Demoine courier., 1854-08-03
From the Missouri Democr,
NEBRASKA DICTIONARY.


NEBRASKA DICTIONARY.
MEssas. EDITORs :--'fhere are s0me
words, teras aud sentences now used by
the whig and democratic Douglass men,
Iha! may mislead people who do not
know better than 10 take them in their
ordinary signiiicatinn, unless they are
informed that besides the ordinary there
is Also a Pickwickian, political, and a
Nebraska Interpretation to be given there.
10. | have paid attention To the use OF
some such words, terms and sentences,
when applied inlhe Nebraska sense, and
for the benefit Of the uLlearned, have
made Nebraska photographed The.
saurus' (as Gen. Cass says) of them.
DO not expect TO publish it, iR erteaso,
at present; but if the excerpts now sent
you are well received, probably | may
conclude TO set your job press at work
at it, provided can contract with you on
reasonable Ier.ns. Here are some spec
,meus:
"Ffscsollsr and AboIi,ionist." ...
Aiy one who believes that southern
pledges oughtto be observed any one
who believes that the linality promise on
the passage ol lhe compromise meas
ures OF 1850. meant any thing more than
tha, il should be Il fnalIty as long as the
South choose. Also, any one who
thinks that The North can justly claim
rights which it has bought and paid for
aud hieh the South has, by solemn
compact, bought and sold it. Also, any
one who does catch the cholera when
Beaton opposes lis doing il.
Agitation"
The advocacy fany measure relating
to the SUBJECT of slavery, excepting when
The same is intended to propagate the
blessings OF that institution and TO extend
it over territory now deprived of It's
manifold advantages. Thus 1t was not
agitation TO swindle the North out OF
wha. it considered valuable rights, under
the false pretense tha,it proposed and
asseEted 10 the repeal OF the Missouri
Compromise but il is agitation, OF the
most unPrIncipled species, tor the North
TO protest that IL did not consent, and
that Douglas was not authorized TO
make The surrender Also, il would no!
only be agitation, but even treason, ii
the Nor!h should attempt 10 get back lis
rights.
Equality OF rights in the settlement.
of territories acquired by the common
blood and treasure of the nation"
This loag sentence means that negro
owners, il they will carry their slaves
with them, may 60 to the territories in
safety /; but that tar and feathers, rifle
and pistol balls will be the portion of all
who enter Kansas without black .eti
nue..
1.-The settle meni Of the slavery ques.
ton in the territories according TO the
free wishes of the inhabitants thereof" "
This means, provided the inhabitants
desire slavery, otherwise lis no 60. As
! the frCe citizens Of Kansas, however
have resolved TO extermiuat1 all who 60
not concede tha! domestic slavery Is a
blessing, there need be no fears as TO the
Iesul, OF the "free wishes"
.'Lew and order" Law abiding cit
IZeHs.
These commodities are found only on
our western borderin Nebraska aud Kan
sas. There "mass meeting" OF twen'
ty men can legalze the shooting of any
number OF Yankees who venture to
cross The frontier; consequently there is
no necessity for law breaking. But
these commodities are not found in
Massachusetts,. In tina, benighted Slale
no such "seli governing institution as
The mass meeting has ever been DEVISED,
aud the Massachusetts people are disor.
deriy, treasonable and wicked, because,
although they always carry the law INTO
effect, ye! they are sometimes obliged 10
use furce TO do il, if the law happens to
be particularly obnoxious.
."Sqaaiteg sosereignty."
! The righ. of The people Of terriipry
TO govern themselves, except IN regard TO
their organic law, the appointment oi
their Judges, governor and other officers,
and excepting their right to act in any re-
spec, as citizens of a. State on any sub
jec, but that Of slavery: and here. noto
6eae. they have no Eight TO prohibit sla.
very, but only 10 legahze il.
Truly yours,
JoHN SQuAB, photographer.