer" eignty is not a test in bur party, and is hot made so by the President, because he appointed Gen4 Cass to oGce, and he differed with 'the' President on this question.;; Id reply to all this, I dare to repeat, hcre in this De mocratic Convection, as I have said else where, that tho Presidential scepter has net er been wielded by a more intolerant spirit than that of Jameg Buchanan. "What has been the rule for all appoint ments ? Has it been "Is he fit 1 Is be capable ? Is he honest?" or was it "Is he for Lecompton? and Does be ignore the doctrine of popular sovereignty?' Ca was appointed while the President still stood upofr tie Cincinnati Platform, as .construed in hi, ktter'tf acceptn-ncc. And if he is still retained by the President since "the change has come over the spirit of bis dreams," it 6bj proves that this is an exception to the general rule, and' that he daro not proscribe the chief prt p of his Administration ! But while we have this solitary monument of his for bearance, has not Sf.itr infamous test been made Ou Senator Douglas and his friends, all over the land ? Dcugias ! a man among the immortal few who were never bora to die ! a name synonymous with ' the rignts of the people all over the Union and which "hallows all its space" P'juglas who stands this day in mental stature among the . leading spirits of our land ahead and shouldere taller than the tallest, "tho noblest Koman . of tbera all'' Ztouglas the lion hearted, and in the buttle for the right, "the bravest of the bravo" the sagacious statesman the incorruptible patriot tbe hpnestman "the noblest work of God." That illastrious moral hero, who, in the face of a triumphant and exacting Administra tionalmost alone of his own Party dared to breast himself so gallantly against the unhapy combina tion to force upon the people of our sister Territory, an odious pro-slavery constitution, which they had never made which tbey did not want, and against which they had voted'by ad overwhelming majority ! Vhoalwys dared walk Sn' the pnth of duty ai.d of rights although it may be fit np by his blazing effi gies alt over the landl! Douglas a littlt giant! lie is the A j.ax Tclamon ' of bur party upop whose gi gantig patriotism rests thia day the almost only hope nf the stability of this glorious Union to whomal conservative eyes throughout its . broad area .are turning as the wished , for standard bearer of the great , National L"n:on Party, destined to lead its patriotic millions against the, "Goths and JVandaJV' on to the contest and (4 ,y.ctory. ( Cheers.) Was not this illustrious defender of the people's rights, prescribed at' the dictation jf the President, whom he had placed in power from bis place on the Senate Committe, lecaviehe adhered to the platform of the party in its 'Utter' and spirit, and to the ful lesVextent V Aridwhen," as the regular nominee of bi3-party, he stood tefore the people of his own St etc, with its colors in his hands, gallantly defend ing the principles and organization of the partyf and the perpetuity of the Union?- -: ' - 1 k '- Did we not see a. Democratic President "finng in his rear," ani giving "aid and comfort" to the vlr- represiible confliat." dogma, bv forming an nnholy allianco with Blaak Republicanism; whose doctrines, jf oarried out, can have but one result the disrup on of- this great confederacy?; Was" any other cause ever assigned for this attempt to defeat the regular organization of. the party, except that its nominee would not abandon, with the President, the '.rights of the people in a Territory as well as a State to their- own self-government ? For this offense alone, for this fidelity to Jiis own convictions and to the principles of the party, this noble Democrat has been hunted down "Tor the last three years, by the whole yelping pack I yet aliiiougb read out of ho party by all tae' ptcudo-organs, big and little 'a ninety days he will bo . at. the head of tho'col cxnns, waving the Democratic banners to the breeze on .which is inscribed ia constitutional light, that iardinal .principle of our free institution?,- "p0pU.1T sovereignty." (Trem:nd cus cheering.) . His Excellency setms to take , offense at any ex prc5piun of opinion "contrary; to ti3 vwn, and par ticularly to any criticiHm on his celebrated Veto Message ! ,1, fcr one, claim the right