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BELLE VUE GAZETTE, . ... .. HENHY M. 1UTUT, I News ant Local F.ditw. OELLEVUC. N.T. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 19.W. -r Great EXCitOmOtlt at tho Capitol. BOTH HOUSES 07 TIIE NEBRASKA, 1TlSai8UTUaE ADJOTOREO jT&OX 02AHA TO -. , -"FLORENCE I W regret, ai a joannlUt, t record ber, and Popple'on objected to receiving the binary of the mmt digra;.'ful cau.se "eatatfe, bieuuse, tiny said, the Coun oflne reinwal of th legislature from "' fi was not inwwjii. Thereupon gen Offl.thi t) Florence. Wo presouni thut excitement nnd noise prevailed 'tre'thii.inntof our rjmK-r in the Ter-1 throughout the Hull. Armed bullies ritory are acquainted with th- main facta drummed up for the occasion commenced of removal; but it it our djty t give in shunts of - Co in Hawe!" Mr. Decker, dettil the' cause which prompted the ma- the Sp. aker, d-vlartd the Committee not ' Jorlty to take this extraordinary step. Un ' ' "eiun, because of the defut that tbey thi 6th. a bill for th- removal of the sent hud not a quorum, and declared the Hou.e ? of government hud been introduced by adjourned A member from Omaha, in vAhbe, of Otoe. Immediately on its in-' general confusion, seized the Fp aker, ' induction, great confusion mid excitement and, uided ly Hnnsromb, he was hurled ' prif ailed Anion? tho O.naln delegation. ! violently from ItU place to the floor. De ''A'though the bill was introduced nt the moninc yells and cries were now heard pnper lime, in the order of business, in from infuriated niol gotten up for (he House, nnd like all other bills.. va,jn Purpose of intimidating members, nnd 'Willed to be read a first time, a member ''"? nriY Und of violence i:ri-rary to from Omaha got greatly exercbed by its 1 accomplish their purposes of riding over prese.ice.and obtained the flwr, and boil, the principles of parliamentary right and "'ins over with rage, made a foolish at- justice. 'tempt to raise a storm, nnd talk nguin.-t " lh! morning of the 8th, Dr. Done- lime. On being assured by Strickland, ' of Cass, after the prayer of the Chnp- of Sarpy, thatthere was no preconcerted lai, n,0Vl'J ,hut ,he II,nlse ndjooni to dM;n, on the part of the majority, to "cct Florence th next morning at 10 Vge the question of Cnpitol reinov.l, by o'clock, i. in., which motion was carried a upending , the rules, tho m-niber sat hut one toting in the negative. We 1 dnvn.1' The IIJ.ie beiam quiet, and again quote from Jefferson's Manual to the bill wa read, and th.? H.iu.e adjourn-! sl,mv ,,,al ,h m"joriiy were right in their ed until the morning of the '7th. The r Ilotiie met on the morning' of tho7th,aud, .ftfef rAee hv thn Crmnl.m. a noMM.'.m ' . ' 1 .,,.'.;.. House, and when a defect occurs the Coin r.sort m!"11",of Mr' ""wy. of .iUe, cau only riband report the de Sarpy, (a correct the journal, by striking foct." out the resfubris oTered by Armstrong, J . It has' never been' contended by any ''of pjuglai. thd day before j which were one that a majorit) were present at any in uhitance, ji 'protest of a' minority time when Speaker D.-cker attempted to ajint ho passage of the Fergusou res-1 raise the question of the defect. Then "'Gluttons'. " While this discussion vas go- J were nut the minority trampling all law, "Mhg oil. a rjuestion was raised us "to who rules, and right under foot? Again. , had'iha fl Jr. An appeal was taken from ' when the message front the Council was 'ih decision of the Chair, and whilo this aun junced, the Speaker, ly the rule we ducitJ.ioa was going on by Mr. Topple- ' tort, a member suggested that the hour j the Chair. . Further, when Mr. Topple ha I arrived to go into Committee of the ton, or any other member, questioned the WhMe, on'he special order of ttvs day, 'right of the Speaker to receive the mes- which was the election of Tublic Printer,1 and had beeuhet for 10 o'clock. Mr. ijpetongave way for the mo ion. The Ho ie resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole. Strickland was called to the hair, and while motions were being mtde and put, with a view to utrike out 1 the name sent i by the Council, and in- aerting some other name, Mr. Strickland