Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1855-02-07
THE LAWMAKERS IN NEBRASKA.

THE LAWMAKERS IN NEBRASKA.
No country should be deprived Of tn,
right of regulating its own affairs-of Sc
Letting its owl Legislators, and that too
from among the residents upon its owl
soil But to Nebraska more especially ana
specifcly has this power been granted thar
10 any other section Of country which th,
Government Of the United States has or.
gained during the present half century
Nebraska, the rights of its citizens and
the self-government which they ought to
have, and which by the efforts of good
and Just men we have vainly suppos-
ed she now held, has been alike the theme
Of politicians, the song of newspapers and
the deceptive babble Of s~coundrels.
II is true that Congress has granted Us
noble and exalted privileges, and that the
present Administration has given and suf-
fered much for the welfare and prosperity
Of the inhabitants of Nebraska. But by
unforeseen and untoward events, the in
tents and purposes Of the general gov
eminent have been frustrated. A corrupt
and dishonest man has by a strange dis
pensation of Providence, attained temper
ally 10 the Governorship of this Territory
to the superintendent and guardian
ship of those rights and privileges
which the efforts Of such noble men as
CAss and DOUGLAS had secured 10 us.
And now let us glance hastily at the con-
sequences.
In the beginning he-THoMAs B. CUN-
ISs-sought for a place at which he might
locate the Capitol. But did he seek to
make that location for the benefit Of the
Territory at large? Did he endeavor TO
carry out the provisions Of the Organic
Law, by merely converting the first legis-
lature, and allowing 1T 10 decide upon the
Capitol question, and then acquiesing, as
every just Executive would, with the will
and judgment of the majority? No, on
the contrary, he sought to make the Capt.
FOL at such place as would most literally
pander 10 his own ~svarice, and NEST tenderly
nourish his corruption. He sought to
make that place the Capitol which would
give the most AFFECT seryitude to him and
his-one where his putting tOadies, [vide
GRAY LETTER, in the East, might be cas-
lest provided with lots, and his eyer-rg-
membered friends most comfortably set
down TO The feast of the loayes and fishes.
Al length having offered himself for
sale both at this place and Nebraska City
having become a member OF this Company
and we know not how many others; and
having learned that he and his official in
fuenee would bring such and such other
merchantable articles in exchange and no
more, he sought q market elsewhere.
His place was at last selected; hard by
Council Bluff City, and upon a Sand Bar
T. B. CUMIS0 found his interests, and
now everything must combine 10 forward
them. Scouts are sent from M PARTON
of The Terrii,ry TO the ,th,r. Men
pledged for Omaha City; deceive their
constituents, and are sent 10 legislate foI
the people Of Nebraska.
All the political renegades from every
State, are by a brOlherly affection, collect
ed around the Governor. o. d. Rich
OF Michigan, Goodwill of New
York, Folsom do, f al, are by his aid
foisted upon The people as Nebraska men
and are constituted Lawmakers in Ne
While small braIned knaves
Of large ~pretentions, are put into the
House Of Representatives, for the same
reasons and in the same way. And we
he actual residents Of Nebrasks-we who
ave been so privileged TO govern our
are to-day, the least s~elf-goyerned
4 any people under a Republican Gov
,rnment. We are not represented at all,
n.uy Of US, while many who supposed
hev lad elected residents, and true men
40. find Zoo late, that they elected Uery
,ansieni residents, ard learn nOwl that their
were east for political jObbers, trick
ters aud knases. And dat hey, ihs ac-