to speak of his E5cal acts, and will . dare to do it in a spirit that becomes a freeman ! , nl why not?" True,,-'"the divjny of po wer doth hedge him in." . Bat be is no more than a man, subject to 'like infirmities-with the rest of us. ' By virtue, of his commissioa from the federal City bo is indeed Governor of this Ter ritory but, whea he comes, as now, into tho prima mary meetings, with' the people, ho has no business to ccme with his official robes, to overawe and insult the sovereign-mass s. fie ia no more in thiscotrfa tien than any other democrat, and oa the same floer her,' LmbIo as I am, I claim to be in every respect i peer. If antecedents are referred to, I will com pare mine with his for tbelast twenty years, and the public ra.iy decide who has been the most eonfistent Yv shall he come here and mafce a persoa&l Usue v.itli nil vlu dyf. ;a..z: 'nl'Cncrcr it mar suit hi- royal majesty to take scuff? Upon what meet indeed, does this oor Ca;sar feed that he baa grown so groat, that his official form should to swell with official dimity as to sv-' the light of heaven from the r .t cf nature? '..i, L;m produce his federal jparch .aent, and pc' . out hi divine right to ride roug e 1 "all boot 1 and spurred," over the freedoru . f s. och, and ' . .,erty of the people. levauntir y tells us in his - Veto that he ii r 3 t of the ;,pU, t r.i yet he has the power by 1 is .jjle ce- .ve t. . the will of the Leg -la- tureand to "crush cXt" the" right conceeded to them in the Organic' Act, of Legislating in their own way, on their own affairs.- '13 ut he baa not the power, and there exists none on earth, that shall para.liie one free- tongue at least, from denouncing thar. Veto1 as anti-Cincinnati, anti-Platsmouib, and anti-demo"; cratic ! "If that be treason, make tho most of it." -(Cheers.)- ."-."r- .-r''r.TrT'r.rr""!'- . . lie has done here, what the Antociat of all the Eussias dared cot do in an assembly of his noblest He has put his foot upon the free expression of opin ion, : nrdstterepts, to.stifie, the..liberty of speech i Let him scoui, but I shall speak on ! lie tells 03? that he,"j lob Relieves ia popular ,iov erei gnty," that he Wieves jnthe right of thejxro. pie to establish or prohibit slavery, and that he hag always boerf cotiiteitt I .God save;the jnark I How does 'he define' his kind' of popular soveroigr ty ? And how maintain that vaunted consistency? Why. it only vnni,& ho' understands the right of the pooplr if a State, arid that until a State organization there are no people, in a political - sense, in ' a Ter ritory 1 Are they then baboons or monk eys, or wha, other species of animal creation ? Residing on the eati baik of the llissoori we . were human being part of, the people of Iowa or Missouri.'and bad the undoubted right to control our own affairs io our own way, excepting only in such cases, where we have voluntarily deprived ourselves "tf-; that inherent right by ceding it to Congress in the National com. pact. , Do we then cease to be , human beings and cease to possess the inherent rights of huma-nity, or or form any part .of a free people, the moment w remove our residence to the teett bank of the Big liuddy. If, became our form of Territorial govern ment is "prescribed by Congress, thereore ve are to have no rights of self-government, on subjects nec essary to our happiness,' and he power t)" annul which has never lean delegated to that body, how can we recover that right, bow lost, when we jnacct in a Convention, to frame Constitution since the form too, of that Convention, and its very authority is derived from an Aet of the Territorial Legislature, passed by the imperial pcrnii-sion of a Federal ap pointed Executive and it ferns; therefore, a:cording to the logio now served us, be the mere entature of a creature ? - This position cf the Veto is too absurd to , require argument I , ; . : .... . But I do proclaim it, however, and no man who values his candor will deny it, that, if the Legisla tion, of 1950, if the Organic Act, of 1854, if tho Platform of. 1856, were not all tntended to recognize the right of the people under the Constitution of course of thd Territories while, under a Territorial form of government, in .the tame ;way, and to the samo extent, as . the people of a State, to establish, prohibit, or regulate slavery as