desired to get the floor, nnd for that pur pose pu. n nomination for the Chair, Morton, of Otoe. The motion was car- ried, and-'Mr. M trton toikthe Chair. Thereupon Rlr. Popphton ol ta' nod the floor, and commenced to talk against time, Jkrt the cf commt ictl. Poppleton boldly announced that he was taking up the time of the House for a purpoio, and madull.dry.auddiarrhetic way of speak mg, kept the floor about two hours the majority iretting di.4gtu.ed with this direct ....l. j:. .. .1... if i .i... I .i. iu mo uiiiuy ui ioc 1 1 Jim-, aim uie bold avowal that it was intended as such. This was sufficient to disjust the better ( portion of the Committee, wh left the , Hall. After Mr. Poppleton hud exhaust ; od hi disgusting talk of " bob-tail hor ; es," " Morma i women," an I a ho.t of ' other common-place things, Mr. Dicker y. auggested to the Chairman that according ta the rules that govern the Committee, : a defect had occurred in th Committee, ' which was that no quorum was present, . and that the Committee had only to rUe and report the defect, as by p ir.iamentary - law it should do. The Chairman refused to recognize the defect, as ho should have done disposed, ns he was, to ride ovwr v rules and all la a- of right, to carry out . the position he had taken on the great question of Capitol removal. A large majority of the boil y proceeded to their hotels to get their dinners. At one time, jthe Committee of the whole House was in oession, when ouiy the Chairman and t faur other members were present Mr. Clayes, of Douglas, commenced speaking (aajnftt time to the emj-.ty scats, and one man in tho lobby ! - Ho declared it was the intention to talk against time, and to hold the Committee iu session, until the term ended",' lie insulted even the dignity of the four or five Jhat listened to him. by . repeating the stale talk of Poppleton. and (many other thing that did not concern 'the question at issue eny rnore than the outnr.ija of the Bourbon rijjht to the throne of France. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, w o ilig Committee wcr-i pretending to bo in session, with the defect tlmt existed having only a small minoiiiy of the body present a message was announced from the Council by the Serireaiit-at-Artn. At this juncture of a-uVirs, Mr. Decker ascended to the stand to receive the mes- nace. Wa here ciuoto from Jefferson's Manual, ahowmg thai it was the duty of I ihn KnimLor l In L a lIlA flhllir I ...v .. ---- - - " When a message r.i announced from ' the otlwr braiu-h of th Leuisluture, the Speaker him 1 1 resunm the Chair, if the House is iu Committee of the Mhole, be came the Committee have no power to receive the in $ngt." , f U ' At this point, 1 Ian-comb, not a mem- morcments parliamentary: The quorum of the Committee of the ITL I ' . 1 - . " no, "" ,n 01 hnve quoted, had an undisputed right to sage at that time, how could the question be raised, heard, and decided, without the Speaker taking his chair, as by parlia memary right he should do, and as by custom he always had done t Then, we defy a single man on the North American continent to controvert the justness of our 'position that the majority were right , first. in Dicker's ro wing to raise the Commit te on tho ground that a quorum wa not ! present, thereby creating a defect whirh J on motion, or question, (say tho rule in Jefferson's Manual, page 31,) bound them to rise; second, that Decker was entitled to the Chair to receive the mes. sage, because, as cited in the rule, the 'Committee coiud not receive it; thitd that the Speaker was rightfully entitled to the Chhir, because, when a queMion of order was raised, as to whether the House hail a right t receive the message at that time, who could deride that question but the Speaker? fourth, thnt by the rules the Chairman of the Committee wus not entitled to the Speoker chair in any rase but should take his seat at th Clerk': desk. Lastly, we have to say that this is now no longer n question of removal of the Capitol. It i a question of principle, in volviiiii much more of constitutional right tlvtnthit. It is simply this: ' H.re the representatives of the people of the Ter rilory a right to legi-lnte on such subjects as they deem expedient and just T Kep resentatives of Omaha have declared pub licly that they would block the wheels o legislation, so that even a road bill should not pass, if this bill was presented ; that they would break up the Assembly in row ; that they had a lot of fighting I u lies in the lobby that would tee them through. Had the whole delegation from Omaha been men of fuch character es Stewart Paddock, Armstrong ami Steinberger there would have been no more danger ef a removal of the Capitol ' this session, than there would have been of the build ing being struck by lightning For we know that a vast majority of that boo'y felt and many times expressed the necessity of u-ing all .the time allowed them by law in the enactment of wholesome law for the Territory. The people of the Terri tory may have a feeling on this question, nJ have a right to xprrt it, even if a runovol is effected of the Capitol. And we will say in candor, that however much wo may stand upon the expeilten- y of the question of removal, (never doubting for moment the justness of the po-iiion that removal was demanded by a majority of the people of the Territory,) we unhesi tatingly say that when the right of the people, through their representatives, is denied them by the bullies of Omaha, to egislsto upon this subject without threats and overt acts of violence being offered tern in the Halls of Legislation, it is then time that the people have a place to meet, and with the guurantee that they will bo pro ccted in their constitutional rights. We have, in another column given a truthful and impartial account if the dis graceful attack upon Mr. DecLer, Speak er of the House of Ui presentutives. Whether the Sneaker was riultl in inkint le stand to rcceie the message from the Council, is a question of not the slighter! importance, when taken in consideration hh the high-h inded outrage that ful owed. It will be remembered tlut the louse was in Committee of the Whole on e bill providing for tho election of Pub lic Printer, and that Mr C'luyes, from )ouglas county, was c peaking agaiiut time. That gentleman put licly uuuounced, uriug his remarks, that no more legisla tion should be done during the session; that the friends of Omaha would occupy ie few remaining days of the Legis a- ture in speaking, so n- to prevent elfectu- lly any vote or action on the Capitol Lill. Many important bills were iu the hands of the committees, among other, a Cum- inal Code, Ueveuue, and Apportionment tills, which the interest of the whole "erritory imperiously demanded should receive the final action of tho Legislature nd become the laws of the laud. It is well known that the Territory has been for the year poat without any crimi nal laws upon the statut -book, and that it is impossible to punish any one however guilty of violating the iaws of God, and society.. But nine days of the session re mained, and the Legislature was informed by the Douglas county members that none of those important laws should be passed;" tha. the wheels of legislation should be ! blocked ; that the people should suller an other year ; that life, liberty and property should remain at the mercy of assassins and mid-night rubbers, for the want of a criminal code to punish; and that no laws for ihe general prospeii'y of the Territory should be passed all because a bill had been introduced fur the removal of the Capitol. It was at this time, and when an entire day had been consumed in speaking against time, in making good their avowed intention to block the wheels of legislation, thnt Mr. Decker ascended the stand to resume his seut for the pur pose of receiving the message. The Committee was without a quorum, and the Speaker properly declared it desolved. Then it was that he was attacked, drag ged from the s'aud, and while four men had hold of him, was thrown violently upon the floor. Has it come to this, iu Nebras ka, that because a bill is introduced iu the Legislature distasteful to the people of particular locality, ihat legislation upon all subjects is forthwith to cease T And if the Speaker of the House, in the cis- charge of Lis legitimate