well : as all other-of their domestic a fairs' in their own way, then, I ray a monstrous fraud has been . perpetrated upon : the American people. : . , ; -, . - , , . In accepting his nomination, James Buchanan so understood it. For he declares, "This Iegilation ii founded upon principles that are as ancient as free, government itself, and in. accordance with them has simply declared that the people of a territory, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves, wheth er slavery shall or shall not exist within their lim its." Stepttns, of fGeorgia, Badger of North Car olina, Kutlcdge, of South Carolina, Jones, of Ten nessee j Cobb, of Georgia. Breckeiiridge of Kentucky and all South as well as North, in the campaign of 1855, without an exception, so far as I know, so un derstood it i! ;. !. - . .' ' - Indeed, if this is not the true interpretation, what I ask, has been gained by the agitation of this ques tion? ; The Governor cannot say that anybody at anytime ever doubted but what the people of the States had this power already and. that it has never beea denied to then. Does he think so poorly cf ouf intelligence as to. suppose he can make us believe that this Union baa been brought to the very brink of disruption by the agitation of this pestiferous negro question, merely to establish what has always been established, and to affirm a principle which since the foundation of pur government, has never been denied t " . The gentleman says Boston opposed at one time the admission of California. Thie it not to I I as sert boldly, for I do know of what I speak j that my glorious oil- Chieftain "Old. Bullion" never did, at any time, publicly or privately, oppott such admission.' Oa the contrary the initiatives of the California movement and of the application cf the self-oreated "Golden State,'' were all done accord ing to his. sanction and advice. True, he upset the Omnibus Bill, and spilt out the passengers, but it was to savo bis favorite State from being made, the scape-goat of less populous measures ! ' lie wanted every tub to stand on its own bottom ; and it o stood ; and California was admitted by the Tote of everybody excepting a dozen nullifies ' That this'"Power." or "Right," belonged to States nobody doubted. Tho question wa3 r Does it belong also to Territories? - As early as 1820 Gen. Harrison oontended that it did. The Democracy declared so in thoir legislation and platforms : and the people found a verdict in their favor, ; on that ittuet Ia this Territory there seems to me to have been hard" ly. an honest chance for doubt. The Democracy, at their first convention, held at Omaha, on the 8th of January, 1853, re-affirmed it in .the Platform which I had the honor to draw upas their Chairman on resolutions. At the first .Platcmouth Convention ... . ... , . in June 1853, they again re-endorsed it, and for th third time, at the same place in August 1859. They declared substantially that became the power of the TcrritoriaJlegislature extends to alt rightful thject$ of legislation, therefore it is that they can ' legislate on slavery, which of course must then be a rightful subject of legislation, and no power on Earth can .prevent them, "except," it should have been added, the federal power exerted through- the Governor." (Cheers.) " ' " ''' But tbe Territories belong' to the people of all the States '"bought with the common blocd anl com non treasure !' True,' the land the area, wa3 so acquired.' But,' are the people, who "squat" or re side on such Territory, "acquired" with it, and do they, too, in the same sense, belong to the States, because they lire upon, what has been government land, for which they have paid the government an equivalent, do they belong- te-the goverrment ? This doctrine, enunciated, ia .the Veto, was the doctrine of the Tories of the Revolution. They contended that the colonies were bought with the consmoa blood and treasure, and. that therefore the. Parliament of Great . Britain, had a right to bind them in all cases whatsoever. Against this monstrous ansunxption but not more so than tho one we now contend against our patriotic ancestors appealed "to arms, and the God of battles.", In their earlier struggles they did not aim at independence! ' They only claimed their inherent rights Of self-government in their local and