right, utiiiupis to receive a message from the other brunch, is he to be dragged from the stand, and the body broken up by a mob ! And yet, if this disgraceful conduct 's to be s tained, such is the inevitable result, ai d it will be iu the po.ver of a few men, by force and violence, to pre Tin legislation upon any subject incompatible with their interest. If one branch of the no'-eru- inent cau in this manner be broken up, and placed at open detiunct, we see no reason why any other branch cannot be treated iu tho same manner. And what is there to prevent perso- s who are dis pleased wuh the decisions of our courts or perchance a decision which it is well known the court, under the law, must pro nounce against them from ascending the judicial rostrum, and by violence and force, dragging the Judge from the bench, and breaking up tho court ? If the one cau be done, aud is to be sustained, we do not know why the other c nnot. One is the Legislative branch; the other the Judi cial. T.e Speaker of the one is but the exponent of parliamentary rules, with power to preserve and enforce order; lite Judge of the other,' lot the exponent of the law, with power to declare aud en force it. The precedent is a dangerous one, aud if not rebuked by the whole peo ple, must lead to revolution and blood shed. We are happy in believiug that this high-handed outrage is condemned by th better portion of the people of Omaha; but as long a Douglas county continue to tend men to the Legislature who ar unscrupulous in their t fftrts to prevent the free anion of members upon theremotal of the Capitol, and as long as the lobbies are filled with armed and depernte men to sustain them, so long they must bear to a great en tent the odium of this outrage, a d o long be lerpou j tiblu for the result arising from want of discretion in their own members, and the violence committed by an excited and en couraged mob. Ft.oar.Ncc, N.T., Jan. 11,'58. Friend Butt: Our usually quiet town was thrown into quite an excitement on last Friday, by a report that the Territo rial Legislature had adjourned from Oma ha to Florence. At first it was not ac credited, as it was something so entirely foreign ta oil our nnticij ations, but the report wn soon confirmed by the arrival of n messenger sent to make some ar rangements for the accommodation of that outrngi d body. As soon as it was known that Omaha bullies had driven the Legis lature out of tho Capiiol, and lomptlltd them to seek fche'ttr in our midst, the citizens went to work and soon Hind up rooms whi re they could discharge their legitimate functions without fear of mo lestation. Two robins erected for stores, and adjoining i ach other, wire found to! be exactly the thing. Accommodations in other respects have been amply provided, and every thing is arranged to the satis faction of all the members. OnSaurday morning at 10 o'clock, both houses met pursuant to adjournment. The Council organized ly e'n ting Gen. L. L. Bowen, President yru tern; Geo. Van Zanl, Scrgiant.ut-Aiin ; and Wil liam Hawkins, Door Ketpc-r. A resolu tion was then passed declaring the Chair vacant, on account of the unparliamentary acts of the Hon O. L. Aiiller, former President, and that an election for a per manent President bo held. On the first ballot Gen. L. L. Bowen was elected. A better choice could not have been made. During the whole day the Council worked faithfully. Severul very impor tun bills were passed, among which was 9f. -V0, 10 ; a Lill for an act to create a new election district in Douuln rnui.! v. Ttii we regard as n very important, as D. ..j. it will give to Florence n representative hereafter a riulit which ha. I denied to us by envious, jealous Omuha The House organized bv electmir Mr JerlVip lsl Hlrlr ami Xtx 1 ....! I . .... v. . i .v. mi, j uiiuujr taitu Clik ; the rest of the otficersbemg pres ent except door-keeper. To fill this office Mr. Franklin was elected. The House also worked bravely. No time wus squandered in useless, senseless prattle, but all members put their shoulders to the wheel with a determination to benefit the Territory. I was much pleased .vith the gentlemanly deportment of the Speaker nunc in me .uuir, nuu uie promi t nnu efficient manner in which he discharges his duties. Mr. Decker unquestionably i. okesa good offictr, as all admit who have seen him in the Chair No opjHisi- lion is expected in th House to the bill to create a n - w elect um di.iiri.-i i.. n Iu county. In joint session of the Council and House a committee of five two from the ed from o ir midst. We hive seen the S ek Couiic.l and three from the House was r ot thlt bod,', ins iltcd and dragd fiom h s appointed" to prepar-nu address to their , ,eat b ,,,orp"iMa b,J ofriflim; who constituents, setting forth ihn reasons for the adjournment, aud the indignities and outrages to which thvyhad been subjected at Omaha. The address is a clear, com prehensive and able document, and can not fail to disabuse the minds of the peo ple from the falsehoods thut have, nnd may yet originate from the .Yelraskian, and other sources of like kidu y in Oma ha. Enclosed I send you a copy. Omaha and her builies are gaining a notoriety by no means enviable. W hat a delightful urugraph is inude from the facts in the case : On the 7ih, the Speak er of the House dragged from In i stand by bully Hune-comb and Murphy, und on the fcsth compelled to adjourn to Florence in order thut they might pursue their la bors unmolested, and secure from further outrages." And yet, withering and dis graceful as is thnt paragraph, it is never theless true in e" ery word. The adjourn ment was forced upon the Legislature by Omaha ruffianism, and Uie unmanly and unparliamentary acts of a factious minor ity, who were countenanced, aud are row upheld, by uu imbecile, accidental, ser vile, sectional Kxecuiive. Hanscomhaud Murphy, the bullies selected by Omaha to do her base, dirty work, have soumlcd the deaih-lnell of die would-be perpetual Capitol of tho Territory, and have defeat ed the very object they were h'red to c- omplish. Thut the Capitol will be removed is no lorger a question. They bave a two thirds vote of the whole Legislature here, andean pass it over the acting Governor's veto. Rest assured the Legislature will not be iUt-rrupted at Florence. Yours, IVj. The o:l nnd the Sfw lenr. It is true that xvl.en flowers fade in friendship's vase, they must be repine d by others of fresher odor ai d I right' r colors. But the task is always a sad one. We love the old, even when wilted nnd dead. The memory of ihir tarly fra grance comes over the soul like u sweit incense. With ui, the close of the year is always a lime f.r memory and tor ttars. So much that wus lovely and br ghl has pas-1 sed from earth so muny fond hopes which we nursed at the cooimenceuieut J of the year have folded their wings and died. Their cold abbes ah aie rtimi.dusl I how fondly we cherished tin in once, and impress lis with the certain doom of all thut is Irhihtett and best. Slowly but surely the mantle of death is settling upon Ull. It is good to weep at the close of tho ytur. The tribute of tears is due to tlin ineuioiy of the decay and pr.ssiug away of our tond hopes to the si.iiu"tring if our loved associations, and to the Ireukiii of our Dullest resolves and purest vows. Oh! what a graveyard is the pa.t! It is right, we tuy, that we should linger for awhile, and mourn over the wreck and ruin over the dtad flowers,he high um piration. which glndJened and animated the year which is gone. But we should not linger too long with the memories if tho jail. The living, Lrenthin.', active present is here, utound unit about us. with its sacred duties mid hi'h responsil ihties. The ( st has for us nut only regrets, but wise lessons and ttrong encouragements. Let us be profit ed ty the one, and inspmd by the other. The future tmiiesin the distance, and the guerdon of honor is within the reach of all. " L't ns then b up and doinr, Hi-arts, jircpared fsr any fat, S ill sdvancine, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. - " Lives of preat men- nil remind us We can make our own sublime, . And, departing leare behind us Foot-prints in the sands of time. u Foo'-prints which per'anp. another, Sailinir o'er life's solemn main, 8''me forlorn and slop-wrecked brother, ' Seaing, may take heart again." Dear