doinoatie affairs, which right was clearly recjgnized by the British Constitution.1 They alone coiSceeded the right of the Parliament to -general legislation, but they would not. yield the! privilege of the -hcrttt right of each political community ti regu late its own affairs in its own way. And every glo rious bitUe-field of that sublime struggle, from Lex ington to Yorktown, but illustrated this great princi ple. (Cheers.)' , ' Now, I put it to you, do you believe our Fathers intended to give the Federal Government which they created, the very power sgaiusi the existence of which, in the mother cos n try, they had staked tbeir lives and sacred honor ? If they had soistended why did they not do it ? They did make a govern ment of .limited powers, and especially recegniz cd the sovereignty of each local community over al rubjeets not ep?rhHy delfftd to it ! Aad pla;s the matter beyond all doubt, in Article X. it is em phatically declared that "The power not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibit" t d by it to ""the States are reserved to the States or to thepeoi's." That is to where thcr? nre' States, and S&tes ien to tha "r "pie." say . where v J to the States' there are no - home says, consumption, is very much freezes, and a sov.n late. Th Late so;, n wheat he injured by the hard lar9. portion cf it was ; t ,:.ry ss.vn wheat look3 Now, if t e people in the t.' senceof a St te g5" ernmi t, have not the pow :r ' to legislate on thi f .Ije- . of s'.avery, will you 1 Ant to me tt.itclauso cf tbe Conslituticn, which eipre-.iy deleg .tea it to Congress!" You cannot do it, and it is not there-(-Cheers.) But it is said, that the Constitution rec ognizes slavery, and erjo the peopls of a Territory cannot prohibit it ! Ah ! If that le so, how comes it that the people of a State can do it ? Is not the Constitution overall; equally as obligatory in Iowa as in Nebraska;' any act of the Stiito to the contra r7 notwithstanding 7 I admit that the Constitu tion does recognize the peculiar institution;" and J am for standing by ALL'1 tha ' provisions of thai sacred instrument. But how and where recognize it 1 where the local law has established it, and noichere ehe. Wherever persons are held to service by the laict of tht State, there the Constitution held them as the local law hcll them, no" more and no less ! And in doing' so it recognizw the right of the people there to annul it; the very doctrine for which we contend 1) Put ihat in j our pipe and eiaoks it for ,tt it to.. . , j 1 . J -.,. 1 , "The Dred Scott Case is made the bugbear to fright en "children cf Vlargef growth," from reasoning on this subject for themselves. , I will not now go into the merits of that decision ; but I do say and if I am to be hung for libel at common law, it may as well bo for telling the truth on the master a the man. I do say that James Bujbananwhen he de clared with such solemn pomposity cf words, in his last annual message, that the "status of a Territory OD this subj ;ct, is now "irrevocably fixed," as being slave ground, beyond the power of the people there to annul it, by the "final docinson of the Suprcmu : Court," he declared a monttrout fiction. Even if our laws, and judicial dicta; were like those of . the Medes and Pcrsias and could not be changed "irre vocaablo" and "final," yet tho Supreme Court has decided no tuth thing. - Aside from other authors", equal, at least, to that I bow impugn, I refer to that of, Hon. Rcverdy John son, the leading counsel in that case, who took the Southern side of it, and against' Drod Scott, and who furnished tho very argument which became the basis on which the opinion of the Court rcst3. lie says "To suppose that the Cosrt has decidad that such power does not, reside in a Territorial Govern ment, is a misconception of .that"' decision'." ''The doctrine," that the Territorial Legislature has the right to legislate on the subject of slavery as they have on any ether species of property, "is not only,' says Johnson, "not incontinent with the decision of the Supreme Court, but IS MAINTAINED BY ITS PRINCIPLES." "Why our Governnor's namesake says in so many words -"THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ESTABLISH SLAVERY I-X THE TER RITORIES, OR'ANYWEEKE ELSE. NOBODY IN THIS COUNTRY EVER SAID OR THOUGHT SO!" The