reader, the new year shall le one of ellort, nnd we hope of fair fruits. We shnll try and do something for cur country, our neihlors, and o irselvcs. The shadows of the past may often gloom along our pathway, but we struggle on and hope for brighter days. We have u young Territory which we love kind and generous-hearted neighbors, and we would be recreant to our own sense of duty, if we did not try to brighten lh destiny of the one, and deserve the es teem of the other. "Onward!" is th watchword of the times It shall aho be ours. Vox Popull, Vox Dei. The scenes which were enacted, last week, at Omaha, by certain members of the Territo- rill Legislature; and o'hers, whose pupilis ic ! abili'.les, stand preeminent over their mental ! endowments, ahoild cl! forth the loudest and most emphatic co id in nation, from all classes of this conima i"y who share wi'h us an inter est in the prccae.liaci of those w!io wre elect- j acciii Vv unun. if; ijniiu-ui l j 10 rxuil (over their temporary success, and beiupr back ed by a lawleei and iif-triitej mob, of hired bullies and assassins who were inten upon the overthrow of j is'.ica a. id rigfi'., and usurping in its place, a scene of anarchy and cenf .isiou. The ol j-c s, which they so eager ly sought to obtain, by fraud and chicanery. were frustrated, by the firm and decided stand, tinea Ly unny of the most prominent mem ber of the lloasc, who would not tamely sab mit, to the deradi ig spectacle of haviig their dearest rih'.s and liberties, assailed an . trampled under foo!, by these contemptible specimens, of a ro.ten and paerlle minority Ttie majority, who cim out from a mo e these diiorganiring eleiuei.t, deserve well of a ree and eulichteue.l co.is'.it isucy, for tlieir actioa taken, ia regard to adjour linff 'o Flor ence ; and it Mill meet wuh the unqualified ap probation of all goal Citizens iu the Territo ry. Xast winter, when the question for the re moval of the Capi ol, was agitated ai d passed thro' b'-th houses with an overwhelming n a- joiity, nl cune within an ace, of passing over the Uovernor's veto ; bribery and corrup tion, was resorted to, by the Omaha clique, to clia.ie th co:ivi.tio:is, of bo.iorable men of that assembly, but to no effect : and tho same lawless proceedings were carried on under the smctiou and authority of thssa voe'.ej wi h high executive powers threats of personal violence were used, to intimidate honest men, iu the exercise of their legislative functions, and it was absolutely necessary ia walking the streets, to carry a loaded revolver for pro teclion. , ' i Snrfa was the state of a (furs at their sitting ou last r.iursdiy; ni my or the lowest Iris i rab ble of Quail i, with o her laying claim to r spec'.ablil'y, were dr iro ned up to stifli and Ji-qw, the free expression of those eeiitlem who dared to oppose, the preseut location of the Capitol. Thus it was, fi iding thit all r flbrts, to dis e is the matter, in a fa:r and legi'imate man ner, without being interrupted, and knock d down, a larga majority of the members of Veth tovsee, re-rived to sdjourn to Florer.ee, where Howie knives and Revolvers, would not be called In'o rerptisitioa, and th wheels of l-Rialation could pats along t,uletly tr j kno strncted by any outsitfe interference. Th.r were not thus tndvied, to att under the lufl lenee of momentary exclttnint, but after as nntnr deliberation, a the cireu. stances wo ild admit, and acting under the ad. vice and experience, of the best legal anthori. tie-, In this Territory, they have thus exhibit ed to the people, that'Ooiaha, is not all Rt. hraeka that ahehas been, long enotigtir the refuge of such unscrupulous drmagogn-. who have fattened upon the patronage, afford' ed by the General Government, for the public ben- fi', and wlio now wish to sack the lift' blood, of all who come within their avaricloue gra-p.' Let the people, In their majesty, declare t Omiha, "Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther," and here shalt thy proud bra eg, do. cij be stoiJ. SPECTATOR. fQ W'e are l oppy to learn that Di'iurcratie meetii.g was held iu Omaha on the glorious 8th of January, which was well attended by members of the