Governor, too, echoes that idea the Con stitution does tiot establish slavery here! but slave ry .''follows" the Constitution. ! How foliowit? now does it get here ahead of law? How stay here against tha Jaw ? , ; But the "Treity of Louisiana." This is original with His Excellency, and tbe patent right is un doubtedly his.' lt il(to ba regretted - that the idea was not discovered in time to have settled all the fruitless discussions of late years on this pestifer ous subject; for if .the treaty says it must stay here' there is an end of it. For Treaties are theSupreme law of the land In regard to this position, I h:ivo but this to say. that if common sense would net sufficiently suggest to the gentlemen that France, ia making that trea. ty could only have intended, and did only intend, to secure tho rights, property and religion of the THEN inhabitants of that purchase which' were transfer red with the soil and could have no allusion to oth ers who might settle in after yours on what was then a barren waste, the Supreme Court could long since have furnished hiin that information. (Gov. Black, interrupting. Will the gentleman furnifh me that decision ? . ' ' '" Holly resuming. Not expecting this disenssion, I did not come prepared with a brief; but" the gen. tleman will find in IX Peters 223, XII Peters 507, and III, Howard 589, referred to by 'Justice Curtis, in the Dred Scott Case, that the jffinciple now stated was virtually decided that the stipulations of that treaty were fully complied with as soon as the then .nhabitants had been admitted into the Union. . 1 New Mexico has established Elavery: and the gen tleman will admit that ia doing so she did not vio late the Constitution. Territories have power then it seems to tttallih, but, none to prohilit this pe culiar institution. He tolls us that Bingham has introduced a bill to repeal taid act, and that all the Republicans will vote for it ; thus proving that they held to the right of Congress to annul the legisla tion of the Territories on this subject. That is true but what then ? Must democrats take the action o their opponentsas precedents ?, Are we to be fright ened out of our propriety in view of what that scctional-anti-Unioa faction may do and not do ? I hold.then, .feIlowrDemocrats, to the power of the people, while Bnder this form of government, to leg islate on the subject of slavery as any other subject relating to their domestic nff.iirs such as guardian and ward, husband and wife, master and spprentice. I look nol to Congress as the, source of that power, although Congress has undoubtedly recognized U existences but I look to the Grand Organic Act 01 Nature and Nature's God, and I find it. there one of the retcrved powers not. delegated, and therefore inherent. This is a cardinal principal of my faith and if lam to te prescribed for that, I bow cheerful ly to the penalty. The Executive, who claims to be the head of our party, has vetoed this principle has "crushed ouf popular sovereignty in this Terri tory. He adds insult to injury, and tells cs that our idea of it is all a "toft delution' Has not the time come when we should sound and see where we are drifting when we should ask, "Watchman, what of the night?" I agree with Brovn,"we should no lon ger cheat, or be cheated." Il'the Governdr is right and slavery exists here beyond the power of the peo pie to annul it, then the ultra .South is right sni are entitled to a CongresaiomJ elate code for the Territories. Ia no other way can their rights be protected here. They aro entitled to that protec tion, and the Governor's logio would yield it to them To this point we seem'now drifting under the pi lotage of his Excellency. "To this completion ,we must all come at last." ' Is there any here prepared to march to that music ? . Siieiice is construed as ac quiescence, and I for one will not be silent. Here is the issue-a slave code, or nonuler so'creirrntv? "Under which King; Remoniain ? ' Speak or die ?" ; I may die, but I am for popular tovereignty. (Cheer.) fit: to ly, and on the whole 0 as i- :r a ch: ;:e for here i3 thought jrood harvest. ' Farmer. The Xlebr 16 PAGES QCAKTO MONTHLY. smscRimTroh it. It is the only Journal devoted exclusively io the Agricultural and Educaiiornl inte rests of '"JYebraska, 'Kansas J"orihem Jlissouri and Southern Iowa. rTxry it.-Aicl it. FourtCopies, ,3 months for SI ... Twentv Copies, 1 year . 815 One Copy, 1 year ; ' ;S1 ' J 7 j Address, S. y. ' ? i ' FU11NAS '& LYANNA, Brownvillt, JVebra'ta. Public Opiniorihas declared that. Curtis.; Compound Syrup of Sassafras stand unequalled among the rem edies offered for speedily curing diseases of tbe lungs, chest and throat. ' ' His Mauialute Liniment has become one of the sU pies articles of trade.' Merchant might as well he without sugar and coffee.. Every family should keep a constant supply of these medicines on hand. n23 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mayor's Proclamation. The qualified electors of tho city of Brownvillc are hereby notified that on' the lit Monday (2d day) of April, 13o ), there will be aa election for the pur pose of electing one .Mayor, one Recorder, one Trea suferand four Aldermen., i f 'Given under my hand and seal this 22J - day of March, 1860. O. B. HE WETT4-Major.; ' T.W. Bedford, Recorder. ' ' William T. Den Louis. Kieffer ) Louis Eiefer will take notice that TiUlam T. Den, of Xetnaha county, his tiled his petition in the District Court, within and for the county of Gage, Nebraska Ter ritory, against the said Louis Kreffer, defendant, settin. forth that the said defendant is Indebted to him ia the sum of ninety-eight dollars and forty-nine cents, toge ther with interest on the same from the EUth day of Au gust, a. r. 1839, on a certain promissory note made hy the said Kicffar ar d dated at Bruwnville, N. T,, May 3rd 1859. Andtbe said Louis Kieffer is notified that he is required to appear and answer said pelitiou on or before April 24ih, l&oO, the lirst duy of thetpring term of said Court. - - - - - WILLIAM T. DEN, hy ' HEKETT & THOMAS, his Att'ys. March 22 I. I860. 37-4v $5. f-1 . L. HVGHLS. JESSE HOLLADAY ALEXIS MUDD City Buildings, No. 1, SAIKT LOUIS MISSOURI. JIIDD HOLLADAY, " Xo. HO, Pearl Street, Produce - and Commission 11 iE3 O jtL 1ST TO. WE REFER BY'PERJirsSIOX TO Powell, Levy &. Lemon, - - Bt. Joseph, Tootle & Farleigh; ' - - - T. & J. Curd - - . - - " Nave, AlcCordiCo., " - - . " Donnel & Saxtou - - - - . . " , 37-Gni. , ... V- C. JOHNSON, J. S. RrDFOBD. JOHKSON & BEDFORD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, Corner First and Main Streets, BroiviiTille, - - - IVcbrasIia. Llonsy to Loan on approved security. ' ' C. G. DORSET, Brownvillc, Nebraska n37 ; Estrays, ;.: V:0 The fol lowing description of Estrays have been filed and recorded ia the County C'.erk's olfloe of Nemaha county at Brownville. ' One bay horse colt two years old last spring, with black mane and tail, a small white pot in the fore head, and the right hind foot white. No other marks and brands perceivable. Taken np by the subscriber about the 16th day of December, 1359. M. D. SPRINGER. One light bay mare mule about sixteen hands high. Very much marked with the- harness. Tail shaved or bobed. Silent appearance of shoes but lost off. No oth er marks or brands perte vable. Also one bay horse about (-ixteen hands high, supposed to be nine or ten years old. with a blaze face and marked with, the har ness. Some signs of shoes, but none on. A slight crop oir tbe riKhtear. Taken np by the subscriber about the 9th day of January; lbtiO; , V ' . II. B. ROBERTS. I certify that the above la a correct copj'of the descrip tion of the above named estrays as appear on record at myofflL-e. T. W BEDFORD, County Clerk. March 15, 160 37-3t Probate Notice. Territory of Nebraska, ) , -' County of Nemaha. S ' ' Whereas Daniel II.' Kenr.ison has been appointed a1 miristraUTof the estate of Lawrauce Keunison, deceas ed, late of said County, notice is hereby given that I have appointed Saturday tha I4th day of A pril A D 1960, for the hearing of claims azainst said estate, and all per sons having claims agair.et said estate must hare tbczn on file at my off) coon or before that day, or they will-be lorever barred from recovering such claims and from setting oft' the same in any action whatever. Given under my hand and cflkial seal this 8th day of March A D 1860. C. "W. WHEE'ER, Probate Judge. Ordered that the -above notice be published six weeks in the Nebraska Advertiser. ; ' i' 35- $7 1 Legali Notice. William McNeal "1 " Pa vs iNebi (i. E. Downing and f To E. L. Selfridge. J v Pawnee county District Court, rarka