Legi. Inture, and visitors from all the or gs ni .oil counties of the Territory. We learn from those present that the best of feelinjr prevailed, aud that the meeting was large and enthusiastic, and that t number of able speeches were made. Appropriate resolutions wern adopted, and st ps taken to rail a convention at Platti motith, in .Turn; next, to be composed of del. gates from all the counties, to take into considi ration the propriety of effect ing a permanent orgni iation of the Dem ocratic party. He I a 1 1' i a? an not pi. eious era in the political history of our Territory, nnd hope the party may be able to organize upon the principles of the Kansas-Nebraska act ; mi that at our next election we may be able to place our can didate for Congress upon a Democratic platform, nnd thereby secure for our Ter ritory a political influence iu the Halls of National Legislation. We shall publish the proceedings of 'he meeting as soon us we obtain a copy. Gtir. RicuABDsojr. We had the pleasure of a personal interview with our new G'overnor, the other . evening. We are pleased to find l.im, as a gentleman. pleasant, soci-1 nnd agteer.ble, with none of thnt rough exterior, we were prepared to see. From what we know of his na tional reputation, as a statesman, a tried and true democrat, and what little we have seen of him personally, we should say he is n man of that high commanding ability. and firmness aud decision of character coupled with that ste I ng. sound, practi cal seu e, to enable him to comprehend and grap without diffi -u ty, the affairs of tho Territory, and control the same for the highest and b -st interest of the wholt Territory. . To the People of ftebraskan Fflluw Cii'zen : Th General As sembly of Nebraska Territory, is no longer nble to discharge it legitimate functions at the Omaha seat of Govern in 'nt. Owing to an organised combina tion of a minority of its own members, aideil Ivan Omaha iimb, nnd encouraged by nn Omnha Kxeutve, thiy have been compiled 1 1 ndjoum thir present ses sion to 'ha nearest place of safety. They accordingly assemble to day at Florence, pursuant to adjournment. The sovereign power of legislation for il.U Territory, ii now xercistd alone at this j race. The House of Representa tives. J. II IJ-c'.er. f-p-aker, retain twenty-four of its thirty-fiv members. The Council. L. L. Ikiwen. President, re. tain nine of iu thirteen members, being two-thirds of their resrective bodies. It has long been evident, that whenev er the interests of Omaha are supposed to be concerned, it became hazardous to at tempt legislation at Omaha. The course of the minor ty, dming the whole session ;.us bet n characterized by tri ks and cb cnue.y, unworhy a manly system of leg ila ion. t culminated in violence on the seventh inMnni. (iu tl.ul day the fac tionu-t ailied with Oimtha ruffians, drag ged the Speaker of the House, by force, f oin his sta id, while attempting to dis .hurge his duties ; ni.d the Omaha mob, ai in. .1 and ready for uny emergency, ap p an !e the foul nt udixn g to Nebras ka legislation an iii'iellilile stain, and cov ering the verv name of Omaha with in efllalle INFAMY. Oiuuhii ran I oat of having degraded the bvv rei.'i ty of the poople by thus. epinif th rucred person of it e'eoted) representatives to the unresisted violence, of aii ii responsible rabble! Omaha can boast of h viii arrested, the w Heels of legislation at the Capitol I Omaha can boast of having driven ibft LeifislMiurn from the seat of Government , Yet Omaha still ma ins the Capitol s bought wih such an itifamoi. past of cor ruption, violence and crime ; but the seep-, ter of legislation has departed froui the il -fated seat, and ihe taw giver from it aiOTOti halls iQacvi! The Uuo now made I y Omaha, with the squatter s, vereigns of titer whole Tr ntory, tan have but ox solution ! The interests, he rights, and the wil of t'te popular mases, will no longer be ma i sulservient to the intrigue or mach ii.aiioii .f rn loca t. Ii is no looser a ques ion as t t ie location o their teM i f goiti . merit. It has now become a q a ion us to the richt of the people to uie! It can have bnt on a anawr fA majority mf prevail I