Territory, April term A. D. 1360. A Virginia member oftha U. S. House of Representatives, who numbers among his' constituents some vvno have never seen or tasted the deliciotia "bivalves, purchas ed a can of pickled oysters the package holding, perhaps, about a gallon and having been carefully enveloyed and di rected, appended his frank in one corner, and the. package was .conveyed to the post-officeitcT start on its voyage to the mountains of Western Virginia. Tbe Peach and Wbeat Crop- A correspondent of tha Democratic Banner, published at -Carbondale, Jack son county, Illinois, says he has exam ined and heard from a good many orch ardsj and finds nearly all the peaches killed ; but that if not hereafter injured by late frosts, th?re rv:ll rufUcient fcr To G. E. Downing and E. L. Selfrldpe. Ton are here by noticed that the sjid plaintiff, Vra." McNeal, has filed in the ortiL-e of the cierk of the District Court in and f r the county of Pawnee and Territory of Nebraska his petition in the above action, in which he claims judgement against you the said defendants for the vm of ninety-five dollars, with interest thereon from tbe Uth day of April A D 1357, at the rate of eisht per cent. per anntim, being the amount true onaproniiseor? note? execute! ty you to one A. Waters, daied the Uth day of April io7, ana Dy said waters assigned to plaintiff. oaiu uemiouaisoprayw lur an attainment agaiust your gooos, cnatteis an.i eiiocts. And unlet you appear on or neiore me morning of the first day of tbe next term of the District Court nf Pawnee cirunty, t; be beer un and held at Pawnee City on the 30th day of April A D 1860. and plead, answer, or demur to said petition, the mat ter and things therein contained will be taken for con ressea against you and judgement rendered for the amount claimed in said petition, and the property at tached ordered to be sold to satisfy the same with costs Mclennan k. byers, Att'ys fur plaintiff. Ordered that the above notice be published iathe Nebraska Advertiser our weeks consecutively. 35-4 wr $10 , ' ALLEN BLACtEA, Clerk. j! T.mTTtmi-.t.iTM-rtT. A R!! . lewis -LAwnr::;c2, i en anowa ri i:u rr;;o3 as sacceMful int commodating lr.taber deal.-haj aaia uken tv f" nth ca I on era I 2 d AnJ ij frqdred It f jrnl-h everj d-sir.illa of lumber far fu.cin or Lairjia rurfi. ed at the Hill, tr l F ' l-u: rr Brownviile Lindir . t: Or at any poiat or the rirer aj taaj t f Areaj follcwi. Atthe Mil!, forcaib fa 30 cents per 100 feet to SI per IDOfeet, ' On time, say three, six, c:ae, er tw9!r rcoi'I,- 45 cents per 100 feet to SI. 25 per ICQ feetf aoti to bt with 10 percent, interest from deHrery secured by nniacaaiberod raai edtate. ' .The lumber will be dclircrsd at n :V .1 Mi,sonri Kirer within 50 mile, dwltS 4 cents per 100 feet in addition to the ah when suSicient nmouuU are taken tojajtifr th.vT strnction of araft. J 7 To thoe wbhin3 lumber, particular' tteniioB U called to these; rroponttoMwhicb ao J2!i command comi Jeration. - Come with, f.rsondyourorderj.aai tifihil' Ik filled wiihout delay. -- - . To prin Term issa .i the District C urt f.,r ion cuuuty, (UTer. 10G.0.70 feet of tnmbcr on. hand, , . . . -ncre malfin'erery day, v L. LA WHENCE. Jlarch.lsMSSO. Cm. Israel Cumming plff, i Blake Ilayi, . , 3 D Heath. . GeA AfcCoy, : . H'mP Walker, Cbas A Gonhen, J C Lawrence and John UauJUius, J Blake Hays of the State cf Maine, and Gtr?i McC.iy of the Conniy of Otoe N . t. and each of tb,ber' or said defendants. J D fieatb. Wiu p Wauer, tka B Goshen. I C Lawrence, nd John it-uldinj, wi u notice that the said p'.aimiff Israel K dimming, of tht county of Nemaha Territory of Nebraska, ht aied hit petition in tbe naid District C. nrt for Jl)Bt, cnB'T aioresaid. aKainst the said defendanis, wbeinn Uriaim ed of them tho sum f One Thousand ji.a- (81 ooooc) togther with interest on iht umat the rate u 'te . Mr cent per annum, from the lOib day cf Jlb a D I&4" as money due and unpaid on tw., prvaii..ry o, tes lit $oOO 00 each, eiven by said .lefendants oa said li)th day of March aforesaid, to one Lyman Rockw.i.4. or !rer of which said notes, tba said plaintiff Israel R Cum mings is now the owner and t-earer; A ixt tfi Mij def endants are fortherotirted that fheyjre remre,! to appear and anwer to said petition on or bt'fort lb 11 day of tbe next term tf said Court, or Ju'.xemetit will be taken by rtefa'iit apninst tbem. lor tht said saoi cii- med and interest as aforesaid and costs. - iicGAai, HEWETT klUOU. AlUirueys tor JX . Feb'y 23-59 4- pf $10 I860. 1860. i.:. Joseph to Onalm. HANNIBAL k ST, JO. It. R. PACKETS. ' - Arrangements have been made, by the FUnc'i- bal and St. Joseph Rail Road Company, V eora- mence with tbe opening of oaTigaUon, lit a . TRI-WEEKLY LINE OF PACaETS, ' r to run iaconaectioa witl a3J Road rejuMy trim St. Joseph to BnmnTllle, 0m!u, and all other intermediate pointi. Tbe followtn new, popularan j fast j"ansinjpck)t boaU constitute the line for the present : STEAMER 0 I! A H A ,i CaptAin SJLLTUA2S3. rU STEAMEU -E I.I "i L I E Captain' - IjJL -IJASGJ' Captain STEAMEIl DES: HOMES, CALVX2T, Notice. James THnshs of the State . of. Missouri, will, take notice that C..W. Giddingj, of the cr.unty of Pawnee and Territory of Nebraska, did on the29tii day of" Feb ruary A D 1SC0, file his petition in the District Court of Pawnee county, Xebratka Territory, aennst the said James T. Ilnfthf" defendant, ctaioiihg of him the sum of one bandred dollars as in his petiiiou set forth, and the said James T. Iluehsi notiflel that he is required to appear and answer said petition on or before the third Monday after the 23th day ot March next. - - . - . . c. w. GiDDijrcs.V Ordered that the above be published four euaecutive weeksin the Nebraska Adverti-er. 'i ' ; 3o-5 ' ' A. BLACKKR. Clerk Pist. Court. SHERIFF'S SALE. .... ' - Territory of Nebraska, . ' . rt. . Wm. Edwards, Jacob Edwnrd., Isaac Edwards, John Lmmcns, ' "" Jaaies Edwards, Mark. Walser, r. ' , George UarmuQ and; Samuel j . . . , Holmes. J Notice is hereby given that nnder and by Tirtae of an cxecutiou issued from the ctSce of the Clerk of the Z"?trict Court of Xemaha County, Nebraska Ter ritory, I, J. B. WelK Sheriff of saii erun?y, have levied upon and will, on Thuriday, the '23th day of .Marco, A. P. lo'iO, at one o clock r. 31. oSer at pab- jic sale and sell to tlio highest bidder for cah in hnd, the following descrioed goods txni cbattJes to il: six hundred lerwinj pcMSt. moro or lees the property of William Edwards, and eight hundred fencing posts, more ore or less, the property of James Emmons. 1 he said sale will be made ai the Ferry Landing at the Shute, on this sida of the So nora Island, ia Nemaha County. Nahraska Territy tory. Given under By hand, this 29th day of Feb ruary, lbbO. J. B. TvELLS, SheriJ of Nemaha Coanty.N'. 7. 25y A. V. DENMAN, Deputy. Err-nri!!?, Feb. S:h, 125, B3o-2t-i 5? For Freight or Passagfl apply to- THE O. HILL,. . . FRKIGIIT TICKET ACOT; Forwarding t' Commission Merchant, Erownvillo,' Netesfca.' Capt. H. FORD, Gen. Ticker Ag'u St. Josiph. - ' J. S. K. HAWOOD. Gen. Supt - Legal Notice.; John J. Corpue tS , . . .... j rrn. . . r .1 T Spring terra George W. Field ' District Gourv for William I. Walker county Nelrafka Territory. Cba.-'leaAGowhen dS) x,. id The above named defendsntJ George erk of said Court, bi petition eli'm'"" i it ri.ii ii--i ... I " ' . . mm tTI and William P. Walker are hereby noticed tn " , Dla;ntiS".Jobn 4,.Corau?, bn t.ed 13 t3 theU I ..) CkiflM A -nKin f h mm r,t tW J bBD' dollars with interest on that snra at i'- A. pereent per annum from the fteatdiy w ' a. D. 1358, upon promissory note ,l..latAi.l.inr; A I i r, ' Zmmm , V m Field and William r. Walker appear aaa said petition oaor beU're iae nrstu-iy V hrec ofsaidcourt, judgment will be render I UieJ guicst thera by (it-fault for said sun, "it iata and coats. ud wwg' -; Mo GARY, UIIWETT A TOUJTAS, 3t $7.50 ..... Att'jif-r: Why Labor eo hard to T7s at I have a Chemical process for cleamrf ciot i" " use of wbwn taey can whom n im-- j -j rsb al fime.wiihout beiuj ftoiied, and with scarte "'Trr bing; thus saving much labor; and the c!ibh arv a washed in tbe old - ay or rubbin by board, or w. ing machine, by which the clothes are m:h vor"- i artislts used cost very little and are easy U eo t mail this very useful recipe to order, p it receipt of 60 cenu. Three cent posuaeat , money. . . U you really wish sometama i -,-" 7,.3, tut Honey or Washing recips, for neyr. theru, aadshouiaoe in every i.uiwy c,ttiGT.i i ! 17 . "Good ITeT73forth?Lai5i ANT LA PT that win .end her '','. tmji' CsxAGta. BAltimore tuy. r''Vrrar omaUiilof 3Forttc9 t3 5r iti liibeiirrr ! I
